How to have
A 50th Birthday Party On A Budget
How to Throw an Unforgettable Party on a $50 Budget!
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gotta get my party hat on paper old
everybody loves a fun party birthdays
holidays anniversaries really doesn't
matter
there's always an occasion for a party
but you have to be careful if you don't
pay attention you can very quickly end
up spending hundreds of dollars for two
hours of your life I'm going to teach
you guys in today's video how to stick
to a fifty dollar budget no matter what
when you are throwing a party how much
money did you spend on your last party
you threw my guess is if you were to go
back through and tally up every single
dollar that you spent on that party you
might start to get a little bit ill that
stops now I like to consider myself
somewhat of an expert when it comes to
planning parties on a budget I like to
give myself the challenge every time I
threw a party which is pretty often a
fifty dollar budget it doesn't matter
the party size it doesn't matter how
many guests I plan on entertaining it
doesn't matter the age of the guest now
this says happy birthday but I'm going
to share with you guys thirteen
brilliant tips thunderously so myself to
help you throw an unforgettable party no
matter the occasion did you guys know
that the New York Post reported last
year that over 25% of parents spent over
$400
every time they threw a party for their
kids that is just insane think about it
what could you do with that money that
you're saving having a super fun super
entertaining delicious party doesn't
have to cost you hundreds of dollars oh
you guys know I'm all about making
everything as easy and as simple as
possible for my pearls which is why I
just so happened to put together this
free printable for you guys this is my
part
planner checklist on a budget and it's
gonna walk you through all the
categories that you need in order to
plan a party and you guys know if you've
watched any of my videos before anytime
I'm making a shopping list whether it's
for groceries whether it's for
back-to-school shopping whether it for
party planning every single thing on
your list needs to have an estimated
cost to make sure that you are staying
within your budget and there's no
surprises when you come to the checkout
that is exactly what you're gonna find
on this party planner worksheet within
each category I have a list of the
essentials that you're gonna need but
there's also room for you to add in
anything that you want to customize and
make it personal for your party and then
with every single item that you put on
this list there's a spot for you to put
your estimated cost in and then put a
total down at the bottom I really think
this is gonna be helpful for you guys
when it comes time for you to start
planning your party and helping you keep
your party on budget so click the link
down below and you can get that free
printable sent to your email all right
13 tips for you to start planning your
party on a budget my tip number one is
to do a DIY food bar so examples of
types of foods that I'm talking about
you could do a mashed potato bar a baked
potato bar salad bar soup bar taco bar
pasta bar sandwich bar or build your own
pizza bar those types of foods are what
I'm talking about and what's nice when
it's a DIY food bar is you just put out
all the different toppings or
ingredients things to build the meal
separately and everyone can build their
own customized meal to how they like it
which is really good for those picky
kids weirdos I guess just remember that
when you're gathering ingredients for
these meals that you want to make as
much of the food yourself because
cooking food at home is not that hard it
might take a little bit more time if you
plan ahead it's gonna save you a lot
more money than if you were to go out
and buy catered food my second tip for
you guys staying on the topic of food is
when you're planning these meals also
plan meals that do not require a lot of
meat in my no planning videos I always
talk about using meals that use me as a
side attraction same rule goes for party
planning meat can be the most expensive
ingredient when it comes to meals so
sticking with this tip is gonna help you
guys save lots of money tip number three
is to have a potluck I don't recommend
doing this if it's like a birthday party
or anniversary parties where it's
focused on one person because in that
situation I kind of feel like it's like
hey come celebrate me and bring me food
and bring me gifts it just seems a
little bit needy
we're not needy pearls but for other
celebrations like fourth of July a
weekend barbecue Father's Day Christmas
Thanksgiving or just a group movie night
at your house
pot Luck's are perfect a lot of times
what I like to do when I'm doing
throwing parties like that if I will
provide the main course and then I ask
my guests on the invitation important to
include on the invitation I asked my
guests to just bring their favorite
fill-in-the-blank so maybe it's a
dessert bring your favorite dessert
bring your favorite salads bring your
favorite pasta things like that give
specific assignments so you know what to
plan for my tip number four might be a
little bit hard for son I know I had to
grow into this but what it is is to
accept others offers for help or to
bring food just make sure that when you
are going to others parties that you do
the same thing and offer your help or to
bring some food tip number five this is
a big one on my Instagram chat that we
did the other day is DIY your own cake
or cupcakes you're buying cupcakes or
cakes from the store it easily starts at
$25 per dozen or per cake I don't care
how many it feeds how giant is or how
delicious it is $25 is half of my budget
I could do so much more with the money I
save if I were to make it at home making
cupcakes at home from scratch it's
really not that hard
Pinterest has a million recipes out
there that are delicious or just stock
up when you see the cake mixes at the
store on sale for a dollar and you're
good you can easily make enough cake or
cupcakes for your party starting around
like five dollars sometimes even less if
you don't have that big of a party
that's a 75% savings see how we're
starting to cut costs down here a little
bit more DIY that's gonna save you a ton
of money number six let's talk about
party favors to help cut party costs one
of the things I like to do for our party
favors is to send home little bagged up
treats if they see their take home
goodie bag filled with a treat like a
home baked cookie they get way more
excited than if they
to see a bag full of just trinkets
filled up from the dollar store that's
just some clutter your house and it's
gonna end up in the trash in less than a
week so yeah a little backed up tree is
better I go to is just doing a really
simple fun sugar cookie decorated with a
little frosting and some cute sprinkles
something I did recently insured on my
Instagram was for mass party he wanted
an ice-cream party that's all he wanted
was an ice cream all I did was buy the
clear treat bags from the dollar store I
also picked up two bags of cotton candy
from the dollar store and I also picked
up a box of ice cream cones from the
dollar store I filled the ice cream
cones with a little ball of cotton candy
to make it look like ice cream put it in
one of the little baggies and tighten it
up the kids loved it and it only cost me
$3 to get 12 goodie bags speaking of the
dollar store my tip number seven is to
be careful when you are shopping for
party supplies at the dollar store those
single dollar purchases can add up very
very quickly so go to the dollar store
with a plan before you head to the store
make sure you have a shopping list with
the estimated cost per item but you know
exactly how much you are planning to
spend at the dollar store and how that
works into your budget we're tip about
the dollar store is when you are
searching for party supplies there look
for packages that have more than one
item in there so for what a lot of times
at the dollar store you'll have the same
exact thing with one in the package and
multiples in the package you're gonna
save money by buying the multiples for
the same price as you would buy the
single step number eight make sure
you're using your party planner
checklist on a budget I already went
into how to use it
just remember click the link down below
print it out use it tip number nine make
sure you're using what you have at home
first I have a bucket in our garage
where I just started collecting all our
leftover party supplies check leftover
party supplies first before you start
heading out to the store or even before
you start planning plan around what you
already have at home and you can also
get creative by using things like
lighting and other home decor that you
might have around your house mixing it
up and putting it in odd places to use
as party decorations Christmas twinkle
lights that's a good one to use tip
number 10 is
your party outside obviously not
everyone can do this year around but if
the weather permit and you have a nice
enough looking yard go through the party
outside
you don't need nearly as many
decorations to throw a party outside
where there's already natural beauty
everywhere tip number 11 is to choose
one splurge item every time I throw a
party I choose one thing that I'm gonna
splurge a little bit of money on example
would be something like this where I'm
having a really fun party banner it's
not super specific to that exact party I
buy something that's on general enough
in color and in style that I can reuse
it in different parties when you have a
$50 budget a splurge is going to look
more like maybe ten twelve dollars
that's kind of what we're talking about
here if you guys are interested I'll
actually leave a link for this party
banner that we got from Matt's birthday
falls within the splurge budget and I
plan on reusing it for any birthday
party I have in the future number twelve
let's talk about activities and games
Pinterest is gonna be your best friend
it's head over to Pinterest and search
DIY games activities or crafts for
fill-in-the-blank if it's for adults it
is for teenagers if it's for kids you're
gonna find something on Pinterest
guaranteed for little kids I usually
like to do some sort of crafts or maybe
like a science experiment like doing
slime and then also it kind of doubles
as a party favor because then they get
to bring that home with them teens might
be a little bit more interested in
things like activities so you could do
something like a DIY Ninja Warrior
obstacle course a selfie photo booth
would be super easy and cheap to set up
or just a DIY dance floor they would
have so much fun of all US adults are a
little bit easier to believe if you do
want to have a fun activity at your
party just head back over to Pinterest
and search for group date ideas and all
those ideas would make good activities
for a party and tip number 13 has to do
with your invitations for your party DIY
invitations is a lot easier than you
think there's no need to pay for
anything on Etsy unless let your splurge
item but I like to use canva.com
on their website they have a ton of free
templates that are super customizable
just click on the invitation template
and you can scroll through until you
find a design
that either fits the theme for your
party or you can customize the colors of
the invitation to make it fit the theme
of your party and most everything on
there is a free template if not it's
only a dollar and all you have to do is
download it you can either email or text
out the invitations if you do want a
physical invitation to melt out to
people in time that I've ever printed
invitations I ordered them as photos
usually through Costco just make sure to
print them add a lustre finish and not
glossy makes them look more like
invitations rather than a picture there
they are
those are my thirteen tips for throwing
an unforgettable party on a budget but I
want to know how do you save money when
you're throwing a party let's chat about
that down in the comments below if you
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