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A Parent's Guide to a Successful Kid's Birthday Party

A brief review of how to throw a successful Kid's birthday party from a guy who has attended thousands of kid's birthday parties.

Hi everybody my name is Al Angello I have been a full time comic juggler magician for over 25 years, and in my career I have entertained at around 5,000 private, and public events. Over the years I have noticed that the most successful children's parties follow the same patern. The party should last about three hours, and you should allow a 30 minute period for everyone to arrive. After all the guest's have arrived you should sit them down and feed them. Both pizza, and hot dogs are the most popular kid's birthday party food. After everyone has eaten it is entertainment time, you can have one of those bouncy things, or (my personal choice) live entertainment. For live entertainment you could hire a clown who will play games with the kids, a ventriloquist, who have been growing in popularity lately, some balloon twisters tell stories while they twist balloons, a juggler, and a magician. If you can't afford live entertainment there are lots of on line stite that can help you get some fun games together. After that everyone should gather around the birthday cake and sing happy birthday. I must have eaten several thousand pieces of birthday cake over the years, and in the next 30 minutes all the parents will return to retrieve their child, and you have a messy house.

Thanks

Al Angello

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