How to Throw an Inexpensive Party

It is easy to throw an inexpensive party as long as you are creative with your party decorations and party planning ideas. Have fun throwing an inexpensive party by using the following steps.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

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   Create a Fun Party Theme
   
   Most people want to go to a party to enjoy the company of others and have a fun time. Pick a fun party theme that you can decorate around. It could be a pirates, Disney, Victorian times, Hawaii, Bollywood or any type of fun theme that people coming to the party can participate in.

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   Set Up Games Based On Your Party Theme
   
   Have a treasure hunt, charades, surprise quizzes, truth or dares or other fun and inexpensive games set up that are based on your party theme. Pick up some cheap gifts that you can use to hand out as prizes.

3. Make Your Own Cheap Party Decorations
   
   Pick up some streamers and party balloons on sale and use them to make different shaped decorations. Tape together printer paper to make banners based on your party theme. Cut out gift wrap in different party theme based shapes and tape these shapes onto the walls of your main party room.

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   Email Out Your Invitations
   
   Use services like evites.com to email out colorful and free party invitations to your guests.

5. Plan An Inexpensive Party Menu
   
   Make your party a potluck and provide pasta salad and a hearty stew for your guests that you can cook up inexpensively. You could also make your own fruit,vegetable and cheese trays. Another option is to make inexpensive finger foods such as chips with dip, small sandwiches, deviled eggs and home baked brownies. Decorate a festive buffet table and place the food on it for guests to grab and go. You can very easily throw a fun and inexpensive party if you give your guests a good time and are creative with your party planning.

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[bellerose]

on 10/6/2009 Thanks, great help with how to throw an inexpensive party. I remember spending way too much on food last Christmas and having people eat only a couple of super-popular (and cheap) items. Always serve brownies! 5*