Planning an at-home party for an upcoming birthday, special event or celebration? This can be fun if you are well-organised. It’s a more intimate way to celebrate and you have more control over the things such as the budget and personalised details of your event.
We have developed a checklist for at-home parties to help take away the stress that can come with party planning.
It covers what you need to consider over 4 weeks before your special event.
If you are planning a kids birthday dance party for a 4 to 9-year-old, let’s face it the pressure is on for it to be a hit.
Begin with adding a bit of glitter to your invites to set the tone. Have a dress code or make it themed, like a white party or ask kids to dress as their favourite musician.
You’ll need a backyard or a bit of space to host the party such as a garage or basement. An idea would be to create a cozy kid’s karaoke corner with a lounge area to start the night. Include disco dress-up props like wigs, big plastic sunglasses, microphones, and mustaches. Here you can also have a photo booth set up.
A jungle theme for your kid’s party can turn your house into a scene out of Jumanji. So, arranging the kid’s jungle party food will be just as adventurous.
The little explorers will need something to keep them entertained, occupied and fuelled up for taking on their great expedition into the unknown. Kids jungle party food can be a fun and creative way to get people talking.
Creating an atmosphere with props such as trees and animals will tempt the little explorers to start climbing. Before you end up with a house full of tiny Tarzan’s, below are a few things you can distract them with.
Rumble in the Jungle
Any of the standard party games will work perfectly such as a treasure hunt for example. For most games just calling them something jungly will work fine.
Some can easily have props changed to make pin the tail on the tiger or pass the parcel wrapping up the gifts with large “leaves” or try coconut bowling. For the bravest explorers, there is always ‘gator wrestling! Ball pools are always fun and with the addition of “deadly” crocs or gators. It’s the only time you’ll be keen to have the kids going anywhere near these fierce creatures.
Celebrating an Australian Christmas is very different to the classic white Christmas depicted everywhere. An Aussie Christmas is celebrated in sometimes sweltering conditions where most of our food & drinks are served cold. We look at some ways how to embrace an Aussie Christmas, from decorating to table settings.
Far from the traditional European or American Christmas, our Christmas Day is truly a hot one. Cranking the air-conditioning, recovering under a shaded tree, or heading to the beach for a dip are all part of our Christmas day festivities.
A great way to decorate is to encourage our surroundings by bringing it indoors. We have an abundance of beautiful wild flowers and foliage in our own backyard. Instead of investing in artificial decorations, why not keep them natural?
Did you know Australia has its own Christmas tree? The West Australian Christmas tree is golden yellow in colour and comes from the Mistletoe family.
If you are planning a family get together, hosting a kids Christmas party or simply firing up the BBQ with a few friends this Christmas, here are some simple and easy styling tips.
Decorating your Aussie Christmas table
Keep your Aussie Christmas more authentic using natural earthy tones, like native grey-green colours with pops of red, silver or gold.
Australian native flowers are perfect for decorating your table settings, making a wreath or decorating your place settings with detailed name tags.
Wild green leafy foliage like Eucalyptus leaves mixed in with white washed foliage can be a great start. Add in your favourite Wattles, Proteas or Gum nuts for texture and colour to a unique bouquet.
These arrangements can be displayed in one of our many vase options from crystal glassware to porcelain. Simply lay them flat onto one of our many table clothes create a wreath or decoration around each table placement. Get creative, try spraying gum nuts in a beautiful metallic colour.
Decorate with coloured serviettes, elegant crockery like our Wedgwood or Renaissance dinnerware and paired it with one of our classic cutlery sets. Our range of drinking crystal glassware and silver serving trays will spice up your presentation.
Style your table with small round bud vases. Fill them with a few stems of miniature native flowers. Decorate twigs in a large cylinder vase. Hire a crystal bowl or punch set and fill it with sweets or candy.
Speaking of treats don’t forget the little ones.
Have you ever considered holding a jungle soiree? It’s all the rage… for kids!
Well, read on for more tips and tricks for how to kit your child’s jungle party.
A proper jungle party will surround you and your small guests with tropical trees, plants and more exotic animals than you can shake a banana at. Lions, tigers, monkeys, snakes, elephants, parrots, and crocodiles.
A jungle party is wonderfully flexible. You can include nearly all your kid’s favourite animals, even if they are not strictly from the jungle. Giraffes, rhinos, and zebras pop up all the time despite being savanna dwellers. Whales might be a problem, but here’s the secret: the kids won’t care… they will be too busy getting wowed by all the foliage and tigers.
It’s also easy to make it wonderfully immersive in a different way to other party themes.
Animals and trees surrounding you will feel as if you’ve brought the jungle into your lounge.
That might sound a bit difficult to pull off, but it’s only as complex as you want it to be.
