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I love planning parties! And surprise parties are extra fun! Conspiring with friends to secretly gather together and celebrate someone’s birthday is party planning on another level. I am going to share with you my top tips to pull off the ultimate surprise party for your friends.
Start with an Invite
Start with the perfect Evite invitation and pick your partner in crime! Planning a surprise is always easier with a co-host and now you can easily add one on your invitation. Ya’ll this is a game changer! Two is definitely better than one when planning a party. When creating your invitation, click the “Add a Co–Host” link to the right of the “Hosted By” field. They will be able to do things like add and remove guests from the guest list, make edits to the invitation, send a message to guests, and more!
Evite offers so many fun invitations. I love the designs that allow you to upload your own photo. Get a great photo of the guest of honor and use it to customize your invitation. When you get all the details nailed down, you can send out your invitations by text message. This is a huge time saver for me because I have everyone’s phone numbers already in my phone. Emails are another thing (wink!). Texting an invite when planning a surprise party provides an added layer of secrecy to ensure the guest of honor doesn’t accidentally see their roommate or spouse’s email.
Pick a Location
Time to choose the perfect location. Here’s a list of my top 5 places to host the surprise party, and what to say to get the birthday girl to the location without her suspecting a thing!
Place: Your home
What to Say: “I’d love to have you over for a small birthday dinner to celebrate!”
Place: Her favorite happy hour place
What to Say: “Hey, let’s meet at (bar) for drinks after work to celebrate your birthday.”
Place: A friend’s house
What to Say: “I’d love to go out for dinner to celebrate your birthday. We will go pick up (friends) and then go out to dinner.”
Place: A private party room at her favorite restaurant
What to Say: “I know you love (restaurant name), so we want to take you to dinner to celebrate your birthday.”
Place: Brunch after a birthday night out. The night out before is the decoy to make her think you’ve already celebrated.
What to Say: “Last night was so much fun celebrating your birthday. Let’s all go to brunch this morning”
The reveal – SURPRISE!!!!
It’s the big day! Time to get the final details taken care of. Take care of any last minute needs for the party by messaging your guests through your Evite invitation. Your guests will get a text message updating them in real time. This is great to let everyone know how far away the guest of honor is so everyone can be in place 15 minutes beforehand.
Put out a basket of DIY confetti to throw as everyone yells SURPRISE and get a few gift hampers tasmania and give them away as party favors! These are so easy to make. Just get some plastic push-up pop containers and fill with gold shreds and paper shreds used for gift wrapping. Add a fun printable label and get ready to toss the confetti!
Use balloons! Keeping décor simple allows you to make it festive without the fuss. Balloons are still trending and there is nothing easier than using letter balloons to spell the guest of honor’s age. Add a few tassels and blow up a handful of balloons to cover the floor and you have a festive way to welcome the guest of honor to their surprise party.
Serve her Signature Drink
Once the guest of honor has been surprised and caught her breath, pass out the cocktails (or mocktail) that represents her special day! If she loves tropical flavors, serve a tropical drink in a pineapple glass and serve from a tray covered with a palm leaf. If she is spicy, serve a drink with a little kick to it and a jalapeno garnish! Whatever the drink, give it a fun name that is personalized to her and enjoy toasting her special day!
So what are you waiting for? Jump on over to Evite and get started planning your surprise party! And while you are there, be sure to enter the Surprise Acts of Celebration sweepstakes. It’s Evite’s birthday, but they’re surprising you with thousands of dollars in prizes, from your fave tech toys to handy gift cards. Enter your email for a chance to win instantly!
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