About An Enchanted Party
An Enchanted Party embracing your child’s passion for creativity and imagination through delightful, captivating fun!
Our memorable shows, now spanning more than a decade continue to lead the way. We create a delightful, wondrous and nurturing performance where children can explore the far corners of their imagination! Our highly skilled actors immerse themselves in their character engaging each young mind and drawing them into the magical and enchanting realms of make believe.
Larmesa Lees is the owner and Director of An Enchanted Party. “I believe that by harnessing a child’s natural instinct to explore and by embracing creativity and imagination a child may be open to all possibility, perhaps the most valuable gift we parents can give our children”.
Larmesa creates all the shows which have been fine-tuned over 15 years to offer a truly magical and enchanting experience for all little people. “We only have highly skilled performers with a natural rapport and passion for entertaining children and their precious imaginations, thus guaranteeing a show full of delightful, captivating fun for each and every very special event”.
An Enchanted Party is the magic behind the Ellerslie Spring Fairy Festival and the Teddy Bears Picnic with the famous Neverland Stage Show and Crowd Wondering Performers for over a decade.
An Enchanted Party has a long standing relationship with Auckland City Council, Childcare Centres, Nature Baby Stores throughout Auckland and The Department Store providing in store Entertainment. We are privileged to provide entertainment for charity events at Star Ship Hospital for Children staying in Ronald McDonald House.
You may choose from our fabulous Fairies, Butterflies, Princesses, Mermaids, Ballerinas, Tinkerbelle, Peter Pan, Pirates, Super Hero’s, Disco Hosts, Face Painters and Balloon Twisters.
We can take the stress out of your special day with all your party planning needs; entertainment, catering, balloons, goodie bags, decorations, gazebo, table and chairs, bubble machine and invitations. All very gorgeous and presented for the most discerning.
Please browse our website and let your Enchanted Party experience begin…
Our Clients
"A huge thank you to you and your team who all were absolute professionals throughout the whole event. I had so many people tell me how wonderful the fairies and pirates were and how fantastic the stage show was. I was just so impressed with all your staff and their attitudes. The event is primarily a success due to them creating magic with the children and they make it look easy when it most certainly is not.
Also on a personal level thanks for being so supportive and helping me out during my first festival, it was lovely to work with you and I look forward to many more successful events! Also if there is any feedback from yourself or your entertainers on how the event could be improved please let me know, I think we get better every year by learning as we go"
Megan Darrow
Town Centre Manager, Ellerslie Business Association
Party Recommendations
We are delighted to be a part of your special day!
Party Location
Home Party: If you plan to have your party at home we will make do with any space you have available, we have entertained in lounges, bedrooms, decks, gardens any space is fine for us.
Venue: If you plan to have your party at a venue we recommend you book early as they can book up well in advance.
Venue Ideas
Parks
http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/parksall/Pages/home2.aspx
Community Centers
Venues
http://www.venuehire.co.nz/auckland-childrens-party-venues-1.htm
Party Length
Example...
- 1-3 year old parties 2 hours
- 3-5 year old parties 2.5 hours
- 5-8 year old parties 3-3.5 hours
You will know best what your birthday child can manage.
Booking Entertainment
Once you have decided on your party date and time you can then book your entertainment, please browse our website and like us on facebook for inspiration.
You may choose a one or two hour entertainment option and you may like to combine entertainers for double the fun and games.
Please note if you are having over 18 children we do recommend having two entertainers. One entertainer will do their best but may need an adult on hand.
Invitations
Try to send out your invitations a minimum of two weeks prior to your party date, three weeks is ideal. Please contact us so we may email you our gorgeous hand crafted invitations to print, we have one for every theme.
Party Extras
Please feel free to discuss your party requirements as we provide everything you will need to take the stress out of your special day from table and chairs, cakes, decorations, goodie bags, bubble machine or the entire party package. View our party extras.
Time Management
We advise to book your entertainer a minimum of half an hour after the children arrive so they can all be there, hand over presents and settle in.
If you have booked the two hour entertainment package you may like our entertainer to meet and greet the children before they start their show.
Keep in mind meal times when planning your party, if the children arrive right on a meal time they may need to eat before the entertainment. If the entertainment is close to a meal time you may like to have a bowl of popcorn, or something to hand around during the show, please keep this simple so as not to distract the children too much.
We find having the entertainment before the food means you can prepare the party food so when the entertainer has finished their show the children can go straight onto the food. Please be mindful if the table is close by the show the children will be distracted if food comes out before the show has ended.
If you have booked the two hour entertainment package you may like our entertainer to mingle with the children while they eat, cut the cake and have photos.
Party Space
It’s nice to have a quiet space for the entertainment so the children can easily concentrate without parents chatting close by. If the parents do happen to be close by please have them quieten down when the show is underway.
Please have a cd player or iPod docking station handy, our entertainers provide their own music.
Combined Entertainment
If you are booking a Face Painter with the Entertainer they can easily paint faces while the show is underway so having them overlap is not a problem but you may wish to have one after the other.
If you book a Balloon Twister with the Entertainer we recommend having them one after the other so that the children get the most from each experience.
Preparing your birthday child
Try not to make too much fuss about the party to your child leading up to their day; this will help them stay relaxed.
Just before the entertainers arrival it is helpful for a parent to gather the children together, settle them down and chat to them about appropriate behaviour when a special guests is coming to the house.
Our entertainer will phone you the Monday before your party to confirm your details, you may discuss anything you would like them to be aware of and there is the option of your entertainer chatting to the birthday child which may help settle their nerves.
We will email you a magical spell to print out and do with your birthday child the night before their party; this will create the magic leading up to their enchanting Enchanted Party experience!
Have a lovely day!