Throw this Doctor Who wibbly wobbly timey changey party
My birthday party always falls on the same weekend as the time change, so I thought it would be fun to host a time-travel party. My guests were asked to dress as someone from their favorite era (early 21st century attire was totally fine) or as their favorite Doctor Who Character. I dressed like a Dalek.
Here’s how I threw an awesome Doctor Who-themed birthday party with Whovian decor, favors, and food!
Throw this party: Top secret crime scene 30th birthday
Last year you may remember the Mystery Science Theater 3000 birthday party I threw my partner Andy. This is when I began planning his 30th. I wanted to have the party before one of Andy’s shows because many of his family and friends have not seen him perform before. His band is called CoverUp which leads one to think of conspiracy theories and government investigations so I used this to lead my theme.
Throw this party: Doctor Who-themed Bat Mitzvah
Over on Offbeat Families, reader Reva posed this question: “My daughter is planning her Bat Mitzvah and REALLY wants it to be Doctor Who-themed… but we have no idea how to pull this off. If your readers have ANY ideas, solutions, or schemes… we’d love to hear them!” Oh Reva, you came to the right place.
Throw this party: My house is a mess. Want to come over anyway?
I maintain that having a great evening with friends doesn’t require blood, sweat or tears. I think that anyone can host a party, anytime — even when the laundry’s not done, even when there are dirty dishes in the sink, even when vacuuming is a faint, distant memory. Let’s throw this party.
Do you have two-player game ideas for pouty losers?
My husband and I like to play games but we can’t seem to find much to play together. He’s into Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons; I’m more of a Trivial Pursuit kind of gal.
The real problem is, I’m a bit of a sore loser so we try to find two person, non-competitive games. Do any offbeat homies have ideas on games we can try out while I work on my sportsmanship?
My husband’s boss is coming over! Should I hide the zombies and naked ladies?
My husband just informed me that in a few weeks, his boss has so graciously picked our house to hold their monthly “briefing.” Our two front rooms, where everyone would be for this little get together, are full of my husband’s zombie and macabre paintings, and pin-ups. I don’t want to make anyone feel uncomfortable or weirded out. I’m wondering if I should take some of the paintings out, get lots of flowers to distract from the gory goodness, or just let it be? How do you make such an offbeat space into a crowd-friendly one?
Have a post-holidays “un-stock the pantry” party
Start a new post-holiday tradition — an un-stock the pantry party. Invite everyone to come over with their leftover ingredients and try to come up with new recipes.
The lazy girl’s guide to throwing a New Year’s Eve party
I am all for elaborate, well-planned bashes, but sometimes ain’t nobody got the time for that. With the holiday season in full swing, between getting ready for Santa, work being busy at the end of the calendar year, and other commitments, there is just no room in our days to Martha Stewart-ize this party we want to throw. So I threw together a party game plan with minimal effort, and am sharing with you the fruits of my (limited) labor.