If you haven’t meet us already my name is Gloria and my Husbands name is Reggie, and we are the faces, owners and business operators of little POP ups events, you will very likely see both of us at your next event, onsite, working hard, being swift, while having fun, meeting time slots, and doing back to back weekend events.
We are also a husband and wife team, and parents to 3 beautiful children who are our driving force. Little POP ups came about when I was due to return to the office grind, and while organising my daughters 1st birthday I felt extremely disappointed about the very small variety of soft play options available, it was only a 3yr old market at the time, but it looked old, tired, and nothing exciting was available, plus ball pits were near non-existent at that time.
Then my ‘Aha’ moment came. And lil POP ups events was born EST 2016 formerly known as (‘Little Pop Ups Party Hire’.) Eager to be my own boss, a Mumpreneur, and with careful thought it was time to dig deep into my pockets and start what soon became a entire yr of worldwide market research.
Back then there were no soft play businesses on IG, no forum chats, no Alibaba which has literally been a game changer for new soft play businesses, it been so exciting watching this industry grow and change over the years.
Forward to 6yrs this is now mine and my husbands full time labor of love, we put absolutely everything back into our business, we wont compromise on quality, safety or our work ethic and dedication to your event from the moment you enquire.
We have loved every opportunity that has came our way, we have been able to establish trusted relationships and even long lasting friend ships with our clients, and work industry friends. We have worked for big corporate events such VRC ‘Victoria racing carnival’, to offering our equipment for fun raising children charity events, to doing Easter and Christmas community events, and our main sector of first birthdays, kids birthdays, christenings, weddings, or family celebrations.
You know you have made it when you see imitation of your business not just within Australia but world wide, this is the biggest compliment to my sheer hard work and investment into lil POP ups, some of these first ever items brought to the hire market, which were also fully custom designed by myself are our famous Manual Spin Seats, Merry Go Round, Spring Free Mini Tramp, and more. These items were born here at little POP ups events the ‘OG of modern Soft Play’
I’ve learnt along the way its better to be original, then to be known for being the exact same as another. This has been our turning point in business and helped us reach all time highs, we just keep growing and expanding our range. We love being creative and different in our own way.
Our business model is unique, to the hire market and we find this ever rewarding. From our humble garage at home to our warehouse, from our trailer to our truck, from 15 soft play items to 100+ and counting, to offering a wider service of luxury prop hire, balloons and our new and very exciting full line of pastel jumping castles, which are the first of its kind to land on Australian shores, personally I don’t think we can ever forget surviving Melbourne’s devastating Covid-19 lockdowns.
We bring creativity with flair and a sense of difference to other suppliers, and our true reward is seeing how much joy, and wonder we bring to our lil POP ups guest, we have watched our 1st birthday babies grow, to now attending primary school, and this is definitely my favorite part about what we do. Children are a blessing and deserve to have a day where they can be free and wonderous in a safe, fun care free environment.
Special thanks to YOU for simply being here, you are all witnesses to our dream, and of course thanks to the Lord above for rewarding us with our prayers and wishes. Its with honor that you trust us with your special celebrations, as memories last a lifetime.
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