Fortune Telling Party Ideas
Psychics use several different tools to foretell the future. Tarot cards, crystal balls, reading tealeaves, palm reading, numerology and pendulums are among the most familiar tools of divination. Set a mystical mood by decorating gypsy style and playing appropriate background music. Play fortune-telling games using the tools of divination, and enjoy your fortune telling party.
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Invitations
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Build anticipation for the party by sending or emailing your guests a note telling them you see a party invitation in their future. Then send unique invitations to your guests. Design a card with stickers, drawings or clip art images of gypsies, crystal balls, stars and moons. Find vintage postcard images on the Internet and print out as a base for invitations. Let guests know whether to wear costumes and ask them to let you know if they have any special divination talents they can bring to the festivities.
Decorating & Props
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Create a mysterious atmosphere for the party. Add a beaded curtain to the entrance of the party room. Cover the buffet table with a black tablecloth and drape sheer scarves randomly across the top. Drape more scarves over chairs. Hang silver and gold stars of various sizes in front of windows and from shelves. Hang deep blue and purple beads from lampshades for additional sparkle. Place candelabras with gold and black candles around the room. Create a crystal ball with a globe light fixture cover and place them, along with tarot cards and other divination tools, on small tables for game playing around the room.
Costumes
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Dress up in a gypsy costume.
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Costumes for women include long, flowing, bright colored skirts with peasant blouses. Pull the neckline over the shoulders and drape colorful scarves around the shoulders and as a sash around the hips. Add layers of jewelry and tie a scarf around your forehead to hang on one side. A pirate shirt and black pants works as a costume for men, along with vests and heavy jewelry medallions. Dangling earrings and multiple bracelets finish the gypsy look for all.
Mystical Activities
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Read fortunes using tarot cards.
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Provide a few decks of beginner's tarot cards with instructions so everyone can read as well as have their fortune read. Get books on palmistry and numerology and set them up on separate tables for guests to read each others fortunes. Set up a tea set and book on tea leaf reading on another table. Use a pendulum to answer simple yes-no-maybe questions, based on whether it spins clockwise, counterclockwise, or stands still. Find vintage spinner games online or create originals based on these.
Music
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Find music that sets the atmosphere for a gypsy fortune telling party. Many collections of gypsy music are available, as well as Romanian, Hungarian, Turkish and Middle Eastern music that utilizes fiddle, zither, lute and drums. Select an assortment of background music for ambiance while everyone is getting fortunes read, as well as some livelier music for dancing. Encourage your guests to try belly dancing, and provide tambourines for participation. Provide room for dancing that will not interfere with your fortune telling areas.
Refreshments
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Make fortune cookies and insert printed slips with fortunes for your guests. Let the fortunes suggest one of the party games or dancing, or make fun fortunes for everyone. Cut finger sandwiches with large star and moon cookie cutters. Use star-shaped ice cube trays and let stars float in a punch tinted purple with food coloring. Use small star and moon cookie cutters to cut cheeses and meats for appetizer trays. Add star-shaped crackers.
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