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New Years
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Parties are always more fun
with a theme and the more the hostess is into the theme the more
fun the party is. Below are a few ideas to get you
thinking. Once you decide on a theme, think of a creative
way to express that in your invitations. Ask your guests
to dress the part, include confetti, attach a casino chip or
whatever you can think of to get your guest excited about your
themed New Years Eve Party.
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Hollywood |
Luau |
Motorcycle Rally |
Casino |
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Western |
Fiesta |
Cabana |
Safari |
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Click Here
to view a huge selection of New Years Eve Party
Themes. |
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Decorations -
Start with the basics: Happy New
Year's banners, New Year's balloons, New Year's Party
Hats, and New Year's Streamers and then spice it up with a
balloon drop, ceiling dangles and a disco ball.
Click Here to see more decorating ideas. |
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Mingle Material -
Obviously you will be
celebrating the year and many of your New Year's decorations
will reflect that but consider placing objects around the room
that represent specific events throughout the year to serve as
New Year's decorations and conversation starters as well.
Here are some reminders to get you started: |
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Personal Events -
Photos of other parties you attended that year
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News Clippings
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Ad from Disneyland 50th
anniversary
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Movies
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| Your memorabilia
should stand out in a way that is obvious to your guests so that
they make their way around the room to view and discuss them
all. It can be something as simple as red squares.
Get old picture frames from a second hand store, paint them red
and frame articles or pictures for discussion or take the glass
out and lay them flat on the side table, placing one of your
articles inside. Painted shoe boxes work too or you can use a
single yellow silk flower next to each item to draw your guests
attention. Just about anything will do as long as it is
consistent. A very simple mingle material is your TV. with
a little preparation your guests will be laughing for hours.
Just check your local TV listings about two weeks before new
years for shows like: |
- funniest commercials of 2005
- best music videos of 2005
- 2005 best movie countdown
- most outrageous moments of 2005
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| and record them all
back to back and play your collection at the party. This
will prompt discussions and laughter even if your guests don't
know each other. |
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| Another Party
Starter - play simple party games
that encourage interaction. Hand each guest a small red
piece of yarn as they enter and explain that all the guests are
playing " Do you remember?". Ask them to tie the yarn
around their pinky fingers and play along. The object of
the game is to collect as many pieces of yarn as you can by the
end of the night. If he catches a guest saying the words " Do
you remember", he is to confiscate their string. If that
guest then catches another using the phrase, they can earn a
string back. You would be surprised how many times this
phrase will be used on New Years Eve. Just don't forget to
have a prize for your winner like a trophy, |
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| Turn the Heat
Up - Your guests have mingled and
munched and now it is time to dance the night away. Ok, Ok
that would be too easy. Many parties just don't end in scooting
the furniture over and dancing like you are 23 again. So
what do you do to keep the party moving? |
| * Karaoke
* DVD trivia games *Charades * Poker
* OR... Encourage story telling by throwing out topics that
every guest must complete such as:
"the most embarrassing thing I did this year
was..."
"the funniest thing I saw this year was.."
"the most expensive thing I bought this year
was..." |
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| Light Up The
Night -
Don't forget to have light
up glow sticks, LED cups, colorful glowing wands, novelties, and
party items. Adults love them and we don't get to play
with them to often (Kids love them too)
Click Here for LED and Glow party ideas. |
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11:50 -
Nobody likes to
miss the midnight celebration on New Years Eve so be sure to set
a timer and remind your guests 10 minutes before the ball drops.
Be sure to have plenty of noise makers, streamers and bubbles on
hand and pass out the words to
Auld Lang Syne
so everyone can sing along. Auld lang syne is Scotch for
old long since,
hence long ago. Does anyone know the words? Here...I'll
help you out:
Should Old
Acquaintance be forgot,
and never
brought to mind,
should old
acquaintance be forgot,
in days of
auld lang syne.
For auld lang
syne, my dear,
for auld lang
syne.
We'll take a
cup O' kindness yet,
for auld lang
syne.
And here's a
hand, my trusty friend,
and gie's a
hand O' thine,
We'll take a
cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang
syne. |
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| Winding Down -
After the stroke of midnight and
Cinderella runs out of the ball, you are going to want to offer
fresh snacks and coffee (and maybe some aspirin?). Make
sure your guests are safe to drive home or have an alternate
plan. Cab rides, designated drivers, and sleeping bags can
all save lives! |
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| Resources for
your New Year's Party: |
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Show Your
Pizzazz Party Store |
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Party
Poopers |
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Shindigz |
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Birthday in a Box |
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