50th Birthday Entrance Decorations
By an Award-Winning Professional Party Planner
Why your party needs entrance decorations and a welcome area
Identify the party location, direct guests to the entrance, and create a warm welcome
Greet guests with signage, décor, arrival drinks, activities, photo ops, and party favors
We’ve all turned up to a party where it’s just a cold front door awaiting you...
You can’t hear any music or see any people inside, so you immediately feel a sense of dread…
It doesn’t sound much like a party, what if there’s hardly anyone there?
Will I be stuck making awkward small talk with people I don’t know?
Am I going to be itching to leave in five minutes?
Hell, am I even in the right place?
Grrr....I knew I should’ve stayed on the sofa!
Entrance decorations need to be welcoming and functional
They should identify the location of the party, direct guests to the entrance, create a warm welcome, and put guests at ease.
Think about any professional event you've ever been to. There's always something there to highlight the entrance; be it banners, a carpet runner, flower arrangements, or flaming torches.
Entrance decorations not only serve a functional purpose in identifying the location of the event, which can be helpful if guests are unfamiliar with the venue, but they also send reassuring signals that 'yes, you're in the right place and the party is underway.'
The first few minutes of a party set the tone and tell your guests it’s going to be fun event, so first impressions matter.
When the party starts, in an ideal world, you'd be answering the door, greeting guests, taking coats, offering drinks, and introducing people to one another.
Which is fine for the first few people who arrive
But before long, people will start arriving in quick succession.
So, just as you're taking someone's coat, the doorbell will ring again and you'll have to abandon those people before you get time to offer them a drink.
Then, before you've even had time to take coats from the next guests, the doorbell will ring again, interrupting that welcome.
Then, as you try to greet the next group, someone will ask you...
...where the bathroom is,
...or where they should put their coat,
...or they'll hand you a gift to open,
...and before you know it, you're being torn in all different directions.
Not only does this make for a stressful start to the party for you, but it also means none of your guests get a proper reception.
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