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Summer camp entertainment consists of performers, activities, and rentals for camps, pre-schools, and summer programs instead of a single birthday party celebration.
As opposed to a birthday party entertainment, summer camp entertainment must be able to capture the interest of bigger audiences and last throughout the entire day or even week, thus being mostly composed of scalable entertainment options (bounce houses, interactive shows, etc. rather than games that would require one-on-one interaction).
The majority of entertainment providers in NJ understand how to make summer camp events work.
Common feedback of NJ camp directors
Advantages of Booking Outside Entertainment for Camps
1. Changes daily routine
A magic show or bubble show arranged in the middle of a camp week will give children something to look forward to and, therefore, help to attract them and improve their mood.
2. Works for mixed age groups
Professional camp entertainers develop their shows in a way that appeals to both young and old camp members equally, thus solving a common scheduling problem.
3. Reduces workload of the staff
Arrangement of an entertainer or a rental gives counselors a possibility to take a break.
4. Establishes reputation of the camp
Entertainment pictures and video footage become easy and interesting content for the promotion of the camp.
There is a growing pressure on camp directors in New Jersey to provide innovative camp activities because nowadays parents choose between camps based not only on prices but also on activities offered.
• Increasing expectations of parents: In order to justify the constantly increasing tuition rates, families expect camps to provide not only childcare but also additional fun activities.
• Heat-induced scheduling: The increasing temperature of NJ summer season makes camps choose cooling activities (snow cones stands and water-based fun activities).
• Need to retain children: Rotating entertainers weekly increases chances to have children come to the camp next year.
“Camps that arrange some external entertainment activities a few times a summer tend to attract more children who will return the next year.”
1. First, you should set your camp schedule to find out which weeks require some special activity (such as a themed day or end-of-camp celebration).
2. Choose activities depending on the size of your camp (bouncy castle or bubble show scale well for a larger group while sand art and spin art are more suitable for a smaller rotation).
3. Insurance check: Ask for a certificate of insurance before booking any vendor for a school or camp.
4. Check whether the entertainer or the activity will be suitable for your specific age group.
5. Prepare for the weather: Find an alternative place in case of raining and cancellation of some outdoor entertainment (such as bouncy castle or dunk tank).
6. Coordinate arrival times: Schedule vendor setup before the camp starts to ensure uninterrupted schedule.
7. Let parents know: A brief letter about special activity days is useful to let children be prepared to it (for example, if it includes some water activities, they will need to come with extra clothes).
Book popular vendors at least a month in advance since popular dates in June and July are usually booked in advance all over NJ.
• Mix activities of active and relaxing kind in order to prevent overstimulation of younger children.
• Always assign a staff member to cooperate with the vendor on the setup day.
• Ask vendors for references from other NJ schools or camps.
• Prepare a simple questionnaire to ask counselors about the details of performance for future camp planning.
• Bookings too close to the event date: Popular performers and rentals are usually booked several weeks in advance during peak summer period.
• Activities that do not scale: The activities meant for a small group (such as a game for ten kids) will work poorly with fifty members in the camp.
• Skipping insurance check: The camp will be held liable for the lack of proper insurance of a vendor.
• Lack of plan in case of bad weather: Some activities can be organized only outdoors and cancelation of such activity will ruin an entire day schedule.
• Overloading the schedule: There can be too many activities in a single day and it will overstrain both campers and camp counselors.
The most effective camp days include one group activity and a few rotating stations. Such format allows to involve every age group at the same time without excluding older or younger children during the day.
Also vendors recommend to double-check headcounts a few days before the event because camp attendance changes during the summer period.
• Day camp enrollment in US Northeast continues to increase because of increasing number of working parents.
• Outdoor inflatable rentals are among the most popular camp add-ons thanks to fast setup and suitability for any age.
• Theme days (costume characters, superheroes or princess visits) became a popular low-cost method of distinguishing your camp’s programming from other camps.
• Cooling activities (snow cone machines, water-based games) are in high demand in the hottest period of NJ summer, usually mid-July through early August.
Activity | Best Group Size | Setup Needs | Best For |
Bubble show | Large groups | Open space | All ages |
Magician show | Medium-large groups | Indoor or shaded area | Ages 4+ |
Bounce house | Rotating small groups | Flat outdoor space, power source | Ages 3–10 |
Costume characters | Any size | None | Themed days |
Snow cone machine | Any size | Table, power outlet | Hot days |
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The above forms of entertainment have proved to be the most popular for mixed groups of campers.
4 to 8 weeks in advance is advisable, particularly for June and July because NJ entertainers get fully booked by then.
Yes. Camps or schools ought to request a certificate of insurance before contracting any outside entertainers.
Snow cone machines and other forms of water entertainment are common during hot summer days.
While there are entertainment that suit all ages, there are those which are suited for particular ages of campers.
