My brother passed away in January, so we are throwing a party to celebrate him and his influence on our lives. He was young so the guest list consist's or people in their 20's-30's. I would like it to be a happy event and I need activity ideas.
2007-05-13 15:52:32 · 6 answers · asked by Annie C 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
Im so sorry about your brother.......I lost my sister in January also and it has been a hard time. Your party sounds great. I have actually thought of this and a couple of ideas I had were:
*have everyone give you fun pics of them and your brother and make a slide show to watch.
*make a mixed cd of all his favorite tunes....give everyone a copy and make a custom label with his name "____s Faves etc
*let the menu be all his favorite foods
*have everyone write messages and tie them to balloons and release them
Let me know what you come up with I am going to do this for my sis too....she was only 36
2007-05-13 15:59:36 · answer #1 · answered by txpuddinpie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you wnt to keep the energy level up and can play outside, why not do a game of touch football or some other sport he liked? Or if he liked cooking, do an iron chef type thing with one of his favorite ingredients. Or if he was into music, hire a cover band to perform his favorite songs or get a kereoke machine and print copies of the lyrics to some great somgs so everyone can sing together. Or do a bonfire on the beach. Keeping people active and interacting will keep the happy level up.
I'm sorry about your brother - this is a great idea :)
You could also honor his memory by making it a fundraiser for a charity he would appreciate. A walk a thon, a hot dog eating contest, etc. If you contact a charity you know of they might help you with easily putting it together.
2007-05-13 23:25:05 · answer #2 · answered by imnotachickenyoureaturkey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brother died 10 years ago when he was 19, we all had a bloody good party at the wake, with booming drum and bass music and plenty to drink, just the way he would have liked it. We kept the emotional bits to a minimum by saying a few words at the start to encourage everyone to remember the good things, we wanted everybody to enjoy themselves and not get too depressed. It makes the photographs much better too look at and reminisce.
It depends on what type of person your brother was, just have a party that he would have loved to be at and imagine him enjoying himself with everyone there.
For activities you could maybe have the party outside and light a bonfire big enough to burn all night for people to dance around. Balloon releases are a good idea or a collection with proceeds going to his favourite charity.
2007-05-14 05:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by eclipsed2908 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend passed away in Sept. 2006 and her sister threw a celebration for her birthday in Mar. 2007.
My friend was an awesome baker so her daughter's prepared some of her recipes and had the guests sample them. We told stories about how she would crack us up and just what we remembered best about her.
They passed out a book with her recipes and we watched a DVD with some of her photos.
I miss her with all of my heart but it was a good experience and we all will remember her celebration. Oh, at the end we all had a choice of keeping something of hers (household decorations, jewelry, knick-knacks) and they played all of her favorite music.
If your brother had a hobby or activity that he enjoyed, then theme the party with that.
I'm sorry for your loss but I'm a Christian and believe we will be reunited.
2007-05-13 23:04:32 · answer #4 · answered by CUrias 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am very sorry to hear about your brother's transition. My condolensces to you and your family. During one "Celebration of Life" I attended there was a ceremonial releasing of hundreds of helium balloons at the end of the day. We also listened to my friend's favorite music, drank Jack Daniels (his favorite), and talked about what his presence in our lives did for us. I'm not sure that you need to plan formal activities for guests to participate in, but something else you might want to consider is to have a tree, plant, bench, etc. dedicated to your brother in your favorite park or area. During the dedication, people can talk about how much your brother meant to them and afterwards, continue at his favorite drinking hole or restaurant. You can also try going to a miniature golf place where they also have go-carts and create "races" etc. Good luck and God Bless!
2007-05-14 00:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by JennyP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since it's a celebration, you could tell some stories about the love he made you all feel. Tell about memories you have of him and what you loved about him.
Everyone could also bring copies of pictures and make a photo album about him.
I hope you have fun at your celebration!
2007-05-13 23:00:09 · answer #6 · answered by Katiekay 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋