Family | Food | Home | sport | Living April 2014 family let the games begin Xava Interiors now offers a party-planning service. Below: a pirate party by Sweet Soirees. Happy birthdays Kids’ party planning sorted. By Vivien Yu. Eezy Peezy Parties Take the stress out of your next children’s party with this online one-stop shop. Use the website to create and send invitations, choose a wish list from the gift registry, order party essentials for delivery to your door, book an entertainer and even send thank-you notes after the event. Its handy directory offers email links to entertainers, photographers, bouncy castle suppliers, cake makers, caterers, party venues and more. Easy peasy. Contact: www.eezypeezyparties.com. Sweet Soirees Specialising in bespoke parties, Sweet Soirees helps turn your ideas into reality, planning events from set up to cleanup. Founder Lauren Roberts worked in London as an event planner for celebrities and royalty before moving to Hong Kong, where she puts her artistic eye to good use creating beautiful events for people of all ages. Her services include budget planning, photography, entertainment hire, venue sourcing 50 | WWW.SOUTHSIDE.HK and handmade decorations. Sweet Soirees charges 20 per cent of the total budget, from $20,000 to $300,000. Contact the company at least a month before the event. Contact: 2818 5870, www.sweetsoireeshk.com. Chunky Onion Chunky Onion sends in the clowns – and the puppets, magicians, comedy waiters or the cast of an entire children’s show. Its professionally trained entertainers keep kids smiling with comedy routines, games, songs and puppet shows, with themes such as Princess & Prince Charming, Robin Hood and Little John, Jungle Jim and Jane, pirates and more. One-hour shows for larger events include Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Missing Bride. The Spring Onion band offers live music for teenagers. Chunky Onion also offers comprehensive party-planning services. Prices start at $4,800. One month’s notice required. Contact: 2110 0014, www.chunkyonion.com. family Aeroporto With more than 17 years’ experience, event organiser Aeroporto specialises in thinking out of the box. It works on events of all sizes and scales, transforming any space into the theme of your choice with amazing tensioned fabric sculptures and props created at its studio in Wong Chuk Hang. Previous themes have included 1920s, Moulin Rouge and a new-baby event featuring graphic trees and 150 teddy bears. Aeroporto will take care of all the details, including finding a venue, invitations, flowers, catering, graphics, entertainment and more, while working within your budget. Contact: 2553 6310, www.aeroportodesign.com. Xava Interiors Xava Interiors has just launched a partyplanning service, creating beautiful settings for any event. Its Easter brunch parties, for example, include personally designed invitations, themed balloons and decorations such as golden chocolate eggs, cupcakes, Easter bunnies and pink spring flowers. A recent children’s garden party followed a yellow and gold theme. Xava works with full-service event management firms. Prices start at $3,000. Contact: 2858 9866, [email protected], www.xavainteriors.hk. 52 | WWW.SOUTHSIDE.HK Party people Rachael’s Fun House Hong Kong’s leading Disco Diva for dance parties, shows and children’s entertainers, 2705 9556, www.funhousehk.com. Rumple & Friends Let them entertain you: magic, circus skills, puppets, balloon twisting, face painting and more at www.rumpleandfriends.com. Penguin Paint Force Creative face-painting services, 6117 1256, www.penguinpaintforce.wordpress.com. Birthdays.hk Equipment rental, including popcorn and candyfloss machines, bouncy castles, balloons and more at www.birthdays.hk. Hop2It Bouncy castles and other inflatables at www.hop2it.com.hk. Hub Venue Find the perfect party venue anywhere in Hong Kong at www.venuehub.hk. Penguin Paint Force DB Party Lovers Balloons, pinatas, decorations and more at www.dbpartylovers.com Penney Pang Beautiful homemade birthday cakes at www.penneypang.com. TwoPresents Ask guests to donate to Hong Kong birthday website www.twopresents.com, which sends a gift to the birthday girl or boy, and gives the rest of the money to a charity of your choice. Bricks4Kidz LEGO-based fun and games, with a party host, LEGO projects, free play and design-your-own mini-figure options at www.bricks4kidz.hk.