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Surprise Party Help
I'm planning a surprise party for DH's 30th. The party will be January 7th. It's over a week after his birthday because I didn't want to host a NYE party or one the night before. I think having the party later will throw him off about the surprise, but I'm really bad at keeping a secret from him, so I need some help with planning.
I plan to send out invitations around Thanksgiving. I wanted to ask people to show up between 6:30 and 6:50 because they'll be parking 1/2 a block away and I want to have everyone in place for the surprise. If people can't make it between those times, I'd like to ask that they not show up until 7:15. Does this sound reasonable?
I've already spoken to DH's BFF about keeping him busy for about 3 hours leading up to the party.
In regards to parking, I'm going to include a map of our neighborhood and highlight where to park. Most people have been to our home but won't know where to park. If it's really cold or icy, I plan to have someone shuttle people back and forth.
If you've thrown a surprise party before, do you have any suggestions for how to make this work?
Re: Surprise Party Help
Maybe it's just b/c I'm a Floridian but the idea of someone shuttling b/c it's cold and icy makes me nervous. Would it be crazy to ask your DH's friend to blindfold him and tell him he's taking him somewhere that way you can avoid the special parking thing?
In regards to the time, I see what you're trying to do to not ruin the surprise, but maybe you just need to tell people to get there between 6:30 and 7. And state the the bday boy is arriving at 7:10. People should know enough not to ruin the surprise.
I'm not sure why shuttling makes you nervous. It's just someone in a vehicle driving others back and forth from their cars.
Your timing sounds good too. It's a little less specific.
ETA: My street has no lights, so it would be safest for people to be shuttled back and forth. If it's icy, they wouldn't be able to see it.
I think the shuttling sound like a nice idea if people have to park far but you need to give yourself way more time then in case ppl come to the house first. And dont give them a time period to show up, everyone will probably show on the later side.
When I hosted H's surprise party I wrote:
6:30 pm {and please dont be late to keep H surpised}
Then I just arranged for H to arrive 30 min later and I didnt have any problems. To be safe you could have him arrive 45 later. I would not tell ppl what time hes arriving in advance. If you are that worried, write: if you will be late please text me- or something along those lines. Then you can always reply to people what time its safe to come late.