What do you all do to make a party lively? well you invite all your friends over and you make the food all ready but in order to make it more fun for everybody what do you do?
I’m having a small party with just close friends and I wanted to know what you all do to prepare for a get-together.
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are your friends all singles, married, married with kids? Tell us their age group and let Mr Paaaartay help you out.
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All my friends are married with babies or small kids so it would be the usual desi style get together but i'm so afraid that it would be a total disaster since I have a tiny toddler who is very naughty and won't let me get anything done.
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I think you should have someone to take care of the kids, or have a cartoon movie so they could watch. then you could talk with your friends. and you also won't have to worry about the food mess.
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Hmmm...we just had a party at our house. We invited 5 couples who brought along with them 14 kids! There were two boys aged 10 who misbehaved to the extremes. They turned my beloved media room into a pillow fight wrestling ring. I still can't find my DVD remote control.
I am not going to invite those two families again. I am willing to divorce the friendship even though one of the friend's wife makes very good food. :(
Anyway, with toddlers you are safe. Just make sure your own toddler is willing to share his toys. Ask him before the party which toys he wouldn't mind sharing. Only those toys should be outside and the rest inside the closet.
If you really want to take care of the kids and make them happy, go to the dollar general store and buy a few items and put them in goody bags. hand those out and it will keep them busy.
You may also rent a latest DVD animation movie and play it for the kids.
Do the men and women mingle or do they sit segregated? I somehow always end up in the kitchen with the ladies. :D My friends hate me for that.
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definitely have something for the kids to do so that they will be busy and let you focus on other things that need to be tended to.
also make sure that things like cordless phones, tv remotes and other precious electronic devices are not within their reach......some parents think it's okay to let their kids play with your devices.
if you have carpetting, put out a sheet for when they need to eat......while some may consider this tacky, the mothers will probably be happy that you do.
keeping the men and women from segragating themselves is often a difficult task.....avoid a buffet so everyone has to eat at the same table. if there are too many guests to fit at one table, then add chairs around the general area so that they will be within ear-shot.
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Where were you when I was arranging a party at our home?
WHERE IS MY DVD REMOTE?????????????????
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Spin the bottle!!!!
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look under sofas and cushions,
look behind the entertainment unit and/or bookshelves,
look in other rooms where the kids may have wandered off to,
look high up on shelves as another adult, having found a child playing with it, might have placed it out of their reach.
look in the toy box.
call up the guests that came with diaper bags and ask if they would kindly look in the bags as the remote may have accidently fallen in (this is a very PC translation of: your kid may have stashed my DVD remote in his/her diaper bag).
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I love holding parties and socialising with my friends and family too - i find that if im inviting friends who have kids, best way to entertain them is to either hire a bouncy castle (mini one) or buy your own - i've bought a mini bouncy and a mini ball pool which works wonders when i have get-togethers. Also, my little one has a range of garden/outdoor toys that other kids enjoy when they come over, and the reason why my little one allows other children to play is because no1 she's d only child and no2 some of the toys require a partner, i.e sandpit or seesaw.
Mind you these outdoor toys are only great for summer weather, but at the moment if we have get-togethers we keep kids occupied by sending them all upstairs to my little one's room - i usually get one or two relatives (young girls) to be in-charge and keep the children occupied, so they only actually come downstairs for eating only.
Whilst us adults have our own activities, we usually end up playing silly games, like Antakshari, Monopoly, or just put some music on and whoever wants to dance dances....
Hope that gives u sum ideas...