Surprise parties can be a lot of fun for everyone involved. Friends and family get the chance to come together and do something special for a loved one who is celebrating a birthday, just found out he or she is going to be a parent, or perhaps just got a promotion at work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The great thing about surprise parties for the guest of honor is that the party comes as a complete surprise, an unexpected display of affection and esteem that is above and beyond the usual expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throwing a surprise party does require some advance planning, but it does not have to be a difficult process to pull together a party that is exciting and a lot of fun for everyone, even the planners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are a few tips to help with planning a surprise party. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The major difference between a surprise party and any other type of party<\/strong> is pretty obvious: the guest of honor is not to know anything about the planned celebration<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Keeping a loved one in the dark will require assembling a tight little band of allies who will be ready to assist in making the arrangements on the sly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At a bare minimum, you will need a couple of people who can be counted on to have the honoree at the right place and at the right time for the party to begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Make sure these are people who will not let details slip to anyone else. Secrets shared have a way of working their way back to the wrong ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, the venue for the party needs to be settled<\/strong>. Some ideas for a great place would be a favorite restaurant or hangout of the honoree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact the owners or general manager ahead of time and see what they might be able to pull together without anyone getting suspicious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The great thing about this option is that you often can have everything from decorations to the preparation of a cake done as part of the package. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If they are not able to accommodate handling the decorations and other details, they might be open to allowing you and a small group to come in and set everything up in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If circumstances dictate that someone’s home is used, make sure it is a residence that the honoree would normally visit anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A sudden invitation to the home of persons that the guest of honor knows but has not previously visited might seem a little unusual and create some suspicion that something is up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One advantage of holding the party at a home is that preparations can be made without any being crunched for time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, it would appear very natural to have an old friend over for dinner, so the idea of a surprise party will most likely not occur to the guest of honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Timing is everything when it comes to getting everyone in the right place at the right time. Make sure people get to the party site at least a half-hour before the event is set to begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If necessary, make arrangements for them to park well away from the site and arrange some means of shuttling them to the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing spoils the surprise at the last minute like the honoree showing up and noticing that a dozen cars he sees all belong to friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In like manner, make sure all the food and drink — including the cake — arrive well before the party is set to begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check the list once and then check it again. Make sure there is enough time to secure last-minute substitutions, in case something is missing or something happens to any of the food and drink. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the moments before the guest of honor is due to arrive, make sure everything is in place: the food, the drinks, the cake, and the guests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the honoree arrives and receives the exuberant “Surprise!” as everyone jumps out, just step back and let the party happen. And have a little fun yourself. You’ve earned it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Surprise parties can be a lot of fun for everyone involved. Friends and family get the chance to come together and do something special for a loved one who is celebrating a birthday, just found out he or she is going to be a parent, or perhaps just got a promotion at work. The great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":""},"categories":[46,53,39],"tags":[472,417],"yoast_head":"\n