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Party Ideas helps make entertaining family and friends easy by providing hacks, DIY projects, and general inspiration for holiday parties, birthday parties, family reunions, baby showers, and more.
You'll find everything from delicious recipes to feed a crowd to cute themed decoration ideas. If you're on a tight budget, we regularly offer money-saving suggestions to help you celebrate without breaking the bank.
Our goal is to take the stress out of the party planning process so you're able to focus on having fun with your guests!
If you have a Frozen fan in the house, these free party printables from One Charming Day are sure to be a hit. The beautifully designed set includes invitations, label cards, cupcake toppers, water bottle labels, and straw flags. Click … Read More...
I’m a huge fan of budget-friendly party ideas, so I love this $3 DIY tablecloth party backdrop made with dollar store supplies. It can be customized to suit any color scheme or occasion and looks fairly easy to do even … Read More...
Whether you’re participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project, need to fill a few Halloween goodie bags, or just want to have a few extra options for your trick-or-treaters, Li’l Luna has a great list of 20 Non-Candy Halloween Treats … Read More...
The decorated headbands at maker*land would make excellent last minute Halloween costumes or fun party favors for a child’s birthday celebration. I’m partial to the star band featured in this post, but there is also a cute alien antenna band … Read More...
This Pottery Barn inspired banner from Brendid is the perfect rustic addition to your Halloween decor – or you could use her wonderful tutorial to make a banner for a birthday party or other special occasion. The letters are stenciled … Read More...
If you like to give wine as a hostess gift for the holidays, you’ll definitely want to check out this Pottery Barn knockoff wine bag tutorial. Two It Yourself has instructions for how to make your own wine bag using … Read More...
In 2014, Diwali the festival of lights, will be celebrated on October 23. This festival of lights is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs. The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word deepavali, which means a row of … Read More...
Even if you’re not a football fan, this list of 25 football party ideas from A Night Owl Blog is worth a look. There are plenty of suggestions for food, crafts, and party decor. The Snickers cake and Big Mac … Read More...
I’m a huge fan of Shutterfly’s customizable stationery products. I’ve been very pleased with all of the cards and party invites I’ve ordered from them in the past and they keep adding more lovely designs to their collection.
Now, to … Read More...
If you’re looking for non-candy goodies to pass out for Halloween or to add to your costume party goodie bags, Kidoodle.TV is offering printable cards with promo codes for two months of the popular on demand video service for kids … Read More...
If you have a little girl who loves Dora the Explorer, this party idea is sure to be a hit. Kimberly shows you how to create an affordable, low stress Dora party using painted alphabet rocks, washi tape cupcake … Read More...
I love the colors in these amazing Halloween sugar cookies. Made from Pinterest compares the process of creating these colorful treats to playing with edible play dough. The description looks easy enough, although I suspect this is a project that … Read More...
This skull themed Halloween party is perfect for kids who are too old for cutesy holiday decor, but not old enough to go all out with the scary stuff. The “poison” punch and the spiders on the wall are my … Read More...
I must confess that pumpkin carving is not one of my talents. My family carves several each year and mine is always the saddest looking one of the bunch. But, with this list of 33 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Ideas, I … Read More...
Free printables are a great source of budget-friendly entertainment for children’s parties. This list of 100 Free Printable Masks from Itsy Bitsy Fun has plenty of ideas for Halloween parties, as well as dress up parties throughout the year. There … Read More...
If a Halloween party isn’t your thing, Better Homes and Gardens has some great ideas to help you throw a fall harvest party. My favorite suggestion is to use a hallowed out pumpkin as a serving bowl for chips, but … Read More...
If you’re having friends over for Halloween, these adorable pumpkin votive candles would make excellent party favors. The faces are made by drawing with a black Sharpie on a white self adhesive label. If you don’t like the smell of … Read More...
Mad Libs are fun for any occasion, but this free baby shower Mad Lib printable is especially cute. After each guest fills out the printable, they can be added to a scrapbook or photo album as a keepsake for the … Read More...
I’ve always been a collection of interestingly shaped bottles, so I love this potion bottle Halloween craft from Tikkido. Her free printables turn ordinary glass bottles into creepy looking potions – everything from a Spiderweb Slurry to Freshly Squeezed Toad … Read More...
Keeping with a “Bee” theme while planning your next shower can be a lot easier than you would probably imagine. I would honestly be a little worried that it could get a little “cheesy” if you are not careful, but … Read More...