When should a church book fall festival or trunk-or-treat rentals?

By August. October is the busiest month for inflatable rentals in the New Orleans area and the last two Saturdays of the month book first.

How should attractions be chosen for a trunk-or-treat?

Trunk-or-treat traffic arrives in a wave during the first forty-five minutes, so capacity should be weighted toward multiple fast-turnover units such as standard bounce houses, with a single large anchor attraction rather than several.

Can church volunteers supervise inflatable rentals?

Standard bounce houses and carnival games can be supervised by volunteers at one monitor per unit. Competition attractions such as knockerballs, archery tag, a dunk tank or a rock climbing wall are better staffed by trained attendants.

Church Fall Festival & Trunk-or-Treat Rentals

The biggest outreach night of the year, run by volunteers, on one October evening.

The short version

Trunk-or-treat has a specific traffic pattern: everyone arrives in the first forty-five minutes. Families come straight from work, do the trunks, and start leaving. Your attractions have to absorb a wave, not a steady flow.

That means more fast units, fewer slow anchors — the opposite of what a school fall festival needs, because those run for hours. Book by August; October is our busiest month.

Built for the wave

Two or three standard bounce houses. Highest turnover per dollar and volunteer-friendly. This is where most of your capacity should sit.
A slide or obstacle course as the anchor. One, not three. It's the visual that makes the field look like an event.
One competition unit for the middle and high schoolers. Knockerballs or an axe throw simulator. Without it you lose that age group to the parking lot.
Spin art or pucker powder near the exit. Gives families a reason to stay another fifteen minutes.
Skip the dunk tank in late October. It's usually too cold by then to be fun.

Put the anchor where headlights hit it

Trunk-or-treat happens at dusk. Families decide whether to get out of the car based on what they can see from the lot. Put the biggest attraction where it's lit and visible from the entrance, not tucked behind the building — and make sure the path to it is lit. We'll build that into the layout on the site visit.

Volunteer load

One monitor per unit, all night. Count your confirmed volunteers before you count your attractions — six units means six people committed for the whole event, plus relief. If you're short, we can staff the units that need it, and we'd particularly recommend it for anything competitive.

The practical stuff

Power: dedicated 20 amp circuit per blower within 100 feet. Church fields and lots usually don't have it — generators from us, one per inflatable.
Dark setups: tell us it's an evening event. Units need to be lit and so do the paths to them.
Surface: grass staked, parking lot sandbagged.
Insurance: certificate at 4.5% of the order. Your property insurer will want it.
Weather: cancel two days out for a raincheck good three months. Inside two days it's forfeited.

Common questions

When should we book an October trunk-or-treat?

By August. October is the single busiest month of our year and the last two Saturdays go first.

How many units for 300 families in two hours?

Weighted toward fast turnover. Give us headcount and hours and we'll size it — and tell you if you're overbuying.

Can our volunteers run everything?

Standard units, yes, with one monitor each. Competition units we'd staff for you.

Does it get too cold for inflatables in late October?

Not for dry units. Skip anything wet, including the dunk tank, after mid-October in this area.

Book your fall festival

Headcount, hours, volunteer count and whether it's after dark. We'll size and light it.

Call 504-467-9424 All church events