A range of inflatables & themes to celebrate your child's birthday or any other special occasion. 🥳
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🎆 I would like to wish you and your families a Happy and Healthy New Year! 🥂🥳
I hope you have all had a wonderful and enjoyable Christmas, and start to 2024. 🎄
🥰 Thank you to everyone who has used me and recommend my business in 2023; and I look forward to another exciting year ahead with some new additions coming soon too. 🎉
And that's a wrap! 🎉
Technically the summer season ended around start of October, but still been the odd hire, and several indoor bookings.
A massive thank you to everyone who has either hired from me or mentioned me to family, friends or on Facebook posts. As a small and still fairly new business, it means a lot. 🥰
This year has definitely been my most challenging. After adding up the bookings, about a fifth of bookings were unable to go ahead due to either high winds or rain, and a lot of painful days drying and cleaning castles that have gotten wet.
Let's hope next year is a great year for both weather and castles.🤞 Some new additions coming for 2024 too! 🤩
Don't forget indoor hires and disco packages are available all year round.
See you on the otherside. ❄️
Here are some pics from the last few hires....
BUT - Here's a little game for you and the kids. 🤩
A kind boy a couple of weeks ago wanted to give me a trophy for being 'The best bouncy castle guy'. 🥰
So, I've taken pics at several hires since with the trophy hidden in/on the castle.
Can you spot them all?? 🤔
When you've found them, don't comment where, but like the picture.
Happy hunting. 🥳
Time for the end of month(ish) post, and what a crazy July it's been! 🤪
With such awful weather recently, about 2 thirds of bookings were sadly unable to go ahead, either because of high wind speeds or this blinkin' rain we keep having. And when most have gone out, they've got wet at some point, meaning having to dry and clean them.
But... at least we've managed to provide several hires still for young one's special days and the weather is finally picking up for the rest of August. 🤞🌞
🥳 Some pics from the last few weeks of castle hires. 🤩🌞
Thank you to everyone who has hired recently. 😊 It's a very busy few weeks ahead.
☀️😎 Now the castle season has begun, here is some important information I would like to share with you, which you may not be aware of and to ensure you have a safe and reliable hire. 🧐
⚠️ By law, inflatables have to be safety tested annually. This is either by P**A or ADiP. You will know this if they have their tag on the front of the castle. You can see the blue P**A tags on mine.
⚠️ By law, inflatables can not be used on hard surfaces outside unless pegged down. Sandbags are not enough as each anchor point requires a minimum of 163kg each, and a minimum of 6 anchor points must be used.
⚠️ By law, all electrical equipment has to be Portable Appliance Tested (PAT) annually for safety.
⚠️ Inflatables have strict weather conditions. Rain is one issue because of electrical equipment and inflatables become dangerous when wet. But also, inflatables must not be used in windy conditions where speeds exceed 24mph (including gusts).
⚠️ The hirer should also have adequate Public Liability Insurance (PLI). This is not only to protect them, but your property and guests.
✅ With Col's Castles, you can be rest assured that you are in safe hands as I have all these measures in place and take the safety of children very seriously. Just the insurance and P**A testing alone for only 4 inflatables costs me £800 a year.
❗️Please be sure to check with anyone you are hiring from that they have these requirements, to ensure your children have a fun but importantly a safe experience. ❤️
Despite some hires sadly not able to go ahead this weekend due to bad weather, we luckily managed to have some castles out Sunday in the 🌞
Let's hope the sun comes back out for the next week's hires. 🤞
After the last week of having the castles and slide P**A safety tested and the equipment PAT tested, the summer(ish) season has begun! 🎉🍾
Here's to hopefully another busy and successful year ahead. 🥂🌞
🤩 I would like to wish you all and your friends and families a very successful, positive and healthy 2023! 🥂
💖 Thank you to everyone who has hired from me or recommended my services in 2022, it means so much. Last year saw a 106% increase on bookings since starting in 2020. 😲
With many exciting ideas to come, let's see what 2023 will bring, and I can't wait to provide a hire for your special occasions! 🎉
🎄 I would like to wish to all of you wonderful customers and your families a very Merry Christmas, and hope you are having a fantastically fun, loving and relaxing day! 🎅
☃️ Best wishes x 🥂
🥳 Half-term hire for a local holiday club, benefiting from my Loyalty Scheme. 🎉
🤩 Also, I gave the kids a treat as they got to test out my new slide, and so I could see it in action for the first time! 😁 Love it!! Can’t wait to hire this out next year. ☀️
☀️Last outdoor hire of the year for a lovely friend and ex-colleague.🐯🦒
❤️ A massive THANK YOU to all of you, who have either hired from me or recommended my service to others, it’s really appreciated! 🤩
🤩 Guess what’s arrived today? 🤩
Can’t wait to see it in action! 🎉
Just collected the disco dome with slide for it’s last outdoor hire this year from a lovely family with such helpful and polite kids.
Only 2 more hires outside to wrap up the season.*
🤩 Don’t forget I still offer indoor hires, and for the ultimate party have a disco and castle package, with a huge discount on the castle! 🥳
🎉 Events With Mirror Image Disco
*Sadly, I am not taking any more outdoor bookings till next year.
Thinking of getting a football theme, and a Happy Birthday theme for my castles. Just wondering if there is any interest for these? 🧐
☀️ I hope everyone is enjoying their summer holidays! 🥰
As we’re half way through, I thought it’s time to post some of the pics from the start of summer and the last month. 😁 Please take a look through to see the range of castles and themes available for hire. 🧐
Any castle, any theme, any choice of mat. 🤩 Your hire, your way! 👍👍
🤩🥳 DISCO CASTLE SUMMER SPECIAL! 🔈🎵🎶
💖 You will not believe this amazing offer this year for the summer holidays! 🎉
- Keep the kids busy all day and evening as they party with their family and friends.
- 12ft by 16ft disco castle with slide, with theme and mats to match
- Free Bluetooth speaker and 2 disco lights
- Free next day collection
- Only £70!!! - Saving a huge £45 😲
*Weekdays only
**1st hire offer not eligible with this special
🤩 AVAILABLE FOR HIRE!! 🥰
Collected today from Cardiff, I now have my brand-new large 4ft LED numbers 5 and 6 available for hire! 🥳 They can be set to any static colour (and brightness) or a range of chases/patterns, a few examples shown here, and in the comments.
Perfect for children’s 5th and 6th birthday events at home or a fab extra alongside my castle/disco bookings. 🎉
Different options available:
- Midweek home hire £30 for the day (with drop-off the evening before)
- Weekend home hire £35 for the day (with drop-off the evening before)
- Anyday home/venue hire with bouncy castle booking £30
- Anyday venue hire with disco booking (with DJ Colin) £25
*Home prices are based on location near to Shirley, Solihull
🤩🤩 AVAILABLE TO HIRE!!! 🤩🤩
My brand-new 9ft by 11ft castle for only £45 on a weekday or £55 on a weekend day, with any of my 20 themes to choose from. *Don’t forget £5 off these prices for 1st hires too! 🎉
🔊Also available for hire with the Disco theme is my brand-new DJ controller crash mats, also eligible with any of my castles! 🥳
Get booking today! Summer is filling up fast. ☀️
WoW! 😲 Just had this posted into a local group! 💖
So glad to be able to help someone last minute. 🤩
Just been sent this amazing review! 🥰 Love hearing feedback like this! 🤩
🤩 A few pics from hires over the last month! 🤩
☀️ I didn’t want to bore your news feed with posts each week, so here is a bundle of different castle combinations people have hired over the last few weeks, including this weekend’s summer fairs for 2 schools. 🥳
😁 I will be testing my new castle tomorrow and posting pics up of this next week. Can’t wait to test it out, especially for my nephew’s birthday tomorrow! 🎉
🤫 Things have been quiet on the posting aspect, however, it has been non-stop behind the scenes.
June and July are almost fully booked; thanks to you for booking and recommending me! 🥰
🥵 Been on a 3-hour round trip after work to collect my new artwork, which can be applied on all of my castles. 🤩
Can you guess what they are? 🧐
🥳 Also, collected my 9ft by 11ft castle which after checking this weekend, will be available to hire from next Monday! 🎉
And my new large slide is due by end of June too. Woohoo! 😁
Thank you all for your messages and interest. 🥰
I have been away on a residential with school this week, so will reply to messages as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience.
Sharing the feedback from the hire at the Wacky Warehouse on bank-holiday Monday just gone. 🥰 Love seeing comments like this, and that they also raised loads of money for a good cause. 💚
It's been an incredibly busy and fantastic bank-holiday weekend with several castle hires (will post pics later this week), 2 children's discos, a Christening and a Wedding! 🥳
I would like to wish a happy Eid to anybody celebrating! 🎉
🤩 6 brand-new fantastic themes are currently being produced to be added to my amazing range of artwork for all my castles- meaning an impressive total of 20 different themes to choose from!
💨💨 STRONG WINDS THIS WEEKEND! 💨💨
I take safety with my hires extremely important. 🛡👦👶👧🛡
‼️ PLEASE be very concerned of any companies still hiring! 🚫
Your family, children, and their friends' safety and lives come 1st- before my business and income.
The last thing I would ever want to do is stop a hire; not only is it disappointing for the children, I lose my income too when hires are cancelled.
Obviously, castles can't be used in rain, but winds? 🧐 Well.... It's a shame when the weather is gorgeously sunny, but please note large inflatables are very susceptible to wind. High wind speeds can cause (and have in recent news) incidents where the castle is moved/blown over sadly resulting in injuries and even death to children.
The H.S.E. Gov.* states 24mph is the legal limit.
This weekend the wind speeds exceed this massively, forecast up to 33mph!!
Please don't risk your child's lives by going with disreputable companies- they are breaking the law and endangering your family.
*https://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/fairgrounds/inflatables.htm
🤩 Something NEW is coming to Col's Castles & Events With Mirror Image Disco! 🧐
Arriving in time for summer, I am enhancing our services by offering large 4ft multi-coloured LED numbers as an extra to our children's discos or bouncy castle bookings. 🎉
I have only ordered the numbers 5 & 6 atm as they are the most popular aged parties we provide, but hoping to expand further by buying additional numbers at a later date. Watch this space! 🤪
More info, including costs, will be posted once they have arrived.
Took the castles to be safety (P**A) tested today and passed! 🤩👍⭐️
| Monday | 15:30 - 23:00 |
| Tuesday | 15:30 - 23:00 |
| Wednesday | 15:30 - 23:00 |
| Thursday | 15:30 - 23:00 |
| Friday | 15:30 - 23:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 - 23:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 - 23:00 |
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