Keeping Your Child Safe

For a successful and fun filled event on bounce house Rental follow the 5 tips below

1. When renting for a bounce house, always ask how the inflatable is secured to the ground. As a parent, we want our kids to have most fun possible, but we also have a budget to stay within. The question we often get is how much is it? But safety question always seem to be neglected, once you find your price, the next question should be how do you secure your bounce houses? If they can’t tell you hang up and move on! Bounce houses and any other inflatables are always staked into the ground (if it’s a grassy area) with at least 4 stakes. If on a hard top, they are held down by either cement buckets or large water barrels, again at least 4. The company should always try to stake even into a hard top, but if they can’t (or they are not allowed to), they’ll bring the cement buckets or water barrels.

2. Kids in an inflatable should always be about similar height. This is a big issue when kids get hurt. Often as parents, we want our older brother or older sister to jump in with their baby sibling to take care of them, but this is not wise. When bouncing, kids often can’t control where they’ll jump next. If there’s a taller kid with smaller kids, they can fall on them rather than bump into them. One of our rules when renting to either large companies or a small backyard party, the bounce house must be kept to the similar age and height of children. Yes, it is a little hard to avoid when a bunch of kids just want to bounce and have fun, but better “safe than sorry”.

3. Adult supervision is always required. When throwing a birthday bash or at a large public event, adults should never take their eyes of their child. When the bounce house is at a private party, a parent should always keep watch. It’s so easy sometimes to get caught up in conversation with another adult, but bring the conversation by the bounce house so your eyes never leave your child. Accidents are less likely to happen when an adult is present.

4. Shoes of any kind should never be worn inside a bounce house. Even if your child just wants to jump for a seconds, shoes should never be worn. When shoes are worn inside a bounce house, the more likely a child will trip and sprain or even break an ankle. Bounce Houses are made of plastic and rubber, and when in contact with rubber from the sole of a shoe, it will stop a child in his/her tracks. Most sprained ankles from an accident in a bounce house come from children who wore their shoes inside to jump.

5. When extreme weather hits, all participants need to be removed from the bounce house. Extreme weather includes strong winds, heavy downpour of rain, thunder and lightning. When these weather conditions are present, it is vital that all children are to leave the bounce house and the inflatable gets deflated. Even with stakes in the ground or cement buckets, bounce houses and other inflatables should not be in operation during strong winds and other extreme weather. If at a public event, these inflatables did not removed children during extreme weather, please use caution and get your children out of the inflatable.