[milo]

How do you guys split your time at children’s parties? I won’t be following a strict routine, but I like to have a plan of how the party is going to flow, so far I have:

Non Chargeable

20 Min – This is my set up time, if I have to offload the speakers and all my equipment from a van parked down the street I need to allow plenty of time for setting up. This will be before the party start time.

10 Min - I thought it would be nice to greet all of the children as they arrive, get to know some names and get a feel for my audience.

Charged Time

5 Min – I would spend this time gathering the children, introduce myself, call the birthday child up to congratulate then and do a couple of funny gags.

10 Min – Puppet routine with Bongo

5 Min – Call birthday child up for balloon modelling sketch

10 Min – comedy sketch with Sid (my magic whiteboard)

5 Min – Call birthday child up for their present (pie in a box that they get to thrust into my face).

Quickly clean up my face (throw a bit of pie at the audience) and take of any make up that is likely to run when I sweat.

15 Min - Party games like musical whoopee cushions and limbo etc.

20 Min – Cake, birthday song and food

30 Min – Disco with me leading all dance moves and mingling with audience (I would start to play the music while the kids are eating so they can go back and forth to the party food i.e. 50 Min disco inc food)

20 Min pack up and sadly leave.

Total time at gig = 2 hours 30 Min
Total party time = 1 hour 40 Min

That is obviously the bare bones of what I will do, there will be balloon modelling, face painting and loads of clowning in between.

This is my standard £150.00 ($300.00) package, but parents can choose to loose the disco or not do the cake while I’m there and the show can be condensed into a 1 hour party for £100.00 ($200.00). Likewise, it can extend to a 2 or 3 hour show for an additional charge and I will also have bouncy castle hire etc.

What do you guys think? Is this similar to your party structure?