As you know Beth and I hosted a masquerade party for Valentine's Day to raise money for our charity ChildReach International. The turnout wasn't as good as we hoped but we still managed to enjoy the night with close friends! All together we managed to raise £130 through tickets sales, a lucky dip, a photo booth, a 'guess the dogs name' stall and by placing buckets by the bar.
Hopefully, through my experience you can see how important it is to broadcast your event as this will result in a bigger turnout. You MUST shout out about your event as much as possible, get it out into the community as much as you can for the best turnout!
Another issue was that a lot of people couldn't turn up primarily because it was during term time, so a lot of my friends were away in uni and couldn't make it home for it so perhaps when doing an event you should be aware of term times. Perhaps, a summer party would be better as people are more likely to be home and can then attend. Or perhaps, host an event back at uni?
Below are a few photos of the room and the stalls to trigger off some inspiration!
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| Here is our hand made photo booth! Simple and fun to do. You can add old fancy dress clothes, masks, random quotes or signs and moustaches on a table, then let your guests try them on and go wild with styles! Let them be as crazy as they want and photograph them! You can also leave a bucket on the table for extra donations! |
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| Here is a pug we bought from Sainsburys! We wrote down a list of names and let people pay £1 to guess his name and obviously whoever guessed correctly won the dog! Beth's boyfriend guessed correctly, the dog's name was Waffle. |
Hosting this event was an experience and perhaps something I would consider doing again. Next time, I would like to do something less formal and just have a catch up or get together as sometimes themes can turn people off. However, I do believe adding themes can also attract people as it could be something unique that they have never been to before!
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That's all for today! Enjoy your Valentine's day bloggers! (I'm sure I will with all these delicious chocolates... I feel the weight piling on already!)
Rhea xx
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