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Surprise Birthday Party Hosting Tips

Surprise parties are often the most memorable. They make a person feel loved and appreciated. Most people enjoy being surprised, so the next time you want to do something special for someone consider a surprise party. To make your surprise party great, consider the following tips:

Enlist help! Surprise parties require help. You have to have someone get contact information for the invitees. You need to make sure the guests keep the secret for the event to be a success. Somebody will need to get the guest of honor to the party without giving anything away. So, don’t throw the party by yourself. Get some help from your friends instead.

Secret invitations. You need to be really sneaky about sending out the invites. The worst thing you can do is send a mass text and accidentally text them too! Or send out invites, have people RSVP, and they hear a message on your answering machine. So, be as sneaky as you can. One effective way to send out sneaky invites for a surprise party is through email. You can use messaging systems on social networking sites like Facebook too. Should you choose to send a written invite make sure it is clear it is a surprise party and not to tell. When you send a text, ask people not to reply.

Decorations. Parties are more fun when you decorate. Not only will it make the atmosphere more festive for the party, but it will clue them in to what you are doing. Often when you surprise someone, they have been given misinformation about what they are doing, or why they are at a specific location. So, having streamers and balloons or a banner will clue them in to the fact that it is a birthday party and get them excited to join in.

Food and activities. Don’t get so caught up in making it a surprise that you forget to plan for the rest of the night. Don’t forget to plan things to do for the rest of the party after the initial surprise, so you don’t waste all that careful planning on a bummer of a party.

Timing. One of the key ingredients to a surprise party is having the guests arrive before the person whose birthday it is. Have guests arrive half an hour before the birthday boy or girl. Also, make sure the guests don’t park out front or leave anything out that will give away the surprise. You need an inside man to let you know when they get close so that everyone can hide for the jump out. If the guest of honor is early there may not be anybody there to surprise them, so this piece is critical.