It seems that drama is created whenever people are involved. If you are planning an event with people involved, you may want to consider what kind of drama will be at your event. What if you picked a dramatic theme that overpowered the drama created by your guests? Once Upon a Time is a tv-series drama, produced by ABC, and is based on fairy tales, legends, mythology and more! Many of the ideas will be best understood by fans of the show, so if you haven’t watched Once Upon a Time, now’s a great time to get acquainted with it!(link to information about show)
Games and Activities:
- Archery-This is an awesome activity that fits perfectly with the theme! Contests are also a great way to add a twist to a party, so why not give a prize to Snow’s best prodigy!
- Bobbing for apples-This is a classic, and is also a great snack option!
- Horseback riding- If it’s an option then take advantage of it, because it is not only fun, it’s also a great skill to learn!
- Watching the pilot or favorite episode is also a fun activity at a Once Upon a Time themed party.
- Pin the nose on Pinocchio-Like pin the tail on the donkey, this game is fun. However, if desired an unexpected twist could be added: (unexpected twist) There are two players that are blindfolded, and each has a “nose” and one nose would be made of wood, and the other would be a regular nose. There would be two posters or pictures, and one would be Pinocchio from once upon a time as a wooden boy/man, and the other would be the real boy/man. This adds a hilarious twist and doubles the fun! Link to a source with pictures of Pinocchio.
- Freeze Tag with a spinning needle- This is similar to regular tag, except that the players get into groups of two, and whenever the person who is “it” tags someone; the other person from that group has to “awaken” their teammate.
Food and Drinks:
- Feast-This would require significant work, but if it was one of the main purposes of the event, then it would work great! Elements of a Once Upon A Time feast could be a main course of your choice like Lasagna, with a salad and a desert like an apple tart, with goblets and china to help set the tone.
- Simple Dinner-This would require less work than the feast, and could be just as fun! The simple dinner would be grilled cheese, and soup, in the setting of Granny’s diner, and the drink could be hot chocolate with cinnamon!
- Caramel Apples
- Crown shaped cookies
- Apple juice or Apple cider
- Tarts (with a label to explain that they can change the appearance of a person, like the treats from Brave/the Once Upon A Time interpretation of Brave)
- Apples and peanut butter or caramel dipping sauce
- Hot Chocolate-As I mentioned from the Simple Dinner, Hot Chocolate with whipped cream and cinnamon is something that is often discussed and consumed on Once Upon A Time, and all your guests (specifically the fans) will adore it!
Decorations:
- Swords, shields, bows, and arrows are all perfect decorations
- Storybrooke- You can decorate your event to look like a building in storybrooke like granny’s diner, or Regina’s office.
- Yellow bugs (car)-Mini cars like Emma’s would be really cute decorations, and you could also have a cardboard version of one, and that would be a major decoration
- Thrones-Decorating the seats like thrones make the chairs fun and attractive!
- Fairy Tale paraphernalia are amazing decorations! For example, a “chipped” teacup, a “Once Upon A Time” book, Cinderella’s glass slipper, a crown.
Have any amazing ideas that could fit under these categories? Comment below or contact Emchanting Events! I love to hear from you, and I love additional insights!
So if you can’t tell from this picture, this is a replica of a cell. I ‘m not necessarily encouraging having a “cell” party, instead I want to use this cell as an example of planning an event. Now the big picture of this….. picture… is a cell. However, each little part of the cell is made of something that doesn’t have a real connection to most of the other pieces. For example, the main part of the cell is a tin bowl, and the thing in the middle is a foam ball that I surgically cut apart. In this cell I also used walnuts, macaroni noodles, spaghetti noodles, a headband, duct tape, string, rubber bands, beads, pepper, and more! I did this for a college biology class, where each of the students were required to make a cell replica and everyone did something very different. One girl used only Christmas decorations, another student used only edible items and a Ziploc bag! For the most part students didn’t lose points on their replica no matter how strange the replicas were so long as they had all the parts!
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