Will now it’s time to make your birthday invitations to match your theme. Having a piñata party? Why not cut your cards to look like a piñata? You’ll even be able to decorate them to look like any kind of piñata you want.

With so many paper choices to pick from you’ll be able to make any kind of birthday invitations for friend or a family. If your goal is to want to make people come, you’ll have to make your card flashy plus have a great theme. From a pool party with pool shaped birthday invitations to a dress up party or a music theme with your invite as a music note.

Let your imagination run with ideas for you birthday invitations, this is your chance to throw a great party with any theme. Don’t worry if some ideas don’t work, at least you have those ideas scratched out. With this process you’ll be able to find the best way to make your birthday invitations.
Remember that your birthday invitations have to reflect on the family member or friend you are throwing the party for. You have to find something they’ll like. So, good luck, plan early, plan great and make sure that everyone has a great party!

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Here is a list of things you need to organise:

- The Date
- The Venue
- The Theme
- The Invites
- The Birthday Cake
- The Entertainment
- The Speeches
- Your Budget ($)
- The fine print
- Your Role

- The Date
Check that you aren’t having your 21st on the same date as your friends (or friends friends). If you can, ask all your friends if they are free, book the date and send out invites with an RSVP. This gives you a psychological edge over people that organise their 21sts with a week or two notice. Facebook helps out with this.

- The Venue
Look at a few venues, send us an email and we can give you a list of a few venues to look at. It is important that you get the right venue for your kind of 21st. We get feedback from all of the 21sts we refer, so we are always looking for the best hotels, clubs and function centres to hold your 21st. If you decide to have your function at home, remember to check with your neighbours about the noise levels and hire at least two security guards to prevent gatecrashers.

- The Theme
You can have your 21st as a casual beach party, a formal black tie affair or anything in between. Some popular themes in Australia are:
- Colour parties: Everyone has to wear a certain colour (usually red, pink, animal print or whatever your favourite colour is. A variation of this is to get all your guests to dress in all black and white, then turn up in a brightly coloured outfit. That way you will stand out!
Lots of your friends may have other 21sts that they also have to go to on the same night, make sure that people that need to leave can dress in something simple or easily make a costume change for your party otherwise they may go to the other parties first.

- The Invites
You can send the invites by mail, email or by hand. It is best to get them done as soon as you have the details ready.
If you have a DJ or band on the night, then it is a good idea to note it on the invite. Like it or not, guests will stay at the parties that have the best entertainment.
Guests often have more than one party to go to on a Saturday night, so make sure they go to the other party first, then come down to your party for speeches and to boogie the rest of the night away with you.

- The birthday cake
Make sure you make a cake big enough for all of your guests. Recently, people have been making cupcakes instead. It saves on time cutting up the cake on the night and it is easier for people to eat without a napkin. Some venues make you purchase the birthday cake from them, inflating your bill by up to $200.

- The Entertainment
In our experience, having a DJ or band creates a great atmosphere. Having an iPod or jukebox will do, but you will need to constantly monitor the songs, volume and veto your paro’ friends requests. Metallica is great, but not always appropriate… We can recommend some good DJs at different price points, so you will always get the best value for money. As with everything in life, you get what you pay for. The only thing worse than no DJ is a shit one!

- The Speeches:
Decide on whether you will have speeches or not. Check that you have a microphone available. Test drive your projector with your laptop if you are doing a slideshow, preferably prior to the start of your speech! Set ground rules for your friends’ speeches, I have seen grandparents cry during graphic depictions.

- The Budget
Make sure you set a budget at the start of the planning process. Make a list of what is important to you and adjust your budget accordingly. Metallic helium ballons are great, thai enchilada canapes are sensational, but a crappy venue or shit DJ can ruin your 21st.

- The Fine Print
Always check the fine print whenever you book a venue or DJ. Venues often tack on exhorbitant fees after quoting you a lower price for food and alcohol packages. Be careful of the following fees:
- Security fees (can be up to $300 extra)
- Exhorbitant equipment hire fees (can be up to $300 for a DJ set up you could get hire for less than a third of that price)
- ‘InHouse DJ’ fees. A lot of venues will tell you they need to use their DJs and equipment and charge you a fortune ($100-150/hr is not uncommon)
- Get the function start and end time in writing, some venues will kick you out an hour or two early if your guests aren’t buying enough drinks.
- If you have your party on a night other than Saturday you should be able to haggle a substantial reduction in room hire costs.
- Some venues charge full price for drinks on the tab, others charge by the bottle (which is considerably cheaper).
- If your friends and family are all piss heads you should get a drinks package, if only half of your family and friends drink heavily then go for a bar tab or a cash/subsidised bar.

- Your Role
Remember that even though it is your party, you will be responsible for hosting the event. Make sure you make everything as streamlined as possible so that you don’t have to micromanage things on the night.

Before Writing Your Speech:
- Consider your audience
- Find out how long you are going to talk for
- Try and write as you would speak
- Start with a attention grabbing remark to get everyones attention
- Be humorous (funny haha, not funny sad)
- Involve your audience

Preparing Your Speech:
- Type it up on your computer
- Practice it infront of a mirror
- Print it up in large font, remember that lots of venues are quite dark.

Just Before Your Speech
- Don’t get too drunk
- Go to the toilet
- Have a glass of water at hand

While Giving your speech
- Act confidently
- Make eye contact
- Use hand gestures
- Project your voice (speak from your diaphram, not your mouth)
- Smile