The Balloon Guy's Blog

Safety

balloongal — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:59:32 +0000

Remember, parents. When dealing with balloons around children, always make sure safety comes first.

Flexibility

balloongal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:37:00 +0000

As with many age groups, when hosting a child’s party, you must have flexibility. We recently held a party for nine 3-5 year olds. We planned out what we were interested in doing and in what order. Those things did not happen exactly as planned. Some activities the children were more interested in than others. Some of the unplanned activities the children were more interested in than the planned activities. We were open to being flexible and it worked out all right.

Perhaps one of the easiest pitfalls for planning a children’s party is coming up with all sorts of fun ideas that you would like to see incorporated into the party. Ask yourself first if your child would have the maturity, understanding, or attention span to enjoy it first. If you have doubts try the activity with your child before the party. If they like it then they will still like it at the party. If they don’t, well after all it is their party.

To Be or Not To Be There

balloongal — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:47:32 +0000

For a young children’s party, leave the option open for parents to either drop off their children or to be able to stay at the party with them. Parents know their own children best. Some children are only comfortable in a party setting if they know their parents are there and available if they need something. Some children are perfectly content to be independent and will say, “O.K. Mom and Dad, see you later.” Please be sensitive to different family situations and what will be most comfortable for the children.

Corrugated Fun

balloongal — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:23:57 +0000

While you’re waiting for all the guests to arrive for a child’s party, have a cardboard fort set up for the children to play in before the party activities begin. Build a fort out of cardboard boxes cut up and taped together. Or make a maze using the cardboard and furniture for the children to find their way through. If you set it up in a bedroom, put most of the toys away in a closet. Have a select few hidden in the maze. Have some sheets or blankets over the top so they have to crawl through to find their way.

Then and Now

balloongal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:08:57 +0000

Years and years ago, before the internet blog was created, people had these things called diaries or journals, books that they would write their thoughts in (with pens) to share with themselves at a later date or to share with their posterity. I’m going to get a little personal now and share some diary entries of mine from years ago. Please excuse my spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. I was just a kid (Oh, and when the random number 36 comes up, it refers to the bus number).

4/15/88 Friday

Today I get to go to London school. I can’t wait. It will be so much fun. We’re on bus, 36 and I’m sitting by Juliette and the bus is starting now. We just went by Tracy’s house. Bam! Bam!

4/15/88

Today at London School we got to see two jugglers. Steven and Carol. They were great and funny. Hee! Hee!

6/9/88 Thurs.

Yesturday it was Steven’s birthday and a clown came to our school and Steven turned 8 yesturday and the clown’s name was: Dudly the magic clown. Next Tuesday we get to go watch them put up the tent at the circus. I was sick today and I slept most of the day

So, back in 1988, I thought it was great when we got to see jugglers or clowns perform for school assemblies. I had no idea that 20 years later (give or take- I have been doing it for a few years), I would be the juggler/clown.

Reminiscing to not as many years ago, I would go with BYU’s juggling club to do school assemblies, and after getting married, my husband and I would do school assemblies together.

Based on my experiences, I’d like to ask a question: What things from your childhood did you enjoy, but never expect you’d be doing as an adult? Please leave a comment.