Course Overview
Format
- Intermediate
- 1-2 Study Hours
- Online Study
- Self-Printed Certificate
Accreditation
- 1-2 CPD Hours
- CPD Certified
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- Module 01: Planning a Kids’ Party 00:15:00
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- Module 02: Skills You Need to Be a Party Planner 00:15:00
- Module 03: Types of Kids’ Parties 00:15:00
- Module 05: Choosing a Theme 00:22:00
- Module 07: Focusing on Catering 00:27:00
Overview:
The Kids Party Planner course offers comprehensive training for anyone interested in creating magical, well-organised children’s events. Whether you’re planning birthdays, themed celebrations, or school parties, this course teaches you how to design age-appropriate themes, manage logistics, handle bookings, and entertain children effectively. You’ll explore budgeting, scheduling, decoration, catering, safety, and vendor coordination. With practical checklists and real-world examples, learners will gain confidence in turning ideas into successful events. Whether for your own child or as a professional service, this course helps you build the skills and business mindset needed to become a trusted, creative party planner that families rely on.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Plan and organise children’s parties from start to finish
- Choose fun, age-appropriate themes and activities
- Create and manage party budgets
- Coordinate with vendors for entertainment, food, and décor
- Design engaging invitations and schedules
- Ensure safety and smooth event flow
- Manage time, guests, and expectations effectively
Who Is This Course For?
This course is ideal for parents, aspiring event planners, childcare workers, and creative entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a kids’ party planning business. It’s also great for teachers and volunteers who plan children’s events.
Requirements:
No formal qualifications are required. Learners should have a passion for creativity, strong organization skills, and basic computer and internet access for planning tools, templates, and course resources.
Career Path:
This course can lead to roles such as kids’ party planner, freelance event coordinator, children’s entertainment provider, or event stylist. It also supports starting your own kids’ events business or expanding existing services.
How the online courses work
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Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner’s name, the title of the course and the date of completion.
If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.
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- 20% discount for orders of 10+ courses
- 30% discount for orders of 50+ courses
- 40% discount for orders of 100+ courses