Last weekend, my closest gals and pals got together to celebrate closing this chapter in my life, and realizing that life still moves on - sunny skies ahead, baby!

Lisa Frank themed decor including Inflatable dolphins, a blow up alien, 90s Inflatable couch, stars galore, MinniDip reusable balloon garlands and clusters, lots of colour, lots of shine!

Activities included decorating ceramic trinket dishes, donning a plethora of temporary tattoos, playing bingo for wicked prizes, building our own BaubleBar keychains, and some karaoke and trivia.

For food, it was all about loving ourselves. Chicken parmesean, fettuccine alfredo, cheese tortelloni, salad, broccoli, and breadsticks for dinner. Then, Lisa Frank butter shortbread cookies, a Lisa Frank lambeth-style chocolate SKOR cake, and vanilla and sprinkled spudnuts (handmade doughnuts made with potato flour,) with assorted milks for dessert. The next morning, we had coffee/tea/juice, yogurt parfaits, sweet scones, and breakfast burritos. It all went over incredibly well!

Drinks for the evening were peach iced tea, assorted Jones sodas, bottled water, assorted caned sodas, vodka, gin, and rum with mixes and garnishes.

Goody bags included a larger clear organizer bag with a mini WET brush, comb, quality scrunchie, star shaped barrettes, Kleenex pocket pack, mini star-shaped sticky notes, a 90s multicolour clicker pen, Hubba Bubba gum tape, Stella and Grace eye gels, temporary tattoos, stick on gem earrings, flip top Lip Smackers, and Kool Aid packets. There was also a smaller clip on sequined bag filled with powder Tylenol, ear plugs, Emergen-C, Shout wipes, makeup removing wipes, Band-Aids, and mini compressed pocket towels. Both bags were in iridescent mini totes that had room for their crafting creations.

Afterwards, everyone got personalized thank yous, and photos of the event.

While life may sometimes get us down, don't forget to look around, and thank those who stick it out with you. Happy partying, y'all!

Ive always loved SpongeBob and I hope this finds the right crowd and people can appreciate all of the work I put in haha. Bought some decor and made the rest! We played SpongeBob trivia, pin the tail on Horace, SpongeBob what do you meme, and had a bubble blowing contest.

Not pictured is a portable hand fan that hasn’t been delivered yet.

My 32nd birthday is at a resort where I rented a cabana and scheduled my friends and myself massages at the spa. I wanted to give party favors that fit the theme so I did the fan, microfiber hair towel, eye patches, mini sunscreen (whipped), spf lip balm, a hair clip, mini gum, and a miniature of Don Julio 1942 all in a waterproof pouch. Would you be excited about this? Or is it too much/not enough? My theme is “a tajini bit older” hence the tequila.

I posted a couple days ago asking for opinions on my menu options for my craft and garden party, and just want to post an update!

I had 11 ladies join me to decoupage and paint flower pots. I had separate pots as well so we were able to plant flowers that could be placed inside the pots right away.

I served pinwheels, fruit, salad, chips, and DIY ice cream sundaes for dessert! Whenever I host, I always share the menu ahead of time so everyone knows what to expect and can plan accordingly. Everyone loved the food and I think everyone went back for seconds. Having a variety of pinwheels and ice cream options was a lot of fun, because we all got a chance to try different flavors and share which one was our favorite.

I had a couple of totally lame games too that everyone seemed to enjoy. We wore name tags with our flower names, drew a flower on a plate on top of our head using step by step instructions (this took less than 2 minutes but was actually hilarious), and we played a garden edition of never have I ever.

My home is not big, my yard is not beautiful, and I know I could spend more time decorating for parties… but I try to keep the emphasis on bringing people together for a relaxing afternoon… and for that, it doesn’t need to be perfect. Everyone had a great time, and was thankful to be included. I’ll call it a success!

Hi hi. So earlier in the week I posted asking for some help for the party I was hosting. Here’s the outcomes/pictures in case people were like “What is a cute party idea that means I can wear my pjs to?”

The good:

Food. I made too much. There is a guy on “Top Chef” that says during the all star season his grandma always said that when entertaining “give everything you have and then give more.” I make sure people don’t leave hungry. I made Rick Bayless’s chorizo con papas tacos, my sister got tacos from a local taqueria, I made rice and beans. I made an elote salad, some cute guava pop tarts, my birthday cake, and a cheese tray. I cut up a whole lot of fruit as well.

The drinks I had a ton of options and really the people who didn’t drink had so many options. My nephew loved his like Jarritos. He had a cute little straw.

It was a lot of fun. My youngest nephew told his mom “that was fun. I want to say longer.” (He is 3 and there was a delay when he was little, so now he speaks formally and is funny). My friends really got into the theme.

The bad? My one regret is I should have taken time, maybe cut a couple menu items so I could have taken more time to get ready. I was throwing my moo moo on and my hair was in a bun from the morning. I also cut my thumb while cutting fruit. Always use a sharp knife, mine was dull and it was a problem.

Some explanation for the photos:

I wanted to do a sweets table. My nephew asked for churro bites. Apparently this morning asked his mom “do we need to get churros for the party?” “Do you think Aunt Kimmy would forget that for you?” The old lady hangover table is alkaseltzer hangover relief, chamomile tea, headache relief, tums, and makeup wipes… I’m drinking the alkaseltzer now anticipating it. Dining space decorations I wanted it to be very festive, so that was an hour of me on a chair in the dining room taping crepe paper, stars, a disco ball piñata (I have this thing about disco balls being broken, put back together, and light up those who put them back together… so at my house I have disco balls all over to remind me of my mental health journey/accomplishments). I wanted the decorations to look fun and not serious.

Such a fun and easy theme. And I think food wise you could anywhere. Like you could do just appetizers, you could do cheesecakes, you could to full Golden Girls.

Hosted a camp themed bachelorette party for my bestie, thought everything turned out cute! 🌲

I've loved minions since Despicable Me came out in 2010 so this just felt perfect for my 31st birthday party 😭 Here are a few of the details 🍌✨

Had a backyard engagement party and sooo proud of my table set up 💙 had to share with my fellow party planners!

16M, looking to host a garden party at my house next Monday!

I’ve already gone onto Pinterest and created a board with different ideas that i want to do, it’s at my house but im co-hosting with one of my girlfriends.

My idea that ive envisioned is that i want to go pink. Very fairytale, tea party/garden party. My role model for this is Lisa Vanderpump off of RHOBH (iykyk), and I want to incorporate that into my hosting skills.

If anyone’s ever done anything similar, do you have any suggestions or ideas that i can do? With this, i mean with hosting skills, activities to do, food/drinks (everyone’s bringing their own boards, each one has a category). How do i be a good host? Obviously I’m only 16 so you can assume correctly that this is the first time I’ve done anything like this, but this is how I wish to pursue my hang outs with my girls from now on.

The party starts at 11:30AM but unsure on when it will end, as mum will be home from work around 6pm ish.

I’ll attach photos of the kind of thing i have in mind! Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated!!! 🩷

Well, the infamous butt-themed party happened today! It was an absolute blast, and all of the suggestions this sub gave helped make it a roaring success!

We live in a small apartment, so doing the party at home wasn't an option. We ended up going to an indoor jungle gym, which was a perfect fit! One of the best things was that the little chairs they have are shaped like animal legs, and then the kids sit on top of the butt! Perfect for our theme!

We got her some Brian Cook stickers, a shirt, and an activity book, as well as a fanny pack. She now tells anyone who'll listen about his art. There were also some Brian Cook stickers in the party favor bags, along with a Whoopee cushion, glow stick, and I put together "pirate booty" bags with a ring pop and chocolate coins.

The venue had great decorations already, but we also brought pink balloons tied together to look like a booty. We also brought "Pin the Booty on the Baboon," which was a big hit! While the kids were eating, I read a couple of butt-themed books (suggested by this sub), which was actually great because it kept the vibes at a chill level while still keeping it fun.

One of my favourite things was the cupcakes from our local grocery store bakery! They turned out so cute, and the kids loved them!

I had lots of fun with all the puns while preparing things, and everyone got right into it! Some kids did wear underwear over their pants, which was pretty goofy.

Overall, she had an absolutely awesome birthday, and as we left, she said, "It was a little different than I was picturing, but it was absolutely perfect!" I'll take it! I have a very happy 5-year old!

Thank you so much for the amazing suggestions and ideas, everyone!! 🥳

we're about to put our house on the market to sell. but i had this idea of doing a reversal house warming - "a house cooling party" where we say goodbye to our place. and have opposite house warming activities

so far the ideas are:

1. I'll be gifting guests things we are parting with that we don't want to bring into our new house, but we wrap them and have guests raffle/ fight for them without knowing what it is - need ideas for items, so far we have a lot of old coasters we don't want anymore

2. everyone shares their best memory they made in our home

3. instead of bringing alcohol, we'll provide the alcohol and they're bringing mixers

4. we'll order pizza like how everyone orders pizza during moving day

I'm planning on meshing different groups of friends that have never met before so ideally activities that can get people mingling at their own comfort level

and if you have done or heard of this let me know! i can't find much online and would like to claim i thought about this first 😁

TIA

Edit: wow I'm overwhelmed with the support and ideas! I'm glad we weren't the only one excited about this party idea haha will keep you guys posted on how it went (could be in a few months unfortunately) but feel free to keep the ideas coming !

My husband and I hosted an early 4th of July BBQ last weekend since us and everyone else we know is going to be gone on the 4th. We invited a bunch of friends and got everyone beer plus hot dogs, hamburgers etc. We got way too much food because NO ONE will say if they're coming or not and EVERYONE shows up HOURS late. So I have no idea how many people I'm supposed to be cooking for or when to start cooking it and everyone is constantly asking me questions. Do you have more chairs? There's 12 chairs around the dining room table —go nuts. Can you put on some music? Specifically this song? And no one asks my husband anything. Just me. Plus, my husband leaves everything I put on his to-do list until the last minute, which stresses me out (I have my own to-do list). So yeah hopefully next year I'll remember that I hate this shit and think twice before hosting another party. God speed to you, party planners and may the odds be ever in your favor.

My daughter has decided that she wants the theme of her 5th birthday to be "Butts." 🤣 I think that's hilarious, and I want to support her weirdness, so we're going with it! I would love any ideas you have for ways to make the theme fun. Here are some things I've come up with:

• pin the tail on the donkey

• upside down hearts

• peaches, perhaps

• poop emoji cake

• possibly make/get tails for the kids to wear

Any ideas are welcome, as long as they're age-appropriate. I love a good pun, so if you have any of those that could go on a party favor bag or invitation, let's hear 'em!

Edit: Wow, thank you so much for all of these incredible ideas!!! I'm keeping a running document with my favourites, and it is already several pages long! Narrowing it down is going to be a real challenge! I really appreciate the kind comments, too. 🥰 My daughter is going to love this party!! I introduced her to Brian Cook's art, and she immediately adored his work! She has been telling anyone who'll listen that there's an artist who draws butts on ANYTHING! 🤣

Despite it being a gray day in paradise, and being on strict activity restriction to prevent baby girl from ATTENDING her own baby sprinkle haha, my Margaritas & Mamacitas Jimmy Buffett baby sprinkle was amazing!! Had to share it with you guys

Hi! I posted on here a bit ago about my son's birthday party at a movie theater! Well it's this Saturday and almost everything is ready, except today I got the containers for party favors and they are MUCH bigger than anticipated. Reviews described them as small(some people said too small) and I had an estimate size measured which seemed smaller than this. But now they look basically empty and I don't know what to do!

I invited my close friends and family over for tote bag painting and a “farmers market” exchange. I’ve hosted several craft parties, but this one might be my favorite! It was so fun planning it and seeing everyone’s ideas. Highly recommend this type of party if you have friends that like to garden, cook, craft, or bake.

We painted tote bags, ate dinner, played games(guess the herb, price is right farmers market edition, and pass the prize), then brought all of our goodies out and filled our newly decorated bags.

The tote bags were cuter (and more involved) than I expected, and everyone really went above and beyond with their contributions for the exchange. We had seasonings, salsa, bread, jams, candles, cookie dough, cheesecake, homegrown fruit, infused honey, pickles, etc.

It was super simple putting this all together, decorations probably cost less than $75 and crafting supplies were probably another $75. I served fresh fruits and veggies as an appetizer, pulled pork, coleslaw, and corn salad for dinner.

Just as a reminder- you don’t need a big beautiful home to bring people together. I have a VERY modest house and a yard that could definitely use some work… but really, no one cares. I am also a very introverted person, so hosting something like this does not come naturally to me. I’ve had to make a conscious effort to connect with others and bring them together. The best part is, the more I do it, the easier it gets!

If you’re thinking about hosting- try it. Nothing needs to be perfect!

Update: the absolute best part of this is everyone texting me today and telling me about how much they love everything they tried. So dang sweet!

It was supposed to be outdoors but we had thunderstorms and wildfire smoke :(

I hosted 10 neighbors and asked them all to bring 10 homemade items to swap. (I was careful to vet and invite only people who wanted to participate in this kind of party.)

I baked 3 kinds of croissants, mini blueberry scones, and cinnamon rolls. (Thanks Trader Joe’s frozen section.) Made a fruit platter. Set up my nespresso machine to just be rolling out shots for the first few minutes while guests arrived. Had a creamer bar set up and a mimosa bar set up.

People brought everything from sourdough bread to granola, plant cuttings, eyeglass chains, perfume, homemade vanilla, Cajun cabbage rolls, and cookies. I made embroidered towels, wine charms (to avoid mimosa confusion) and little jars of Maldon salt.

It was so fun to start Saturday morning off with a great group of friends. Will definitely be planning another gathering like this!

We held my son’s 1st birthday party last weekend, and I worked with an amazing party planner and local vendors to help my vision of a Teddy Bear picnic themed party come to life. I’m very happy with how everything came out and wanted to share how proud i am of the details.

He had an amazing time and I wish we could relive this day and the days of more celebration we did after!

The kids ended up using straws to shoot each other with the poison dart cupcake toppers and everyone took photos in the rhino (adults included). Thanks for all the great ideas on my last post!

Hi,

Last month I helped organize a year-end dance for about 100 students as a parent volunteer. We wanted one activity beyond dancing and snacks, and landed on a guess-who game: every kid's baby photo goes up on the big screen, the room guesses, then the current photo reveals who it is.

The part I dreaded, collecting two photos from ~100 families, turned out to be the easy part. We used a shared upload link where parents added a baby photo, a current photo, and an optional fun fact from their phones. Nearly every family submitted, and it took two reminder emails total. The trick was keeping the ask tiny: two photos, two minutes, no account or app needed.

The game itself: we projected the slideshow, said almost nothing, and the kids got it instantly. Twenty minutes of shouting guesses, cheering at reveals, and genuine shock at who some of the babies turned out to be. Every single teen watched the slideshow, which for that age group felt like a miracle. A few parents told me afterward it was the best part of the night.

What I'd do differently: ask for clearer face photos up front (a few wide shots were hard to guess from the back of the room), and show the fun fact before the reveal as a clue, the rounds with a good clue got the biggest reactions.

The format seems like it would be even better for milestone birthdays, reunions, or retirement parties, where the "then vs now" gap is bigger. Has anyone run something like this at an adult party? Curious how it lands with different crowds.

- Steffen

• Walmart 6-inch red cake with whipped frosting and strawberry jam center. Used construction paper for eyes, nose and antennae
• Sam’s Club cupcakes with TVHC themed toppers printed out from Etsy
• Baby Boy butter mints along with bagged prizes for game winners not shown—gifts included baby bottle pops, candles, lotion etc
• Eric Carle triangular banners from Etsy downloadables
• Generic Walmart Oh Baby balloons and photo wall
• Amazon antenna headbands
• Friend used her Cricut to design and cut out a TVHC head and body ovals so people wrote on them and they’ll go up on the nursery wall
• Would Mom Rather this or that game
• Baby Predictions game
• Guess the amount of candy in the bottle game
• Miniature babies frozen in ice for “My Water Broke!” game
• Gift given to person who traveled farthest
• String game to see who could guess how big around the mama is
• Tablecloths for the game table and gift table

Hello hope everyone is okay, I just wanted to understand what type of equipment is used to make these fruit stands please?

Just celebrated my daughter’s 5th birthday. She requested unicorn theme! This was the first year we did it outside of our home. Rented a room at the community center of a local park that has an indoor play place in it. I got the unicorn party hats and table decor piñatas from my local Buy Nothing group (score!). For party favors for all the kids, instead of a bag of cheap plastic crap, I got them each a thrifted book picked especially for them. Made a Pin the Horn on the Unicorn on brown craft paper which we also used as table cloths. The invites and “find your unicorn name” were from Etsy and the cake idea was from Pinterest. Let me know if anyone wants links or recipes!