How to Host a Bowling Party

A bowling party is an ideal choice for birthday celebrations of all ages. People enjoy bowling regardless of their performance, skill and training levels. Bowling parties are low-fuss, easy-to-plan gatherings, and are adaptable for young children to adults. Read on to learn how to host a bowling party.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Black card stock
• White or silver paint pens
• Custom bowling T-shirts
• Circle cake
• Frosting
• Black food coloring (or mix all colors together)
• White board scoreboard

1. Cut black card stock into bowling ball shapes, and decorate with silver or white paint pens. Use bowling-themed invitations to carry out the motif.
2. Reserve a few lanes at your local bowling alley. Ask the bowling alley about offers for party per-person rate that includes shoe rental. For parties where guests pay for themselves, disclose these costs on the invitation.
3. Decorate or screen-print plain T-shirts or collared bowling shirts to hand out as party favors. Use a retro font.
4. Determine whether the bowling alley sells food. Either provide food from the bowling alley, or bring pizzas and other snacks.
5. Make a circular cake. Set aside a small amount of white frosting, and use food coloring to dye the rest as close to black as possible. Frost the cake with the black to make a bowling ball, and then add white finger holes.
6. Divide guests into teams and keep a tally of each team's progress on a large tournament chart.

Tips & Warnings

• Provide lots of napkins and wet wipes for use with greasy finger foods like pizza.

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