Gardening Methods

Festival themed party for my 15th?

Okay, so I’m thinking of having a festival in my garden for three days, in tents, with wellies, cook-outs, loud music, the whole shebang (who made that saying?!).
The thing is, I’ve never been to a festival, so I don’t know what to do. I need help with things like;
-Music, any songs or bands would be great
-Food, what sort, how much (for 7/8 people, three days)
-Clothes? wellies, obviously but other idea would be helpful
-Tents, I still want it to have a nice feel to it so decoration ideas would be great.
-Things to do, day time and night time, games to play (day time might go to town/beach)

Not the best idea for a theme… the camping/mud etc is the worst part of music festivals! lol!

You could easily have a cool party though, if you planned it well.
The easiest thing you can do to set the scene would be to get everybody to dress in festival fashions – wellies, summer dresses, neon shades, scruffy hair etc. Give everybody a wristband when they arrive – that’s the most important part of your festival outfit!

If you can have a mini-bonfire, that’s cool but otherwise, get one of those giant candles and make that the centre of your camp with all the tents facing it.

You could either play a dvd of a live concert or you could make a playlist of live tracks from your favourite bands. You could just use the normal songs but it’d be a bit more festival-y if you used the live versions!

You could string battery fairy lights in between the tents – that would look pretty. Neon glowsticks would be more realistic for a festival though. Have loads of blankets so people can snuggle up.

All people eat at festivals is either fast food like burgers and chips or pot noodles if they’re making it themselves. If you want to go down the Glastonbury/Hippie type route – get some falafel or veggiburgers.

All people do at festivals is get caned and drink beer. You’re too young for that. Maybe you could tell ghost stories round the campfire, make homemade bracelets, roast marshmallows on the fire or just chill out and listen to the music.

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