As a party entertainer, I see such a variety of child behaviour and experience situations that have me leaving a venue with smiles on my face. This is such a satisfying vocation that I want to share some of the funny and pleasing happenings that show me the future generation will keep our world on …

December: Rather than write about the parties I helped with in December I have decided on telling of a scene that brought a smile to my face. Walking across the pavement in front of the National Gallery, London, I saw 2 small boys no more than 6 years of age chatting excitedly to one another …

A gentle bonfire party with six-year-olds watching pretty fireworks behind large french doors. All the children were excited and happy especially when all the fireworks were finished they were each given a coloured sparkler to write their name is silver snowflakes. The birthday cake also had sparklers on the side. On the cake board held …

October: Spooky parties, and firework parties. I will not handle fireworks and if parents want fireworks at a birthday party I can help mind the children but I will not light fireworks or take them to a party. It is too risky for an entertainer if there are between ten and twenty children to look …

I had some lovely parties this month, however, I am writing about only one. A party that was good in many ways but left me a little concerned regarding the children. The party was for a four-year-old and the child guests were two and a half years to four and a half years old and …

August and July: Quiet months because most families are on holidays or the friends of their children are away at conflicting times. However, the few parties that I did help with were rather special and that was partly due to the fact that the children were free of curricular activities because it was the holidays. …

I am privileged that I am able to enter people’s homes and witness family traditions and ethnic ceremonies. To see colourful clothing from India, Pakistan, Mauritius, Eastern Europe, South America, Africa and more. To eat food from these exotic countries; I am vegetarian and there is always something delicious to choose from when I am …

This has been a wonderful month for parties. I have managed some large numbers this month, 25 plus children, and all the children were lovely to one another during the games. No tears, no shoving, no teasing and no meanness. It is lovely to play games with children who support each other and enjoy having …

There were some lovely parties this month and one had two sisters who really cared for one another but did they enjoy the party? Quite often, an older sibling is told by leaving parents to look after their younger brother or sister during a party. This quite often leaves the older child continually holding on …

Not such a busy month due to the Easter holidays, so this gave me some time to search out new items for prizes. One of the parties this month was with just seven children and the age range was 1 year to 7 years of age. It was to celebrate the birthday of the 1 …

I wrote a few months back about a father who had baked his child’s birthday cake and the look of wonderment and love her face expressed on seeing the cake he had made. I received such a look this month during a party I was working at. The birthday child was 6 and on the …

A feature in The Sunday Times Magazine 2.2.2010 cited parental allegations of party clowns shouting at children and hitting children, in one case breaking an arm. If the parents’ stories are accurate, and a reputable newspaper is bound to check such serious claims, it is appalling and I cannot understand how an entertainer can become …