Simple Party Planning in 7 Days
Simple Party Planning in 7 Days. If your calendar is empty for next weekend, why not have a party? The planning can be easy if you follow these 7 steps. Here are simple actions you can take each day this week, so you can host a great party next weekend.
7 days – Do one To-Do each day
- 6 days before the party – Decide on the day and time for your party. Pick a theme and create a guest list.
- 5 days before the party – Buy, address and mail invitations, or make it simple and send an email.
- 4 days before the party – Plan the food and drinks you want to serve. Start compiling a shopping list of needed supplies. Don’t forget paper products and decorations.
- 3 days before the party – Gather serving pieces, utensils, and other items that you need to accommodate a crowd. Do you need to borrow anything? If so, make the arrangements.
- 2 days before the party – Clean your house and decorate. Only worry about the spaces that the guests will see and simple décor is best.
- 1 day before the party – Grab your grocery list started on day 3 and go shopping for food, beverages, and paper products. Prep any food necessary, by cleaning vegetables, cooling beverages, etc.
- Day of the party – Get cooking and get ready to party!
Congratulations on your party planning!
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Great checklist for simple party planning! Hosting a party can range from simple gatherings to complex ones. These steps help keep hosts focused on the tasks at hand and minimize the feeling of overwhelm. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Hosting a party can be simplified when you plan and let go of perfection. It’s easy to complicate things. But if you stick to the basics and focus on why you’re entertaining vs. the how, it will be much more enjoyable. Other ways to simplify is to host a pot luck. And if you don’t like being surprised, you can ask people to bring specific items like wine, salad, or dessert.
I like how you detailed a process for hosting a gathering. So fun!
You’re so right on both counts – let go and ask for help. Great advice for parties and life in general. Thanks for reading!
What a great checklist for a quick party. I would simplify further by not having a theme (or just making the theme “An Excuse to See My Friends”), not decorating outside of general home decor, and considering making the party a potluck. My husband and I throw gatherings quite a bit and find the most overwhelming part to be cleaning. But if you can take on a little cleaning task each day, it doesn’t have to be a massive undertaking.
Thanks for the tips. I think the clean-up is something that people get overwhelmed with too. Keeping it simple is a great idea.
This is a great way to simplify party-planning so that it’s not so overwhelming. I haven’t thrown a party since grad school, over three decades ago, and I can’t picture getting together (indoors) with other people until COVID is over (someday?), but this does offer a nice way to look forward to it eventually. The best party (and the kind that doesn’t involve much labor) is a potluck picnic, perfect for someone like me who can’t/won’t cook! I have to wonder, though — is five days enough advanced notice to invite people to a party? My friends say they have to book babysitters at least two weeks, sometimes a month, in advance.
Thanks for your thought Julie. If my kids were young I may need more time to book a sitter. You’re right. But when they were young most of our social activities included them.