Frequently Asked Questions

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Yes we do! 

QTentertainment started with primarily balloon art, and we only use advanced artists who have won awards for their skill sets. We take a lot of pride in our artists and only hire the best in the industry.

We also have, face painters, jugglers, unicyclists, jumping/traditional stilt walkers, aerial acrobats, fire performers,  and other various circus arts.   

Keep in mind we do have several performers who are multi talented. Though we need to know which performing arts you wish to have your performer use as a medium to entertain. 

We typically have a 2-hour minimum for Balloon art and Face Painting. However, we can sometimes make exceptions for small private parties (up to 10 children). 

We avoid making the simple cliché balloons, and our painters are not spraying on stencils. Our balloon and face paint designs take 2-8 minutes; especially when we are trying to be entertaining and personable with your guests. The best formula we found to ensure enough time is 5min per child/guest. 

Face Paint, and Balloon art take the SAME amount of time per guest. Professional face painters, as well as professional balloon artists have fast designs and detailed designs. Cheek art for face painting is the equivalent of a 1 balloon sword or dog. As where full-face paint is the same as making a jet pack out of balloons.

We can always discuss limited choices for guests to speed up the process, but that does remove what makes us stand out, and what makes our art award winning. 

Even though we do have a few artists who can do both Face Paint and Balloons, we still recommend hiring a team. If you wish to book one person to do both, it will take them up to 4 hours to face paint and make a balloon for every child if there are over 20 children.

If you are expecting a high volume (public, or corporate events) then we have the manpower to book multiple balloon artists and multiple face painters. We regularly do this for City events with up to 6 of each artist to keep a fast-moving line while also making large creative sculptures for your guests. If you don't have the budget for a larger team of artists, we can discuss a preprinted menu of 2 minute designs to keep the wait time down. 

I am happy to say we do both, but every event is unique as we mentioned and we can talk to you about which will fit your party/venue better. 

As a rule of thumb we typically recommend ambient performers to wander and interact with your guests. Its a more budget friendly option and lets performers showcase the same tricks without requiring a freeze in the festivities or worry about staging area/sound equipment. 

Short answer... No  

Long answer... We dress to impress, but we do not always perform in the art of clowning. Balloons or face painting does not mean clown. Clowning by itself is a whole other art-form. Clowns do often use simple balloons or face-painting to add to their performance, however clowns are respectfully a complete different performing art on their own.  

We do dress "Business goofy" a variation of the good ole fashioned "Business casual". So we may be wearing bright entertaining colors; but we wont have on wigs, red noses, masks, over-sized shoes, white makeup, water shooting bow-ties, etc...

That being said, we DO have a few clowns in our team. To book a clown please let us know and we can see which are available, and which performing arts they can add to their clown. 

Rare concern, but a valid one. 

It is common to see balloon art and face painters booked together, especially since its one of our most common bookings. Please keep in mind our rates are per performer. If you would like to add a face painter please let us know. Or if you want one artist to do both, please let us know and keep in mind that they will take twice as long to do both. 

Simply put, we don't want to be the cheaper option, we want to be the better option. As I mentioned with our balloon artists, we literally only hire the best in the industry, several of our artists travel the world lecturing other artists at conventions internationally. 

To be honest our prices are on the higher of average but still far lower than other entertainers in our field. Remember that we may only be at your event for (x)Hours, however we spend on average an hour preparing (loading balloon aprons, loading paint supplies etc.), on average an hour drive each way, our materials have an overhead, and we spend a great amount of $$ and time learning our craft to become the professionals you expect to work with your families. Shows have even more time with rehearsals, prep work, and equipment.

We are not the cheap alternative to bouncy castle. We are live entertainment to make your event/visit truly memorable.