Sarah or Abraham
doll for hire
An inflatable or wooden doll in the front garden, delivered and collected again. With a game or quiz about the birthday person if you're making a party of it.
Hire a Sarah doll through one point of contact
Turning fifty in the Netherlands means seeing Abraham or Sarah. In practice that means a large doll in the front garden, ideally already there when the birthday person opens the curtains in the morning. Hiring a Sarah or Abraham doll is quickly arranged if you know who to ask. We arrange the doll and fit it around the rest of your plans.
We create the party around it ourselves: a game or quiz about the birthday person, with questions and tasks supplied by family and friends. If you choose both, you have one point of contact for the doll and the programme.
- Inflatable or wooden doll
- Placing and collection arranged
- Optional game or quiz about the birthday person, by us
Hire an Abraham doll: inflatable or wooden
Inflatable doll
Big and visible from a distance. Sometimes a sign with the birthday person's name can be added, just ask. It needs a power socket nearby, because the blower runs the whole time.
Wooden doll
A painted figure that stands in the garden or next to the front door. Smaller, but it needs no power and is less affected by wind. Also fits on a balcony or in a narrow front garden.
Setting up and collection
The doll is delivered, secured and collected again. You don't have to carry anything or know how to set something like that up securely.
Party programme as well
A game or quiz about the birthday person, for the party itself. We create and present that part, so the evening is more than a doll in the garden.
A game for the birthday person
A doll in the garden is the start of the day. At the party itself there's often someone with a microphone and a stack of notes who'd really rather be sitting at the table with everyone else. We can take that part over.
A quiz about the birthday person works well, in the style of a pub quiz: teams at tables, questions on a screen, and the answers are all about fifty years of that one person. Which car did he drive in 1995, what was her first job, who sat next to him in class. The questions come from family and friends, and we turn them into an evening with pace and a final score.
For a larger group or a garden party, a game with tasks works better, such as a life-size Game of the Goose with squares full of memories of the birthday person. The twelve-year-old nephews and the eighty-year-old neighbour can join in too.
What we'd like to know from you
The address, the date and how long the doll needs to stay up. Also the spot: a front garden with grass, a driveway, a balcony. An inflatable doll needs a power socket, and on a paved surface it has to be secured differently than on grass. A few photos of the spot help.
Think about the neighbours and the municipality too. A doll in your own garden is usually no problem, but a doll on the pavement or in a shared garden sometimes is. If there's a name sign, give us the name with the correct spelling. A misspelt name in big letters in the front garden becomes a story that keeps coming up all evening.
We work throughout the Netherlands, from Enschede. You'll get the price after a short enquiry, within one working day.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between an inflatable and a wooden Sarah doll?
An inflatable doll is big and stands out from a distance, but needs power the whole time for the blower. A wooden doll is smaller and needs no power, so it can stand somewhere without a socket. In strong wind a wooden doll is usually the safer choice.
Who sets up the Abraham doll and collects it again?
We arrange that. The doll is delivered, securely fixed and collected again afterwards. Let us know your wishes for the spot and the days, and you only deal with one party.
Can the doll be in place when the birthday person wakes up?
That depends on the schedule on the day, so we can't promise it. Say in your enquiry when you'd ideally like the doll to be there and we'll tell you what's possible. Placing it the evening before is sometimes a solution.
What does it cost to hire a Sarah or Abraham doll?
That depends on the type of doll, the number of days and the distance. A party programme adds to that. You'll get the price after a short enquiry, within one working day.
Who's turning fifty?
Tell us the date, the place and whether you'd like a party programme, and we'll check what's possible within one working day.
Fifty years old, and the whole street can know it
Tell us when and where the doll needs to be, and whether you'd like a game at the party.