Your birthday invitation wording is key to letting your guests know the who, what, where, when and why of your birthday party. This all comes into play once you’ve selected your birthday party invitations and any themes for the party as well as accompanying birthday invitation phrases based on that theme. For information on birthday invitation phrases and matching themes, check out our article titled Birthday Invitation Phrases. This article will give you many ideas about picking a theme with invitation cards to match and coming up with creative and unique invitation phrases.

The wordings for your birthday invitation cards will typically follow a simple structure. First, your creative phrase or verse, followed by all the information needed to let your guests know where and when. You should include the exact address of the party, whether it be at your home or the local pool, and should also include the time everyone should arrive. You can include a contact number for your guests to R.S.V.P. if you wish them to do so.

So you’ve got your invitations picked out and a clever verse to put on them. Lets say you’ve selected our Fun Bubbles Party Invitation and you’re having your party at home. Your birthday invitation wording would look something like this:

“Come join the party, come join in the fun
It’s a bubble party for our number one son!
Cody is turning eight!
Come help us celebrate!
Saturday, June 14th at 11:30 PM
At our home
2020 S. Cromwell
York, PA
Please RSVP to Julie
(222) 789-1234″

Let’s say you’ve selected our Hoo Hoo Owl Birthday Invitation and you’re having your party at a local park. Your birthday invitation wording would look something like this:

“Our little girl is turning nine
Out in the sun, it’s party time!
Come join the celebration!
Saturday, May 16th at 4:00 PM
At Liberty Park
On Franklin St. between 3rd and 4th ave.
Salt Lake City, NV
Please RSVP to James
(801) 998-8888″

You’ve got the who, what, where, when and why all covered. If you’re inviting people who don’t live in town, it would be a good idea to include a map with directions along with a contact number for them to call in case they get lost.

As the birthday celebrant gets older, or if the birthday party is in a more formal setting, you may want to exclude a creative birthday phrase, instead opting for just the information wording. Either way, your birthday invitation wording should convey all the information necessary for your guests.

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New Years Eve is always an exciting night so I thought I would give you a couple of New Years Eve party ideas for family parties. As I mentioned on Martha Stewart Living radio yesterday, with the current economic climate continually changing, we now, more than ever, are examining our spending habits with more care and consideration. Therefore, this New Years Eve, make it a family celebration and include the entire family when entertaining with your friends.

New Years Eve party ideas include having friends over for a potluck dinner and for your guests to enjoy and participate in, Guess Whose Baby Picture and family favorite board games could serve as the evening’s entertainment for a family celebration.

As I mentioned on radio, since we are talking about family parties, keep it simple and casual. Call the party time for early evening, request casual dress and create a menu complete with easy-to-make food items or fresh ready-served food that is easy to pick up at the market or deli.

Keep costs in check. Limit your guest list and ask guests to participate in a pot-luck dinner. Avoid duplicate food selections by tagging each family unit with the food item they need to bring. Spend more time with your guests at this family celebration and less time cleaning up by making sure your guests bring their assigned menu selections in ready-to-serve containers.

New Years Eve party ideas include the Guess Whose Baby Picture game. Simply ask each guest to bring theirs’ and their children’s infant pictures. Then randomly tape the pictures up on a board and hand out paper and pens. Each family plays as a team and the family who guesses the most correct pictures, wins a prize. For family parties, the prize could be anything from a gift certificate to a family-styled restaurant, movie tickets or a gift-card from the local market or video store.

A second family celebration oriented entertainment suggestion is to turn New Years Eve into family game night. For family parties, ask each family to bring a couple of their favorite board games such as Scrabble, Monopoly, Sorry!, Candyland, Barrel of Monkeys or Chutes and Ladders. For a more challenging time, try Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy Board Game, Wheel of Fortune or a jigsaw puzzle. For puzzle parties, set a time limit. The family who completes or is closet to completing the puzzle in the least amount of time wins.

Your New Years Eve party ideas should include a family celebration dinner menu. For family parties especially, I recommend menu items that are filling, fun, kid-friendly and easy to eat. Again make sure your menu selection is easy to prepare or can be picked up at the local market ready-to-go.

Finally, select menu items from all food groups, avoid known allergens such as nuts and whenever possible, create a menu that allows guests gluten-free food selections too.

I hope you found these New Years Eve party ideas helpful for your family celebration. New Years Eve is a great time to host family parties and what better way to celebrate the New Year than with your family. Until next time, remember the Budget Bash mantra: make it simple, delicious, stylish, fun & economical to all!

With over 15 years in the special event industry, Andrea has now taken her knowledge and experiences and incorporated this information into an easy-to-read book called Budget Bash – Simply Fabulous Events on a Budget. You can talk to Andrea via Twitter @awynningevent or learn more about wedding and special event management by visiting awynningevent.com.

Easily the best way to find Party Games and Ideas is to obtain a copy of the free “Gifts For Kids” Guide which describes with illustrations hundreds of specially selected gift ideas including party games.

Find the best party games, themes and decorations. See more at:

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