subject: Tips To Having A Successful Theme Party [print this page] Theme parties are always fun and popular among the young and old alike. Children specially love theme birthday parties while Halloween parties are favored by almost everyone. Theme parties need a lot of creativity and extra preparation especially for the party hosts, and this includes the food and the needed home decoration.
To come up with the best theme party, here are some valuable and useful tips that will surely give everyone a blast:
*Plan the party weeks ahead, including the kind of food to be prepared, the decorations, costumes for everyone, and of course, your Oneida Easton set of spoons, forks, and knives, and the cutlery set. If the party's got a specific theme like Halloween, it should be easier to plan everything.
*Set a budget for everything and ask everyone in the household to help with the decoration and costume ideas. The adults can just come up with the party menu. A month or two ahead of preparation is fine when the budget's too tight. Also, it may be better to make the preparations way earlier so some alternatives can be chosen or a few savings here and there can add up to the budget long before the exact date of the party.
*Buy your costumes ahead of time at online stores. Everything from cowboy to Halloween costumes, from fairy to professional costumes, and superhero costumes, these are all available at online stores and at different sizes and colors, so it's easy to choose by browsing through their websites for samples of these. Buying them ahead of time is also recommended especially if the season calls for their high demand like Halloween.
*For the home decoration, maximize the theme's color and mood. For example, if it's a Halloween party, use dim-colored lighting and lamps in the corners. Thin colored papers in orange, red, dark green or purple, and black can be used to dim or change the lamp lights. For a garden party, colored lights will also set off a dramatic mood and theme colors will be highlighted. Of course, this will work only if the party is held at night.
*If it's a birthday party, have poster-sized pictures or drawings of the birthday boy or girl in the agreed theme and place them in strategic areas of the room or house where most of the guests will be passing by. Some made-to-order cakes can also have caricatures or portrait pictures of the celebrant, so this is another fun option.
*Set up a good buffet style of dining so everyone will be more comfortable just getting their choice of food and drinks at the long table. The long table can be set up on a corner or one side of the room while chairs can be scattered around the corners where anyone can choose to sit while eating or drinking. The center of the room should have more space to allow people to move around freely.
Use light but sturdy plates, bowls, glasses, and sets of spoons, forks, and knives like Oneida Juilliard.
The key to having a successful and fun theme party is always to prepare ahead of time and to be very creative from the home decoration to the costumes and the kind of food to serve. When everything is well thought out, one can expect to have a great theme party that everyone will surely love to remember.
