How to throw a surprise birthday party

This post is sponsored by Evite.  #BeThere #Evite20

Surprise birthday parties are still so popular and a lot of people out there always wonder how they can coordinate all the details with the special guests to make it successful and memorable! Are you one of those people? If you are, we are here to help! Evite helps making coming together effortless and more memorable and I am so excited to team up with them to share a few tips on how to pull off a Surprise Birthday Party while keeping all under wraps from the guest of honor!

Throwing surprise parties changed so much over the years and thanks to smart phones, nowadays, you can easily text your guests and get that response instantly! Life changing is right!

But how can you get everyone in one room? How can one choose the perfect location? Am I hosting alone? How can you coordinate with guests what to bring? How can I keep it secret?

• Get help – Don’t do it alone. Choose a reliable friend who can help you plan the ultimate surprise party by splitting the to-do list! With Evite invitations, you can now add a co-host feature for a friend to help manage the event. How fun is that?

 

• Pick a location – Does the guest of honor have a favorite place where he/she likes to hang out? That can you help you narrow down the site. It can be a restaurant or a relative’s house. Just make sure the location has a sentimental value to the guest of honor, if it’s available for that date, and it can accommodate the number of guests.

 

• Invite via text – Evite is always the easiest way to bring friends and family together for any event. Send an invitation to your special guests via text message. Be sure to choose an invitation with a hush-hush warning! CLICK HERE FOR WONDERFUL EVITE INVITATIONS that are perfect for surprise parties!

• Set a “no bringing gifts to the location” policy – crowd control is crucial. Make sure you stress the importance of arriving early, parking offsite and no carrying gifts. Within the Evite invitation, make sure you enable “allow guests to send gifts for the event” option, so guests don’t have to bring the gift to the event. That will prevent friends who happen to arrive at the same time as the guest of honor from ruining the reveal!

 

• Party Décor – keep it simple to make the ambush successful. Assign a couple of guests to take pictures or video to register the guest of honor’s fun reaction. Consider setting up a photo booth including fun photo ops the guests can have fun with during the party!

• Food and drinks – Set out a finger food bar including disposable items, such as paper plates, cups and utensils for minimal after-party cleaning. To make things easier, you can organize contributions all within the Evite invitation’s “What to Bring” list! It can’t get any better than that!

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Good luck, friends!