Quick and easy DIY party planning techniques

We all love planning parties, but this takes a lot of attention to detail that can be excruciating. Some feel that they have no time to plan and claim to have little or no creativity and would hire a party planner to handle it. We can admit that after planning for food, cake, decorations, gifts, table settings and entertainment, you could easily spend a pretty penny and get overwhelmed. Here we will teach you how to use your resources to plan, with few or minimal purchases to decorate and entertain your next occasion with ease.

1. When planning for your next event, the first thing you should always do is a sketch. Even if you are not an artist, you can doodle some items on a page to get an idea rolling. Next, of course, should be your budget. How much do you have to spend on your ideas? Separating each into categories, such as decorations with subcategories like balloons, table cloths, centerpieces, etc. or food with menu selections and subcategories listing utensils and other items needed to keep things rolling smoothly.
2. Now to the fun stuff, Once you have your idea in place and you know how much you plan to spend, you can begin putting things together. Event planners always try to plan for events a month or more in advance. You are leaving time to shop around for discounts and clip and use coupons. By now, you should have your colour scheme and decorations sorted out, leaving room for corrections if you under or overestimate somewhere.

3. If you are not a baker, we urge you to begin shopping around for a baker or bakery for your cake, cupcakes or other dessert choices. This should be about a couple of weeks to a month before your event, depending on the availability of your cake decorator. Hopefully, this and maybe the food will be the bulk of your purchase. Plan wisely, keeping in mind flavours and prices per serving. Some bakers charge by the size of the cake, and some may charge per serving and always express what you have available to spend. There is nothing worse than falling in love with the idea that you cannot afford. You can also order Chocolate cakes from Online Cake Delivery in Chennai services directly to your location. That will take off the pressure.

1. Utilise your computer for tutorials and other free information on websites like YouTube and search engines as Google. The ideas and creativity are endless on these online websites. Many pros often refer back to ideas found online, in books or even in blogs. It is a good way to keep up with current trends and tips.
2. Suppose you are planning to ask friends and family members for help. Always make sure it is something they can do without your help. For instance, if your cousin wants to help but is known to procrastinate. Give them something that is not time-sensitive or short tasks that can be completed before they get distracted. In other words, find and utilise their strengths.
3. Now that you have checked off some items or have designated tasks to get done, you can begin planning for your favours and gifts. Perishable things should be prepared as close to the date of your event as possible, again leaving room for underestimating because we will always run into some mishap if we do not plan for it. If you still have a few weeks left for your event and most of these items have been completed already, then it is safe to say you have taken essential steps to plan your first event. The rest of the details, like food, drinks, music, and entertainment, should be designed to coordinate your event. If you are planning a kids party, your choices should be age-appropriate. If you plan an anniversary dinner, maybe you can use sentimental items for the couple you are celebrating.

We believe once you have planned your first successful event, these items will begin to come to you with ease, and you will develop confidence and experience and begin to have fun with planning events. Hopefully, these tips helped assist you with planning your next event.

Sumit Biswas is Seo Executive at Bakingo.com. He writes about Cake and cake-related topics in his spare time.