Take the right steps to ensure your guest of honor will be surprised.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 1 hour
Here's How:
- Select date for party after secretly discovering whether guest of honor will be available that day.
- Enlist the help of an assistant to create a fake activity for your honoree to attend with him or her.
- Extend invitations to all guests and make very clear that party will be a surprise, whether it's a verbal, email, or formal written invitation.
- Let all guests who may have contact with honoree know the planned strategy for tricking guest of honor.
- Invite all guests to arrive 30 minutes before guest of honor.
- Tell guests to park out of sight, unless guest of honor believes he or she will be attending someone else's party.
- If possible, suggest any guests having contact with honoree casually mention they will be attending to some fictitious activity that day.
- Hold your breath and hope no one slips with the surprise.
Tips:
- Be sure that your assistant in the deception is good at keeping a secret and keeping a straight face.
- If guests are not capable of hiding the secret, encourage them to avoid honoree during the weeks leading up to party.
