Introduction
Whether one is planning a party for a one year old or a forty year old, it’s always exciting to have a theme. Themes are a great way to ensure color in the party and also to spark up conversation between guests. With the increase in theme setting for birthday parties, many ideas such as princess, 70s theme and Hawaii have become an extreme cliché. It is essential, therefore, to have creative birthday parties that are a step away from the usual monotonous themes.
History
One of the very first birthday parties ever thrown was extremely boring. It had no theme, decorations or gifts. People just showed up and cheered a lot, socialized and went back home after eating. With the passage of time when people looked towards parties as sources of entertainment that is when things began to change. To entertain guests and ensure maximum attendance people wanted to throw successful bashes and hence themes were brought to the surface. The earliest theme dates back to the Victorian times where masquerade themed creative birthday parties were held. In the years after that age based and concept based themes such as princesses, fairies and old film stars became increasingly common. Since then there are hardly ever any parties without creative themes.
Features
Creative birthday parties tend to be exciting till the very end. Creativity deviates from clichés and mundane concepts where decorations include just simple balloons and banners. These parties focus on making the decorations just as creative as the attire of the attendees. Custom made decorations that pertain to the theme are mostly preferred, as compared to store bought ones which are highly common. Adding variations of colors that complement each other highlights large amounts of creativity other than cutting out innovative shapes of decorations and using creative balloon shapes. The cakes are also customized as normal round cakes are very typical. Customized cakes tend to be shaped like either characters or things like footballs, test tubes, alcohol bottles, depending again upon the creative theme. Generally, party favor goodie bags integrate the theme along with creativity and fun ideas. For instance, eco-friendly themed birthday parties tend to give goodie bags made of recyclable material shaped like the earth or even trees.
Tips and comments
The concept behind unique and creative birthday parties is that the guests don’t know what to expect and are kept guessing till the last minute. Therefore, creative themes are open to personal interpretation. Party themes for kids can be Marvel comic superheroes, Treasure Island, Sesame Street and Disney, where all attendees won’t come dressed up similarly, encouraging differentiation. For adults, 7 deadly sins, the 1920s, Hollywood and different time eras are all brilliant ideas for themes. These creative ideas allow room for vast originality and variation in the decorations as well. Cut out cardboard shapes and posters in context of the themes can be incorporated to truly get the buzz going. For such creative birthday parties to be a success the theme must not end on the dressing of the guests, but must be built-in the decorations, food, beverages and especially party favor goodie bags as well.
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