I eventually hope go get another box like the one I use for my makeup but use it for my balloons.... It has a lock and key on it. I'd make a big deal out of locking it and "Swallowing" the key (while actually palming it in my glove)...
As PT Barnum is famous for saying... "There's a sucker born every minute"
I've only done line work once and I've had a hard time ending it... I believe somewhere else on the forum people have mentioned about using signs. Scruffy mentioned handing the last kids in your line the balloon and then zip up your bag/close your box whatever... twist the last few balloons ... if any more kids come up say "Sorry... these boys and girls have the last of the balloons"
One boy popped his balloon sword... so I made him another one. He popped it... so I made him a third one.
A while later he came up with it popped again and I told him that I'm sorry that I couldn't make another one for him... that there were other boys and girls that wanted balloons aswell.
His mother came up to me making an angry face saying "And why won't you make him another one"... I mentioned that he had already had 3... I also stressed the fact that I was volunteer at the event and providing the Balloons.... that seemed to shut her up.
Thats also part of the reason why I don't make Balloon Swords anymore. Kids are too destructive with them.
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