Party Inspiration

Feel free to copy these or use as inspiration!

Adults Competitions

• Cooking Competitions

• “Amazing Race” scavenger hunt or photo safari

• Karaoke or Air Guitar, with or without judges

• Game Night (Poker, Scrabble, Pictionary, Mafia, Scene-it)

• Tournaments – Basketball, Broomball, Curling, Laser Tag

Intimate Evenings

• A Culinary Feast for 6-12 (themed,even better, think world regions)

• Cooking Class

• A Book Club Evening– Propose the book in advance and discuss over dinner.

Excursions

• Wine Tasting somewhere wonderful

• S.F. or Oakland Foodie Tour

• “Glamping” – with one or two other families

• A classic Golf Outing

• Fly Fishing

• Sky-Diving(?!)

Activities

• Are you into sports/fitness?

• Mom’s morning hike and brunch/lunch

• Kayaking or Paddleboarding

• Archery

• Trampoline party at Trampoline park

• Horseback Riding

Workshops

• Combine a “workshop” for a small group with drinks and appetizers – voila! Super-cool party.

• Knitting, crochet, embroidery

• Baking

• Wood-working

• Flower-arranging, Orchid Growing (or just not killing)

Theme parties

• Plan a party for adults around a theme with music, costumes, themed cocktails.

• Roaring 20’s/Speakeasy

• Cinco de Mayo

• 70’s Disco

• Jersey Shore

• Hollywood

• Bollywood

• Hawaiian Luau

• Mom’s College Ave. Pub Crawl

Kids and Family

• Host a party for your child’s grade level, or an age-range… or something where parents and kids can both participate!

• “Kids night out” Movie night

• Glow dance party

• Parents vs. kids Basketball throw-down

• Pool Party

• Family Kickball tournament

• Family trip to an A’s/Giants game

• Neighborhood scavenger hunt

• Local picnic and Frisbee tournament

• Campfire cookout (i.e. s’mores over the backyard firepit)

• Overnight camping trip