Everyone knows that New Years Eve is all about having fun with family and friends, as well as celebrating the New Year. If you are thinking about hosting a New Years Eve Party, check out these 5 DIY ideas for the perfect New Years Eve.
Host a Mystery Dinner Party
There is nothing more fun than hosting a Mystery Dinner Party. DIY doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. I found that you do this very cheap, but you can also have everyone bring an appetizer, which cuts down on your costs. Not only that, but people love to add to the theme so they can make their food a specific title like: Blood and Gore Salad or Murder Sausage balls. Let them get creative with the food names.
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Create your own mystery. To do this, come up with around 10 characters, their names, occupations, and of course, the murder. This sounds difficult, but this can really be a run thing to do and you will enjoy being creative with the characters.
Next you want to figure out who is the murdered and who is the victim. This is important because when you give clues, this will help direct people to the murderer.
Create clue cards for the 10 guests regarding their characters and clues for the murder. You can use these clues throughout the dinner to allow the dinner guests to talk with each other and discuss their clues.
For the victim, take a white t-shirt and add red dye all over the shirt. This will be the victim’s outfit. On the clue of the victim, you will need to let them know where to find their bloody shirt. From that point, they can only write down clues, they can’t speak. This creates a better Murder Mystery New Years Eve Party.
The party can be around the food, or at the dinner table. Get creative to figure out the where, when, how, and why. Just be ready for everyone to laugh in the new year. There is something so hilarious about solving a murder as the year strikes twelve.
Remember to have everyone dress in character. Not only will they be dressed, they need to act the part of whichever character they are. This creates the mood for the entire New Years Eve party.
Decorate the house with Christmas lights to give a spooky, Christmas atmosphere.
Choose a Potluck New Years Eve Party
Create simple drinks by buying them on sale. Save money everywhere you can as you prepare for a new Years Eve Party. If you are on a budget, the best way to have a New Years Eve party and keep it budget-friendly is to have everyone bring a dish. You can stock the drinks, ice, and paper products and allow the food to be up to the guests. Whether you choose a food genre or allow everyone to just bring what they want, the food is the biggest part of the party. Once this is out of the way, you can focus on the decorations.
Candles are not only romantic, but they can really add to the atmosphere of the party. Go to the dollar store to get budget-friendly un scented candles that you can place around the house. Look for decorations that are cheap, sturdy, and long-lasting.
Enjoy a Christmas/New Years Party
Preparing for a party doesn’t have to be expensive. Find things that can be cheap but everyone will still be having fun. Take a Christmas decoration party–only it’s taking down the decorations. Who likes to take down decorations? No one, so what better way to have a party than have a take-down party. Sound crazy? The way you get guests to come is by offering free food! Tell your guests they can come, but the first hour of the party is a Take Down Session. This is where you take down all your Christmas decorations. It may sound difficult, but if you have fifteen guests, and everyone has a specific job, your entire house will be done within the hour.
Prepare a list of who is coming. You can then prepare a task for each guest. When they arrive, hand them a sheet of paper with their task as well as a thank you card. This shows them that you really appreciate the help.
After the hour is up, break out the food. Appetizers are a wonderful way to enjoy New Years Eve with your friends yet remain budget friendly. Serve potluck dishes like casseroles, pasta, roast, or barbecue. You want to make dishes that are low cost but filling. Your guests need to feel like you went out of your way to prepare the food.
Desserts are were you will really wow the guests. They’ve come and worked hard. Here is where you can really stun them with delicious foods. Cookies, fudge, cakes — you name it. Have an entire table set aside with holiday desserts. Better yet, have to go boxes ready for your guests so they can take food home later in the night.
To top off the New Years Eve Party, have champagne ready to ring in the New Year. Nothing is better than a toast with champagne!
Celebrate a Theme New Years Eve Party
Everyone has a favorite movie. One way to create a DIY New Years Eve Party, is by creating a theme party. It doesn’t matter what movie you love, just pick it and make this the theme of your New Years Eve Party. Everyone can come dressed as a character. If they don’t have a costume, tell them to ad-lib their costume. Get creative.
The food can remain simple. Choose a full meal and allow everyone to bring one dish. If everyone brings a dish, this will be a low-cost, budget-friendly party. DIY parties can be fun, entertaining, as well as easy. All it takes is creativity, imagination, and DIY tips.
Decorations can be posters from the movie. Most movie fans have things from the movie so pull everything you have and use this as decorations for around your house.
80’s Music New Years Eve Party
Preparing a DIY New Years Eve Party, doesn’t have to be stressful. It’s all about getting creative and having fun. For an 80’s party, you need great music. A couple weeks before the party, ask everyone coming what their favorite 80’s song is. Compile a CD of everyone’s favorite song an use this for the ‘dance fever” session.
Nothing is more fun on New Years Eve than dancing. Play your 80’s cd throughout the night. If you want to really get eccentric, tell everyone to dress 80’s style. Everyone will have wild hair dos and crazy makeup, but it will be a great evening.
Order pizza. Pizza is not only easy but who doesn’t love pizza. The more pizza’s you buy, the better deal you can get. Don’t let a DIY party get the better of you, call ahead to get the best deal available. This way, you won’t be spending a lot of money, but you will have a terrific New Years Eve Party.
