SF, San Jose Kids Birthday Party Entertainment

Let your Library patrons dive into the summer reading program with a Hilarious new puppet show especially designed for the Library Summer Program 2010.
Jungle Joe is back with a brand new show aimed at your library summer reading program:
“Splish Splash I was reading a book”.

A fun-filled show, full of interaction and creative learning. Featuring “Shouka”, the hungry whale.   Shouka was designed as part of our shows at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom .

Let your young readers escape the summer heat and dive into the cool Library Entertainment fun this summer. We will also meet a wonderful new character: ” The Magical Book”. An interactive story book that is truly original, interactive, educational and tremendously entertaining. This book will literally bring your sea stories to life. Our Library Puppet shows will amaze your Library patrons and staff alike.

My Summer dates fill up very quickly, please email or call now to secure your booking:
E-mail: californiapuppets@gmail.com -  Phone: 408-990-6677.

*Show Length : 45 minutes / *Audience size : up to 300 / *Age Group : 2 to adults.

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You are the King & Queen in your home and if you are planning a party for your little prince then why don’t you make it grand with a Princess party.  There are tons of ideas for a typical princess party
and you can make the preparations all at home.
The first thing you need to do is to make your home into a castle. I think you can already imagine the smiles this very thought will bring to your prince’s face. The next choice you have to make is that of a
catchy slogan that will fit the theme well. This slogan can be used in the invitations and as a part of the overall decorations as well. You use one of the following phrases:
-  A Night of Enchantment
–  Castle Party at John’s Magical Kingdom
-  Hear Ye, Hear Ye…Princess Anna is turning 5!
-  Sonia’s Pink Princess Party
-  Gracious Knight come join us at john’s Castle for Feasting & Festivities!

Princess Party Invitations:

Princess party invitations could include pictures of glass princess slippers, castles and knights on royal horses. Make sure the cards look special by using stylish fonts, calligraphy, glitter inks and
colored ribbons and flags. Mention the arrival and departure, date and venue clearly in the invitations. You can mention the dress code for the princess party as well. You can tie up the invitations with a bow like they did it in the olden days for all official parties.

Princess Party Decorations:

Decorate the entrance of your house with flags, shields and red carpets to make it a grand entrance.

Royal ball:

You can create a royal ball in your living room where you can decorate it with pink truffles and drape the tulles in the ceiling to create a canopy. This will give the look of a small dancing space for children
to dance in. You can also drape the chairs with pink ribbons and colorful bows.

Royal entrance:

Using a chalk you can draw princess characters on the driveway eg: snow white and Cinderella.
At the entrance you can write “enter the castle” here or “welcome to the kingdom”. You can have cutouts of court attendants and the dwarfs prepared and place them at the entrance. These will form the welcoming party for the guests. When each guest arrives their names can be announced in the background as in royal courts.

Ok now that the guests have arrived and we are all set we need to make sure that each guest receives personal attention and leaves the party with fond memories. We will discuss this in PART II of the article.

The Princess Party – Part II

Now that the guests have arrived at the princess party let’s make the evening a delightful one for them. The best way to do this is to arrange some games which they will enjoy. Here are some beautiful ideas.

Wishing well or fountain:

Place a small wishing well somewhere in the party. Give each guest a penny and ask them to wish something before dropping the penny into the well. Tell her that at night fall her wish will come true. You can then add gift boxes inside so that when each guest leaves they can pull out the gifts from the well.

Ice Drop:

Kids are divided into two teams and given 2 toothpicks and two bowls. In one bowl ice cubes are kept. The two bowls are placed at a distance on a table. Each person has to run from the start point bowl to the finish point bowl by carrying ice with toothpicks. The one who finishes first wins.

Kiss the Prince:

This is a simple kid game. The kids put on red lipstick and are blindfolded and spun around. They then try to kiss a picture of a prince. Whoever is closest wins.

Glass Slipper:

Everyone sits in a circle and passes a slipper from one person to the next (while music is playing). Someone calls time or stops the music and the person left holding the slipper is out. Continue until there is only one person left.

Besides the games the next thing you can concentrate on is the food. Make sure the food is delicious so that it can be enjoyed by the children. Some useful suggestions are Food Items

All types of breads and  platter of meats Enchanted chicken and turkey legs Cream cheese & strawberry jam sandwiches (you can shape them with star, heart, diamond etc.
Royal Salad (dried cranberries, golden raisins, cherries etc.)

Princess Party Drinks:

Apple juice
Some sort of a sherbet
Pink lemonade
Strawberry tea

Princess Party Treats:

Strawberries
Grapes
Cockies
Popcorn
At the end of the party give everyone a small return gift so that they remember the party for a long time.

Princess Party Favors:

“Love” and “Thank You” charms can be added as favors and gifts. The half diameter charms feature a hole at the top for easy attachment with ribbon. Small assorted gift packets with plastic miniature
princess dolls, wands, magical characters work well.

Now you can start planning you royal ball and don’t forget to include your prince or princess in the process.

Moo Moo cow puppet / Baby Cow Puppet

Baby foam cow puppet

Clown fish foam puppet

Here is another Clown. This party Clown fish we had made for  a bay area after school program. The clown fish puppet was made out of dyed polyurethane foam. I made several of them and I still have a few of these great puppets. Email me if you are interested in getting one of them. Extremely light weight, workable mouth. Enjoy!

Sami Boujja

A special “First” Birthday is a milestone in your child’s life and needs to be celebrated. Your baby is not going to remember his or her first birthday party, but they will come a point in their life when it becomes important for them to know. The celebration is equally as important for you as parents and for all of those friends and family members who will be present in your child’s life for many years to come.

Everyday of life should be a time of celebration. However, a Baby’s 1st Birthday is unique and should be celebrated accordingly. Think of it like, it is one year ago that this adored Baby was brought into your world. Of course, at a one year of age the Baby doesn’t seem to know what is happening, but it is still a time to celebrate. It is an event that you can look back on for years to come. It is as much a celebration of your achievements in the baby’s life as it is an achievement for your baby’s development. 

Here are some 1st birthday party ideas to help you better plan your kids first birthday party.

• decide early whether or not you want a particular birthday party theme. Birthday themes make it easier to shop for birthday supplies and birthday decorations. A theme will also bring a sense of harmony to the whole atmosphere. A typical baby blue for boys and pink for girls theme could do the trick. But any theme could work : Jungle party, Safari Party, princess party, pirate party, Animal party, train party, character party, just to name a few.

• You can serve cupcakes, a sheet cake or make a cake to match the party theme.

• Birthday party favors for the children that attend your kids party are great way to end your party. You can put together goodies bags that match your theme very cheaply by shopping online. A simple search under birthday party favors, party supplies, birthday decorations,kids party supplies, kids birthday, birthday theme, could turn great results.
• You can just as easily personalize your first birthday party invitations to fit your theme or style.

• choose the best children entertainer for your 1st kids Birthday party, a professional children entertainer can add a lot of value to your event and make it especially memorable.

• Pictures:

Take lots of pictures, remember this day and remember how easy and stress-free it was. As they get older they’ll have time to celebrate with big parties and actually remember them.

• Food:

Pizza is a favorite food for kids. If you want to keep this short and sweet, finger foods are perfect. Cupcakes at the end are great. Everyone gets the same portion, and your little one can be as messy as they want with their own private cake.

• Allowing your baby to open his or her presents maybe cute for 10 seconds but your guests are going to get bored very fast.

• Toddlers love their Cheerios! Put out a bowl of cheerios for the toddlers and pretzels, crackers for older kids. Placing the bowls next to chips and dip for the adults can be fun for kids! Use your judgment.

As a kids birthday party entertainer and father of four kids, my best advise for new parents who are putting on their very 1st kids birthday party is to relax during the party. You have planned your party well, you have recruited some friends and family to help organize your party. There will be a few surprises during the party, if you take it with ease. Your guests will sense that you are calm and relaxed and will automatically follow suit.

Safety Tips for Birthdays:

• Balloons, If they burst they can be inhaled and cause a child to choke.

• Hard candy, bonbons or Finger Foods like raisins, M&Ms or popcorn can cause chocking as well.

• Be careful where you put your matches or lighter for the birthday cake.

• Save any sweets until the end of the party, other wise the kids will have to run wild during the party.

Enjoy your child’s party because there will never be another “first” birthday party for your baby.

Batman kids party theme

Coolest Superhero Birthday Parties for Your kid!!
Batman is a character which every kid knows about. He is a super hero who is physically fit and mentally agile to take on all evil and evil doers in the world. He is the advocator of good. Because of this kids admire him and even impersonate him while at play. For your kids, Batman is an ideal hero. Batman uses the knowledge of science and math in his crime fighting tools and this attracts today’s kids. So it can be a very good birthday theme for the youngsters.
Because of its universal appeal the super hero batman theme is something very interesting one can have at a kid’s birthday celebration. You can make invitation cards having bat wings as the theme. You can use pen flashlights and can use it in a bat shape attaching a card with the date, time and location of the party. A Super hero Spiderman party with kids in red and blue colors can be a mind blowing idea.
The villains mostly seen in movies can also play significant characters in your kid’s birthday party. Some of the famous characters are Catwoman, Joker, Penguin, Two Face, Mr. Freeze and the Riddler and the Spiderman nemesis Green Goblin. These characters can add a lot of charm to the kid’s party.
These days the super hero theme has become very popular at birthday parties. There has been an overwhelming response for superhero party supplies. Thus a well decorated superhero party can add lots of amusement, liveliness and zeal to make the party a brilliant success.

Jungle Joe was featured on a the Korean KBS television station. The TV crew followed California Puppets onto several sites. The crew filmed the California Puppet workshop and a couple of San Francisco Bay Area kids event Parties. The clown fish puppet held by the TV host was made by California Puppets as well. The child that was interviewed on the tape was from a kids birthday party entertainment in San Jose CA. Jungle Joe was also featured on a TV program aired in North Africa during his Visit to Africa tour. The tour was sponsored by the  charitable organization “Sourire d’Espoir”. Translated to mean Smiles of Hope, the tour was to benefit undeserved kids stricken with cancer and other chronic diseases. Please check often for new videos and photos of the tour to be posted.

“Jingle in the Jungle “

Christmas Puppet Show

Santa turned Tarzan. He has to learn the ways of the jungle in order to deliever all the presents to the jungle dwellers. He has hired a whole new cast of helpers. But watch out, these helpers are still on the job training and kids’ presents may just get mixed up this year. (Very Funny).

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If your child loves interesting animals and doing daring stuff, then a jungle safari theme birthday party will rock. Children love wild animals, and adapting jungle party decorations and theme will simply do wonders. Make invitation cards in the form of passport out of construction paper. In addition to that, add notes about the recipient so that each one is exclusive and private to add a fun element to it.

Here are some interesting ideas and stuff you can arrange for your jungle themed party.

Fill the room with jungle leaves and also attach tissue paper plants and flowers. Paint photographs of wild animals like elephants or giraffes. Wrap the tables in animal skin styled cloth and put stuffed animals at the center.

Fill your house with balloons or paper chain in tropical colors like green, tan, yellow. Decorate the paper chain in such a way that they look like vines by twisting and connecting green and yellow streamers jointly.

Cut paw prints out of cardboard and glue it on the ground. On the entrance you can use banner written “Welcome to The Serengeti National Park, Africa!” Dangle the pictures of wild animals on the walls of your party area.
Make palm trees using the cardboard rolls to give a safari look. Cover them with brown and green felt strips.

Cut pictures of monkeys, hippos, elephants and lions and glue them in plywood and lean it against a fence or wall. Present each guest of yours a synthetic safari hat and a pair of binoculars the moment they arrive. Dress the birthday boy/girl before the guest arrives so that he /she can welcome the guests at the door.

Fill the room with jungle themed toys and hide them all over the yard. Tell the kids to search the treat bags while on their way to the safari. Serve flavored punch by referring to it as “Jungle Juice.” Prepare the cake with the jungle safari theme.

Take snaps of children wearing jungle safari hats and binoculars and attach a thank you card so that all the guests have an extraordinary photo remembrance to keep.