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A Party411.com Corporate Event Theme Party

Ideas, Invitations, Party Supplies, Games and More For Your Corporate Event

Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball

They don't call it the Big Easy for nothing! If your next corporate event calls for mega fun, creating the sights and sounds of Mardi Gras is big and easy! Picture if you will…your guests celebrating in the streets of the French Quarter…Bourbon Street…colorful masks and elegant costumes…aromatic spicy Cajun cuisine wafting through the air…the dizzying beat of New Orleans jazz…strands of sparkling beaded necklaces and coins everywhere. Not just for Fat Tuesday (which falls on February 5th this year) anymore, Mardi Gras can be a wildly spectacular event celebrated any time of the year!

Mardi Gras Invitations

Imagine their delight when your employees and guests receive elegant feather-trimmed black mask invitations to the gala event of the year—Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball! Or choose festive Mardi Gras confetti invitation. Better yet, use a personalized Mardi Gras invitation from Party411.com for your event! Make sure to let guests know to come dressed in their most elegant costumes and get-ups—with masks. If you're going to have a costume parade and judging (this always brings out creativity and competitive natures), include it on the invitation as well. This is a fun way to see those you work with show off their creative talents.

Party Decorations

Welcome guests to the French Quarter through magnificent archways and columns and greet them with the sounds of a Dixieland jazz band playing in the background. If you can't afford a DJ or live band, check out the N'awleans sound CD.

Purple, green, and gold are the traditional colors of Mardi Gras display them throughout the party room(s). Add a festive glow to your corporate party with flamboyantly colored masks colorful jazz player murals, Mardi Gras street signs, balloons and mask swirls suspended from the ceiling. Hang Mardi Gras must-haves like feather boas and Mardi Gras beads and coins around mirrors.  

There's a huge selection of hats and masks to choose from. Make sure you have plenty of beads, hats and masks on hand for your guests to wear. Mix and match decorations or order Mardi Gras decorating kits.

The French Quarter wouldn't be as easy, and sleazy and fun without a Tattoo Parlor. There are great companies that provide Henna and Airbrush tattoos. Check Google for your local listings. Jazz up the music area or dance floor with Jazz player standups.

Get the entire office involved in decorating their department. Great for teambuilding! Provide Mardi Gras decorations for every employee. Then hold a contest to see, which department can turn their office into a true Mardi Gras haven.

For more great ideas, visit Mardi Gras Decorations and Party Supplies

Tables

Create the French Quarter at each table.  Decorate each activity center or food area with custom-created themed signs by Party411. For example, title the fortune-telling area “Voodoo You Love.” and decorate with Mardi Gras mambo.  Have the beverage area be “Bourbon Street” and the buffet area “Cajun Kingdom.” 

Decorate the food and beverage area with Mardi Gras Ribbon Columns, perfect for photos.  Set up a photo-op area titled “Big Cheeezy” with lots of masks and balloons.  For each sign used include the name of your company or logo.  So you could have “Smith Bank Voodoo You Love”  or “Smith Bank Bourbon Street.” 

With a large crowd, you'll want to have assigned seating. Let Party411 create custom seating cards to coordinate with your invitations and décor . Colorful whistles on chains, Mardi Gras Glow Necklaces, maracas and mini tambourines all make fun additions to your seating cards. Your guests will enjoy adding to the celebratory sights and sounds of the evening! Another sure bet for a sweet evening is a Mardi Gras Candy Bar Wrapper equipped with your company logo. DeeeeLish!

Set the table with Metallic garland in to make beautiful table trimmings when set on purple, green, and or gold linens! Top the tables with gold paper products or gilded china and the rooms will sparkle! Beaded wrist bracelets double as napkin rings. Cover all the tables with lots of colorful beads, coin necklaces and Mardi Gras confetti.

Centerpieces

Mardi Gras offers creative and lively centerpiece ideas. One of my favorites is to create a large bouquet of feathered and sequined masks. (Make sure there are enough at each table for everyone to have one.) Wrap cylinders in multi-colored beads. Add the stick masks and fill containers with Mardi Gras noisemakers, whistles, mini tambourines, glow necklaces and other fun stuff. Then top off the centerpieces will balloon clusters in purple, gold and green plus one large mask balloon in the center for height. Add a few Mardi Gras candles at the base and? Wow! You can also buy some great ready-made Mardi Gras Mask Centerpieces.

Menu

Can't you just smell the zesty spices of the traditional New Orleans cuisine? Go Cajun! From Crawfish Étoufée to Seafood Gumbo or Jumbo Shrimp and Cajun fries, your guests will be begging for more. M-m-m-m-m, Great! You can also check out www.foodtv.com and see what Emeril, the king of New Orleans himself, has to say about Cajun and Creole cuisine. And last but not least a King Cake for dessert! And finally, it's not a Mardi Gras party without Pat O'Brien's Hurricane Mix.

Activities

There are so many exciting activities you can plan, so pick and choose depending on your budget. Here are a few fun things your guests can do to while away the evening:

Have a costume parade and contest! Whoever has the most elaborate and creative costume is the winner!

All dressed up and ta-daaa! Capture it on film. Your guests will love a chance to strike a pose. [If there's room in the budget, having disposable cameras on the table will give guests a chance to get to know their tablemates and have fun taking pictures.

Another fun game that you can play is "Hidden Treasure." Divide everyone into two teams, and have a treasure hunt for gold Doubloons. You can hide a bunch of stuff with or without giving the teams clues as to the whereabouts of the "treasure." The team that finds the most "treasure" wins a prize!

Fortune Tellers, Tattoo artists, strolling magicians and/or musicians. It's all up to you. Just about anything goes on Bourbon Street!

Don't forget to check out these Mardi Gras games.

Party Favors/Prizes

• Mardi Gras Custom Candy Bar Wrapper (chocolate bar included)

• Mardi Gras Tambourines

• Mini Neon Tambourines

• Mardi Gras Lights 

• Chocolate Doubloons are always a nice treat for your guests to take home.

• Hand out different colored beaded necklaces and masks, a fun way for guests to remember their time in the French Quarter.

If you want to go all out why not serve up a traditional New Orleans drink, the Pat O'Briens hurricane in an authentic Pat O's glass that they can take home as a memento of your unforgettable event.

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