Valentine's Day Party Ideas for Singles
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How to Plan and Throw a Valentine's Day Party for Single Persons
What is Valentine's Day all about nowadays? Love? Only love? No, I don't think so! Valentine's Day is a celebration that also relates to the love we share with our family as well as question of friendship.
But what does this celebration mean to us? When I say "us", I mean, "us, single persons". Single, for whatever reason: we didn't find the "right person", we got divorced, ... Does that mean that, because Valentines is supposed to celebrate couples we have to stay at home, crying after the love we never found or just lost?
Certainly not! And if ou'd like to learn why, I suggest you to read on.
Contents at a Glance
- Where Did I Find The Idea of Planning a...
- Are you Interested in Planning a Valenti...
- Prepare Your Guest List and Send your Va...
- Throw The Most Elegant Valentines Day Pa...
- Organize a Valentine's Day Party Lottery...
- Valentine's Day Sit Down Dinner or a Buf...
- Remember to Prepare a Delightful Valenti...
- Valentines Party for Single Musical Back...
- Research your Valentine Party Decorating...
Where Did I Find The Idea of Planning a Valentine's Day Party for Single Persons?
How it all began...
I was born on a date close to February 14th and if there's one thing that always prevented me from celebrating my birthday, it is Valentine's Day!Whenever, I would like to get a birthday gift from my boyfriend, he wouldn't give me one since Valentine's Day was too close. Whenever I would like to get a Valentine gift, I would get the same answer: your birthday is too close. In summary, in my relationships, I've received ONE birthday/Valentine's Day gift because of this!
Few years ago, I started the "single" adventure and, since most of my friends are single too, we enjoy celebrating our birthdays outside, at a restaurant and after that, we generally go to whatever night club. But this doesn't work as smoothly as it looks! Actually, whenever I want to book a table in a restaurant, I always get a negative reply since all tables are already booked for Valentine's Day. You can be sure that, if a night club offers champagne to people who're celebrating their birthday, I won't because it's Valentine's Day and they can't offer champagne to everyone. So, better being born on another month than February!
This is why I decided that, Valentine's or not, I'll have my birthday party. And since the day is entirely dedicated to Valentines, I'll celebrate this holiday too! How? Easy as a pie... I simply plan a Valentine's Day party for... SINGLES!
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Prepare Your Guest List and Send your Valentine's Day Party Invitation Cards
Remember to specify that couples are NOT allowed!
Think for one minute: throwing a party on Valentine's Day is the best way to meet new people: you invite your friends and let them know that they're allowed to invite one or more persons, who in turn will also invite their friends and let them know that they can invite on or more persons and so on. This implies that for sure, you're going to meet people you never met before. The more we are the more we enjoy a party.So, prepare the loveliest invitation cards you'll find in any good retailer store (Zazzle provides a wonderful selection of invitation cards, see below); fill it with instructions about the number of persons they can ask to join the party and tell them they're free to send invitations too. Don't forget to tell them that the party is for SINGLES only and ask for reply so that you know the number of guests you're going to entertain.
Send your party invitation cards more or less one month before February 14th so that you make sure your potential guests are not engaged somewhere else.
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Throw The Most Elegant Valentines Day Party Ever!
Don't emphasize the symbol of Love...
Now you're going to set the theme of your party. Make decision on an entertaining but elegant Valentine's Day party theme such as Golden Oldies, Flower Power, Salsa... Bring more fun to the party by asking your guests to wear a costume related to the theme of your Valentine's Day party.Decorate the home with bright colors but since it's Valentine's Day, spread a few hearts here and there. Be careful: you're single so, double hearts aren't welcome. You can also add arrows, lips, cherubs, doves or any other Valentine's related decoration items. Just try to not overdo the decorations.
Here's what I do: I place curly branches in a nice red vase on which I hang a few Valentine's themed decorating items, a garland and a few Christmas lights. This is a very nice display and the most neutral Valentine's setting.
Whenever you have children, they're welcome to take part to the party! Since you're not celebrating the love side of Valentine's Day, you are going to emphasize the family and friendship sides of this holiday. Have them help you to plan to party, decorate the home - make a profit to set up a crafty afternoon - and have them lend a hand in the kitchen too.
Photo: Purplemoon's Holiday Inspiration Album
Organize a Valentine's Day Party Lottery: Everyone Will Win!
Ask your guests to bring a low cost gift; which will enter the lottery pot!
The hardest task of this step is to come up with Valentine's Day creative ideas and I found one: plan a Valentine lottery where all participants will win. It's simple to set up and will bring a lot of pleasure to all guests. Here's how to plan a Valentine's Day party lottery:Along with the invitation card, provide your guests with a badge with their name. Make sure the design of your badge is in direct relation with your Valentine party theme. In order to make the badge more personal, draw it yourself or go to a website that would allow you to download free Valentine's Day graphics or ask the children to draw a few ones: one for women and a different one for men ; personalize the badge with a photo editor such as Photoshop or PaintDotNet (this one is free to use).
Here's how your Valentine's Day party lottery will work - after all, there's no reason for singles to not receive a gift on Valentine's Day! And, cream of the crop, you are just going to make this cutre holiday more entertaining.
Ask your guests to bring a low cost wrapped gift: a note pad, a mousepad, a pen, etc. Tell them to not spend more than $5 up to $10 so that you make sure everyone will bring something.
Place a big punch bowl next to the entry door so that your guests can leave their gift along with their badge. Later in the evening, you'll start the lottery. The idea is simple but fun: select one badge and one gift, give the present to the owner of the badge.
Photo: Purplemoon's Holiday Inspiration Album
Libbey Selene Punch Set
Amazon Price: $23.99 (as of 02/16/2012)
Place a big punch bowl near the entry door, and ask your guests to leave both their badge and little wrapped gift in it. You'll draw the winners later in the evening. Fill the gobelets with artificial white, pink and red petals and use them to decorate the room. Remember that all the guests are lottery winners!
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Valentine's Day Sit Down Dinner or a Buffet?
Do you plan to provide all the food and drinks or do you prefer to host a pot-luck party?
The best way to throw in a party and have everyone, including the host or hostess to participate is to have a potluck party. So, I would strongly advise you to go for such Valentines party. If you want to prepare the meal yourself, get some easy dinner recipes but I definitely would suggest you to ask your friends to bring one or more dish from several categories like roastbeef, seafood, chicken wings, salmon, vegetables, pasta or potato salads together with a bottle of some beverage. This way, you'll only have to host the party, bake the dessert and prepare a bowl of punch and one of sangria for adults ; and one bowl of fruit juice for the kids.Convert your dining room talbe into a supper-table, dress it with a white table cloth and a red runner ; place a nicely crafted Valentines centerpiece made out of a rounded silver plate, on which you spread flower petals and place a big red candle. Place the food on lovely serving plates and put them all around the table centerpiece.
Have a separate bar area somewhere in the living room so that your guests have to walk around the rooms; this will ease conversations between each others.
Whenever you do not have a dish wash machine or don't own a big dinner set, buy a dinner kit made out of paper, this will avoid the task of washing the plates. Obviouly, you're free to use glasses for the drinks instead of paper gobelets, the choice is yours.
Photo: Purplemoon's Holiday Inspiration Album
Remember to Prepare a Delightful Valentine's Day Dessert...
Cookies? Cupcakes? Bake some Valentine's Day themed sweet treats for your guests...Cookies? Cupcakes? What Are Valentines Shaped Cookies
Remember that I said earlier that you're going to prepare your the dessert for the party? If you do, bake some Valentine's Day cookies that you would have cut with shaped cutters such as hearts, arrows, lips, cherubs, doves... After all, it's Valentine's Day... and for as long as you do not present double hearts, rings, or anything else that reminds the idea of couples and might hurt some of your guest, you're free to refer to the holiday as much as you want.
Another great idea of dessert to serve at your Valentine's Day party is cupcakes... The Web abounds in cupcake recipes and I, myself, have built a page that will provide you with creative Valentine's Day cupcake decorating ideas.
R & M Valentine 7 Piece Cookie Cutter Set
Amazon Price: $11.00 (as of 02/16/2012)
Present them all together so that they can remain as neutral as possible while recalling the one-day holiday all at once.
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Valentines Party for Single Musical Background...
Don't play love songs!
Remember to set the Valentine's Day musical mood to your fun party for singles. You're not going to create a play list with your favorite love songs like Without You, Fly me to the Moon or Don't Play that Song, of course as you might have single guests that just broke up with their boy or girlfriend. In order to not have them sad on this joyful evening, prepare a list with entertaining music like Salsa, Disco or Motown. You can even have your guests enter a little dance contest or play a Salsa or Madison video and have them learn how to dance to the video!Well, that's it. You're on your way to throw in the best Valentine's Day party for Singles! Have fun!
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davespeed
Jan 31, 2012 @ 7:53 pm | delete
- As a single guy, I really appreciate this lens! I've never thought about a party for singles on Valentine's Day...what a great idea. Enjoyed your lens...well done! All the best.
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cffutah
Jan 30, 2012 @ 4:52 pm | delete
- enjoyed my visit here today, thank you for the write up.
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Ruthi
Jan 29, 2012 @ 9:20 pm | delete
- Inspiring not just for singles, but for anyone and everyone ... the heart of the matter of love and Valentine's Day.
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sorana
Jan 28, 2012 @ 4:02 am | delete
- Love your ideas. Very interesting and fun to read and I suppose to actualy organise.
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Sylvestermouse
Jan 20, 2011 @ 11:28 am | delete
- So many excellent ideas and suggestions! Even though I am married, I would still enjoy a Valentines party that follows your suggestions. I guess I am a little odd, nope I know I am, LOL, but I always included our children on Valentines. To me, it is not a couples holiday like most of the world views it. For me, it is simply a celebration of love and I give valentines to many of my friends and family. We have several family members who prefer to be single, so I guess the couples thing is just lost on us :)
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