Ball pool party, hire or buy?

vikki_louise

I hold a party for ill and disabled children every summer, last year the bouncy castle with combined ball pool was in constant use and w bit busy for the more seriously disabled and young guests so planned to either hire a separate bouncy castle for little ones or separate ball pool. The company I'm hiring from do a small bouncy castle which can have balls in (apparently they mostly cover the bottom but not deep), it's about £100 to hire. I was wondering as we would use it every year if it's worth buying one from somewhere. I saw a nice onion elc which had a small castle and pool which you could buy together then a pump and balls but reviews were very poor and someone said its a lot smaller than it looks on the site.

Has anyone looked into buying a pool that several kids can use, how much did you pay for it and the balls and was it any good? Thanks for any help

augustsmummy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150721320292&var how about this - the sidekick one has a ballpool to the side. I know it is £397 but hopefully it would last for more than 4 events and work out worth the money.
Have a hunt on ebay, my FIL bought a bouncy castle second hand for about £50 a few years back and it is still going strong.
As for ball pool have you thought of buying a paddling pool and filling it with balls? Thats what we did for DDs first birthday and that went down a treat with all the kids.
They can generally be bought from Asda, tesco, wilkinsons and Argos as well as ebay for £20 and balls can usually be bought from ELC / Tesco / Asda on deals.
hth

augustsmummy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Space-Ship-Inflatable-Paddling-Pool-Ball-Pit-indoor-outdoorToy-/170774867579?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Outdoor_Toys_ET&hash=item27c2f9ae7b

how about this for a ball pit?

frugle

Have you thought about joining your local freecycle group for ball pool balls, i'm a member of our local one and theres always someone offering a few bags each time! Doesnt matter that they are all differnt colours either a balls a ball!