No matter what time of the year, we are always in a season or near a holiday worth celebrating! From Halloween to Cinco de Mayo, you need only look at the calendar for easy party inspiration.
For our antipodal friends in South America, Australasia and southern Africa, please refer to the opposite season for holidays (i.e. see Christmas parties in Winter). But regardless of which hemisphere you’re in, there are also plenty of seasonally-themed parties that aren’t tied to any specific holiday but are just as fun to celebrate during certain times of the year! So unlike established holidays, check out your own real-time season for other timely celebration ideas.
Welcome to a fashionably darker way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. If a red and black Valentine aesthetic appeals to you, you’ve come to the right place. While we aren’t here to eschew love or anything like that, we’re rather skipping over the light-hearted holiday flair and embracing something more adult. If you are curious to […]
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If you love the old-fashioned feel of Halloween in the country, a rustic Halloween party may just be your cup of cider. Rustic Halloween evokes crispy crunchy leaves and cornstalks. It’s being inundated in the natural world. Like a harvest party, but with Halloween. It’s a Sleepy Hollow aesthetic mixed with hayrides and pumpkin patches.
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If you’ve spent any time eating in the American South, you know that meat-based fare dominates the food scene. Vegetarians can at least pass over the barbequed meats and indulge in hearty biscuits (without the gravy) and count themselves lucky if they find collards without bacon. But what if you are vegan? It’s hard to
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A Fall Equinox Party Officially Welcomes Fall Everybody loves the start of fall, especially after a long, hot summer (and especially in the American south where summer lasts half the year). Though there are several ways to commemorate fall – such as an autumn apple party or a pumpkin party, a Fall Equinox party is
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Apple: The Fruit That Welcomes Autumn Apples are such a ubiquitous fruit. They’re harvested in the fall, which is when kids go back to school and, per tradition, bring an apple for their teacher. Apple is often the first word kids hear for ‘a’ when learning the alphabet. It’s colloquially referenced as the forbidden fruit
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Adult Craft Party: An Old-School Crafts Bash to Bring Us Back September is the time when kids, teens, and college students of all ages are back to school and the academic year is officially in full swing. Anybody who’s ever gone to school can relate to that late summer/early fall nostalgia for crisp school supplies,
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A Sun Theme Party to Embrace Everything-Summer A fun in the sun theme party is the party of summer. While a Summer Solstice themed party officially welcomes the start of summer, a fun in the sun party officially culminates summer in all its glory and accrued heat – and with a large splash (in a
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Everybody Loves Ice Cream…So Make it a Party! Ice cream is one of summer’s quintessential treats. It brings back memories of vacations, birthday parties, awkward dates, and pool time. You won’t find many people who willingly refuse an ice cream party. That makes this the perfect party to host in the middle of the summer
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The Lion King: A Story We Continue to Enjoy As Adults It may be a little uncommon to host an animated Disney movie-themed party for adults, but the truth is, many adults adored The Lion King film as a child and continue to love it. So why not host a Lion King theme party for
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Adults Love Pirate Parties, Too If you love all things pirate, I have good news for you. You don’t have to wait for Halloween (or Gasparilla) to dress like a pirate. All you need for an excuse to look, talk, and drink like a pirate is a pirate theme party for adults! The reason I
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