Are you Planning a Party at home?
There are so many variables, have you noticed that some people are all calm and collected when it comes to having a party at their place?
This is the sense of security you get with a little planning
let’s look at the basics of planning a home Birthday Party
First, ask yourself five easy questions
- What is it for / what do you want to achieve? (this question will tell you how much effort to put in. and money spent…, A low key backyard bbq is different to a full on pirate party).
- how many people? kids/adult numbers (this will tell you how much space you need and food/person ratio) .
- How long is the party? (this will give you an idea of how to run it).
- Access to toilet facilities (lots of people mean lots of needs, do you have extra toilet paper/hand towels/soap/wipes for accidents and clear instructions if your toilet button needs to be jiggled or bathroom door is tricky to lock etc)
- Music/entertainment (where is it needed? is there power available or do you get a battery powered speaker, how loud, do you want a playlist that goes from one music style to another)
A Few Tips for your party
Handy things to have on hand for the day
Masking tape to write on name tags for kids drink cups or fix something if needed, masking tape is also good for keeping the door unlocked, place tape over the tongue of the door lock and it will stay in.
Marker Pen for writing signs/nametags etc
Bluetac for random signs (eg bathroom) and pin the tail on the donkey type games
Wet wipes/Papertowels strategically placed because lots of people = oopsies
Lighter/Matches for the candles (less people smoke now, make sure you have one)
Candles back up ones(many times candles get forgotten)
Things to your guests may need to know
Local Taxi / Uber contact (perhaps a little tipsy, better safe than sorry
Local Supermarket / Bottle Shop (because sometimes they need a certain thing)
Local 24hr Pharmacy or Heaven forbid, available doctors surgery
If you have any more basic needs for parties. please let me know so we can fill out the list together
Cheerio
Have a FAB week
Mel
I’ve had two birthday parties at my home. I really enjoyed that I could decorate my house however I wanted based on the party theme. I didn’t enjoy the aftermath, which is the cleaning lol
And that’s the big thing, making it any way you like, if you want a circus/princess/pirate party or a something more adult remember to add in the cleanup, sometimes it’s good because we clean up the house before we mess it up, then we get to clean it up all over again 🙂
I think that’s what gets me. I clean up for the party just for it to get destroyed and clean up all over again lol. Overall, I feel accomplished when they are beyond satisfied with their parties.