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Hen Party Ideas


So your friend is about to get married and you’ve been given the task of organizing her hen party. You would really like to do an amazing job because you’re hoping that one day she’ll do the same for you! Don’t fear…Take a look at these Hen Party Ideas.

hen night party ideas1. Create a Facebook group for your hen party. Invite the bride-to-be to join. This will be great for keeping everybody up-to-date with plans and will typically get more girls out to join the fun since everything is done on Facebook these days. Get suggestions from the girls on what you would like to do and do something that the bride has never done before.

2. Create the “Real Hen Party” Facebook group where the bride is not to be a part of. This way you can keep surprises from her.

3. Make sure you begin planning early. Six months prior to the hen party is not uncommon. This way you can request any upfront monies so that you know how much is in the kitty and that there will be no drop outs.

4. It is becoming more common to have hen parties abroad. If you decide upon this then make sure its within everybody’s budget. Remember that the bride will be shelling out for a full wedding so will not for certain have a great deal of spare money. Popular destinations for hen party’s are Benidorm or Barcelona. If you’re North American then Mexico or Miami are popular. Where is it that the bride has always wanted to go?

5. If you’re staying local then consider some of these activities. How about booking a pole dancing class, a burlesque session, cheer-leading, horse riding or a visit to a chocolatier.

6. Something that all lady’s love is to go for a day of pampering at the spa. You could stay at a spa hotel, get the full treatment then have a hired limo take you to town for a group photo shoot. Then onto a fancy restaurant and cocktail bar.

7. Consider a sub hen night party theme. Perhaps you could all dress as police officers, angels, fairy’s or demons.

Whatever you decide to do, I wish you the best of luck planning your friends hen party.

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Stag Party Ideas


The task of organizing a stag party usually falls to the best man which I assume must be you! There will be much pressure on you to throw an awesome stag party since this is something that hopefully for the groom will be the only one he’ll ever have. To help you out, I have some awesome Stag Party Ideas below. Enjoy!

cool stag party ideas for guys1. A common occurrence for stag party’s today is to have them abroad. For Europeans, Tallin is a common destination or Krakow in Poland. For North Americans a common venue is Las Vegas, Atlantic City or even Mexico. You will have to take in to account everybody’s financial situations before deciding if you’re going to jet off and this is one decision you will probably like to keep the groom involved with.

2. Make a Facebook group for your stag party! This way everybody can see who is coming. You can ask everybody what they would like to do and request any upfront monies. You can then even have a secret Facebook group entitled “The Real Stag Party Group” which excludes the groom where you can discuss ways of humiliating him.

3. It is up to you what you will be doing but consider doing something completely different that none of you have done before! Tank driving, bungee jumping, go karting, Golf, clay pigeon shooting, quad biking, kayaking, white water rafting, sumo wrestling, paint balling, ice blocking and rally driving are all crazy and exciting.

4. Make sure you choose an activity that is close to a city with excellent night life! As the number 1 stag party idea I can give you is that you will be drinking throughout the night!

5. It is not uncommon to start planning your stag party a full six months ahead of d-day! There will be much to plan and getting money upfront will make sure that you minimize dropouts later on.

6. Consider a sub theme for your stag party. Having everybody dress as pirates, Olympians, Frenchmen or Golfers will add an extra touch of hilarity.

7. If you don’t go for a sub theme then at least consider having everybody dress in matching t-shirts. Get an image of the groom looking the worse for wear with a catchy caption below.

8. Dedicate somebody to take lots of photos as this is one day in his life (excluding the wedding of course) that he is going to want plenty of photos.

Good luck with your upcoming party, I hope everything goes well! Have fun!

Why not enlarge your stag party and turn it into a full on weekend with these Stag Weekend Ideas!

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Mardi Gras Party Ideas


A Mardi Gras Theme Party can be held at any time of the year, though has always traditionally been held on “Fat Tuesday” also known as Shrove Tuesday, the last Tuesday before Lent as an opportunity for one last merriment of fun, music and stuffing ones face with chocolate and alcohol before making the religious fast. Mardi Gras is a huge event around the world, mainly with Catholics, however there is nothing stopping anybody from joining in on the fun.

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Mardi Gras Party Invitations

As with any party you’re planning on holding in this day and age, I suggest you create a Facebook group for you to invite all your guests. Everybody will be able to see who is coming and this typically increases attendance! Your Facebook group can also be used to upload all the images and video from during the party once the party is finished. This way you and all your guests will have lasting memories of the great day.

In addition, you should also send out physical invites maybe in the style of a Mardi Gras mask cut from paper. Otherwise, you could look online for some cool Mardi Gras costumes, print them off and write your invitations on them.

Mardi Gras Party Decorations

The traditional Mardi Gras theme party colors are purple, green and gold which represent justice, faith and power. You should endeavour to decorate your venue with these colors as much as possible. The easiest way to do this would be to buy balloons. Also you could easily get table cloths and plates in these colors. There are many many Mardi Gras Party Decorations available for low prices on Amazon. You should take a look.

Lavender Butterfly Peacock Masquerade Feather Mask
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Mardi Gras Party Costumes

For costumes at a Mardi Gras theme party, you should try and dress up as outlandishly as possible. In fact I also suggest you take a look at our Masquerade Party Ideas for some inspiration as many people use the same costume for both party themes. You could go for a royalty theme and dress as Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette. How about dressing as a court jester all in green? Or if you have an ideal costume from a former Halloween party then it would easily be transferable for a Mardi Gras theme party. However the most common and obvious type of costume would be drag. Men can dress as women and women can dress as men! This is very common in the French Quarter of New Orleans and for your own private party you could have a prize for the best costume!

However i’ve found lots of awesome Mardi Gras Costumes here at low prices!

Mardi Gras Party Music

Simply go with Blues or Jazz!

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Mardi Gras Party Food

The main point behind a Mardi Gras theme party is to binge on what you’re going to be missing out on during Lent. So you should really be eating everything of what you’re going to be missing out on during the coming weeks. Typical Mardi Gras food is Gumbo, Jambalaya, seafood and Bloody Mary’s.

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