How do you throw diverse parties where people blend like PB&J?
How do you bring people together in a party situation, especially when these people can be as disparate as your rocker lesbian friends, your nerdy friends from the anime club in university, and your conservative Chinese coworker?
Make water balloon piñatas for a warm weather party
When hot weather strikes, water balloons are awesome, especially when you’re having a drought (like a lot of us in the U.S.) and don’t have the water to fill up a pool or turn on the sprinklers. But even more fun: hanging them up like piñatas!
Throw this party: LumberJack and Jill anniversary party!
We decided there was no better way to honor our parents’ 30th anniversary than to surprise them with their own theme party tying together everything they loved. I’d seen the Lumberjack idea used for a wedding shower and immediately knew it was perfect for them, including buffalo plaid bunting, make your own facial hair station, and a tree cake being cut with an ax!
Keep a party-in-a-box ready to go
I keep all the stuff we need for a bbq in an old wine crate (plastic plates, forks, napkins, grill tongs, party cups and of course balls for beer pong!) It makes hosting BBQs of any size so much simpler, because I don’t need to run around gathering stuff I just pull out this box and we’re ready to go!
Edit songs yourself to be karaoke party-friendly
If you’re the at-home karaoke party type then you KNOW you want to get the how-to’s, to rid yourself of those awkward solos moments, over on Offbeat Bride.
How to make the time to host a party, even when you’re super busy
Frequent Offbeat Home contributor Helen Jane just wrote an excellent post on how she and her husband James manage to regularly throw what she calls “Porch Parties” — despite the fact that she works full-time (with an insanely long commute), has two toddlers, doesn’t have a fairy godmother, etc.
How do they do it? Well, like so many things, it boils down to priorities…
Use plates for nerdy party decor
Never mind that this is decor for a child’s Mario-themed birthday party. How cool do those hanging yellow plates look?
How can we make our house a destination?
We want to make our house the hangout spot for our friends. How do we do that? Every time we try to throw a party, we spend way too much time and money getting our place and the food and the music all ready. How do we make our house ready all the time, without emptying the bank and becoming Martha Stewart?