If you know me in real life, you know that I love to throw themed parties! I look for any excuse to throw a small party and often find one when award show season comes around. I wanted to share a few things I did to throw this party together last minute- it seriously took me a little grocery store trip and 30 minutes to set up.
If you know me in real life, you know that I love to throw themed parties! I look for any excuse to throw a small party and often find one when award show season comes around. I wanted to share a few things I did to throw this party together last minute- it seriously took me a little grocery store trip and 30 minutes to set up.
1. Charcuterie boards- these are everywhere right now. I had been wanting to make one, but I didn’t want to spend $100 dollars on it. I found an assorted meat tray from Costco for $9.50 and this apparently famous cheese from Trader Joes. I already had some grapes, and my roommate had string cheese so we popped that on there too! I forgot crackers so I ran down to a little convenience store in our dorm and picked up Ritz crackers and Wheat Thins- if I had remembered to get some at the store I probably would have purchased a different kind, but they worked!
Ideally I would have had the black marble cheese tray set that I already purchased for mine and Preston’s future home…. but I had left it at my house out of fear of breaking it at the dorm. The only real plate we have in the dorm had to do, haha!
2. Letterboard- this is by far the easiest way to add festivity to a gathering. I change this board around once a month, and it’s fun to see my roommates and guests get involved in selecting the quote! Changing it to fit the party theme is so simple. Here is a similar Letterboard to mine, and here is one I wish I had- this one is from a family business, so if you feel like splurging, do it!!
3. Ballots & bingo- I usually get these printed in color on card stock ahead of time, but I dropped the ball this year and printed them on my black and white printer at home. They were way cuter last year, but oh well! The bingo cards and the #1 way to keep people invested in the award show. The ballots are fun, but none of us are very good at guessing, haha!
I hope those are a few, good tips on tricks for a low key dorm party! Let me know if you have any specific questions by messaging me on instagram, hoping to get blog commenting soon!
Have a great week everyone!
