Choose a theme

Think about what you and your friends interests… which movies do they enjoy, horror, comedy, action? which sports do they like, football, rugby, boxing? once you’ve made a list of all of your guests interests (and yours of course) try to find a common interest of everyone. And include this interest into your murder mystery.

Create a story

Are you ready to get creative? it’s time to write the best murder mystery story of all time. It can be a great family bonding activity to write together. You need to you decide which mysteries to involve to entertain your guests as they search for clues. First and foremost, you should decide on the different characters in your story, that your guests (in teams or singulary) will play. You’ll need to script out their lines and how you want the characters to be portrayed. Then of course, decide who did the murder and create the story around it. It can really be as simple or detailed as you like. Just make sure
Note: of course this is a lenghty process and if you don’t have the time or simply don’t want too, don’t worry! There are thousands of scripted murder mysteries online to choose from.

Set out instructions

Make sure you write a list of instructions so everyone knows how to play. The rules for murder mystery are pretty simple – stay in character, listen to the story, piece together clues and work out who the murderer is. It’s important that everyone stays in character and follows the script. As the host, make sure you set a good example! And don’t forget to have fun. I know a murder has just happened, but it’s not meant to be too serious.

Arrange all necessary props

Apart from actually playing the murder mystery, finding props for it is the fun part. Make sure each character has a staple piece of clothing or accessories to make everyone feel in character. A good money saver is getting guests to bring their own! And you can even find things, such as fake blood and weapons, to make the crime scenes even more realistic. Be creative.

Alcoholic beverages

Last but not least, make sure you’re stocked up on alcoholic beverages. Don’t leave your guests parched.

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Cocktail-making

Who doesn’t love cocktails? There is so much variety that there really is a cocktail for every taste preference on the planet. You can choose from a wide range of popular cocktails (or not so popular). Whether it’s a old fashioned, negroni, whiskey sour, dry martini, magarita, manhattan, long island iced tea or a pina colada – the list goes on. First, you will need to decide which cocktails you want your guests to make. Make sure there is a variety so everyones happy. Then you will need to gather all of the ingrediants for each cocktail (get lots, it’s better to overestimate than underestimate how much people will drink). It’s useful to practice making them yourself first so you can show your guests how to do it like the perfect cocktail-making host you aspire to be. You should create a step by step guide regardless for those already a little tipsy that aren’t paying close attention.

Karaoke

If you love music and listening to your drunk friends attempting to sing, then a karaoke themed entertainment night is a great choice! Karaoke is a great way to achieve a light-hearted night full of fun and laughter as different people or groups take to the stage to perform. No’one takes it too seriously regardless of whether you can sing or not (the worse the better). It’s also a fantastic way to let off some stream by belting out your favourite song lyrics. If you want to spice things up, you can even give it an X-factor or American Idol theme.

Fancy dress

Let’s face it, everyone loves to dress up now and then and step into character. If you think you don’t, loosen up and stop lying to yourself! Hosting a fancy dress themed party is a great way to have a laugh and get creative. If you’ve decided to host a specific cuisine themed night, for example, Mexican, then you could get your guests to dress up with sombreros and a moustache (stereotypical, we know) and so on. There really are endless customes ideas so you can get really creative. Whether it’s a character from their favourite book or movie, horror-themed, fast food-themed, game themed, cartoon-themed, one thing for certain – everyone will have a great time. Many guests will attempt some DIY beforehand so they’re having fun before even arriving at your dinner party. And of course, there will be those who last minute

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Charades

The classic old school charades. If you don’t know this game, you’ve probably been living under a rock. But for those who don’t – it involves everyone getting into teams and a teamate getting up and acting out a word/phrase with no verbal communication used. Everyone needs to guess what word/phrase this person is acting out. Needless to say, the team that guessess it right will win a point. It’s a super fun game because it allows people to act silly and fool around as they try to act. It can give guests hours of lighthearted fun and laughter. You can either buy different versions of charades with famous people, movies, books etc or you can write out your own.

Heads up

This game is easily downloadable on any mobile device, or you can again write the cards out yourself. In this game all players must decide on a category, whether it’s movies, sports, music, history, famous actors, etc. Once choosen, one player should hold the phone or card up to their forehead. The rest of the players must describe the word shown to the player holding it. For example, if it’s something like ‘Donald Trump’ you must start describing aspects of him (that he’s a jerk!). The player holding it up must start to make guessess until they get it correct. When they get it correct, they must tilt the phone (or pick up the next card). Until the time runs out! Each player should take a turn. And yep you guessed it, the team who guessed the mostly correctly within the time limit win.

Cards Against Humanity

Make sure you’re not surrounded by any minors before bringing the Cards Agaisnt Humanity cards out. They contain highly innappriorate words and phrases so it should be adults playing only. There are a total of 550 cards in a game so you can play with lots of players. Each player will recieve 5 cards to start the game with. Players will go around in circles choosing a statement card and reading it out, for example ‘I got 99 problems but …. isn’t one’. The other players will choose what they deem the best answer from their deck of cards and place it face down on the table. The player reading will read the statement and all answers aloud. Usually, the card that gets the most laughs (or gasps) wins. But the final decision is down to the statement reader. Whoever put the winning answer in will get this card back to place into a pile. At the end of the game these piles will be counted and whoever has the most wins. It’s offensive, rude and quite often potically incorrect, but that’s all part of the fun.

Quiz or Trivial Pursuit

The brainiacs love this one. It gives people a chance to show off their knowledge on a whole range of topics. If you don’t have Trivial Pursuit the game, you can host your own quiz! For the people who don’t have great general knowledge, you need to be tactical and choose the categories you know best. Usually, the categories are Geography, History, Literature, Science, Sports, Nature, Music, Entertainment, Art and Leisure. And there is a total of 2,400 questions! So you won’t run out for a long time. Trivial Pursuit is a board game with 6 coloured tokens. Each team or player will roll the dice and move the number of spaces indicated on the board. Someone will pick a card out of your category and there will be 6 colour code questions. They will ask you the question next to the colour that you landed on. If you get it right, you keep moving. The first team to reach the end wins! You can decide.

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Pick a date

Remember there are always going to be people who can’t make it. Try to choose a date that suits the majority of people but don’t make the mistake of waiting for a date that everyone is free on. This can almost be an impossible task if you have a big group of friends. So set a date far enough away that people can plan and clear their schedules.

Make a guest list

When choosing your guests make sure that you invite people that blend together well. You want everyone to get along, feel comfortable and most importantly enjoy themselves. And that includes you! You don’t want to be on edge thinking your friend argumentative friend David is going to bring up politics and start debating with everyone at the dinner table. Make a list of people so you can start to prep the invitations.

Pick a theme

Choosing a theme is the best way to get your guests excited about your party and will also help you to start making arrangements. You can revolve your food, decorations, entertainment etc all around the theme that you’ve chosen. For example, if you decide to go with Fajitas Friday, you can turn your best mexican music on, whip out the margaritas, and cook the delicious traditional mexican ingrediants wrapped in tortillas.

Send the invites out

Now it’s time to let your guests know that you’re hosting a dinner party. Now it’s the twenty-first century you could just create a whatsapp group and fling everyone a message. But if you want to go more old fashioned you can design your own invitations (tying in with your theme of course) and sent them to your guests address. Personally, we think this is a great added touch.

Plan your menu

When planning your menu it’s important to keep the number of guests you’ve invited in your mind. Don’t set yourself unrealistic cooking standards and stress yourself out! It’s important to have different menu options so all guests tastebuds are satisfied. Be sure to have veggie and vegan options. And also check if anyone has any allergies beforehand. Oh, and don’t forget desert obviously.

Choose your alcoholic beverages

Cocktails are always a good options for dinner parties because everyone loves them. But it’s also always a great idea to have plenty of beer and wine on offer too. Make sure you ask your guests what they’d like to drink so you’re prepared. And make sure you provide unalcoholic options too.

Prepare

It’s time to gather all the decorations and make sure your house looks the part! Clean up, tidy then decorate. And make sure you have everything you need for a night full of fun and entertainment.

An extra top tip: relax and enjoy yourself. Planning a dinner party is supposed to be fun, not stressful.

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