Throw a fun ice cream party with ice cream/yogurt, frozen treats, toppings, sauces, and cones—plus, expert tips and planning advice to help you keep your cool. One of the best things about hosting an ice cream party—aside from the obvious benefits, such as eating lots of ice cream and getting to say, "I'm having an ice cream social!" in your most wholesome Leave It to Beaver voice—is that you can make the event as simple or elaborate as you like. And even the most sophisticated ice cream social is a pretty easy party to put on. First you have to head outdoors! If you're hosting a kid-friendly party, it's best to do the whole thing outside, and provide rolls of paper towels and a few pans of water for sticky fingers and faces. DIY Dessert The serve-yourself buffet...
Invite a local pottery store to advertise to your community and cross-market at this resident event! Host outdoors picnic area or indoors. Pottery store will give you some free and or reduced priced unfinished large coffee cups or small plates for the kids to choose. Ask the Pottery Store to supply paint or again reduced the paint required for art on these ceramic pieces. Add a small pizza party in honor of the special lady who is parenting them. Whether Mom, Step-mom , Grandma or Aunts include resident children in this heart warming activity. The pottery place offers to fire and delivery completed art back to your office within a week for children to pickup their special gift in time for Mothers Day! Also works for Fathers Day and Grandparents Day!
For a while we’ve been talking about residents taking “emotional ownership” of their apartment and community, where the more they put into their apartment, they more satisfaction they have and the less likely they are to abandon all the effort they have made. So we see huge benefits in providing opportunities for residents to improve their own apartment in a positive way. In this sense, we believe there are huge opportunities with “Do It Yourself” community projects where residents get together to work on an improvement option for their apartment. Today’s DIY project is not only a great option for those residents with a green thumb, but it also is a great fit for communities that are looking to be more ecologically minded! Here is an apartment garden DIY project that might be fantastic for residents: ...
A casino-themed party is an interactive way to celebrate any occasion. Bold, lively colors and sweets bring excitement to the dessert table. Create a dessert table and cover with a black-and-white cabana striped tablecloth for a dramatic effect. Add black round stickers to a white cube vase to resemble a die and filled it with a red carnation pomander ball that mirrors poker chips. Dress up cupcakes by gluing playing cards on toothpicks, and label bite-size dessert with poker-chip tags!
The Derby is not just about horse racing. It's about the magic that makes the first Saturday in May unique in sports, fashion and style and how people come together to honor Southern traditions. You can have a casual theme such as the Infield or go with a Racing Silks theme. Set up some fun traditional games, such as, Corn Hole, Horseshoes, Derby Pool and Stick Horse Races! Enjoy live coverage of the Grade I Kentucky Oaks 138 at Churchill Downs on NBC Sports to get in the Kentucky Derby mood! Order or print race day programs so everyone can pick their horse. Print out lyrics to "My Old Kentucky Home". It's essential to make sure you have the right menu and libations to fit this occasion. With a distinct menu steeped in tradition, the Kentucky Derby cuisine consists of southern flavors and plenty of bourbon (for your...
I'm somewhat amazed at the improvement in slide technology over the past decade. And what's great about the party slide is that it is great for kids and adults. Trust me, your residents of all ages will get plenty of use out of it!
What other rent-able pieces of equipment would be a quick party starter?
Do you want to make your next Community event memorable? Here's an idea that will provide souvenirs as well as fun. Make a photo booth. Kids and adults alike love it! Empty a closet that is roughly the size of a regular photo booth. Set up a bench or a couple of chairs inside the closet and place a sheet or screen behind the chairs (this makes for a clean, reflective back drop) Just outside the "photo booth" place a long mirror and a basket of dress-up items, you can use a coat rack for the hats and boas. Find fun glasses from Grandma's dresser, old Barbie crowns from when the kids were little, etc. Let them use their imaginations. Take picture 4 or 5 pictures of each group inside the booth, tell guests the photos will be available in an hour at a centrally located table. ...
Water balloon fights aren't for everyone and can get out of control- there is always some by-stander who accidentally gets hit by a stray balloon. How about a game of Tag? Baby powder and some tube socks makes for a super fun and very messy party. Kids of all ages would love it, but it is a perfect activity to get grown ups acting like kids
Fill the toe of the sock with powder and then use it tag the others – everyone wears dark/black – the advantage is it washes out pretty easy. If you can find colored powder, change up the attire to light colored shirts.
Pick a letter of the alphabet (example: your community’s name) and have everyone wear a costume that starts with that letter. For example, if your community’s name is Woodlake Apartments, the letter would be “W”. People could show up as Wonder Woman, wizards, waitresses/waiter, or women. It’s a challenge to come up with something unique, and a lot of fun to see what other people come up with. If your property’s name is a little more complicated offering less options, go with two letters. This is a great ice breaker since people usually have an easier time being social when they are dressed up; levels the playing field. Carry the alphabet theme through to your food and beverage choices as well. Make little cards to name the food. “C” cookies, “D” deviled eggs. There are so many ways to use this theme- Get...
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