Last weekend, a couple of my best friends and I threw party for our other best friend's fifteenth birthday. I'd never even been to a surprise party, let alone throw one before! It wasn't a huge banger with screaming loud music and people we didn't know, but there were maybe twenty to thirty of the birthday girls closest friends, mostly consisting of girls. I wanted to share with you some tips I had on how to throw a surprise party because it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.
1. Give out the invitations discreetly. Nothing is worse than the birthday girl finding out about her own party! My friend, whose house it was at, gave out the invitations on the last day of school when the birthday girl wasn't going to be there due to her finals schedule.
2. Make sure everyone gets there before the birthday girl. The surprise moment is the greatest moment of all, and it would be awful for someone to be coming in at the same time as her! The expression on our birthday girl's face was priceless and extremely rewarding! I've gotta say it was kind of a tear jerker!
3. Food! For food we got a couple of really long sub sandwiches because they didn't have to be warm like a pizza. We also had cupcakes instead of cake for easier access. Bags of chips, candy, and water bottles area good idea also!
4. Entertainment can be tricky! For our entertainment, we had a couple of guests bring games such as twister, apples to apples, etc. Have an outdoor space set up where people can play games on the porch, or go in the yard and play bean bag toss or ladder ball! We had music playing downstairs, not because we wanted to dance, but because we wanted to avoid the awkwardness throughout the room of listening to each other's conversations.
5. Decorations. I wouldn't go too all out with decorations, but just but some cheap streamers or banners and balloons to at least let people know that it's a party! It doesn't matter if you go all out, or just blow up a couple balloons, the birthday girl will be grateful as ever just for the thought that you put together.
