Full BAPIA Membership

Core Balloon, Floral & Party Activities

• Selling, hiring, decorating and displaying balloons, flowers, party and allied products

• Exploding balloons

• Chinese confetti bursts

• Table centrepieces with candles

• Christmas trees used as part of decorations, provided they are erected outdoors

Event Décor & Styling

• Light-up letters and numbers

• Sequin and shimmer walls

• Venue decoration with fabric and starlight backdrops

• Photo backdrops

• Magic mirrors

• Decorative mannequins

• Red carpets

• Battery floor lights

• Rope and pole barriers

• Favour trees

• Neon signs

• Balloon drops, subject to the applicable height-limit exclusion

• Bubble Houses

• Temporary dance floors

• Garden igloos up to 3.5 metres in diameter

• Hire of tables and chairs

Food, Treats & Catering

• Candy carts and buffets

• Ice cream dispensing

• Chocolate fountains

• Candy floss

• Popcorn

• Slush drinks

• Supply of decorated cakes for parties and functions

• Doughnut and Prosecco walls

• Hire of catering utensils, including plate warmers, tablecloths and chair covers

• Edible bouquets

• Hand castings

• Fruit buffets

• Cookie buffets

• Homemade chocolates

• Bouquets incorporating bottles of alcohol

Equipment & Special Effects

• Photo booths

• Cold spark machines

• CO₂ machines

• Dry ice machines

• Smoke machines

• Hire and/or supply of helium gas bottles for inflating balloons

• Helium regulators

• Electric air inflators

Training

• Training in balloon décor skills

• Training in face painting

• Creative make-up workshops

Children’s Parties & Activities

• Teepees and sleepover parties

• Bell tents up to 5 metres

• Small soft-play hire, including stay-and-play sessions

• Children’s party games and discos

• Themed children’s parties

• Mascot hire, with or without a person inside

• Small and basic children’s pamper parties for children and accompanying adults

• Exotic pet parties

• Children’s make-up

• Tuff trays and sensory trays

• Children’s axe throwing, subject to relevant risk assessments, supervision and suitable equipment

• Plaster-making and painting kits

Products, Gifts & Retail

• Fancy dress hire

• Event stationery

• Dress jewellery

• Printed ribbons

• Nappy cakes

• Clothes parties

• Retail of fancy goods at trade fairs and markets

• Gift-wrapping services

• Personalised gifts, including keychains and mugs

• Corporate personalisation

• Digital products

• Unmanned concession stalls within bona fide retail centres for the sale of goods covered by the insured business description

Creative Activities & Entertainment

• Slight-of-hand magic

• Juggling entertainment

• Hair beading

• Semi permanent hair extensions

• Face painting

• Glitter tattoos

• Airbrushing

• Arts and crafts parties, including glues, child-safe scissors, paints, stickers, musical instruments, sensory toys and bubbles

• Manufacture and sale of reshaped crayons

• Paper sculptures and piñatas

• Bubbleology and bubble shows

• Stilt-walking entertainment

• Disco services

• Paint & Sip parties

Specifically NOT Covered

The following activities are specifically listed as not covered under the standard BAPIA membership insurance:

• Bouncy castles

• Hot tub hire

• Fire juggling

• Motorised vehicles

• Motorised toys

Important Cover Restrictions

Some covered activities have specific restrictions:

• Small soft-play hire does not include abuse/molestation cover.

• Children’s pamper parties do not include professional beauty treatments.

• Slight-of-hand magic and juggling do not include hazardous tricks involving powder flashes, knives or similar activities.

• Balloon drops are subject to the applicable height-limit exclusion.

• Children’s axe throwing is only covered where appropriate risk assessments and supervision are in place and the equipment cannot cause injury.

• The main balloon, floral and party business description excludes other special effects unless they are specifically listed as covered above.

Face Painting & Body Art

• Face painting

• Glitter tattoos

• Henna

• Jagua Henna

• Airbrushing

Hair & Creative Services

• Hair braiding

• Temporary coloured hair wax

• Semi permanent hair extensions

• Window art

Entertainment

• Bubbleology and bubble shows

Equipment & Additional Activities

• Gazebos used as protective cover while providing face-painting services

• Sale of trinkets, jewellery and similar items as an accessory to face-painting services

Age Limits

Activities must be carried out legally and safely.

• Face painting must not be carried out on children under 3 years old.