Ultimate Card Party Checklist For Diwali

We all wait for the festive season every year, to celebrate it with our loved ones, have good food and get an off day from work! Every year we get to attend different parties at different places, is it your turn to throw a card party this year? Looking for ‘the’ perfect checklist to help you plan it? Don’t worry anymore, we’ve got you covered! We have compiled a few things that are necessary, and you may follow them to make your party the perfect one!

Decor

What’s a festive season without decorations? And what’s a party without decorations either? We tend to decorate our places suitable for the type of party we are hosting and a festive card party calls for lots of fairy lights and flowers for decor.

Use your creativity and lots of fairy lights and decorate your house however you like and however suits the place! You can use flower garlands to decorate the curtains and a Happy Diwali banner for your door or the wall which will be visible to your guests. Let your creativity get the best of you on this one!

Games

Card party doesn’t only have just card-related games, you can add more games to your list. We have listed a few games you and your guests can play at your party:

Tambola
Diwali hunt- find Laxmi and Ganesh
Rangoli competition
Musical chair
Dumb charades

Music

Bollywood music is mostly enjoyed at Diwali parties. You can make a playlist of your favorite and dance-worthy Bollywood songs, so you won’t have to keep heading to your system to keep changing the track.

Guest List

Make a guest list for yourself so that you know how many guests you expect at your party and plan the menu and gifts accordingly.

Fun Gifts

A festive party without gifts? Never. You can keep small gifts for your guests and when your guests are about to leave, hand them one of these gifts. You could keep these gifts traditional and give out dry fruits and mithai, or if you’re willing to do it the more modern way you can also give scented candles and chocolates.

Decide the Menu

Snacks, mocktails and beer are a sheer necessity during card party nights. If you want to be the best host you have to stock up your fridge with tons of snacks and drinks.

Following are a few snacks you can put on your menu:

VEG:

Paneer Tikka
Veg kebab
Sweet corn chaat
Onion pakodas

NON-VEG:

Chicken kebabs
Mutton kebabs
Chicken lollipops
Chicken Tikka

BEVERAGES: Mocktails

A party is nothing without drinks, be it cocktails or mocktails. Drinks are a cherry on top of the amazing food you serve your guests. We have put together a few great mocktails you can serve your guests with the food:

Mint and cucumber mocktail: Mix cucumber juice with sugar and lemon juice. Add mint leaves and ice cubes and your beverage is ready to serve!
Virgin mojito: Mix soda with sugar and lime juice. Add mint leaves and ice cubes and serve chilled!
Banana mocktail/shake: Blend banana, dates, vanilla ice cream, and honey together, add ice and garnish with some walnuts and raisins and serve!

For the main course, you can serve thalis from a nice restaurant or put together a few dishes together and make a thali of your own for your guests.

DESSERTS/SWEETS:

The festive season is incomplete without sweets. Following are a few tasty treats you can serve your guests:

Gulab Jamun
Kheer
Ras-malai
Rasgulla
Moong dal halwa

Hope this checklist that we have put together for you helps you be a great host of this year’s card party and you don’t miss a thing. It might be a little stressful planning all of this, but it’ll all be worth it in the end, and you’ll enjoy yourself with your friends and family a lot!

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