I find most children's parties difficult to plan, but Adriana's is probably the most difficult. It's right at the end of summer, so either you have to let the parents know at the end of the previous school year (and they've usually forgotten by then) or you have to wait until the next school year and hope that there aren't any new kids that you aren't aware of joining the class.
This year, we decided to go for the 'after the new school year starts' scenario and it worked out fairly well considering I had less than 2 weeks to arrange having just arrived back from Canada. I decided to make the planning process a little easier by hiring an entertainer: Mr. Marvel. He's more marvellous than I could ever hope to be to a 6-year old!(Adriana had seen him before at another party and loved it.) Their website at http://www.mrmarvel.co.uk/ says they'll entertain your children for 3 hours with Punch & Judy puppets, magic tricks and a disco. And boy did they ever get entertained! I had a lot of fun too, since all I had to do was get the food ready and the pinata passed off to Orest. I would definitely recommend him to any mother who wants to keep their sanity intact while someone else deals with 20-30 over-stimulated kids.
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