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Ten Tips For Successful Holiday Parties at Home

With holiday parties, there are some things you can purchase from your favorite party supplies store, and there are things you can make yourself. It all depends on the type of party you are throwing. If it’s a formal event, you should buy all the party tools, favors and decors from a trusted supplier for that professional feel, but for casual gatherings, some supplies can be handcrafted.

The following tips are for holiday parties at home.

Tip #1: Get Everyone Involved

Tape a calendar on your refrigerator so that everyone in the family knows about the event you are preparing. It’s a good idea to make a list of the things that you have to do a few months before the party. It’s best to send the invitations about two weeks before the date of the intended event. One family member could take charge of the invitations. Ideas could be anything from personalized postcards to store-bought cards editted to include your family photo.

The young ones can start cutting out hearts (for a Valentine party), stars (for a Christmas party) or eggs (for an Easter party) a month before the event. These will be used for decorating the front porch or the driveway. Remember holiday parties are supposed to be FUN so make sure the materials you use are colorful and are appropriate for the occasion.

Tip #2: Food Recipes and Dishes to Serve.

It needn’t be mom that’s the only one who decides what to serve during the party. Come up with a list of dishes and tape them on the refrigerator (along with the calendar and the daily tasks). Members of your family can add a vote each day until it’s time to buy supplies.

Tip #3: Allow each family member to bring one guest

Throwing holiday parties at home means sharing the blessings and the fun with close friends. Other than those family members who live in other states, you should also invite best friends or family friends. Don’t go crazy though, it’s a good idea to limit the guest list so that the house won’t be crowded and no member of the family will be saddled with too many guests to entertain.

Tip #4: Party favors for holiday parties should be bought in bulk

Because each member of the family already has a task, crafting party favors could prove to be a challenge. Buy generic party supplies and personalize them easily using poster paint or colored pens. Boxes and containers for take-home treats make excellent party favors and you can personalize and decorate the boxes so that the guests can keep them as decorations at home.

Tip #5: Table decorations

Whether you’re planning for a sit-down dinner or a buffet, your food table must be elegant and attractive. Construct a festive table napkin ring by threading a stitching needle with narrow elastic yarn (or kitchen thread) and stringing jelly beans or chocolate candy. Tie the ends together to form a ring and slide it over the rolled napkins for an cute way of dressing up the table. Of course you can use red and green candy for Christmas, red and white for Valentines, and red, white and blue for the fourth of July.

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