PODCAST: The hassle-free children’s party

Download the kids’ party podcast to make your life easier on that special day

Your child’s party is one of the golden moments in life – both for you and them. But of course there’s a lot of planning to be done before hordes of excited children pour through your front door!

In order to make life a little easier we’ve prepared the Organix party podcast full of handy hints and four party games – complete with disco soundtrack supplied by our friends at Baby Loves Disco! There’s musical statues, pass the parcel and musical chairs to get everyone moving – then a tranquil game of sleeping lions when it’s time to wind things down again.

The podcast can literally be left to play and run the party – we’ve set it for a party of ten children so there are enough gaps for the winner to be chosen. Of course you can pause at anytime should you want to stop for a snack!

You can download an MP3 version or alternatively an AAC file that has various chapter information.

Have fun!

New parent pampering service at kids’ parties: now everyone can have fun!

Children’s party specialists Les Enfants is offering a new Parent Pampering Service at children’s parties so that the grownups get to enjoy themselves too. The service is intended to give parents, who regularly spend their weekends at endless children’s parties, a few minutes of ‘me timeÂ’.

The company provides an onsite massage therapist to give mums or dads a 15 minute fully clothed massage on a comfortable ergonomic chair. Parents can choose between an Indian head massage, the Body Blitz acupressure treatment (working on 160 pressure points on the upper body), or a reflexology treatment for hands or feet.

A fully qualified and insured team encourage the parents to have a treatment while their children get stuck into party games and snacks. Over a two hour period, the team can give up to ten 10 to 15 minute treatments.

“As a parent, it can feel like you spend all of your free time going to childrenÂ’s parties, watching countless games of pass the parcel and getting no time for yourself. So we’ve come up with a way that mums and dads can get a few moments of relaxation but still be on hand for their child,” said
Katie Burnett, founder of Les Enfants. “We think party hosts who offer the pamper package will become the most popular parents in town!”

Les Enfants can also provide a selection of tasty nibbles for grownups plus party bags for mums.

The cost of the pamper package starts from £275 plus VAT. The service is available throughout London and nationally by request. To book, contact Les Enfants on 020 8502 9988 or see LesEnfants.co.uk.

75% of British mums find organising child’s party stressful

According to recent research from the children’s party organisers Les Enfants, three-quarters of UK mums find organising a child’s party stressful, while 26% feel pressured to arrange bigger and better parties each year.

Of the respondents, full-time working mothers find party organising most stressful and feel the most pressure to throw better parties each year, in comparison to stay-at-home mums or mums who work part time. Full-time working mums are also more likely to spend more on parties and theyÂ’’re least in favour of party bags.

The survey revealed that the average cost of a child’Â’s party is in the region of £200. Given that 64% of respondents said they hold birthday parties every year and 70% had more than one child, the costs start to add up. Most parents (44.9%) spend between £100 and £200 per party while 35.8% spend less than £100. However, 11% spend up to £300, just under 5% spend up to £500 and almost 3% are willing to fork out up to £1000 per party.

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