How To Put Away Your Bouncy Castle

Here is an AJL help guide to give you some basic principals you can apply to deflating and folding away any bouncy castle or inflatable

1. Deflating

Disconnect the blower and undo all of the tubes and/or zips. As the inflatable falls down, push in the side and rear walls.

2. Deflator (Optional But Recommended)

If you have the AJL deflator, attach this to the side of your deflator compatible blower and then slot the deflator into the zip of your inflatable. Do not put it onto the blower tube as this will cause a vacuum and will not work effectively. See the pictures below.

Once inside the bouncy castle via the zip. Turn the blower back onto to begin deflating.

Once inside the bouncy castle via the zip. Turn the blower back onto to begin deflating. If your inflatable does not have a zip, then you can use the blower tube by squashing it right up to side of the inflatable, to prevent the blower tube from vacuuming onto itself. See the pictures below.

3. Pulling Square & Flat

Pull the rear wall and towers onto the inflatable so that they lie over the sidewalls. Make sure everything is lying flat. It should now look like the photograph below.

4. Folding

Fold over the right hand side by 2 panels, followed by the left hand side by 1 panel and finally fold it in half from the right hand side.

5. Squeezing Out Air

Tread out as much air as possible. Between all of these folds, walk down the inflatable from front to back, squeezing out the air.

6. Rolling

With one person treading down any lumps in the inflatable, 2 others roll it up. Apply some downwards pressure as you roll to keep it tight.

 When you reach the end, insert the rope/strap underneath, fold in the tubes and anchor-points and make the final turn. Keep the weight on the end to stop it unfolding as you tie the rope.

7. Storage

You can now apply any storage bags you may use (optional) and take the inflatable to your van or storage location

If you want more tips on how to roll an inflatable or bouncy castle you can also watch this video we did many years ago: