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In the past couple of years I have attended many themed parties, including but not limited to: monthly Dapper Dinners, Deep Sea vs. Deep Space, Flora vs. Fauna, Muppets vs. There are many ways to be an active participant in a themed party world, ya know? Being a participant at a themed party is often a job all by itself, but what about the brave and magical humans who host these themed parties?

How do they do it? Perhaps this has got you thinking: Could I do it? The first step is very exciting: you get to choose your theme! What do you want to focus on at this particular party? If coziness is important to you, maybe you want to make your event a pajama slumber party.

Example: Cats. Also: Candy.

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Also: Naked Queers Jello Wrestling. A good idea is to get out of your head and just grab a theme that feels good and fun to you and run with it, because you can always choose another theme for your next party. IRL Themed Party! Dapper Dinners: The theme is to dress in whatever makes a person feel fancy, powerful, pretty, sexy, etc.

Pro tip: Create a recurring event that people will start to anticipate and look forward to every month. Photos and caption by Torre McGee. Sometimes a Facebook invite is the way gay go, sometimes you want to hand deliver the invitations you made using gel pens and glitter stickers.

Carly and Robin have been known to friend video invitations for their parties. In lieu of trained ravens, Magda Janczak, another Expert Themed Party Host and Autostraddle Reader based in Los Angeles, threw an epic Harry Potter themed birthday party one year and sent her guests balloon owls with hand-crafted Hogwarts acceptance letters.

Whatever you do, use your invitation as a means to introduce the theme. Top: Still from a party invite Carly and Robin sent to their guests for an epic Halloween party. Bottom: A perfect graphic made by Sarah Sarwar. Feel free to print out the bottom image and use it as the invitation for your next GAY party!

Decorations are a really good way to elevate the atmosphere of your party. The whole point of a themed party is to make people feel like they are in an entirely different world for just one for, and as the host, you are guiding them through this world. Magda recommends turning an eye to detail for this step.