Homemade Casino Party Invitations

Casino party invitations are a necessity at any casino night that you will be hosting. However, buying invitations and sending them out can be expensive. The more cost effective method is to create or make your own homemade casino party invitations.

There are many different ways to make invitations of all shapes, sizes and decorations. Here are few ideas that we think would make good invitations.

1) Stick with the casino theme by picking something that is relevant to a casino: Roulette wheel, blackjack, slot machines, etc...

2) Construction paper (for rigidity) to cut out whatever shape you are looking for. A roulette wheel round, blackjack would be square with Jack on one side and ace on the other, etc...

3) Print out the directions, instructions and details on another sheet of paper

4) Glue details from (3) to cut-out shape from (2).

And done. A simple and effective method to make casino party invitations. Obviously, we've created a simple version, however, you can make it as fancy or simple as you'd like. Remember that black, red, spades, diamonds, hearts and clubs are great on any casino party invitation! You can also include a small amount of fake money in your invitation to set the mood for the party early!

Casino Night Party Favors

Casino Night Parties are a great party for any occasion be it Birthdays, New Years Eve or even corporate parties. At some parties you like to give party favors to your guests as either a parting gift, part of the decorations that they can take later or even as little prizes!

Your party favors are normally sort of 'goodie bag' where you can put the party favor, a few candies and maybe some fake money from the evening. The whole goodie bag should be relatively inexpensive with your party favor only costing a few dollars. You also want to ensure that your party favor is a good memory of the evening. You can buy lots of different party favors with a casino theme and personalized writing on the item.

A few items of suggestion are casino chip keytag, Vegas beer mug or Mint Tin. ShindigZ.com - the World's Largest Party Superstore has these casino party favors and more!

The second thing to take into consideration when buying your casino party favor is the purpose of the favor. You can buy a favor as a parting gift, part of the decorations, as a little prize or even as part of the casino games itself.

Parting Gift - If you're looking for a casino favor as a parting gift then the Mint Tin or a Casino Photo Album would be good ideas.

Part of the decorations - In this case you can consider
Personalized Poker Chips.

As little prizes - Casino party keychains are perfect as they are a simple and useful souvenir for your guests.

Part of the casino game itself -
Flashing Dice are a good gift as it will encourage them to play craps!

Whatever casino party favor you choose be sure that it's simple, relatively inexpensive and is personalized with something about your casino night on the item!

Casino Night Party Prizes

Casino party nights are always a fun time, however, the best casino nights are ones where you can win prizes! No, we're not talking about gambling for real money. The idea is that you simply give everyone the same amount of fake money at the start of the night. They get until whatever time (usually around 1am) to win as much as possible.

There are a few ways to give out prizes to your guests. Here are three ideas that we've found to work great at all the casino night parties we've attended.

Random Draw - You can put everyone's name into a hat and draw a random prize. This works great for those gamblers who've lost all their money!

Loser Draw - For those gamblers who have lost all of their money. They must have zero dollars to get a ticket for the draw. Of course, it's best NOT to tell people about this draw until later in the evening. Plus if you tell people later in the night they are more willing to bet it all!

Winner's Draw - The winners draw you simply set a 'price' for the tickets to the draw. People can then purchase the tickets with their money. This works great if you have multiple prizes as your guests can then throw their tickets into whatever prize they want to win!

These are three great ways to give out prizes to your guests. The prizes can range from a simple party favor to something bigger like an IPod. If you're hosting a casino night for a graduation or birthday consider getting prize donations for the party!

Paper Invitations To A Casino Themed Party Night

When sending out invitations to your casino night you have two options online invitations or paper invitations. Although online invitations are great because they are faster and don't cause harm to the environment they also have drawbacks that paper invitations overcome.

Paper Invitations are great because they are usually delivered directly to your guests door. This makes it much harder for someone to ignore or simply delete the invitation. As well, the paper invitation really shows the effort and work that is going into this party. This makes your guests take the party a little more seriously. So if you put on the invitation "appropriate attire is necessary" they are sure to take this more seriously.

Here are some sources for paper invitations that you may consider

ShindigZ.com - the World's Largest Party Superstore - They have a wide range of party invitations and some specific to casino themed parties!

Vista Print - They have a wide range of customizable party invitations.

If you have the time and money definitely consider sending out paper invitations to your casino themed party. Your guests will definitely comment on them and see how much work you are putting into this party thus making the night extra special!

Las Vegas Themed Party Decorations

Casino themed parties have been around for many years and have always been fun. However, the new trend in casino parties is to have a Las Vegas Themed Party.

What's the difference you ask?

Think Vegas. Less casino more glitz and glamour!

As most of us know everything is bigger and better in Las Vegas. That's the point of a Las Vegas Themed Party. You want to bring out
the Sin City in your party which includes Alcohol, Gambling and Entertainment. Not really the best combination for a dry-grad but great for a 21st, 30th or 50th birthday especially if the guest of honor loves Vegas!

So when hosting a Las Vegas themed party you obviously need to decorate your house like Vegas. Here are a few suggestions to make the night unleashed!

Bright Lights

Vegas is known for bright lights. Although, you don't want all your lights on in the house it's always a fun idea to have a neon light of some sort to really brighten the room. At the very least a spotlight (or something of that nature) should be setup in your rooms to set the mood.

Vegas Sized Banners
You can order large and customized banner at ShindigZ.com - the World's Largest Party Superstore. You can even order a banner that looks like the Vegas sign (click on the image to get more information).

Rocking Casino
All the popular casino's in Vegas are packed and everyone is having fun. This should be your main goal of your party. Be sure that everyone has enough money, you have enough games and that everyone is having a great time!
Las Vegas Memorabilia
To really drive the point home about this being a Vegas party you can buy Las Vegas Clay chips for your poker, blackjack and craps tables. They aren't super expensive (~$40-$100) and can double as a door prize or party favor!

Guests Dressed The Part
The final piece of the puzzle is when sending out invitations be sure to mention that it's Vegas style casino party and appropriate attire is required. If you receive questions about this then tell them they can dress anywhere from a broke gambler to a night showgirl. People can dress as they wish and it'll bring out the fun in them!

Instead of throwing the usual casino themed party try a Las Vegas Themed Party. It'll surely be a hit with all your guests!

Casino Party Game Felts - Blackjack, Craps and Roulette

When hosting a casino themed party night you will a few main things for your party. Besides guests, good fun and some casino games you will also want good party decorations and plenty of competent dealers. What's great is that when you're decorating you can also have your casino games incorporated into the decorations. How you may ask? Using casino felts.

Casino game felts are simply a mock-up of the real casino game. Simply put these are table cloths (made out of felt) with the game instructions on each felt. They not only make your 'casino' look realistic but also feel realistic as the felt feel like the genuine thing.

When decorating a casino felt you have two options Creating Your Own or Buying one

Creating Your Own

You can definitely create your own casino game felt. You will need

• A piece of felt the size of the table (preferably green)available from most
  fabric store.

• Black Felt Marker
• Black Electrical Tape
• Table layout for whatever game you are making

You simply use the black felt marker or black electrical tape to create the table layout of choice. If using a black felt marker be sure to pick a permanent and non-smelly marker. You will also need to tape the table cloth to the table to ensure that it isn't sliding all over for the evening.

Creating your own casino game felt is recommended only for Blackjack and War. These games are simple enough that you can "get away with it" or that it will be "good enough". If you want something more authentic or a different game than blackjack and war your option is ...

Buying A Casino Game Layout

You can also purchase a casino game felt. These felts come for Blackjack, Roulette, and Craps. They look and feel just like a real casino and are the perfect accompaniment to any casino party.

Casino Themed Online Invitations

Sending invitations to your guests can really set the mood of the party in advance. Be sure that when you're sending your invitations to pick a casino themed invitation. Also, make sure to include the place, time, dress code and any other pertinent information.

There are lots of online invitation sites on the internet. Here are few that you should consider.

Evite - Evite is the number one source for online invitations. They have 10 different casino themed invitations to choose from and you can see them all here. Evite is great because lots of people already have used evite so it won't be something completely foreign to them.

Purple Train - Purple Train is the number one source for "ad free" online invitations.

Online invitations are great because you aren't causing any damage to the earth by sending out these invitations. however, they aren't as formal and people often just pass it over in there inbox. A paper invitation on the other hand arrives directly to their mailbox and it is much easier to gloss over it. If you are looking for a paper party invitation then Vista Print has good casino party invitations at a very reasonable cost.

Casino Bar - How To Run A Bar For A Casino Themed Party

Almost every casino in the world has some sort of bar or bar service at the casino. Your casino themed party should be no different and here is a great way to make the bar an activity in itself.

Running a casino bar at your casino party can actually be quite a bit of fun. Simply take the alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks and put them behind the bar. If you don't have a bar then take a room or corner of a room place the drinks behind that and a table in the front. Then assign shifts as the bartender to people who volunteer to help out with your casino night.

Your guests can 'buy' drink with their casino chips or winnings. This is great way to involve those people who don't enjoy gambling as they can still use their 'money' to buy drinks. It is also great because people will take the 'fake money' more seriously as they can actually use the money to buy drinks.

If you are planning on doing this casino bar it is much easier if you provide the alcohol. A few suggestions to ensure that this doesn't cost you too much.

• Tell people that small donations are accepted for drinks.
• Assign specific types of alcohol's to people coming to the party.
• Ensure that everyone doesn't drink and drive

When running your casino themed party try adding this 'cash' bar to your party. You will find that it's fun and interactive. Don't be surprised if you hear someone begging for some money from a friend for a drink.

Casino Theme Party Ideas

Holding a casino themed party is a great way to celebrate any occasion be it Birthday, anniversary or graduation. The great thing about the casino themed party is that it is a very interactive evening and allows guests to mingle freely. You'll often find that your friends will meet many new people during the evening as they were both playing at the same roulette or blackjack table.

Here are a few ideas to make your casino themed party a success.

Interactive Casino Games
One of the key elements to a casino themed party is to have everyone interact. Therefore, it's always a good idea to have interactive games that everyone will enjoy playing while visiting with others. To that extent, we recommend only having a single texas hold'em poker table. Poker is a fun game that everyone knows and enjoys, however, it isn't super social or interactive. If you have too many poker tables you'll find that everyone will get quite serious. This is the not the ambiance that you want at your party.

Non-Gambling Activities
It is also good to have non-gambling related games at your casino party. These games can provided a fun alternative to those who don't like or do not gamble. Some suggestions of non-gambling games are karaoke, rockband, bingo, a photo booth or even a silly pin the jack on the ace (like pin the tail on the donkey but with a jack and ace).

Prizes
Another great idea for your casino themed party is allow people to spend their fake money on tickets. The tickets will allow them to be entered into a prize draw for certain prizes. This works really well if you have multiple prizes so your guests can determine which prize they want to try and win. This becomes part of the entertainment itself!

Hopefully these simple ideas for your casino theme party can help you plan the best party ever. Remember that the whole idea of your party is for everyone to have a good time.

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