Surprise Party, ideas and tips to organize it. 30/07/2010

Well then you need to know the truth, a surprise party can be a success, but it is very difficult to plan and there are so many, many things that can go wrong.

Not everyone likes surprises the same, but almost everyone appreciates the mere fact of thinking about the effort that goes behind planning a surprise party aside from the party also being a gift in itself.

But don’t be scared, the success of a surprise birthday party mainly depends on how well it is organized.

Here we present some ideas to take into consideration for the surprise party:

Prepare the party ahead of time.

Decide on the big details, like the day, the time and the place of the party. We recommend you make fake plans with the person who is going to be surprised, like invite them out, to eat, dance, anything, but make sure they will be available.

Get help.

This means having the help of accomplice friends who know to keep the secret. Choosing the accomplices is very important, because doing it all by yourself can be a disaster and very stressful for you, be careful not to involve someone who might comment something to the person you are surprising on the preparation of the party, because this would ruin the party.

A common mistake that is made is that friends tend to avoid the honoree on the day of the surprise. This can cause two negative things: either they start to suspect they are planning something or it can ruin their mood, make them feel sad and resentful with their friends if they believe they have forgotten their birthday, so don’t make that mistake! Make sure everyone acts natural. That they greet them if it is their birthday, they can even give them some presents, etc.

The place of the party:

Try to choose a familiar place to the honoree, like a mutual friend’s house, family member or their own house if possible, this way they won’t suspect anything nor ask where you are taking them. Also let everyone know that if they are taking car, they have to park a little far away and out of sight to not ruin the surprise when the honoree gets there.

Make a guest list:

This will help you calculate how much space, food and drink you will need for the party. Send a discreet invitation or e mail to the guests, indicating all of the information and asking for confirmation of attendance and to please have absolute discretion.

An invitation with the word ssshhh to remind them not to say anything is a good idea to make sure every invitation clearly establishes that the party will be a surprise. I don’t want to be ambiguous about this but on the contrary the whole surprise might be ruined by one unaware guest, it is better to repeat the message more than once on the invitation.

To avoid it something from ‘leaking’ to everyone avoid giving to many details they can not stop commenting on. The place, date and time is enough. Offer the details shortly before.

Surely you have chosen a theme for the birthday party, even more it is for children. Prepare the festive setting and background music during the party.

In Tempo di festa you can find endless themes for your surprise parties, do not doubt on calling us to decorate, organize and help you on everything you need.

Lastly, do not forget that you also have to treat the honoree normally on the big day, don’t let them be offended by a strange attitude and a good mood spoils.

These types of birthdays can be very practical to apply on celebrations for children and young people.

A surprise party can be the perfect idea to celebrate a birthday and not forget it, let’s forget tiredness, neglect or lack of encouragement, they must not be excuses to not celebrate and enjoy such a special day.

If you have finished reading this post it is time you start looking in your planner which of your friends, relatives have birthdays soon and don’t think it twice, start planning this surprise party that will be very liked by that person so special to you.