{"id":1285,"date":"2019-12-11T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2019-07-26T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:24:40","slug":"double-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/2019\/12\/double-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Double up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Admittedly, children\u2019s party entertainers and children\u2019s magicians can be quite pricy, and that\u2019s only half the cost. With the credit crunch still looming, a great way to save money can be to have a joint children\u2019s birthday party with another parent. That way you don\u2019t lose out on the fun of having a children\u2019s entertainer at half the cost. Aside from the cost benefits, you can also share the organisation and work load that goes with planning a children\u2019s birthday party. That said, does sharing a children\u2019s birthday party with another parent create a headache in itself?<\/span><\/p>\n

Common problems can be found amongst parents trying to jointly organise kids birthday parties, like not being able to decide on what type of party to have. Children\u2019s party entertainers alone can be a tricky thing to decide on. Do you have a themed children\u2019s party or children\u2019s magician, clown, etc.? Kids party entertainers<\/a> can be one of the trickiest things to decide on when having to liaise with another parent. As your child might want something entirely different to what the other parent\u2019s child wants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, many parents can find that they have to compromise more than they bargained for, or workload is not shared out equally, and then after having spent a great deal of time and effort organising most of the children\u2019s birthday party, the parent they\u2019re sharing it with isn\u2019t entirely happy with what has been arranged and in the end you\u2019re left wondering if it would have been better to spend a bit extra and be left to organise your own children\u2019s birthday party.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re planning on sharing a children\u2019s birthday party with another parent, it\u2019s best to do it with someone who has the same ideas as you and who is in the same class as your child so the numbers of children don\u2019t instantly double, otherwise your costs go up and you\u2019re saving is far less.<\/span><\/p>\n

When organising kid\u2019s birthday parties together, the key thing is to have a clear idea of what you both want right from the start. Have a budget set and decide who is going to do what. Look at different types of children\u2019s party entertainment packages that are on offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also need to figure out who you\u2019re inviting to the party, will it be at home or in a hall, who will organise the food, or if you\u2019re sharing it who will do what. Once you\u2019ve set a clear outline for what you\u2019re going to have and who will do what, that should help prevent there being disagreements along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

It can be a great thing for kid\u2019s birthday parties to be organised together. The initial liaising with another parent can definitely be worth the saving, as kid\u2019s birthday parties are not always cheap. Kids party entertainers alone are usually a large part of the cost, so halving that cost can be very helpful. If the workload is shared equally that helps a great deal too. You might also find you can benefit from the expertise of another parent who has organised kid\u2019s parties before. Just make sure you both know if you want similar things before you get too far down the planning stage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Admittedly, children\u2019s party entertainers and children\u2019s magicians can be quite pricy, and that\u2019s only half the cost. With the credit crunch still looming, a great way to save money can be to have a joint children\u2019s birthday party with another parent. That way you don\u2019t lose out on the fun of having a children\u2019s entertainer … Continue reading “Double up”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,114,66,78,57],"tags":[53,52,96,99],"class_list":["post-1285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthday","category-entertainers","category-fun","category-ideas","category-party","tag-entertainment","tag-parties","tag-party-kids","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}