This month's party tips are taken from my book...“Party Planning Secrets: The Ultimate Guide To A Successful Party.”
Chapter 32 - Guests - Getting Them Involved, pages, 179, & 180
30 Ways to Get Your Guests Involved - Part Two
11. Provide a karaoke machine. Often the people who you’ll hear making jokes about karaoke are the same ones who are up at the microphone singing away at a party.
12. Do makeovers. Hire a makeup artist (or a team of them) to do makeovers for your guests.
13. Hire a fortune teller. This is a great way of enter- taining your guests and encourages mingling as guests compare notes.
14. Teach a craft at your party. If you or one of your volunteers knows a craft, teach it to your guests. Don’t forget
to provide the supplies and protect the furniture with disposable table coverings.
15. Award prizes. Every 15 or 30 minutes, have the DJ call out a question that pertains to the guests at your party, such as: “Who’s the youngest here?” “Who’s wearing the best costume?” ”Who brought the tastiest food?” Have the DJ award a prize to each winner.
16. Hold a charades tournament. Teams can battle one another in a fast-paced round of charades. The winners will play one another in the next round, and so on. Prizes are given at each stage, with a grand prize at the end. Depending on how many people are at your party, you can have anywhere from two to four rounds.
17. Hold a board game tournament. Set up a variety of
board games, specifying a 15-minute time limit, and tell your guests that the winners of each game get a certain number of points. The person with the most points wins a prize. (If there’s a tie, you can have a final face-off.)
18. Throw a casino games night. Rent casino-style games for use at your party. If it’s a charity event, the “house winnings” can be donated.
19. Have a carnival game party. It’s easy to set up carnival-type games such as water gun target practice, a coin toss, a pie-eating contest, and ring around the bottles.
20. Offer lawn games. Party rental companies offer some terrific, large-sized inflatable lawn games like a bounce house, dunking booth, and lawn bowling.
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