Planning a Breaking Dawn party

bite-me-edward · Posts: 246 Join date: 2008-04-01

Hi ladies, I have thrown a lot of parties in my day, but I have never thrown one for a release of a book. We have created a coven of about 20 or so crazed Twilight fans in my ward (through hard core peer pressure and threats of being left off the party invitee list!), and I'm trying to come up with some things to do at our Breaking Dawn party. Any ideas?

areumylifenow · Posts: 412 Join date: 2008-03-28

We 'my sis in laws and a few others' are going to the midnight release party at our local store and then going to a hotel to read for the weekend with no kids!!

WAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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bite-me-edward · Posts: 246 Join date: 2008-04-01

That sounds fun. A bunch of us were fighting over who would get to dress up as each of the characters--I'm the obvious choice for Alice because of my hair style. Thank goodness if we do a dress up aspect to the party, the Cullens wear stylish clothes so we don't have to buy any goofy capes or fangs! I was thinking Twilight-inspired food--not really sure what...

Amy · Subject: Re: Planning a Breaking Dawn party Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:07 am

bite-me-edward wrote:

That sounds fun. A bunch of us were fighting over who would get to dress up as each of the characters--I'm the obvious choice for Alice because of my hair style. Thank goodness if we do a dress up aspect to the party, the Cullens wear stylish clothes so we don't have to buy any goofy capes or fangs! I was thinking Twilight-inspired food--not really sure what...

I just thought of apples!! Original huh, apples with caramel sauce would be tasty. Lasagna, cheerios, all very original and tasty. Very Happy

Edye · Subject: Re: Planning a Breaking Dawn party Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:39 pm

bite-me-edward wrote:

That sounds fun. A bunch of us were fighting over who would get to dress up as each of the characters--I'm the obvious choice for Alice because of my hair style. Thank goodness if we do a dress up aspect to the party, the Cullens wear stylish clothes so we don't have to buy any goofy capes or fangs! I was thinking Twilight-inspired food--not really sure what...

V-8 juice in Margarita glasses would be divine.

I would love to go to a party but since there are no ENORMOID vampires I will not be partaking in costuming. lol!

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bite-me-edward · Posts: 246 Join date: 2008-04-01

I don't have margarita glasses, but the ideas are starting to flow...

Any thoughts on activities? I was thinking of doing some debates, i.e. pros and cons of Jacob vs. Edward; whether Bella should become a vampire; least favorite and most favorite characters; hopes for Breaking Dawn, etc...

Amy · Subject: Re: Planning a Breaking Dawn party Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:36 pm

Edye wrote:

bite-me-edward wrote:

That sounds fun. A bunch of us were fighting over who would get to dress up as each of the characters--I'm the obvious choice for Alice because of my hair style. Thank goodness if we do a dress up aspect to the party, the Cullens wear stylish clothes so we don't have to buy any goofy capes or fangs! I was thinking Twilight-inspired food--not really sure what...

V-8 juice in Margarita glasses would be divine.

I would love to go to a party but since there are no ENORMOID vampires I will not be partaking in costuming. lol!

I was thinking I could be a giant wolf. afro

Edye · Subject: Re: Planning a Breaking Dawn party Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:13 am

I FORGOT ABOUT THE WOLVES!!!!!

Hmmm... maybe I could be some new sort of wolf... the bigger the better!

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Admin · Subject: Re: Planning a Breaking Dawn party Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:48 am

I LOOOOOVE the ideas! Keep them coming. I am helping the Barnes and Noble in Layton do a release party and we have LOTS of people coming so far! I am really getting excited!

Amy · Subject: Re: Planning a Breaking Dawn party Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:52 am

We (by we, I mean you, whoever knows how) should start a ticker counting down to the release.

bite-me-edward · Posts: 246 Join date: 2008-04-01

I think I will have a special guest werewolf appearance by my very own husband!! (He's a Paiute/Shoshone/Washo werewolf though.) Okay, so it is going to be at our house so it isn't like he would have to travel that far to make an appearance...maybe up the stairs if he is in the basement or down the stairs if he is up there.

Backup_Bella · Subject: Re: Planning a Breaking Dawn party Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:57 pm

I think a veggie dip bar would be fun and call everything names like irritable grizzly.

bite-me-edward · Posts: 246 Join date: 2008-04-01

I like the vegie dip bar idea!

Does anyone have any Twilight-inspired game ideas? I could provide Twilight-inspired prizes.

areumylifenow · Posts: 412 Join date: 2008-03-28

Admin wrote:

I LOOOOOVE the ideas! Keep them coming. I am helping the Barnes and Noble in Layton do a release party and we have LOTS of people coming so far! I am really getting excited!

DETAILS!!!!

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areumylifenow · Posts: 412 Join date: 2008-03-28

bite-me-edward wrote:

I like the vegie dip bar idea!

Does anyone have any Twilight-inspired game ideas? I could provide Twilight-inspired prizes.

I did an ENORMOUS Harry Potter party last year. I downloaded the font from the internet, and made book covers from all the books, and hung them around the room, with big silver stars hanging from the ceiling. I bought the house flag, and then we made a ton of Harry Potter food.

The thing that I did that would work for you too, was that I did a Harry Potter trivia game. You could do one for all three books! You could also put out a notice to your guests that you are going to do a prize for best costume too?

I heard that someone down here rented a silver volvo and a red 57 chevy truck and parked them in front of their house! How fun would that be!

Food ideas that came to mind were chicken enchilada's (Bella made them) or mushroom ravioli, garlic breadsticks and coke for sure...pop tarts..bottles of lemonade..and lasagna (the good stuff Esme buys from Port Angeles)...maybe make a fun sign in front of each thing that has the quote from the book where the character eats it, so your guests know why you chose it.....

Buy black and red disposable ware....have a black plastic or glass bowl with a pile of red apples in it for a centerpiece, black table cloth with a red ribbon runner. Maybe make some color copies of the fronts of each of the books and hang them around the room!

Oh! blow up a big picture of the family and hang it somewhere too!

Sorry...I was an event planner...so I get a little carried away.....

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