A New Product and a New Contest: What to Do Pad from WhoMi
You know what I dislike most about party planning? Keeping track of all that needs to be done. I’m not an organized person so you can imagine how little scraps of paper with phone numbers and shopping lists get lost. That’s why I love this What to Do Pad from WhoMi. Featuring separate pads on the same page, party planners can see at a glance what needs to be bought, who needs to be called, and what actions will need to be taken. There’s not going through different notebook pages, there’s no hunting up Post It’s that fell to the ground, it’s one notebook featuring three pads. Get a closer look by viewing the video product review below:
Do you like the What to Do Pad? I have five to give away! Tell me about an interesting or unusual party idea in the comments and I’ll enter your name to be chosen at random. It can be a theme, a decoration or any unique aspect of party planning. You have until April 20th, 2008.
Thanks for playing!
- Deb
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79 opinions for A New Product and a New Contest: What to Do Pad from WhoMi
dh
Apr 9, 2008 at 12:30 pm
When we had summer parties, we would use water balloons to play musical chairs. You had to sit in the chair and pop the water balloon in order to get to the next round. The kids loved it .
Marijke
Apr 9, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I”ve mostly only organized children’s parties for my three, but one hit for all three was the fishing game.
Before the party, we hid candies and treats throughout the room. Then, I took a big box and decorated the outside with a fishing theme. Using a stick, rope and a clothes pin, we made a fishing rod. Finally, I cut out a bunch of underwater shapes (fish, octopus, rubber boots :-) and wrote clues on them. The kids would line up to “fish” and behind the box we would attach one of the fish or the rubber boot to their “hook.” The rubber boots were “try again” but the others told them where to look for their prize. They loved it.
Oh - and my daughter had a princess theme party once. I bought “champagne” glasses at the dollar store that they used. After their tea party dinner, we cleaned out the glasses, filled them with candy necklaces and treasures, wrapped them in tulle and those were their loot bags. It was a huge hit too.
Diane
Apr 9, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Is that your voice in the video!? How nice to actually “hear” you after all these years of “talking” to you online! :)
BTW, good job on taking your blog posts to the next level. I have a digital video cam, and never thought about it! I sure will now, though…
Diane
RLD: Taekwondo Happiness
Apr 9, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Love the pad, Deb!
My friends and I enjoy snarky themed parties - the best one that we’ve come up with is a Communist Party (the celebration kind of party, not political). Some examples of what we did: we made all party-goers dress in gray and nominated the hostess as dictator. With a little creativity (and minor amounts of political knowledge), a person can come up with interesting communism-themed activities and games. We had a huge party and it was a blast!
Deborah
Apr 9, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Hi Diane,
It’s nice to see you after a year away from the blogosphere. That is indeed my voice. It took a while to work up the nerve. I don’t have the nerve to show my face yet but we’ll see.
Bunny
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:15 am
Well, my husband and I love sushi, so we had a Sushi Party. It’s loads of fun! You buy all the ingredients for the handrolls, like seaweed, sushi rice, crabstick, roe, mayo, wasabi, etc. Then you and your guests will make your own rolls. It’s yummy! And have bottomless miso soup. Fun party!
Louise Brouillette
Apr 12, 2008 at 7:37 am
I really don’t have a theme to share….just good food, good wine, good friends
susan varney
Apr 12, 2008 at 9:54 am
a crowns and tiaras party for all the nobility out there
Roseann Kies
Apr 12, 2008 at 9:58 am
Great gift idea!
Shannon Baas
Apr 12, 2008 at 10:11 am
Pinatas are always fun, but when 4 year old had one at her party, the men ended up having to break it as the strings didn’t work and none of the kids was having any luck.
Amira
Apr 12, 2008 at 10:32 am
it depends on the group, but its fun to pull out the nintendo wii and get those who have never played addicted :). its fun at any party!
Michele Dipert
Apr 12, 2008 at 12:41 pm
We held a formal “Monte Carlo” night party and had lot’s card games available like Texas Hold em’ and Blackjack. At the end of the night you cashed in your play money for raffle tickets. The more money you won - the more raffle tickets were in the drum for a drawing. At that point we had a huge raffle and gave away many prizes like an i-pod.
Margaret Smith
Apr 12, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Thanks so much for this giveaway. My husbands 50th is coming up and we’re planning a surprise party for him. We’re doing the party in a “Smurf” theme. As a child he loved the Smurfs and right now we’re trying to get Smurf memoribilla together to give him a great party.
Thanks so much for this giveaway.
Julie Ford
Apr 12, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Bunco night with the neighborhood women can get pretty interesting, especially if prizes are invovled!!
Deborah
Apr 12, 2008 at 5:13 pm
@Julie Ford - I hear Bunco is so much fun. I’ve been wanting to learn and play.
mon
Apr 12, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Once a month we hold a scary movie night, simply stated we invite our friends over, have some snacks and a scary movie qued up to view (anything from an old silent like “phantom of the opera” the a newer one like 28 days later.
Catherine copeland
Apr 12, 2008 at 8:25 pm
We’ve tried to teach our little ones the joy of giving by making the parties about giving to those in need rather than personal greed. For example, this year Trent chose the local animal shelter and each guest brought some dog or cat food to contribute to the shelter.
Naomi
Apr 12, 2008 at 9:41 pm
We used to hold a weekly alphabet potluck. The first one was A and everything had to have some connection to A… asparagus, absinthe, etc. Q was hard, as I recall!
Cindi
Apr 12, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Our family has a very special party coming this July! My dad will turn 90 years young. We are having a family party to celebrate this special occasion. Your What To Do Pad would immensely help my sister and
me plan his to-do! Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks…..Cindi
Noreen
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:20 am
last year we had a bubbles and hula hoop party for my 2 year old (that is what my 4 year old said the 2 yeard ols wanted)
Noreen
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:20 am
last year we had a bubbles and hula hoop party for my 2 year old (that is what my 4 year old said the 2 yeard old wanted)
Sharon Jones
Apr 13, 2008 at 6:09 am
Hire a great performer. I used a local story teller for 3 birthday parties. As goodie bags, we gave out all sorts of books-coloring books, reading books, game books. The story teller used puppets and I surrounded the room with puppets and stuffed animals.
For food-always served cupcakes…and had one small cake for the birthday child…not cutting or worrying about size of pieces for anyone
Roxy
Apr 13, 2008 at 8:06 am
I love to host parties on my roofdeck. To keep the party safe, I bought a string of lights to wrap around the deck as sort of a boundary.
Shannon
Apr 13, 2008 at 9:59 am
I am celebrating my son’s 1st birthday and we have the theme “The big one” and we are going to have the number 1 everywhere you go!!! Its a big milestone for my son.
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Apr 13, 2008 at 10:13 am
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kelli
Apr 13, 2008 at 11:23 am
We once attended an “Is it Art?” party where the house was set up as a gallery (with white walls, spotlights). Party guests either came dressed as artwork or gallery goers.
Jennifer Barnett
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I’d like to throw a costume party where everyone had to dress up like one of the other guests.
Karin
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:25 pm
White elephant–playing games to get rid of stuff you don’t want… (decent stuff)
Linda Lansford
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I love the pool parties with kids doing what they do best. PLAY
Karen Gonyea
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Pick Me !!
DAVID BREWSTER
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:59 pm
THIS WOULD BE HELPFULL FOR MY NEXT PARTY
julie
Apr 13, 2008 at 1:29 pm
survivor party for my tween…went on a neighborhood scavenger hunt for a rubber chicken! the girls then had to come back to decorate it in barbie clothes for a runway competition!
Ginny
Apr 13, 2008 at 1:40 pm
All white parties are fun for adults. Everyone has to wear white, looks really nice. Then all your decorations are in white. Very easy to do & looks very classy.
Jennifer
Apr 13, 2008 at 2:19 pm
For my daughter’s 3rd birthday, we got cheap kiddie pools and filled them all with sand. 5 big sandboxes kept everyone busy with no more effort!
Carissa
Apr 13, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I don’t have an usual or very interesting party idea, but I’m trying to plan a 40th anniversary party for my parents. It may end up being unusual and interesting because I will probably delay it for a couple months until my brother is home from Iraq and then it will be an anniversary/welcome home party.
Claire
Apr 13, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I just threw a dog party for my 3-year old daughter. Probably the best part was the large doghouse that my husband made out of a cardboard box. The kids loved running in and out of it while barking like dogs. We also supplied them with dog ears and dog collars. It was a lot of fun.
valerie mabrey
Apr 13, 2008 at 3:51 pm
come as your favorite chef from food netwirk and bring a thing they would cook and polan on a funny mini show
Heather
Apr 13, 2008 at 7:56 pm
How about a Wii party or board game party? I know. I am a geek. :)
Sarah Fischer
Apr 13, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I went to a Hawiian birthday party for my cousin that was one of my fav parties I’ve been too. We had a hula dance off. We had dozens of bright tissue paper flowers as decorations. We ate authentic Hawiian food yum.
Sarah
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Quelle
Apr 13, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Whatever you do, don’t have a beach party where you buy playground sand from home depot. In theory it’s a fun idea - until you have to clean up. Even if you put a tarp under the sand it gets everywhere. Sand gets in the house, all over the lawn, int he garden and it blows around. Trust me. Just don’t.
Shay
Apr 14, 2008 at 12:07 am
A Princess Tea Party! My daughter loves to play dress up and play with her play dishes.
Kari Follett
Apr 14, 2008 at 6:15 am
The best party I ever helped organize was my sister’s bridal shower. Now wait, it wasn’t a traditional shower. It was in the middle of summer, outdoors, men invited and it was a hawaiian Luau, so so fun!!!
SHEILA HENIGAR
Apr 14, 2008 at 11:04 am
Graduation coming up for the kids- This would make A PERFECT Item. My favorite party was for my daughters 6th party, We had a man bring over a raindear for the kids to pet!
Lindsie
Apr 14, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I am doing a bubble party for my daughter’s birthday this year. I will be decorating with Bubble Wrap, doing a bubble paint craft, games with prizes for biggest bubble farthest traveled etc., and my favorite enclosing each child inside a bubble using a wadding pool and hula hoop!
Christina R
Apr 14, 2008 at 4:35 pm
For my daughter’s first birthday I drew an Elmo on a Cardboard piece of paper and had all of the guests sign it for her. She loved on that for months after her party.
Jessie R.
Apr 15, 2008 at 12:58 am
Have a desert dinner! Have all your party guests just come over and bring a dessert and play games and visit! Thanks!
Miranda Allen
Apr 15, 2008 at 1:15 am
A Party where We all have computers on a Wireless network and Sign up for freebies..
Rachel Fox
Apr 15, 2008 at 4:27 pm
When I was a kid, I had a Chineese birthday party! I still love Chineese to this day, but that was the best! A platter of Egg Rolls and Wonton Soup! Mmmmmmm!
Angela
Apr 15, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I use a journal and have everyone write a personal note to the birthday boy (aka connor) at all of his parties. its a great keepsake!
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Brooke Allen
Apr 16, 2008 at 1:23 am
We had a treasure hunt one year for dd’s birthday. We stuck some little trinkets (and coins) in some clean Hamster bedding and then they had to search for candy and the like. They had fun.
Carol Drury
Apr 16, 2008 at 12:56 pm
a muder mystery party is great fun for adults - and a lego party for kids!
Jodene Gildea
Apr 16, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I’m big on cocktail and appy’s for parties. I have everyone bring there choice of appy and I come up with a new drink every time - it’s fun.
Debbie Criss
Apr 17, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Every year we have a big Halloween party. The only way I can keep it organized is I have a list of things to do Wednesday - Saturday. After the party and clean up I always make sure this list gets put with my books of ideas. This would work for every party, if a list is kept with your party supplies. Saves lots of time and stress.
thank you
Celeste
Apr 18, 2008 at 1:04 pm
We have a crockpot pot luck. Everything from appetizers and desserts have to be made in a crock pot. Then everyone just unplugs their crockpots and bring them to the host’s house. We have some of those computer multi plug jacks so we can plug in several crocks on one counter.
Lara Aleff
Apr 18, 2008 at 3:15 pm
My friend had a birthday party for her kids which included all of the holidays. They hunted easter eggs, carved pumpkins, decorated cookies, and made Valentines.
trudee carreiro
Apr 19, 2008 at 7:49 am
a murder mystery party would be great
Lyudmilochka
Apr 19, 2008 at 8:11 am
Mum of the sister has adhered gifts on a string, and we with the fastened eyes by turns approached and have cut off each surprise!
AaronBSam
Apr 19, 2008 at 11:28 am
I want to host another Dollar Daze party - it was basically 10 of us and we all had to bring as much food as we could purchase with $5, and as much entertainment as we could purchase with $5. Who needs a $10 bottle of wine that nobody’s going to drink when you can have a metric ton of ramen noodles and a basket of games like “ball-in-the-cup” and “paddleball”??
Ed Nemmers
Apr 19, 2008 at 4:18 pm
A minimal dress-up party: Hats and Heels Party! One must wear either a fancy bonnet or cool foot coverings!
Elizabeth M.
Apr 19, 2008 at 7:56 pm
My family picks a book and have we themed parties using that as a springboard. We do one of these a month and it’s so much fun.
sarah woods
Apr 19, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Party idea; wayout yet elegant; A pompeii theme right before eruption of the volcano; or the lost city of Atlantis; very hard to find decent adult themed parties. Many thanks SW
Christie
Apr 19, 2008 at 11:07 pm
To go along with the “Rockstar” video game, we invite people to dress up as a rockstar and have a karoke contest!
Thanks for the contest
Lisha Marie
Apr 20, 2008 at 12:16 am
We have a Karaoke Halloween party where everyone comes dressed as the singer of the songs they’re going to play. That means everyone dresses up and everyone participates!!!
Christina Almond
Apr 20, 2008 at 12:46 am
A great idea is a taste testing party–buy several types of items such as wines and cheeses and set up your own taste test!! FUN!
Veronica Garrett
Apr 20, 2008 at 1:47 am
I planned a Medieval Party. Of course everyone had to dress in period clothes and the food was like the food in Medieval times but I added other things. A dating game wher the men had to woo the women using the same means as the ones used in the Medieval times. I also had a karoake contest wher the only songs allowed were Medieval tunes.
A. Ashley
Apr 20, 2008 at 1:58 am
We sometimes do sushi and anime parties with sake and Hello Kitty plates and karaoke.
Naturally everything is glitter and pink and we play the latest Cds by Namie Amuro and Koda Kumi.
Brooke
Apr 20, 2008 at 9:25 am
I love a karaoke themed valentines party for singles!
Amy McNelly
Apr 20, 2008 at 5:19 pm
We love our Wii parties…but make the food themed for the game. For bowling night it’s bowling alley food…mini corn dogs, mini burgers, barbeque pizza. For Guitar Hero night it’s all bar food…chicken wings, ff, grilled sandwhiches.
kathy pease
Apr 20, 2008 at 5:50 pm
i love a party :0
Monet
Apr 20, 2008 at 6:09 pm
We host themed barbecues each year and each person brings a dish for that theme. We have luaus or Asian or Greek night. It’s a blast and everyone looks forward to our theme barbecues.
Susanne Troop
Apr 20, 2008 at 6:33 pm
We try all kinds of theme party…Hawaiian, Nascar, Olympics, Superbowl, etc.
Janet
Apr 20, 2008 at 7:41 pm
make invitations on flower seed packets.
Timothy Sternberg
Apr 20, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I really don’t have a theme to share.
Dena Johnston
Apr 20, 2008 at 9:01 pm
A St. Patrick’s Day potluck party… all the food has to be green. People get really creative and it is fun.
Also, I love giving the first person to RSVP a prize at the party. After being at a party where this was done, I always call immediately to RSVP when I get an invite! This makes thw Hostess happy as well so she can plan accordingly!
mary beth i.
Apr 20, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I think the rock star or dance party theme (using a gaming system) would be fun.
Suanne Giddings
Apr 20, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Always remember one last important thing before any party. Prepare yourself for the party. Reserve time to recharge your batteries so that you’re ready to be an entertaining hostess.
Heather C
Apr 21, 2008 at 12:00 am
Some neighbors and I are going to plan a block party. We’re thinking of making everyone dress up in luau gear, complete with coconuts somewhere on their person.
Donna Kozar
Apr 21, 2008 at 12:18 am
I collect Coke brand items. i would love to have ca Coca-Cola themed party.
Lily Kwan
Apr 21, 2008 at 2:42 am
I would love to do a unicorn themed party!
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