We all like to trim costs down when it comes to planning a party, but how? Between the obvious costs of cake, food, drinks, decorations and any extra frills where can one trim down costs? Well like I always say, you can plan for an extraordinary party on an ordinary budget. You just have to be aware of cost saving choices that result in saving money, or better not wasting your hard earned money.
Here’s some money saving tips to keep in mind.
Instead of decorating with helium balloons, decorate with balloon sticks all around. Fill a few helium mylers for the birthday child and their special chair, or set them at the present table.
~ Instead of ordering your cake from a supermarket bakery, order from wholesale store bakery (BJ’s, Costco or Sam’s to name a few). You can save $10 – $15 dollars easily. They have licensed cakes too.
~ Rather then providing a variety of drinks to your guests- provide a case of water and drink mix packets.
~ Rather then spending money on Pinata Filler Bags
Other Money Saving Tips while Party Planning.
- Here’s a Tip if you are planning on serving Pizza -
While placing your order, ask the pizza parlor to double slice all the Pizza pies. This is great for kid’s parties.Kids are usually in play/ fun mode at birthday parties, and not likely to eat too much. So this is what I like to do. Instead of seeing half eaten pizzas in the trash, I just order the slices half the size. This also is great if you have adults eating pizza, sometimes adults are more likely to try a small slice of pizza with a topping (like pineapples, peppers, etc.) they otherwise would not have committed to on an entire pie. Since I have started doing this, I find that it works great!
- Here’s a Tip if you are planning on supplying drink cups for your party guests -
Be sure to have a permanent marker placed near the drink area. Even better tie the marker to a string and tape the string down near the drinks. Write a little note of instruction, for guests to label their cups with their name before they fill with ice and drink.
What about you? Do you have any great party tips that you want to share. Something that always seems to work great at your planned events. Do tell, We’d love to hear.
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I always make my own pinata. I usually cut out two circles out of a pizza box, and use cereal box cardboard for the edges. Then, I decorate it based on the theme. I also purchase candy on clearance, after the holidays, paying attention to the exp. date.
That is one way to make a pinata, however I prefer creating all pinatas using 100% papier-mache, this way…they break. I never incorporate corrugated cardboard into my structures, because this makes them more like the generic party store pinatas in stores (which never seem to break). I really enjoy keeping my pinatas true to what a pinata originally is suppose to be…fun to break. :o)