Make Sure Your Party Guests Have a Good Time

Nobody wants to host a party where the guests are bored, upset, or not having a good time. This should help if you are hosting a teen party.

Steps

  1. When planning a guest list, make sure that if you are sending out invitations, you politely ask your guests not to discuss the party with others unless they know that they're invited. Nobody wants to have someone rub it in their face that they weren't invited.
  2. Don't plan a minute-by-minute or any other type of schedule for the party. Having an every-minute filled party will bore your guests, and when having teens around 12-14, they will become restless and not want to listen.
  3. Plan a few, maybe 2 or 3 events for the party. Space them out, and if you can, get small prizes for winners. This way, you will give your guests time to mingle and talk, but not enough to get bored. "Fruit Salad," "Charades," and silly dance songs are always good ways of getting people involved.
  4. Do not put out boatloads of food. Good parties can still throw out couple of snacks, dinner, and some sweets for dessert. Don't set out a table full of chips, candy, pop, etc.
  5. Some of the best foods to serve are fruit platters, a bowl of chips, and mainly pizza for dinner. To branch out on dinner, also try making hot dogs, or putting out hamburgers, and all the toppings. Sandwiches, sausage rolls, a cheese platter, and pasta salad are also good alternatives.
  6. The best drinks to serve in order for your guests not to dehydrated are pretty simple. Most teens do not get enough water, but they'll love flavoured water. Try putting out some bottles of flavoured water and normal spring water, and also try a pitcher of cold water with sliced oranges, limes, and lemons in it. Don't forget some pop, though. You don't need to be everyone's mother and make them all health nuts. To be extra special, make virgin cocktails with fruit juices, pop, and grenadine. Much more civilized.
  7. Put the food somewhere reachable, preferably on a table. Put chips in a bowl, and put paper or plastic cups next to the drinks. Make sure to have food out for when your guests come. Put pop out and iced tea or other snacks first, then after dinner put out water. Also, little bowls of nuts or chocolates are nice nibbles while people are talking.
  8. Don't ignore your guests. Talk to them. If you're too busy organizing things, you a) weren't very prepared and b) your guests will feel pretty ignored and unimportant. Your guests came to your party, not someone else's. They came to see you.
  9. You don't have to have goodie bags or anything to say thank you. Say goodbye politely to your guest when the time has come, and walk them to the door or car. Wait until they start to drive before you go back to the party, as just saying "bye" and letting them go to the front and walk out alone is pretty rude. If you want to give your guests a thank you gift, try something small and not too pricey. However, some exclusive homemade party favors can truly be the memories which you would cherish for long. You can make your guests happy with these delightful homemade gifts as a send-off presents and the best part is that it won’t cut your pocket as well. You already spent a bit on the rest.
  10. Make sure your guests are interacting with each other. If you notice someone has been alone all party, talk to them, and introduce them.
  11. You can also move aside the furniture in one room as a dance floor. For adults, some old, nostalgic party music as well as a few "Couples" songs will get people smiling. For teens, get loud, silly party music that everyone can recognize. Rap and hip-hop doesn't work very well unless you've got a very large crowd of die-hard dancers. I know its corny, but the YMCA, Hokey Pokey, Macarena, and Footloose get people on the dance floor.
  12. Guests like to help too! Especially some of the quiet ones or look like they need to wake up. Get one of them to open and pour the wine, or help with other food preparations. Ask someone to be the DJ. You don't have to do all the work yourself when others will love to be able to help!
  13. Last but not least, have a good time yourself. That's how the party will go on. Make sure you have fun, too, with your guests, and your party will be a memorable one.
  14. Give you're guests an adequate sense of autonomy.. It's okay to set up some guidelines, but your guests won't appreciate it if you limit the tacos they can eat! Set up limits, but don't make them too easy to reach.

Tips

  • If you have vegan or vegetarian guests, and are serving meat of any kind, make sure there is a vegetarian choice too.
  • Play a few games in the beginning that will let everybody get to know each other, or play a game with a funny outcome.
  • Encourage people to start dancing by being the first on the dance floor.
  • Try not to get to stressed.
  • Make sure everybody is compatible with the other guests.
  • See to it that you have emergency contacts for your friends if they get hurt or sick.
  • Make sure that your guest are having a great time by letting them pick a song and also make sure you have some good music.
  • Make sure you include everyone in all activities.

Warnings

  • If you are inviting two people who you know won't get along, make sure that they mingle with other people instead. Inviting only one could lose you a friend.
  • Notice and respond to the changes in the party environment. Take immediate action if you see anything going wrong.

Things You'll Need

  • Friends
  • A place to hold the party
  • A main theme for the party
  • And most importantly.....wear a beautiful dress to impress people or just neat clothes
  • Music for everybody.

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