Party Planning: Planning A Birthday Party for A Family Member

Everyone loves their family, but when is the last time you’ve taken the time and effort to actively do something nice for them? With everything going on this year, the celebrations that we are able to celebrate safely should absolutely be celebrated. Throwing your parent, aunt, or grandparent a great party for their birthday is a wonderful way to show them how much they mean to you and to make sure their birthday special in such a time of uncertainty. Additionally, doing something lovely for someone else is in many ways, an act of self care for yourself as well, boosting your serotonin as well as contributing to your immediate sense of community and belonging.

Make a Plan

Once you’ve decided to throw your family member a brilliant birthday party, there are several things you need to be thinking about which is why making a plan is such a beneficial thing to do. Party planning can be a nightmare of logistics if you don’t take proper planning steps, so start early to avoid complications later on.

What to Consider? You should start by listing out everything you need to consider within the party itself. Who are you inviting? When is it taking place? What kind of party is it? These are just a few of the questions you should be asking yourself as you begin to plan the party.

Surprise vs Planned. An important consideration that you should decide on early on is whether or not your family member knows about the party ahead of time. This will influence a lot of how you plan the party, so decide sooner rather than later whether you want the party to be a surprise or not.

Buying Presents

An important element of any birthday celebration is the presents you are getting for the birthday person. Getting the right present can be a difficult thing to do, which is why you should be thinking about your present giving plan ahead of time.

Get Something You Know They Want. Make a list of your parent’s, grandparent’s or aunt’s interests and hobbies so that you can consider all the different things you know they might actually want to get. One tip is to write down ideas all year long as they come up so you have a solid list when it’s time for gift giving. This could also be a useful list to distribute to the people coming to their party, as it would help ensure that all the presents are superb.

Consider the Occasion. Be sure to think about their age when you are getting their gifts, special occasions require a different level of gift, which means you are going to want to know if you are getting brilliant 65th birthday gifts for your grandparent, parent, or aunt. After all, the point of the party is to make a big deal over their birthday, you don’t want something like a mediocre gift tripping you up. Don’t forget however, that some of the best gifts are the smaller, more personalized ones.

Consider the Guest-list

Finally, put a lot of careful thought into who you are inviting to your grandparent’s party and why. This is something you definitely don’t want to get wrong, whether it’s forgetting to invite someone or inviting a person that your grandparent doesn’t really like, either can put a damper on the evening. And for the record, it’s completely within proper etiquette to require that everyone is vaccinated, especially when it’s a gathering for older, more vulnerable adults and younger children who have not been able to be vaccinated yet.

Invite People Early. On top of that, you want to be sure to invite people as early as you possibly can, so that you can be sure that they have time to book out the day on their calendar and do what they need to do to arrange to travel to the party.

Happy partying!