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  • Board Game-A-Thon Party: Scoreboard (Web Exclusive)
  • From "Weekend Entertaining"
    episode WKE-101
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    Make this scoreboard for your game board party.

    Materials:

    White foam core
    Black electrical tape
    Primary colored wrapping paper
    Letter stencils
    Colored paper
    Primary colored round stickers
    Spray adhesive
    Scissors
    Black sharpie

    1. Print the team names on the colored paper.

    2. Cut out the letters for the title out of the wrapping paper (we named ours BOARD-GAME-A-THON.)

    3. Adhere the paper and the letters to the foam core with the spray adhesive.

    4. Make a grid from the electrical tape to keep the score.

    5. Use the primary color stickers to keep the team scores.

    Party Flow

    An important part to any party is the flow. The foyer or entry way would be a good place to put the scrabble mat.

    You will probably need to move furniture around to accommodate everyone.

    Event Planner, Diann Valentine, says the key to great space for a party in your home is to make sure that you create opportunities for your event to flow. For example, one room could be used for cocktails, another room used for dinner and a third room for after dinner desserts.

    Hourly breakdown:
    Total prep time -- 15 hours

    3 hours -- shopping
    4 hours -- invitations
    3 hours -- tiles and game mat
    3 hours -- food
    2 hour -- setting up buffet/arranging furniture

    15 hours total


    RESOURCES :
    Board Games
    Model: 0887407250
    Author: Desi Scarpone

    To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.


    Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
    Atglen, PA 19310
    Phone: 610-593-1777
    Fax: 610-593-2002
    Email: schifferbk@aol.com

    Board Games and Toys (Mattel, Cranium Games and Hasbro Information)


    Mattel, Inc.
    El Segundo, CA 90245
    Phone: 310-252-6190
    Website: www.mattel.com

    Complete Idiot's Guide to Throwing a Great Party
    Model: 002863974X
    Author: Patty Sachs and Phyllis Cambria
    (October, 2000)

    To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.


    Macmillan / Alpha Books
    Website: www.macmillan.com

    Nancy Silverton's Sandwich Book: The Best Sandwiches Ever -- From Thursday Nights to Campanile
    Model: 0375412603
    Author: Nancy Silverton
    (October, 2002)

    To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.


    Random House (Alfred A. Knopf Inc., Villard Books, Times Books, Shambhala Publications, Ballantine B
    Westminster, MD 21157
    Phone: 410-848-1900
    Fax: 800-659-2436
    Email: customerservice@randomhouse.com

    Sophisticated Entertaining: Spirited Food for Grown-Up Parties
    1557883459
    Jeanne Benedict
    (October, 2000)
    To order this title from Amazon, click here.
    HP Books


    GUESTS :

    Diann Valentine
    Event Producer
    D.R. Valentine and Associates, Inc.
    650 S. Raymond Ave.
    Pasadena, CA 91105
    Phone: 626-395-0346
    Fax: 626-395-0649
    Website: www.drvalentine.net

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