What I do in a 2 hour party

What I Do in the Show

Magician entertaining children at a party

Here’s a breakdown of what you can expect during my 2-hour party. If you’re booking the one hour then it’s squeezed in without the break for food.

The show starts with a hillarious comedy opener. As I’m talking, funny audio clips play on my cue. I involve the children right from the start, letting their responses shape the fun. I find that if I can get them laughing early on then they are a lot more receptive to me.

After this I’ll ask what a magician needs to do magic. Using their suggestions, I perform a trick with a magic wand and a rabbit in a hat that catches me off guard every time (it’s a plastic rabbit). The tricks are based on the children’s ideas, so it feels like they’ve created the flow of the show.

When my magic wand suddenly stops working, I’ll call for the birthday child to help here. If they’re a bit shy it’s not a problem, I wrote this article to explain how I deal with that. This routine is packed with laugh-out-loud moments where the child holds a sponge microphone and funny sound effects play. Next follows a funny routine with the birthday child based around comedy magic wands.

Following this, it’s a few more impressive tricks and then I’ll bring out Bonkers the monkey. The children delight in seeing a cheeky mischievous monkey play tricks on me and go wild for this.

Next, I’ll perform a few more tricks with one being an audience participation trick. Getting the children involved helps keep them all engaged.

After 45 minutes of the show, it’s the food break with the children’s favourite tunes. The music is kept at a comfortable volume to ensure everyone feels at ease. There’s no exact time on this, it’s flexible to fit the party’s flow. At the end of this, I’ll get everyone ready to sing happy birthday for when you bring out the cake.

The second half consists of party games. I wrote an article here about what games I play. The games are non-elimination, so every child stays involved and gets a prize and has a great time.

I can also make every child a balloon animal as an add-on (£1 per child).

To finish the birthday child joins me on stage. I’ll tell them I have a birthday present for them, but it’s not ready yet and ask if they’d like to help me make it. I’ll pass them some inflated modeling balloons to hold and explain it’s going to be teamwork (they just have to pass me the balloons). Then I make a big balloon monkey in a tree from the balloons.

You can see just how impressive it looks in this picture.

I keep it fast-paced and exciting throughout. Nothing is ever ‘drawn out,’ and I’ve worked immensely hard to make it a memorable. My reviews prove it—thrilling for kids, hassle-free for parents.

I’m occasionally asked by parents what games I do in my parties and it’s always a bit of a mouth full to explain so I have wrote this for greater clarity. To begin with, none of my games are elimination based which means no one is ever ‘out’. This ensures all the children are engaged throughout and are not going to become bored which is very important to me. On to the games!

Character statues
I tell the children to dance and when the music stops to freeze and impersonate a well known character (superheroes, Disney princesses etc). I’ll pick the most creative one each time ensuring that everyone wins. If there are a lot of children, I’ll pick multiple winners each time so by the end they have all won.
Why it’s good – The children enjoy being on their feet, if they don’t want to pretend to be a character they will usually just  freeze normally so they still feel involved. It’s  easy to understand and we can play it instantly. The children are never bored in this game and are always riveted throughout. It’s been so good over the years.