I’m sure you’ve noticed that the most amazing parties seem to unfold naturally and effortlessly, but the key is careful planning and preparation long before the first guest arrives. Many hosts develop this skill from years of experience, but with our Top 10 Secrets to Amazing Parties, you can throw a great party next week! First, let’s define what makes a party extraordinary. Some indicators of an amazing party are when your guests:
- Feel relaxed and comfortable
- They entertain and have fun
- Make new contacts and meet new people
- They are committed to new and interesting ideas.
- Have a good time and leave wanting more
- They are delighted with unexpected surprises.
- Feeling important and meaningful
- Bond with others
- Come out with original and unique details, conversations, and events worth talking about the next day
Here are our top ten secrets for hosting your own awesome parties.
1. Have at least one outgoing and outgoing personality for every 10 guests.
- How to do it: Identify and talk to your fun key guests when making your party plans to make sure some or all can attend. Adjust the date of your party, if necessary.
- This is why: Not only are key guests entertaining, but they also create a fun and relaxed atmosphere that will make all guests feel comfortable and more interactive.
- advice: Check off the drama queens and negative finances on your guest list.
2. Create a mix of guests that not everyone knows each other.
- How to do it: Invite attractive and unfamiliar faces. Don’t be afraid to invite people you don’t know very well; an invitation to your party will earn you instant points.
- This is why: New faces will create motivation for other guests to be outgoing and always looking for an invitation to their parties.
- Advice: To ensure good turnout, be socially active in the lead-up to your party and invite as many personal guests as possible.
3. Create a party atmosphere before the first guest arrives.
- How to do it: Invite a few close friends who know each other to a pre-party that starts 30 minutes early. Let them know ahead of time to make sure they plan to get there early.
- This is why: Not only will you eliminate awkward and awkward moments for your first guests, but you’ll build momentum early on that will keep the party fun and the energy level high.
- Advice: One of the reasons that guests don’t show up on time is to avoid the awkwardness of being the first.
4. Organize your party area to encourage interaction among guests.
- How to do it: Designate a party area large enough to accommodate your guests. The closer your guests are, the more they will interact.
- This is why: The more involved and engaged your guests are when meeting and talking with others, the more fun everyone will have.
- Advice: Remove or arrange furniture so that it is difficult to sit down. Sitting prohibits mixing and should be discouraged at all costs.
5. Serve delicious theme-inspired cocktails with minimal time behind the bar.
- How to do it: Premix a signature cocktail in batches before the party and circulate with a pitcher to refill.
- This is why: Add an interesting surprise, guest enjoyment, conversation starter, and free up their time for socializing.
- Advice: Give your premixed concoction a cute name after your theme or guest of honor, for example, change the name Sex on the beach to Smith’s Beach Sex.
6. Pass intricately decorated hors d’oeuvres on silver doily trays.
- How to do it: Choose fancy hors d’oeuvres that require little last-minute preparation, and make them before the first guest arrives.
- This is why: Make a bigger impression that will entertain your guests and add flair while reducing your food costs.
- Advice: Add a theme-inspired centerpiece to each serving tray for an added surprise.
7. Play a preset party music playlist.
- How to do it: Choose upbeat songs from a wide variety of genres, styles, and artists to increase the likelihood of playing a favorite song for each guest. Use only one song from any group or artist. Increase the average tempo of every few songs during the party.
- This is why: You can use your music selections to strike a chord with each guest while creating a happy mood and increasing the party’s energy level.
- Advice: Mix fun and theme-inspired songs to entertain your guests, for example, Nancy Sinatra’s These boots are made for walking ‘ or the Gilligan’s Island Theme for a Hawaiian luau.
8. Pick a theme and decorate it with strategically placed accents that are stylish and smart.
- How to do it: Choose quality theme-coordinated decorations over larger plastic and paper items. Place decorations to discover throughout the night: in the front entrance, on the bar, in cocktails, on hors d’oeuvres, in the party area and in the bathroom.
- This is why: Tasteful decorations that surprise, delight, amuse and entertain will create enjoyment and memories for your guests. Your parties will be remembered as unique and original with distinctive details that make a lasting impact.
- Advice: Dress in the spirit of the theme and your guests will join in the fun at your future parties.
9. Make sure all guests feel noticed and important by someone other than your date.
- How to do it: Be observant and involve guests and couples who are not interacting with other guests. Take an interest in what they have to say, give them your full attention, introduce them to others, and / or ask them to help you with something.
- This is whyNot only will this directly affect each guest’s enjoyment, it will also break the ice and provide a comfort level for them to interact with other guests, getting everyone involved to make your party exceptional.
- advice: Everyone else notices what you do, be nice, courteous and funny.
10. Fill your party with surprises.
- How to do it:
- We have already mentioned some surprises, such as:
- Guests: Invite unfamiliar and attractive faces.
- Cocktails – Premix a signature drink with a cute name.
- Music – Add fun and theme-inspired songs to your playlist.
- Decorations: Include in cocktails, on hors d’oeuvres and in the bathroom.
- Also, plan more fun events during the night, such as:
- Add flaming ice cubes to drinks.
- Throw 200 glow sticks or rubber ducks into the pool.
- Place “Happy Birthday” random selections on hors d’oeuvres.
- Open a piñata filled with mini liquor bottles.
- Show a video clip related to a guest of honor.
- Pass out a tray of party trinkets.
- This is why: In addition to keeping your guests entertained and making your occasion memorable, you will earn a reputation for throwing amazing parties when you bring the new, interesting, and unexpected to your events.
Dinner Secret: Encourage a conversation that includes everyone seated.
- How to do it: Always seat partners, spouses, and dates facing each other at the table. When they talk to each other, they will automatically include those who are sitting around them.
- This is why: Because dinners are actually more about conversation than food, the more inclusive the discussion, the more fun your guests will have.
- Advice: If you feel them side by side, when they chat, you will inevitably exclude everyone else.
These secrets plus a little practice will get you on your way to throwing amazing parties, so start planning your next party, today!