Throwing the perfect house party can be a lot of work and a lot more stress than most people are willing to admit. How much alcohol should you buy? Who should you invite? Is it worth it to make Jello Shots? Will the masking tape on the cupboards really keep people out?
While we can’t predict if your invitees will go gaga over a hand-carved ice luge, we can give you the answers to throwing an absolutely awesome house party.
1. Invest in a variety of alcohol…and lots of it
Nothing says lame party like the house that runs out of alcohol before midnight. People at parties have this great habit of making a drink, holding onto it for five minutes, and then forgetting about their cup and pouring another drink. Therefore, buy more. It is absolutely okay to get cheap vodka and cheap rum if that means that more people can drink it. You and your friends will have the leftover alcohol to use for the rest of the year. If you need a guide, there are 17 shots in a fifth and 40 shots in handle.
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Buy a lot of alcohol. Yeah, that’s about it, plus Vicodin!
ranunculus / 3457 posts
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - Alcohol + amitriptilyne too.
I don’t throw house parties… I don’t like the cleanup bit.
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I throw loads of house parties. I say get food in for the drunks. Loosen up, join in and fuck ending the party! Let the party never end!
daisy / 699 posts
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - I’m a cheap mofo. My parties are usually BYOP (bring your own pill).
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I always say “BYOB” – Bring your own Booze.
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Yeah and music, it doesn’t even have to be great but gotta have the tunes
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I don’t care for the booze as I don’t drink. remember to include nachos as one of the appetizers. invite lots of cute guys
it would be better if they could breakdance, so I’d be entertained. the parties that I’ve been to were quite boring.
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Thats it? What about food? Music?
All those things count as well. Just because you get a lot of booze doesnt mean your gonna throw an awesome party. It pretty much just says your gonna have a lot of vomit to clean up.
lily / 5148 posts
I don’t understand why a party always needs alcohol. Can’t people have fun without it? Hell, my friends and I do.
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@individually_surveys@xanga - Sadly, I don’t know anybody who does that..
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it was my bright idea to throw a party at my friends house she was all for it because we didnt think itd be big.. we were DEAD wrong. luckily the ppl didnt get too rowdy and we started locking up everything. the randoms that passed out we woke their asses up in the and made them help us clean in the morning. it definitely was a good party.. one well never ever attempt to hold again
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@nomnomyourbewbs@xanga - That sucks. In England, BYOB is pretty popular – it means people can bring the alcohol THEY like, and the people who host the party aren’t out of pocket by the end of the evening!
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@CoolXwhip@xanga - the “read more here” link goes to the full article.
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I say very true, you don’t want to run out of alcohol. But alcohol is expensive so I have been to house parties where its BYOB and/or bring a beverage to share. Also as the host, be prepared. Have the appetizers and food ready so that you too can have fun with the crowd and socialize and not be trapped in the kitchen all night.
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i say an area of the house without a lot of expensive shit, alcohol, water pipe, a fail proof music system, some outdoor access for smokers and “smokers” and a beer pong table
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@individually_surveys@xanga - Seriously want to go there just to party.
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and weed.
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But actually what I used to do is: buy two big handles of really cheap gin, one handle of cheap rum (or actually spiced like cap. morgan makes it better if u can afford it), 6 bottles of the really cheap (67 cent) imitation Sprite, 4 packets of koolaid and two of those big drink dispenser thingys from walmart (no, not pitchers). For one dispenser you dump in a whole bottle of the cheap gin, 2-3 bottles of icy imitation stuff (it’s soooooo syrupy sweet that it’s perfect) and 2 packets of koolaid. dump in some rum (about 1/4-1/2 bottle) to top it off. This stuff is perfect. Because of the cheapness of the alcohol it’s potent enough to get people drunk fast and it doesn’t hurt that it tastes reallllly good. Two batches works for 50 people. Oh and of course a couple 30 packs of natti for ze games.
And no you don’t NEED alcohol to throw a good house party, but it doesn’t hurt. ; )
[oh, and weed.] which is actually a lot better IMO…but BYOW