A little friendly advice, from me to you: when your husband/wife/significant other/roommate/little sister/self-built android comes to you and says, "Let's have a Wii bowling tournament party!" ----->just say yes.
Because we did one this past weekend, and it was SO. MUCH. FUN.
Here are my tips to creating the world's awesomest Bowling Party, all from the comforts of your living room.
You Can Do It, Too: Wii Bowling Tournament Tutorial
Tip #1: Let Your Husband/Wife/Significant Other/Roommate/Little Sister/Self-Built Android Come Up With The Name Of The League AND The Event.
Because then, you wind up with a name like:
While it makes some decorations a little more difficult to create (YOU try putting that many letters on a banner), it makes everyone laugh when you step into the room to announce that the Inaugural Tournament of the Incredibly Excellent Bowling League of Awesomeness is about to begin.
Don't worry. If you say it enough, you won't have to look it up every time. Promise.
Tip #2: If you have someone with minor OCD in your life, allow them to take over the planning, decorations, and food for the party.
In this little scenario, that person would be me. And I had an absolute blast planning bowling alley themed foods, bowling pin cards to identify said themed foods, meticulously wrapping the white plastic eating utensils with red electrical tape to look like bowling pins, and coming up with the most complicated bracket known to man.
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Cheesy Bowling Ball
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| It only took four hours...ish. |
OK, I lied. The bracket was too complicated for me. Brian made it up, I just wrote it all pretty.
Tip #3: Re-stock your printer with paper before you allow the OCD person in the scenario to begin creating decorations.
I made banners, lane markers, food cards, and more, just using my printer, some scissors, tape and string. I'm the MacGeyver of crafts, y'all.
Tip #4: Take pictures.
And once you've had a few beers, feel free to give the camera to your friends so they can capture some candids as well. Otherwise, you'll miss out on all of this:
Seriously, the best shots are often the ones taken after you bust out the booze. As long as they're in focus. Which brings me to my last tip...
Tip #5: Don't take so many pictures that you aren't allowed a little creative room to groove when it's time to blog about your party.
Because after three beers and a rum-and-coke, my camera was left in a corner somewhere, and I forgot all about a hundred different shots I wanted to take, including a group shot of the 11 bowlers that came to our party.
But never fear, Photoshop and our Nintendo Miis are here!
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Back row, from left to right: Zach, Kristie, Arielle, Steven, Jenn, Ashley, Fred, Ray, and Sam
Front row: Abby and Brian
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Seriously. That's one epically awesome team portrait--which is perfectly fitting for the Incredibly Excellent Bowling League of Awesomeness. (See, I told you remembering the name gets a little easier the more times you say it.)
