Have you been told (more than once) that you are the host of the perfect party? Why not put all that wonderful creative energy and organizational skills together and start a fun home based business? Duties you will typically perform can include: finding and securing flowers, gifts, invitations, and decorations. You should have a competent and quality list of resources to suggest for services such as catering, entertainment, photographer, DJ's etc. You may even be called on to secure the transportation.
An invitation arrives and the excitement begins! Visions of colorful balloons, dangling streamers, scrumptious cake, piles of presents, and lots of children fill the child’s mind. The anticipation is almost too much to bare! When the party day finally arrives, the joy of being with other children can be enough to meet all of a child’s expectations. Long after the party is over the memories stay with the child, many times for a lifetime. Children are little for such a short time. While they are still small, why not delight them with a fabulous party? Here are just a few of the types of parties you can offer in this business:
Princess For A day. When a young lady turns a year older, the occasion calls for a celebration that's nothing short of a personal fairy tale. Ask guests to wear their fanciest dresses, then provide a box filled with extra dress-up items and costume jewelry for everyone to accessorize with. For a magical touch, decorate with a string of white Christmas lights. Use pink ribbon and a soft pillow to transform a seat at the party into a throne for the birthday girl.
Pirates Adventure. Aye, Aye Matey! What young man hasn't wanted to be a pirate? Find the buried treasure? Discover an island? Meet Captain Hook? Well, maybe not the last one, but this is a great party for any adverturous mate. Make the invitation creative! I suggest a treasure map to the house, what else? Decorate the place with black and gold, and silver balloons, pictures of pirate ships, a skull here and there, and maybe even some empty bottles with the word POISON on them. Put eye patches at each place setting. Have a treasure hunt. Hide prizes in different rooms throughout the house; give out clues and a treasure map.
Fiesta Parties. Ole! One of our favorite themes is that Southwestern thing. It's easy to do and there is a never-ending supply of great party items that go with this theme. Have Mexican songs, dances, games, pinatas, and so forth. Bring a sombrero for each child. Teach everyone to do the Macarena or the Mexican Hat Dance and have a contest to see who is the best dancer. Create your own invitations on stationary with a chili pepper border.
Tea Party. Send out sophisticated-looking invitations to the children instructing them to come to the party all dressed up (preferably in their mother's clothes) and to bring a companion (doll, teddy bear, etc.) You can make fancy place cards to put on the table and set the table with a lacy tablecloth, flowers, and pretty plates and cups. Instead of musical chairs and pin-the-tail games, play croquet. If the birthday girl hs willing siblings, dress them up like maids and butlers, and they can serve the "ladies." Serve dainty pastries like eclairs or ladyfingers. Of course, don't serve the girls tea but they'll love fancy lemonades with their birthday cake and ice cream.
Firefighter Party. Arrange with your local fire department to bring the children to the firehouse to look at the engines and talk with a firefighter. They'll love listening to the siren, and the firefighters may even let them climb up in the truck. You can buy plastic red firefighter hats at party supply stores. Buy one for each child and write his or her name on it with a magic marker. They can wear their hats to the fire station and for the rest of the party.
Arts-and-Crafts Party. Set up three or four tables with supplies for simple crafts. The first table they go to should be equipped with brown paper bags, big enough to carry their crafts home in. They should write their names on the bags and decorate them with paints, stickers, glitter, string, crayons, and markers. If you want this to be a real hands-on party, you could bake cupcakes instead of a big cake and allow the children to decorate their own cupcakes with frosting, candy, and sprinkles.
Water Party. On the invitations, tell the children to come in their swimsuits and bring a towel. You must have a yard equipped with a hose for this party, and you've got to have a back-up plan in case it rains on your child's birthday. Borrow or buy a "Wet Banana" or "Slip-and-Slide." The kids can line up and run and slide down the slide. You can also play run-through-the-sprinklers games. The rainbow-type sprinklers are great for games. The children will just make the games up as they go along. Set up a picnic table with a checkered tablecloth. If your party is scheduled for lunch or dinnertime, serve barbecued hot dogs, chips, and soda pop. Then follow the meal with cake and popsicles.
Create a scrapbook/portfolio to showcase your abilities to potential clients. You can post this to a website and/or physically create something to show potential clients. Create a tasteful brochure that you can pass out to all of the party-goers. After that it's on the road. Go to specialty deli's, party stores bakeries, bridal shops ect. and give them your brochure. While you are there take a sample and begin to stock your resources files with their prices and products.
It is customary to charge a percentage for large events including weddings, fundraisers, corporate events etc. This can start at 10 percent and go up. For smaller more intimate events you can charge by the hour or a one time fee for the event. For example a birthday party can begin at $125 and go up. Or you could charge from $15 - $40/hour for your time. Remember your prices will reflect only what the market will bear.
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