Party Ideas

Entries tagged "Host"

Here's how to get more hosts for your fun night.1. Pick the host houses in the neighborhood for the evening. 2. Do not pick more than three homes. You want to allow for about an hour per home. 3. Choose neighbors you already know to make things easier. This way, the next dinner can be planned once you meet more neighbors at the first progressive dinner.

See Entire Story

Choose a Theme

1. The theme can be related to a particular kind of food. Stick with foods that everyone will be able to prepare a dish for, such as Italian, American and French. Ethiopian food might be delicious, but the hosts will have a hard time coming up with a...

See Entire Story

Assign Dishes

1. Focus on three courses for the evening: Appetizers, Main Course (and sides) and Dessert. Assign one course to each host. 2. For beverages, you can ask each host to provide a specific drink. It works well i...

See Entire Story

Invite the Neighbors

1. The best way to encourage neighbors to attend the progressive dinner is to invite them in person. You might feel like a door-to-door salesperson, but the invitee will certainly feel welcomed and appreciated thanks to your effort. They are also mo...

See Entire Story

The Seating Formula

Here is our seating formula, which works whether you're assigning seats by seats by just table number or by table number and specifics seat. You can also seat people at specific instructing them to take a particular seats. This is slightly less formal way of seating assignment that we like to use for more casual affairs.

See Entire Story

List of Simple Pieces for Easy Entertaining

Here's our list of simple pieces needed for easy entertaining. Trust us, these are essentials that will only enhance your future parties.

See Entire Story

Guests & Guesses

If you want to avoid the Mystery Cupid being revealed too soon, announce this rule before the appetizers hit the table.When a guest is ready to guess, he/she should whisper the name of "Cupid" to the host. If he's correct, he gets to place a pair of wings on the Mystery Cupid during dessert. If he's wrong, he must rejoin the party but keep mum about his guess so as to not ruin it for the others.

See Entire Story