Kids Birthday Party: Why 2 Hours Is Always More Fun Than More

There are many types of kids’ parties that you must have come across. They start at noon and by two o’clock, the birthday child begins crying about something that nobody can tell, half of the guests are trying to convince their parents that it’s okay to leave, and all the adults are busy playing with their phones in front of the snack table. All this happens because the party takes longer than it should, and that’s why this article will talk about the importance of a shorter party.

There exists the idea among parents that longer celebration means better celebration. However, the reality shows us quite another thing. If we take the children of five years old and watch them during four hours, we’ll realize that it will be much more difficult to entertain them than adults. The venues that know this fact, such as Fun Play World at funplayworld.com, organize celebration in the way that children actually feel time, not the way adults plan it.

What Happens in the First Hour and the Third One?

The first hour of any children’s celebration is full of kinetic happiness. Children see the place for playing, they rush to it and they don’t need anything except for enjoying. There is no need to ask how soon the cake will be brought.

At some moment in the second hour of the party, everybody gathers around the food, cake, singing. This is the very center of the event and everything that people are trying to photograph and remember.

The third hour is the death hour of the celebration. At this point, the children become tired and they are not interested anymore, they start quarreling because of small things and parents are leaving slowly. In fact, this hour destroys all the good atmosphere created during the first hour.

In order to keep the celebration joyful, it should last no more than two hours. In this way, you will give your child the opportunity to enjoy it and to have a good feeling.

Compression Is Not Good While Planning by Yourself

There is a catch here. The short celebration gives no space for some extra stuff. If you are the person who is bringing pizzas from the car and trying to find a lighter, your celebration will be ruined by these actions. The compression works well if somebody else is responsible for the celebration, but not you.

It is the moment when the proper kids birthday party package becomes important. At Fun Play World, the Adventure package is priced at $2300. Here you can organize a celebration during two hours for up to 20 children and 30 adults with two dedicated helpers, five big pizzas, twenty organic juice boxes, drinks for adults and non-slip socks for everyone. The Ultimate package, costing $2700, will give you three hours with 25 kids, three helpers and unlimited juice. The Basic package costs $1800, and the VIP package $5700 gives a two-tier custom cake, catering, themed balloon setup with a name cutout, and gift bags for all children. All of them include the same things: the staff is organizing the celebration, the room is ready to use, there is no cleaning after it.

The last point needs special attention. When the celebration is over, you leave. You don’t need to clean anything. You have to take the tired, but happy child home and nothing else.

Guest List Is the Second Part of the Celebration

Duration and number of people are pulling the same rope. Twelve children for two focused hours will give you more joy than thirty children for four un-focused hours. The useful rule that many parents follow is that you have to sum up the age of the child with some numbers (a five-year-old child is perfect with eight or ten guests). The indoor play venues are more flexible because there the children are entertained together, so the bigger list won’t increase your workload as it would happen during a party at your backyard. However, the two-hour framework makes it necessary for the list to consist only of real friends of your child, not all class mates and all relatives.

The only question that you have to ask yourself while creating this list is the following: whose absence would be noticed by the child? From here, you can add siblings in order to keep the families together, but not to increase the number.

Timing the Window

The morning parties are underrated. The beginning of the celebration at 10 AM will provide you with the peak behavior of the child, before the nap is missed and the mood for the lunch is established, and it will leave the rest of the day to all the families from the guest list. If you have a school-aged child and he needs morning for sports, you can choose the late afternoon. The early afternoon is the worst timing for the parties that include the young children as it will collide with the nap of toddlers. If your guest list includes the young guests, you have to protect the nap.

For families of the Westside there is an additional choice. They have two locations to choose from, one on West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles and another in Santa Monica at 828 Pico Boulevard. The choice will be influenced by the calendar and guest list as much as by the driving time. These places offer the same packages and the same party model.

Short Party Is Kind Party

Planning less is counterculture now. The parenting culture is rewarding the elaborate — themed dessert tables, entertainment lineups and parties that look like small weddings. However, the children are not impressed by the length of the celebration. They are impressed by the feeling of the room, and the feeling of the room is strongest if the event finishes before anybody wants it to.

Two hours. The right number of children. A venue that will do all the work while you are inside it and not outside of it. This is the whole formula.

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