How to Throw a New Years Eve Pajama Party

This article presents a unique New Year's Eve party idea. Bringing in the New Year in your pajamas!

You can limit your party to adults only, or invite the kids as well.

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Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Invitations or a computer, printer, and paper.
• Decorations (pillows, board games, sleeping bags)
• Pajamas
• Finger Foods, or an all-out breakfast buffet after midnight
• Helpful neighbor(s)

1. Start sending out invitations the first week of December. You can purchase invitations or create them yourself. Depending on the amount of information you want on the invitations, it may be better to create them in a flyer type format.

2. 

   In the invitations, instruct your guests to either wear their pajamas to your party, or bring them. You can have a "fashion show" to judge the best PJ couple, best PJ kid, and one for the single best PJ outfit. Prizes can be pillows, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc.

3. Create a party for the children if you plan to invite them. Set up a room for them with a couple of teenage supervisors. Offer them noisemakers, fun hats, champagne flutes filled with juice and/or soda, and finger foods. Be sure to involve them in the countdown!

4. Invite guests to sleep over or make arrangements for designated drivers and/or cab rides. On the invitation, let them know they have the option of spending the night and to bring sleeping bags for the family.

5. Depending on the age of your guests, such as 30-somethings, provide plenty of nostalgic music to sing and dance to. 80's music is perfect for thirty year olds. 90's music for 20's, 70's music for 40's, etc.
   
   You may want to hook up Rock Band or Guitar Hero in your party area. These games have been a hit with many parties.

6. 

   FOOD
   
   The easiest thing to do is ask everyone to bring finger foods. However, at midnight once everyone has had a little too much to drink and they're getting hungry again, heat up a breakfast casserole. You can prepare it that morning and pop it in about 20 minutes before midnight. A simple mixture of cheese, sausage, eggs, hash browns, ham, onion, bell pepper, etc. Have plenty of orange juice and coffee on hand as well.
   
   Another fast and easy thing to serve is frozen waffles and/or pancakes with bacon. You can pre-cook the bacon and heat it up right before serving.

Tips & Warnings

• Order toothbrushes ahead of time that say "New Year's Eve 2009 at the Smith's"
• Purchase trial size toothpaste to go with the brushes.
• Add some decor to your party. Toss some pillows around and place board games and decks of cards around.
• You can purchase pillows from Wal-Mart as low as $2.50! Cheap, appropriate party gifts.
• DO NOT let anyone drive home drunk.
• Be prepared to have a very messy home to clean on New Year's Day!
• There will always be someone who wears something "less than appropriate". Have a housecoat or two ready for them. ;o)

[maryellen1001]

on 11/16/2008 What a great idea!

[acole]

on 11/12/2008 Fun idea! I love waiting up for the New Year to arrive!