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When everyone else was busy planning their Super Bowl parties, I was prepping for my Oscar bash happening a few weeks later. Well, that weekend is finally here, and even though I am getting sick as we speak, I am still going to pull off my party like a champ!
If you’re planning to have some friends come over for the Academy Awards on Sunday night, there are a few ways that you can liven up the festivities. At the most basic level, you should have everyone fill out a ballot and make their picks for the 2013 winners.
However, there are a few other ways to get everyone in the Oscar spirit even more. Check out some tips for fun additions you can make to your Oscar party – and they are all pretty easy, so I’m sure you can put them in action before Sunday. Happy Oscars!
Prizes, Prizes, Prizes!
Hey, it's an awards show, after all! You can get prizes yourself or see if everyone can chip in a couple bucks to get some cool ones, like movie tickets or DVDs. It just makes the competition of picking winners that much more fun for everyone. Plus, you can always assign prizes to some of the other party ideas in this gallery (so keep reading!). Source: Shutterstock.comDress The Part
There's a few ways to do style for your party. You can simply ask people to dress fancy or you can tell people to dress like their favorite past Oscar outfit. For a real challenge, pick an actor who has attended multiple years (like Kate Winslet). Then, assign each guest a different year, and they need to base their outfit on the actor's fashion from that year's Academy Awards. See who can put together the best twist on their assigned outfit! Source: Starbux / WENN.comFilm-Specific Food
My professor back in college actually introduced me to the idea of having themed dishes around each of the nominees. Just so you don't have to spend all day preparing food, ask each of your guests to also base a dish around one of this year's movies. That way, you get a whole variety of creative snacks with an Oscar theme! Source: Shutterstock.comMovie Trivia Madness
This makes a great pre-show activity that you can take this in a couple directions. You can do straight up past Oscar trivia or make it specific to this year's ceremony. IMDb.com usually has pretty extensive trivia pages for movies, so collect a bunch of questions and challenge your guests to see who is the most in the know when it comes to movies. Source: Shutterstock.comOscar Bingo
Keep everyone focused by having bingo at your party. A lot of websites will make their own boards that you can download, but you can also make your own with things to look out for on the red carpet or during the show. They can be general (someone gets a standing ovation) or more specific (so-and-so wears a green dress). Just be sure to vary up the boxes so not everyone gets the same card (I may have made that mistake before). See who can get 5 in a row first! Source: Shutterstock.comAcceptance Speech Showdown
Invite guests to write their own acceptance speech for whatever category they dream of winning. Give everyone about one minute to perform their speech (and if they run long, play them off!) to see who can pull off the best excited/grateful/crying performance. Whoever wins this may not get an Oscar, but they probably should get a prize. Source: Shutterstock.comPlay Six Degrees Of Nominees
You've heard of the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, right? Basically everyone is connected through links of other people. For this game, list out all the nominees and put them in a bowl. Have someone draw out two at random, and see who can link those actors the fastest. No using Google though! Source: B.Dowling/WENN.comMake Future Predictions
It's fun to go back a few months and see what movies people thought were sure to win Oscars. If you're planning on having this party annually, after the show have everyone make picks for NEXT year. There's not a whole lot to base it on besides movies you know are coming out, but it'll make a fun surprise to break out those picks at next year's party and see if anyone was close at all. Source: Shutterstock.comWill you be throwing or attending an Oscar party this year? Do you have any Academy Awards traditions? Who or what are you hoping get crowned winners during Sunday’s show? Tell us in the comments!
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