What kind of venue are you planning for this event? In the office? At a restaurant? Maybe consider taking the event to one of the village center multipurpose spaces where you could arrange for a separate-but-next-door room for the kids, with proper hired supervision?

Thanks for the suggestion, but I’m not looking for a sitter. Im looking for some games & entertainment.

There's a person who does balloon animals at ledo pizza off Oakland Mills road, if you call them I'm sure they'll give you her contact info! She used to go in on Wednesdays but we haven't been there in a bit

Thanks so much! Will do :)

There's a guy - Mr. Jon and Friends (https://www.mrjonmusic.com/) - who plays kids shows at local venues. He doesn't do face painting or balloon animals but is pretty well reviewed by some of the local parenting groups.

Thanks! That’s a great suggestion, will check it out.

We used Pirate Girl for face painting recently, and she was phenomenal. I know she does balloon twisting too, but we didn't opt to do that.

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Well, my next suggestion was going to be perhaps bringing in someone like KidzArt to run a kid-oriented activity in that adjacent room. (I’m not affiliated with KidzArt except that my kid loved attending their programs when he was younger.)

Thanks for the recommendation, it helps when someone has firsthand experience. Much appreciated!

Many thanks! Will look into them.

D’s Magic is very good. We hired him twice. https://www.davethomen.com/

Covid. Covid can entertain them.

Thank you for the recommendation!

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Lmao! I hear flu shots are in season and so is RSV. Let’s rub all the kids faces in it

For real though. Have fun at the party 🎉

KidzArt is awesome. My kid did one of their after school programs on a half day a few years ago and had a great time.