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Birthday Parties 2-Hours

Published on by Ritchie Rosson - Magic Shows/Family Entertainer

I have entertained at over 1,000 birthday parties over the last 12 years. Children’s parties can of course be utter chaos but I have found a route into making them brilliant fun and super memorable for children and parents. The two-hour birthday party package works so well. Sorry to brag, but I get such great reviews and happy clients when I do two hours. One-hour bookings are ok but it leaves a window for kids to go wild and bring chaos to the party. In the two hours, I’m there 45 minutes early to set up. As the children arrive, I am READY! There is fun music playing. I immediately start joking with them, doing magic tricks, and using my bubble machine. At the end time, they all go home and the packing up happens after they’ve left. I put sooooooooooooooo much preparation time into my magic shows also so much work for me; to travel to, and from the venue. Carry in and out lots of heavy equipment. To prepare tricks, props and costumes,  for the show. The actual performance while I’m there is a fraction of what I give, so I decided it best to do all my children’s birthday parties as two hours. 

Children's entertainer Ritchie Rosson. Birthday parties in halls.

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Face painter for birthday party

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Face painters are super skilled and kids and adults look great with their faces painted especially for Halloween events. I recommend if you book them for an event with lots of people, to book 2 or 3 as it takes time and children get painfully bored queuing. I offer magic entertainment for children at events in queues such as waiting to meet Santa which I had great fun doing at Westfield shopping centre last Christmas.

I have entertained over the last 12 years at over 1,500 birthday parties and learned a lot along the way.

For a birthday party which is a small intimate gathering that can get chaotic, if you are having a party entertainer such as Ritchie Rosson (that’s me!), a facepainter is a big distraction with kids and parents not knowing where to be. Sitting for the show or in a queue? I tried it with the face painter coming to get children but that meant pulling them out of the show and just interrupted the fun we were having.

Because I want the children to have the most fun at my parties and my lovely clients to be super happy; as of Autumn 2023 I am no longer offering my entertainment at birthday parties with a face painter.

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Never answer the phone!

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Ritchie Rosson podcast episode 3. Episode 2 is out next week.

Ritchie and James from Olympicubs talk magic, children’s entertainment, productivity, phone addiction, neurodiversity and scaffolders. Olympicubs – James’s awesome magic shows and children’s entertainment https://www.olympicubs.co.uk Fantastic phone safe lock that has changed my life https://amzn.to/3F6IWCA

iCloud to transfer videos

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Ever tried transferring video files from your iPhone to your non-Apple PC? Perhaps try something easier, like learning to become a professional harpist. Spent 4 hours two days ago, trying to transfer my podcast video to my pc. Watched a dozen YouTube tutorial videos. One of the great ways Apple offers, is their iCloud service. My file appeared there with the caption “Please check back soon”, so I left it 20 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 35. 2 days later it still wants me to check back soon.

Perhaps I’ll check back in the Spring.

The awkward and bizarre hack I eventually used to transfer the video was this; save the video as a file on my iPhone to….the NHS app. WTH?! Then open iTunes on my PC with my iPhone connected. Then faff around from there to get it onto my pc.

Here is episode 1 of my podcast. Episode 2 would be here too if it wasn’t for Apple.

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Balloon hit me in the eye!

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I used to do a part of my act where I would encourage the kids to hit me with balloons. That was until one whacked me in the eye. Pretty scary to be relaxing back home after the show; feeling some itching in the eye and seeing this in the mirror. Shout out to Specsavers in Sutton who told me to go A and E. Although it turned out fine, it was good to get the reassurance of what it was; a subconjunctival hemorrhage. Looks gruesome but heals up in about 4-5 weeks and now it’s pretty normal although still a little sign of it a few months later.

subconjunctival hemorrhage eye

Piñata is a bad idea for children’s parties  

Published on by Ritchie Rosson - Magic Shows/Family Entertainer

I have been entertaining at children’s birthday parties for 11 years, at over 1000 of them and I have learned a lot along the way. Children’s parties can be utter chaos; days we all want to forget. My own 6th birthday party ended with boys breaking all my toys, me in tears and me telling my mum to never give me another birthday party. But they can end with smiles all around with both children and parents having a fantastic time with lovely photos and videos of the joy-filled day.

There are things that work and things that really do not! The best games like I do in my birthday parties (sorry to brag) involve all the children. Nobody is queuing and nobody gets eliminated because then the boredom sets in. Piñata is mostly queuing, and then it’s young kids waving a big stick. And suprise suprise, accidents happen. Lots of accidents! Then it’s sweets all over the place and lots of mess.

Skip the piñata and bouncy castle, and book an experienced party entertainer who hosts the whole party and has the children having great fun without the accidents and tears. Check for great reviews and watch their videos.

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