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Party Planning

Tiffany Bonds

2013-02-01 10:07:47

Q-With Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching could you please help with some ideas for this special occasion?

A-Great question and an Adult Sweetheart Dinner Party is a fabulous way for friends to celebrate Valentine's Day together. We had a Dinner Party with a Romantic Theme, and chose Italian food for the menu. To prepare for the big night, we made a love song tape of all of our favorite songs, new and old and even some Italian tunes like "Amore" and "Valare". The tape was played throughout the duration of the party. For decorations, the tables were set with white, pink and red lines; we used fine china and silverware, low vases of flowers, and candles. Hearts were taped all over the walls and the names of the guests (ex: David & Lisa) were put on them. The final preparation was the after dinner game, the Newlywed (or Overlywed) Game. We make pink and blue cards, for gals and guys. Each person had four cards that were numbered 1-4 (a big number on one side, and a small corresponding number on the side where the person put his answer.) I watched the Newlywed Game reruns for a few weeks to get some questions that were favorable, and one of our friends has the game where we also got some questions. As the quests were greeted, we had them sign up if they wanted to participate in the game. And all the couples did!!! After dinner the guys went to another room where they were asked their questions, while the ladies answered their questions with me downstairs. Then we all met in the living room and the couples sat together, and I acted as the M.C. and asked the questions to the guys, and the ladies revealed the answers and vise-versa. There was plenty of fun and laughter! Some guests were tagged with new nick names. After the game, we awarded the couples with the highest and lowest scores with a prize. Afterwards, more mingling went on, and as people left, they said it was a Blast! I highly recommend this theme for Valentine’s Day or any other special day to celebrate any occasion for couples.

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Party Planning

Tiffany Bonds

2013-01-02 13:42:26

Q-My Birthday is coming up soon and I was thinking of doing a "Game Show" Party. Do you have any ideas?

A-This idea is great because the party could be for any age, especially adults! The invitations can be made on a computer with a game show theme and inside could be riddles to tell them the time, place, etc. The riddles could be something like... When is the party? When is the 18th day of the 8th month? They would also go with the theme. I would have the birthday person be the host of the show, and prepare game show questions that you could easily find on the internet beforehand. There would be a big felt board (cardboard covered in felt) with two sided tape stuck in an array of however many categories to however many questions. The materials could all be found at a craft store. The questions could be on index cards that would stick to the tape. They would be faced upside down with money amounts on the back. The game would be somewhat like Jeopardy. The partiers would be split into teams and would call out the category and the money amount. Score boards for each team could be made with felt; two sided tape, and felt pieces with numbers on them. The host would turn over the question and read it. The team would have to correctly answer that question and then if they do they get the money amount on the back added to their score and pick again. If they get it wrong, the next team goes and the team that got it wrong gets that money subtracted. The game is over when all the questions are gone. The team that had the most points would get a prize like a big bag of candy to split, and the rest of the teams would get bags of chocolate coins! The cake would be iced with green icing (or white icing with green food coloring) and have whit money signs on it. It would say something related to "you win a great cake." Other party games could be money bag toss (green water balloons) and pin the dollar sign on the bill (pin the tail on the donkey sort of).The food could be a game too. You could have pepperoni pizza (and a plain for the ones who want it) and make each person guess how many pepperonis there were on their slice. The people that want plain could guess how many inches their crust is. The goodies bags could be a shirt that could be made on the computer with an iron on saying "I Won! Now Where's the Money!" That would be a great party.