Kidsdance Parties

Book a party with Kidsdance to make a special occasion go with a swing! Choose from one of our themes, or pick your own and we'll design up to an hour of lively dance, games and funky routines to involve every child at the party. 

Guests are welcome to come in appropriate fancy dress. If you wish, we can also arrange a craft activity relevant to your chosen theme at the beginning or end of the dance session.

Ages 2-3

You'll get a party leader for a 45 minute Totsdance style session full of lively dance moves and party games relevant to the theme of your choice. 

Ages 4–7

We'll send our party leader for an hour of Kidsdance fun, then you just have to organise the party tea! We'll take the party guests on an imaginary journey, on which they'll learn an original dance sequence and take part in lots of fun ice-breaking games and activities. 

Age 8-12

For a party with a difference, we offer a mini choreography workshop, where the guests will learn dance, create dance and put a dance performance together in an hour and a quarter of ice-breaking fun. No dance experience is necessary.

Cost

£100 (2-3s, 45 minutes)*

£120 (4-7s, 1 hour)*

£140 (8-12s, 1¹/₄ hours)*

* Plus travel if our Party Leader has to travel more than five miles.  

Additional 20 minute craft activity (optional) £20 extra - all materials supplied.

Loyalty Discount applies.  All you need is a space large enough for the group to move freely. Maximum group size 20 / minimum group size 10.

Examples of themes

You can also choose your own, or talk to us about what would be most appropriate for your party.

• We Can Be Heroes

  Transform into a Superhero with special powers. Learn to walk the Superhero Stride and find out how you can be a hero too.

• Dancing Shoes
  
  Get your glad rags on and let the Magic Shoe Bag teach you different dances from around the world, from ballet to jive, disco to square dancing.

• Roll Up for the Circus
  
  Have you got what it takes to make the crowd gasp? Run away with the Kidsdance circus and dance out your dreams.

• The Final Frontier
  
  Dance the Big Bang Boogie and travel at the speed of light. Take a trip down the Milky Way with Kidsdance and be part of the cosmic soup.

• Things That Go Bump
  
  Face up to scary things lurking under your bed with the Monster Stomp. Travel through spooky forests, catch your dreams and create your own monster.

• Once Upon A Time
  
  A trip through the land of fairytales, with princesses, unicorns, fairies and of course a happy ending!

• Fantasy Island
  All aboard for Fantasy Island, where you'll encounter pirates, mermaids and pieces of eight in a holiday to remember.

Suggestions for Structuring your Kidsdance Party

Successful parties are well planned and structured. Our dance workshops last 45 minutes (2-3s) one hour (for 4-7s), one and a quarter hours (for 8-12s) - most children can't concentrate on one activity for longer than that. We aim to start the dance about 15 minutes after the time you have invited your guests, eg. 4pm party means 4.15 – 5.15pm for the dance. Most people invite guests for 2 hours, but you could choose to run the party for 15 - 30 minutes less.

The guests will arrive at different times, so it can help to have an activity that they do as they arrive – simple craft activities are ideal for this and help break the ice for shy children. You may find you don't need anything extra, but it can be helpful just in case.

For example, for our Fantasy Island theme, they could each decorate a pre-cut out paper fish or mermaid as they arrive and you could stick them on to a large piece of coloured paper decorated with seaweed / shells etc. Or you could stick them on to lolly sticks and they could use them in the dance later and take them home.

Our experience is that most girls concentrate well on craft activities, while most boys will do it really quickly and then want to run around! We aim to start the dance session within 15 minutes of your party time, so that their energy can be channelled quickly, but latecomers are also included right from the start. Anyone who hasn't finished their craft activity could come back to it later. (Make sure you write names on the back in pencil!)

Alternatively you could play a game which only involves one child at a time, such as Pin the Horn on the Unicorn (for Once Upon a Time), or Pin the Earth in the Solar System (for The Final Frontier). Treasure hunts are fun too – looking for relevant pictures around the venue.

With children aged 4 and up, memory games are a good calming activity – place a number of objects related to your theme on a tray covered with a cloth, give them a minute or two to look at them and remember them in groups. Have an adult or older child with pencil and paper with each group, so that younger children don't have to write and give a prize to the group who has remembered the most. The element of competition helps engage even very excitable children. You may not need to do anything extra, but it is best to plan, just in case!

Depending on the age of the children, the time of day (after school can be tiring) and the weather, the children may need a short break during the dance session. Your party leader will be able to judge this, but please have a supply of water nearby, so that thirsty children don't cause too much disruption. Having an adult handy to escort children to the toilet if necessary is helpful too.

After the dance session, you may need to rearrange the venue for food, as we need maximum space for dancing and tables can't be in the way. Discuss this with your party leader beforehand and he or she can make sure the dance session finishes with the group contained in one area of the hall, so that you can set up for the party tea. Children take about 20 – 30 minutes to eat at a party (including the birthday cake), so if you have a 2 hour party, you need to finish either with a game, a craft activity, fancy dress contest or simply put the music on and let the children dance – see if they can remember the dance they have learned! A themed piñata is also a fun climax to a party.

Please discuss your ideas with us, before the party and also with your party leader on the actual day, so that we can ensure your party is just what you want.