Come and get lucky at the Birthday Girls Casino Night!

So it’s been a while since I have planned another theme party. I got the opportunity to organise yet another one just over 2 week ago. It was so much fun and made me only realized more how I love to plan parties and how I have missed it.

This was not an easy task. There were 4 girls that were celebrating their Birthdays in one month and wanted to host their parties together. Great idea? Yes, brilliant. Difficult? Yes, to keep them all 4 happy!

So it all begins with the invite.

I had a few ideas. But this one was the coolest and all the girls agreed on it.

I purchased jumbo playing cards from the coolest cheap theme party shop that we have in Port Elizabeth, Variety. I can almost always find something there for a party. 3 jumbo cards were used to give it that extra ooomp. It would be nice if one could print the details on the cards itself but because I like DIY stuff, I made it myself. So I designed a small playing card to put on each card. 

The 1^st card was the photo of the person whose invite it was. I jazzed it up with cool poker sayings like “Casino Night” and Get Lucky at Rolanda’s Birthday Bash. 

The 2^nd card was the details of the where abouts again with some sayings and a King face placed at the top and bottom of the design. 

The 3^rd card was the finer details and I used a queen at the top and bottom of each design. The designs were then put onto the jumbo cards. It was placed in sequence and put together with a paper clip and there we go.

Some other invite ideas can included a large poker chip with the guests photo in the front and the details at the back. Fake money can also be used with the details on.

The room decoration was just as much fun and we made almost everything ourselves. Poker sets were placed in the middle of the table and the green mats were used as a centrepiece where the sets stood on. Cards, poker chips, dices and money was put all over the table to give that final look. The 4 patterns that you get on a card was cut out and used as table mats, they include the diamond, the heart, the clever and the spade.

The room was decorated all over with cards against the walls, the 4 patterns were placed everywhere, as well as huge dices to give that extra casino look.

For the arrival, I made up a pretty section for each guest to take a photo which included huge playing cards and huge dices. These are nice to keep afterwards to look at the outfits of the guest.

The self made photobooth was as usual a lot of fun. The 4 patterns were again used for the background and the photos came out looking like everyone got a lucky strike at the poker night.

The candy table was a hit. The main colours were black, white and red to match the theme colours. Sweets included strawberries, marshmallows, liquorice, jelly strings, oreo cookies and many more. Cupcakes were plain red and white and I put in some cards to give it that amazing casino look.

The guest also had a ball with the “spinning wheel” as they could spin the wheel to win a price. The wheel was self made and poker chips were used to represent the money. Guests went home with some pretty good prices that included wine, chocolates, poker sets and much more.

So I think everyone had a ball of a time with all these fun Casino games and dressing up. So much more ideas that one can use for such a party. Please feel free to share your ideas.

Till we meet again

xxx