How to host a good house party?

So after about 2 years of begging my parents have finally given in to allowing me to have a house party for my 17th birthday. They have said I am allowed the kitchen, the dining room, the downstairs toilet, hallway and the garden. I am not sure on numbers but I am thinking around 30? I won't be providing alcohol, but will provide snacks and soft drinks/mixers. Is there any major dos or don't's for these parties? 3 friends will be sleeping over and we will mostly clear up on the night and any excess the following morning. Do I decorate ? How much in advance should I invite people?

Thanks

I'd say to create an event on facebook and invite the people there. Then you'd have an idea of how many people are going to turn up and they can also contact you if anything happens or if they want to ask something. I've been joint host to a lot of house parties and i feel like it works easier this way as for decorating, I would only do it if there was a theme to the party... Just lay down a few rules though like make sure everyone has had something to eat so they dont throw up everywhere and if they do throw up then make sure they know where the cleaning stuff is also, make sure there's water handy just incase some people get too paraletic, and yeah... other than that, just make sure you have lots of music and dont drink too much yourself as you'll be cleaning up after :P have fun!

Supply alcohol


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Thanks !!!! I wasn't going to decorate big time but was thinking about maybe some outside fairy lights or something?

Lots of food. Cake specifically. And invite me.

Invite people a few weeks in advance so they don't make other plans. Don't leave it last minute. Make sure they know they can't sleep over.

Yeah, if its outside then that would be great! If you have a gazebo and lots of deck chairs/garden chairs that would be good too as sometimes people just want to talk later into the night and it'll be a nice place for them to do it, instead of people stood around in groups in your kitchen :P and to be honest i dont think you should supply alcohol because not only is it expensive to supply that for 30 people but you're already giving them a place to have a good time and you're providing food for them too. Ive never been to a party where they've supplied alcohol either, although one of the one's ive hosted (which was a halloween one) we did have a punch bowl with lemonade and vodka (not too much) and people really liked that. I also put a bit of red food colouring since it was halloween, so it went with the 'blood' theme haha, but yeah... I agree with you not providing alcohol

If there's no alcohol then it'll be a pretty boring house party

Everyone brings their own.

Can't believe no one has mentioned it but GET GOOD SPEAKERS! I can't stress how much difference good music can make to a party. A party with no music or **** music is going to be crap.

Prepare some drinking games (ring of fire, etc etc) when there are only a couple of people to get people drinking.

Don't supply booze. People will steal from others anyway.

Some light snacks would be good actually

Do you not have any friends who are 18?

Alcohol and weed
At least according to my friends who drink and have many house parties

I will probably invite a few in the year above, but my birthday is next month so I'm not sure if any of them will have turned 18 yet, at all the parties I've been to everyone just brings their own alcohol