When it comes to planning a birthday party for kids, moonbounce rentals and moonwalk rental services in your area can be a lifesaver because they will work for children and even young teens. If your party will be of mixed gender and age, a bounce party (bouncehouse) theme will keep everyone happy. A bouncy house can be enhanced for teens with lights and music and made into a fun, but healthy disco type dance house. An inflatable house party need not only be for 5 or 10 year olds, it can be a very hip teen mini club if accented the right way.

Naturally in conjunction with your bounce house idea you will have many things to plan to make your party a success be it for a toddler, young child, or an emerging teen.

• So let’s say you have the date set because it’s the child’s birthday, or the weekend following so more people can attend. If you are buying or renting a bounce house from a bounce house rental company you will want to call ahead and make sure the house you want and the number of houses will be available for that date.

• Next you will want to ensure that you have a level space where the bounce house can be installed. Grass works the best. The area for one bounce house should be about 20X20 to allow for moving room around the bouncer or castle or water slide because the large rental bouncers are about 15X15. In fact for a slide you will want 30 x15 because the slide portion extends out further than the house. If it will be under cover or under a tent, then be sure to discuss with the bounce house rentals how much space you need overhead.

• When you send out the invitations it is good to tell parents and children what the theme is and that some form of bounce house trampoline or bounce house inflatables will be the main activity. This way the children and parents can dress accordingly. It will avoid little girls arriving in frilly dresses that end up flying up over their heads as they bounce.

Depending on the bounce house style, if it is medieval or a castle you could incorporate a masquerade theme or a dress up party to match the theme. Just keep it simple and warn parents to not use masks or things that could get in the way of bouncing. For example a beach theme could have all the children in bathing suits and therefore the water slide would work well. Or for a moonwalk bouncer theme you could have the children wear simple spandex or futuristic attire.

Bounce houses will require a nearby power supply. If you don’t have power, say the party is at a cabin or near a lake or in the country, then you can also arrange to have a generator delivered with your bouncer. Some bounce house rental companies offer to set up, inflate, take down and remove and keep it supplied with power and do all the nasty hard work for an extra $75 or $100. It may be well worth the extra price to be free to enjoy the day with your little bouncers.