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My Parties: Under the Stars Sweet 16 Surprise Party for Twins!

My Parties: Under the Stars Sweet 16 Surprise Party for Twins!

One of the reasons I offer online party planning services (like The Party Course and The Party Plan Club) instead working as a local event planner, is that I don't want to spend weekends away from my daughters, running birthday parties for other moms' kids but missing...

My Parties: How to Set a Simple St. Patrick’s Day Table

My Parties: How to Set a Simple St. Patrick’s Day Table

One of the reasons I like investing in reusable party supplies is just that — I get to build a party stash and reuse my favorite items. So at times like this, when I'm not going out shopping for St. Patrick's Day party supplies, it's great to be able to pull from my...

My Parties: How to Host a Hawaiian Donut Birthday Party for Teens

My Parties: How to Host a Hawaiian Donut Birthday Party for Teens

I've got a party for you that comes together really quickly, is inexpensive, easy on you, and will be loved by all ages, boys and girls: a donut party. Ours was a Hawaiian-styled donut party for my twin daughters' 15th birthday. The tropical look was inspired by one...

My Parties: How to Throw a Teen Girl’s Bowling Birthday Party

My Parties: How to Throw a Teen Girl’s Bowling Birthday Party

Here's the thing about 14-year-olds: they know what they want. And this year, my twin girls wanted a bowling birthday party / sleepover and they wanted their primary party color to be ginger. Allllright-y then. Bowling Party Invitation Fortunately for me, I found Jula...

My Parties: How to Style A Football Viewing Party

My Parties: How to Style A Football Viewing Party

When we had girls, it did not occur to me that they would turn out to be HUGE college football fans. Time to update my thinking! After the University of Georgia lost the national collage championship to Alabama last year, Baby A just cried and cried. So this year, I...

My Parties: How to Host a Baby Carriage Baby Shower

My Parties: How to Host a Baby Carriage Baby Shower

If you are like me, you're hosting several parties a year. I do so many parties, that sometimes I forget to post some here. And then I completely forget about them. For four years. Sigh. So, here ... directly from 2014 ... is a baby carriage baby shower that my SIL...

My Parties: How to Style a Back to School Dessert Table

My Parties: How to Style a Back to School Dessert Table

Each year, on the first day of school, I style a little back to school dessert table to welcome the girls home. I make this as easy as possible, because I'm throwing it together in the middle of the day. (It helps to work from home!) The backdrop is a reproduction...

My Parties: How to Plan a Beachy Bake Sale for Charity

My Parties: How to Plan a Beachy Bake Sale for Charity

It's become a summer tradition that my girls and I plan a lemonade stand / snow cone stand / bake sale to benefit The Confetti Foundation. It gives us a fun activity to work on together and helps fill their summer free time. Last summer, we chose a beach theme for our...

My Parties: How to Host an Easy Firefly Catching Party

My Parties: How to Host an Easy Firefly Catching Party

Our kids always have the best ideas, and at the start of every summer, I have them brainstorm ideas about what they want to do during their school break. (I pulled together 602 summer ideas here.) My favorite of their ideas was a Firefly Catching Party. This could not...

My Parties: How to Style a 4th of July Party Kids’ Table

My Parties: How to Style a 4th of July Party Kids’ Table

Last year, we learned an important lesson on the 4th of July: our puppy is completely terrified of fireworks. The girls and I had been away the year before, and Don told us she was scared, but we didn't appreciate just how scared she was until we saw it for ourselves....

My Parties: How to Host a Selfie Scavenger Hunt Birthday Party

My Parties: How to Host a Selfie Scavenger Hunt Birthday Party

When my twin girls were about to turn 11, they couldn't agree on a joint party theme ... like, at. all. But, I discovered there was one activity they could agree on. Apparently, it was very fun to swipe my phone and take selfies. I'd be looking for a photo, and all of...

My Parties: How to Host a Royal Wedding Viewing Party Brunch

My Parties: How to Host a Royal Wedding Viewing Party Brunch

Well, if it's even possible, I loved Harry and Meghan's royal wedding even more than I thought I would. Did you watch? What's your take on her dress? And did you also go crazy and host a royal wedding viewing party brunch? I woke up at 4 a.m. ET because I was not as...

My Parties: How to Throw a Horseback Riding Party

My Parties: How to Throw a Horseback Riding Party

My girls' 12th birthday was in February, but we swiped an idea from a friend whose daughter also has a February birthday. We just moved their birthday to summer. That gave us the chance to pick from outdoor activities. That might only work for tweens or teens -- kids...

My Parties: How to Host a Visit to Santa After-Party

My Parties: How to Host a Visit to Santa After-Party

The annual visit to Santa is so anticipated, yet so quick. You get the kids dressed up, they are all excited, THEY MEET SANTA, and then it's over. I say: take your kids to meet Santa with their little buddies, and then have them back to your house for a pint-sized...

My Parties: How to Host a Pumpkin Decorating Halloween Party

My Parties: How to Host a Pumpkin Decorating Halloween Party

Whenever I start planning a party — like my Pumpkin Decorating Halloween Party — it helps to have a piece of inspiration. That becomes my jumping off point. It's also one reason I like you to brainstorm ideas early in your planning process. And why I like you to...

My Parties: How to Plan a Lemonade Stand

My Parties: How to Plan a Lemonade Stand

It's become our summer tradition for the girls and I to host a charity lemonade stand to benefit The Confetti Foundation, which supplies birthday party kits to children who are spending their birthday in the hospital. We've got a process pretty well down, so today I'm...

TPT 14 Party Planning Cheat Sheets 11-23-1

Party planning should be fun— not stressful!

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These are the exact 14 worksheets I use to plan all my parties!

Have fun planning your party (and stop worrying about what you're forgetting).

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TPT 14 Party Planning Cheat Sheets 11-23-1

Don't miss my FREE Party Planning Cheat Sheets!

Don't miss my FREE party planning cheat sheets.

These are the exact 14 worksheets I use to plan all my parties!

Have fun planning your party (and stop worrying about what you're forgetting).

Plus, you'll get all the latest parties, tutorials, and discounts from The Party Teacher.

You have successfully subscribed! Thanks for joining the party!