Holiday Events

The traditional symbols of the Easter holiday — fluffy bunnies, baby chicks, brightly decorated eggs and Easter baskets — make for great decorations for your Easter party. Fill pastel-colored baskets with artificial grass and chocolate eggs to make colorful centerpieces, and put out bowls of dyed hard-boiled eggs to liven up both the buffet table and the décor. If you're planning a child's Easter party, use plush stuffed rabbits and chicks to serve as both decorations and party favors, and go to a party-supply store for bunny-shaped helium balloons to decorate your mailbox or add to the festivities. The spring season means that there are lots of natural decorations available, so pick some flowers from your garden or the nearest flower shop and put them in pastel-colored vases. Look for tulips and daffodils, which are in season around this time, but any spring flowers in...

As www.pinterest.com continues to explode in popularity, provide an opportunity for your residents to exchange new recipes and learn to make something crafty for their front door. Guests are encouraged to try a new recipe and bring a copy for their fellow guests. Event organizers can take the completed recipe cards and photocopy them so that every resident leaves with a new collection of recipes, and you can make color print-outs of blank cards so that residents can have the opportunity to copy down recipes onto custom cards once they return home. Set up a wreath-making station and walk guests through the steps to make their own wreath. If you’re crafty, provide more than one option and let them add their own unique flair to the design. Encourage guests to decorate their front doors with the wreaths during the month of December. All supplies...

This is just a silly spin-off of having a photographer come in for family/group portraits of your residents, where you find someone who knows how to use photoshop effectively to swap the heads or faces of the people in the picture.  We guarantee that this will get a laugh almost every time, and will be a great conversational piece for your residents to share with their friends! This could technically be done for any group picture, but we thought it made most sense for holiday group photos you coordinate at your community. (Also considering framing a copy and posting it in the community clubhouse!  What a great way to showcase your residents and your community to prospects in a fun way.)

We delivered voting ballots for the Oscars & decorated the office with a red carpet, balloons, oscar statues and lots of stars. We showed the Oscars in our movie theater and had a menu that was named after the stars - Rodeo Drive Roll-Ups, Rising Star Cookies, Walk of Fame Punch & Chocolatey Hollywood Fountain, etc. We had the "paparazzi" there to take photos of the residents on the red carpet as they came in for the Oscar Party. The resident that choose the most correct winners won a pizza/movie party in our movie theater.

New Orleans knows how to throw the biggest party in the world - Mardi Gras! Being able to taste the Cajun cuisines, listen to Zydeco or Jazz music, and see the bright colors is an activity many would love to experience again and again. Re-creating this world famous event in your community is a great theme for a great party. Invitations should be brightly colored and should encourage guests to wear official Mardi Gras Colors - purple, green, and gold! As the host, you'll want to be decked out in all your Mardi Gras finery--chose to decorate yourself with beads and a fun feather mask! The colorful colors of Mardi Gras, purple, green and gold, will decorate your party room for a memorable and festive occasion. Decide when, where, and how you are going to serve the food. New Orleans is known for its food...