Life gets busy, especially when you’re a working mother trying to balance your life, family, and career. It’s easy for important tasks to fall by the wayside, and you’re left to endure a great deal of stress while trying to get them all done with just hours or days to spare. Planning a birthday party can sometimes fall into that category. However, if you take some of the following actions, you might be able to organize a last-minute birthday party with great success.
Purchase Party Decorations
No birthday party is complete without party decorations, so make them your priority during those early planning stages. If you have at least one week to plan your party, you’ll likely be able to purchase all the necessary decorations online. However, if you have mere days to work with, allocate time in the working week to visit your local party supplies store and purchase what you need.
Pick a Main Activity
If you’re organizing a birthday party for a child, you’ll need at least one significant activity to keep all guests entertained. Once you have selected an activity, everything else will likely fall into place.
If you have a swimming pool, your birthday party could center around it. Otherwise, you might like to look at other fun activities like water slides and sprinklers in summer, treasure hunts, and inflatable castles. Some parents book clowns, princesses, and other fun birthday entertainers, but this might not be possible for last-minute parties.
Organize Food
All the excitement of a birthday party can have guests working up a hunger. As a result, you’ll need to add ‘organize food’ to your to-do list. Fortunately, having enough food for all guests can be straightforward, even with little planning time.
Pizza, popcorn, fruit and vegetable platters, and chicken tenders are bound to be favorites at birthday parties for young and old. They also require minimal prep work and can be purchased from your local grocery store at the last minute. Don’t forget to buy that all-important birthday cake while you’re there!
Send Digital Invites
It can take three to four days for birthday invitations to arrive at their destinations by post, and you might not have that much time to spare. Where possible, send out invites digitally. Rely on social media, text messages, and email to ensure everyone you wish to have in attendance has been informed.
You might also like to apologize for the short notice and tell guests that no gifts are required. Not everyone has time to go gift shopping without advance warning.
Purchase Premade Goody Bags
Goody bags are sometimes a prerequisite for parties, especially for children. If you lack time to purchase toys, candy, and other fun items for guest goody bags, consider buying them premade. You might spend more, but all the hard work has been done for you.
With decorations chosen, invites sent, food organized, and activities planned, you’re now ready for you or your child to enjoy the party in earnest. You might not have had time to plan a large, extravagant affair, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun on a special day with those closest to you.
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