Character Hire in Belfast

Character Surprise Mascots, based in Northern Ireland, supply over 80 different character mascots for a half-hour visit or can hire mascots out for the length of the party for you to use yourself. All staff have Access NI vetting. Read on for more information and advice on booking a similar provider.

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

We would need a party date/time and venue area. How many will be attending the party and is it indoors or outdoors? What dress size for the mascots and persons age.
We are now hiring a Peppa Pig bouncy castle with slide if you wish to book
we would need to know the garden size if indoors the hall size and how many children will be attending the party.
If you can let us know if you have any guests who do not like the mascots so we can avoid these children.

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

Firstly ask are they reliable, check for any facebook reviews, how long has the business been
operating. Ask the provider if they have any reviews and if they have the correct insurance, vetting in place
to work with children. If the equipment is in good working order and clean with no defects.
Also, ask the provider if they have any birthday party for children packages and if they are flexible on times.

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

I started the business over 10 years ago, it was my daughters 4th birthday and we were looking something different for her party.
My wife came across a flyer advertising a Minnie Mouse visit so we priced the visit. But the Minnie Mouse visit was very dear so I thought to have a look on the internet to buy a Minnie Mouse mascot and I was able to buy Mickey and Minnie for the same price of the Minnie visit. So I bought the 2 mascots and thought I good advertise them for sale after the birthday party. To my amazement on advertising them for sale, people did not want to buy them but to rent for a couple of hours for their own parties. Ten years later we now have nearly 80 different mascot characters and now doing character bouncy castles.

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

Add to Event is a new tool I am using and hopefully will drive more bookings, I sometimes find people need to give more detail in what they want at their party for example if they want character mascots or a face painter. I would recommend Add to Event and have done to other party entertainers, it is another way to get your name out to the internet public.