1 Hour DIY Party Decor and Easy Clean Up Tips
It's almost summer time and that means more reasons to celebrate. Hosting parties can be so much fun, but they can be tiring, especially when it comes to clean up. I've whipped up some seriously easy tips to create your own decor in literally under an hour! I'll also share easy clean up ideas, because after a fun and successful party you deserve a big break!
1 Hour DIY Party Decor and Easy Clean Up Tips
Creating your own party decor will help make your party a success! The best news is that it's probably a lot easier and less expensive than you think! With the help of basics and simple color coordination, you can make all different types of matching party goodies in under an hour.
* Choose your color theme first. I chose to make pink party decorations to show you how simple it can be. You can use solid colors or a design. To make this decor, you'll need string and your choice of colored tape. It can be colored masking tape or washi tape. There are many brands that sell it, you can find it at most stores.
* You can make a simple bunting with your colored tape. It's not even funny how easy this is to do. Simply cut your desired size strips of the tape and the amount you would like. Fold each piece of tape that you cut out over your string. Once you adhere each piece of tape over itself, you can easily cut out a "V" shape on each. Be careful not to cut your string while doing this. Repeat until completed! Voila, you now have a pretty matching backdrop for your party. This can be used on walls, hung from the ceiling, draped around tables or chairs and so much more. Make as little or as much as you need!
* Create matching drinking cups using a similar "bunting" method with your tape and string. This time, you'll want to make a continuous line of the folded tape to trim instead of leaving a space in between. Trim your "V" shapes out. When you are done, simple tie around the top of your cups. So cute and so unbelievably easy to do!
* I love goody bags at parties, now this is the easiest part! Simply purchase small plain paper gift bags or you can even use larger brown "lunch" bags if you'd like. Take a piece of your colored tape of choice and adhere it to the corner of each bag. Trim off excess. In just a few minutes, you'll have the perfect matching set of bags!
* Have more tape? The possibilities are endless on what you can create! You can make mini-bunting and wrap it around utensils, serving bowls and platters, pitchers. The sky's the limit!
* Now that you've planned, created and celebrated. Why not make clean up just as easy? That's where keeping stocked on garbage bags come in handy! When setting up for a party, make sure that you have a garbage can nearby! This will encourage your guests to help throw away any trash during the party. Once the party is over, team up and get all the disposable trash out of the way. Once you're done, the rest will fall into place easily, I promise!
EASY PARTY IDEAS
How do you pull off a party? What are your best tips?
The initial decorating and the final clean up are the two hardest part of the party process. thanks for these tips.
I'm bookmarking this post! Thanks!
Those are great tips. I love the party bag idea. SO simple.
I love the 1 hour party tips. I could have used this Friday when we had 16 girls over to the house.
Awesome ideas. Great tips.
This is so inspiring! I would really like to get my hands on some of those funky straws for summertime beverages 🙂
That bunting turned out really cute! I love the matching drink bunting.
What a great post! I love the use of the tape! Smart! I usually work best under stress. So I am a last minute girl.
I generally pull off a party the morning of the event. Yes, stressful but the best way I work! 😉
These are adorable. I've got a child's birthday coming up. I'll have to try this!
I love planning parties! Im with you pick colors or a theme first and let the rest take off from there! Love that bunting on the mason jars, super cute.
I run to the store and get matching plates and such and decorate as quickly a I can. I love all your ideas!
Yet another great idea from you, and one that can be flipped to go with so many themes!
I love setting up parties. Taking them down? ...not so much..hehe .... Love the adorable banners on the jars!
Those are great tips! I love throwing parties and love that Glad makes cleanup easy!
I LOVE those decorations! So pretty!
I just love this! A pretty pink party that's easy to do? Yes please!!!
What a great party idea and for 1 hour that is awesome to pull off all that fun decor!! I am a person who likes an easy cleanup so plastic plates and silverware it is 🙂
In recent years, I've really had to scale back on party preparation. I tend to get carried away, but there's just no time for that now! And easy clean-up tips are the best. Clean-up is something nobody wants to do!
That's super cute. Wow that you did all that in an hour. I'm impressed.
I think you can put almost anything in a jelly jar and make it look cool!
LOVE the drinks! Especially the banner around the tops!
I'm throwing an sleepover birthday party tonight. I may need to use some of your tips! Thanks!
Such great, simple ideas! I love goody bags, too!
Great tips-especially the drink tips. I have a party tomorrow that I have to throw together!
LOL! That would be awesome if these guys just came over to crash one of our parties like that! So funny!
It is amazing what touches you can add to a party in little time and for not a lot of money. IF you get a chance love for you to share this craft on our FRiday Frenzy Party.
You are super organized and that is why you could do it under and hour!!! Such cute ideas! Love them. And Glad trash bags too.
great tips I love the drink ones, but you are right it is always good to have a trash can close at least for kid birthdays!
That is my kind of party planning. Your cups are absolutely adorable, love the colors.
Glad is the only brand I trust to hold party trash. All the other brands just rip open and spill trash everywhere!
How adorable is that glass bunting? I love having parties, but they are usually last minute ones that I don't think of decorating. These are some GREAT ideas for a hurry!
When I have a party, I make EVERYTHING disposable. Even the serving trays (dollar store) at the end of the night. everything goes in the trash! Easy clean up!
I am so loving your pink party theme. I always dread the cleanup after a party, but having Glad trash bags on hand is always a big help.
I love those jelly jar glasses! Cute!
The idea for the goody bags is really cute. I like how they match the rest of the decorations.
I Love Glad & Party Wise I ALWAYs Plenty Of Trash Barrels Around So Everyone Throw Theor Trash In There It Just Makes Life A Little Easier!
Love the little bunting on the glasses! Great idea.
These are such cute and easy ideas! Thank you - especially need some of these towards the end of school for those class parties to amp up the plain decor a bit without spending all day doing it. Thank you for the tips!
Now that I am a mom, the only parties I throw are kidlet parties. I am having a major Pokemon bash in August for their birthdays, so at least the decor should be easy.
Awww a Pokeman bash sounds like loads of fun! I have a felling you'll nail it 😉