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Children’s Birthday Party Checklist

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Don’t Forget:

  • Ketchup – MOST FORGOTTEN ITEM!
  • Birthday Cake
  • Birthday Cake Candles
  • Matches and Lighter (check it works). Best to bring both just in case.
  • Scissors
  • Bluetack (some venues do not allow tape on the walls)
  • Sellotape
  • Table cloths/paper (if needed).
  • Knife for cake (keep it well out of reach of little ones)
  • Banners if you have them.
  • Coffee/tea bags
  • Milk
  • Soya Milk
  • Sugar/sweetener
  • Wine glasses
  • Tea Cups
  • Balloons and Balloon Pump
  • Bunting (better than balloons and re-useable)
  • Helium canister if required
  • Plates/cups/cutlery if required
  • Bottle opener
  • The birthday child 😉

Did I forget anything? Comment below.

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Magic Shows in Leatherhead for Halloween

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I’m back BABY! Bring the kids to see my magic shows at the awesome Halloween event at The Swan Centre in Leatherhead. It’s the 8th year I’ve performed there (is this right Miranda? I’ve lost count #adhd).

Halloween Magic Shows in Leatherhead 2022

It’s always always a brilliant day. One of my favourite events to perform at. Such a great atmosphere and lots going on for kids. Follow The Swan Centre here on Facebook to keep up with the great events they have on there.

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11-1 and 3-5

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My weekend birthday party time spots are 11-1 (or earlier) and 3-5 (or later). All the top children’s entertainers that I know, do the same-day split. I’m afraid that I cannot do times outside of these time spots like 12-2 or 2-4 or even 2.30 start. It throws off my timings, and means I can only do 1 party that day.

I am a full-time professional entertainer, doing magic shows at schools, family events, and mostly fantastic, fun, children’s birthday parties. I work all week long on my shows; editing music, learning new tricks, practicing the show plus all the admin side.

Weekday bookings are infrequent. It doesn’t always happen, but I try to get two kids’ party bookings on each weekend day. I arrive 45 minutes early to my parties; fresh and full of energy with time to set up and pack down. I also don’t want to be running out of the door at the end of the party. If I have time, I like to do some close-up magic for the kids as they are leaving. For these reasons, I need to stick strictly to these time spots.

If for this reason, you have your party times fixed and cannot book me this time. Do keep me in mind for future events. Try to book me 3-4 months ahead to make sure I’m free.

Midweek, I can do parties any time and I have a bargain midweek magic show for £170 and a no-frills 45-minute magic show for less than 10 children for £120 (Mon-Thu). (40-minute drive from SM25TL. For further afield, please enquire).

Midweek bargain magic show

Top tip for your party booking times. Get into the venue at least an hour before to set up. 30 minutes to get in can be a bit of a rush and stressful. If you can get a bit more time from the venue to get in earlier that’s great. If not, bring a few friends and family members to help to set up the chairs and tables, etc. I have lots more party tips here.

Ritchie covers South London/Surrey for smaller events and further afield for bigger events.

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Bunting VS Balloons

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If you have a children’s birthday party with no entertainment, a few balloons to play with will definitely keep the little ones having fun for 5 minutes. We professional children’s entertainers ask for balloons to be tied to the walls or to not have them at all as the secret to entertaining children is having their attention. And a balloon flying around is the end of that.

I am still using a few of them in my show for a funny routine making a balloon octopus but balloons are also nasty for the environment and you can only use them for one of your parties. The answer……………BUNTING BABY! Bunting is awesome. It looks super cute and you can use it again and again and lend it to friends/families for their parties. And it’s really quick to put up and take down at parties unlike balloons that take a lot of puff and often explode through the party at the volume of a shotgun going off.

Bunting for children’s birthday parties is awesome!

Honeycomb decorations are also really pretty and reusable.

Magic of the Linking Rings

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Love playing with these in my magic shows. I had time during the lockdowns to learn lots of new magic. I learnt a lot from the wonderful magician Jeff McBride’s tapes on the subject from the 1980s(?) and the brilliant Levent’s 3 dvd set where he goes into incredible detail about the history of how they have been performed and the techniques used to amuse.

I’m back baby!

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Parties are in full swing now for 2022! I have many bookings for February, March, April, and later in the year. Wonderful to be back at parties every weekend. Soon, I should be able to buy back the kidney I sold during the lockdowns!

I’m facing a few cancellations when family members have tested positive. I got Covid myself a few weeks ago and for the first time in 8 years of doing magic shows, I had to cancel two parties myself! I had very mild sickness for one day but had to isolate myself for the safety of the guests. I made it up to the families in part by going to their houses to do some magic for the birthday boy/girl and we had a lovely time.

If you have me in mind for a birthday party; perfect for 5,6,7-year-olds, do book me as early as possible to avoid disappointment.