Kids birthday magic by Chad Wonder

Tips on Securing a Magician For Your Child’s Party

As your Child’s party birthday starts to approach, it is very important you start thinking of what a good party will be. A good idea that is always a lot of fun for the kids is to have a magician over. They have lots of jokes, tricks and illusions and kids always have a blast with them. If it’s well planned this should not cost an arm and a leg and both the adults and the children will be entertained. Consider making it a magician themed party, and have magic favors and wands that will be distributed to the children as they show up. However, getting a magician for the party equally needs planning. There are few of them around and they tend to be booked up. Below are some tips on how to make sure that you have a magician at your kids birthday.

• Ask Around
• Pick A Date
• Sign A Contract

Ask Around
With the internet you can easily hope online and find a magician. However, it would be better to ask around and have people actually recommend somebody they have actually used. Ask your friends, family members and office works of any magician they have used before or seen perform at a friends party. This way you are sure of what you are getting, he or she has already been tried and tested. However if you have to go the internet route, endeavor to begin your search early. Call the company and find out what the requirements are and if they have any availability for the date you want

Pick A Date
Once you have located a magician that you can work with select a date so that you can have something concrete for arrangement. Better still, if the date you pick works for both you and the magician inquire if she needs some money down for commitment or to secure that date. If the birthday happens to be during popular holiday periods when a lot of celebrations parties are usually planned, the services of the magician could be in high demand, so endeavor to get some kind of commitment.

Sign A Contract
Whether you put down partial payment or not it is good to sign a contract with the company so that you have a written agreement and proof of what was discussed. Keep it in a secure place and make an effort to call the magician a few days before the party to make sure that everything is working according to plan.

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My note: Good article – I don’t do contracts by default. I send you a confirmation and have never missed a show in 27 years. However, I am happy to provide you a contract in writing should you desire. I have a written guarantee on my site.