Kingston Children Parties

The Life Insurance Industry is in full bloom. With wide marketing from Private Players, LIC and Government insistence, people from all classes are realizing the importance of taking Life Insurance Cover. Short term, long term, pension and child insurance plans are on boom. People are investing in these plans initiated either by self awareness or by the glam of insurance advertisements.

After the flight of pension plans (sale of pension plans have boomed up dramatically in the past years), the next big thing, most insurance companies are targeting is Child Insurance Plan. Even Life Insurance Corporation of India, which majority targeted on Money Back and Term Plans, is now moving towards child plans.

Child Insurance Plans began from the Child age 0, so it’s easy for most of the parents to plan the future of their “to-be-born” child. Child Plans – cut only for children are meant to cover the education, higher education and marriage needs. Sum assured or guaranteed returns are the main features of child plan. The main attraction, insurance companies like ICICI Prudential and HDFC insurance companies tap on is the Maturity Benefit Plan wherein the family need not pay further in case of insured parent death during the policy term and the policy continues with sum assured and the bonuses declared.

Tapping on other benefits, which in fact are beneficial, insurance companies are putting up their best. Child insurance plans have some of the basic attractions like cheques when the child reaches a certain grade/class or age and beneficiary concept where beneficiary (in this case the child) is the sole person to receive the benefit. To add to the icing is the Tax benefit. Parent/s who is taking the child policy is eligible for Tax Benefit under Section 80C and Section 10(10D) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

- Under Section 80C: You can save tax each year as premiums up to Rs. 1,000,000 are allowed as a deduction from your taxable income.

- Under Section 10 (10D), the benefits you receive from this policy are completely tax-free subject to the exclusions.

Securing ones child future is one of the biggest relief for any parent. With so many insurance companies coming in the child insurance, life insurance field, this should not be a dream too far…

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Why rush around at the last minute?

By following the 9 steps we’ve outlined, your kid party planning experience will be lots of fun, you’ll take the stress out of planning, make things easier on your pocket book and you’ll have a successful party.

Give Yourself Plenty Of Time

If at all possible, start putting together your child party several months in advance. This will give you plenty of time to put everything together without having to run all over the place at the last minute until you’re worn out, stressed out and find yourself saying “I’ll be glad when this is over with.”

Your Party Date And Time

Since it may not be practical to hold your child’s birthday party celebration on their actual birth date, you need to consider a few things before deciding on the date of their party.

Make sure your party date won’t conflict with any holidays or other events.

Also consider the best time of the day for your party. After lunch will mean you won’t have to serve food other than snacks, cake and ice cream.

Your Birthday Party Theme

One of the most popular ways to celebrate a child’s birthday is with a theme related to something your child enjoys. A movie, a TV show, a sport, hobby, general interest, or a favorite character like a Disney character.

If your child likes Barbie, choose a Barbie theme, if your child liked the movie Shrek, you can base an entire birthday on the Shrek theme.

This is the perfect time to let your child become involved in planning their party.

We encourage you to spend some quality time with your child discussing which theme they are most interested in. But be sure you agree with their choice before proceeding. Your child will only be thinking about which theme will be the most fun, while you need to also consider what may or may not be practical. And once you and your child have decided on a kid birthday party theme, everything else will fall into place…

Your Kid Birthday Party Guest List

When considering your kid party planning, experts advise you should invite one guest for every year of your child’s age. This keeps your party manageable. Other considerations include your kid birthday party budget and the location of your party.

But the question of how many guests you should invite to your birthday party can only be answered by you and your child… I suggest you mainly consider your budget and your party location… If you’re comfortable with a house full of 20 kids for your child’s 8th birthday, then go for it!

Your Kid Birthday Party Location

You may want to control your child’s birthday party by holding the celebration in your home and/or backyard. Or you may want to consider having your party at another location like a local restaurant (where they do most of the clean-up) or a local park, amusement part, zoo or some other fun location. To keep your child party planning manageable, call any locations your considering in advance… You don’t want to hear “we’re all booked up on that date.”

Kid Birthday Party Invitations

Once you and your child have decided on a theme, your party date, time, location and guest list, you can create or purchase invitations involving your theme.

If you’d like to create your own party invitations, this is the perfect opportunity to spend some quality time with your child… Talk with them about putting together a creative invitation that will tell all their invited guests how much fun their birthday party is going to be.

Kid Birthday Party Food And Drinks

The first thing that comes to mind when you say “birthday Party” is a birthday cake.

For other snacks and treats, keep your kid birthday party theme in mind.

Kid Birthday Party Games And Activities

Put together some games and activities to keep your party guests busy and having lots of fun. You’ll also want to have some quiet games, puzzles and other activities designed to wind your party down so your guests will go home a little less excited.

Thank You Notes

A day or so after your kid birthday party, sit down with your child and send out thank you notes to each of your guests. This will help to teach your child responsibility and how to thank their friends for being kind enough to bring them a gift or birthday card.

By following the 9 steps I’ve outlined here, your kid party planning experience will be lots of fun, you’ll take the stress out of planning, make things easier on your pocket book and you’ll have a successful party your child will love.

Not so long ago my daughter and I attended a beachside festival to celebrate a bumper fishing season. As you would expect at any festival we noticed many children walking around proudly displaying some absolutely gorgeous body art, in the form of face painting.

Now I am not talking clown faces and cheek flowers here, though those are cute and fun to do, I’m talking full on almost theatrical face painting with incredible shading and artistic flair.

Naturally we hunted down the guilty party and sat down for a bit of decorative indulgence too, and since that day I have been on a mission to learn the art myself as it really is a lot of fun and can be quite a useful talent too when it comes to school fairs, fundraisers and of course other parties.

Of course you need to start at the beginning with the 3 basic tools and these are:

Face Paint: This is specially designed for use on the skin and is water soluble so also easy to remove. You can purchase this type of paint at many party stores, dance supplies stores and of course online. They come in palettes or as individual pots and the colour range is huge. Start off with a basic colour range of perhaps black, white, blue, red, green, yellow, pink and flesh tone. These are great colours to practice with and are enough to create a wide variety of designs.

Brushes: Start off with 3 synthetic artists brushes. A fine pointed one for details and outlines, a medium pointed brush for bolder strokes and a largish brush for filling in large areas. As you progress you can begin adding more brushes to your collection, each allowing you to achieve a certain effect. Synthetic is best as it is much softer on the delicate facial skin.

Sponges: You’ll need a sponge to cover large areas, such as the base for a full face design. You can start off with regular latex make-up sponges which are triangular in shape and thus make it easier to control the area you are applying the paint and create lines too. As you get more proficient you can buy a whole range of different sized sponges from the make-up supplier which will give you even more effect options.

So now you are ready to go. Start off with some simple ideas, working on just the cheek or arm and gradually work you way up to more complicated designs, you are only limited by your imagination. And trust me, you’ll find no shortage of little ones happy to let you practise on them.

Sarah Gasu did not earn the title of The PartyMum by taking her little ones to MacDonalds come birthday time. She earned it because she is just crazy about kids parties.

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