Medieval Castle Party
Planning a Medieval Castle Party
Excerpts from
Budget Bashes: Children's Theme Parties on a Budget -
The Ultimate Medeival Castle Party
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- MAP YOUR PARTY - setting up the location
- ARCHITECTURE OF A CASTLE - understanding the layout
- THE GUESTS - over 14 positions to assign to your guests
- THE GREAT HALL - 11 creative decorations for the main dining area
- DECORATIONS - 20 creative solutions to turn your home/school into a castle
- SIGNS - 11 creative signs to decorate & identify the areas of the castle
- ACTIVITIES/GAMES - 14 fun activities for your guests, including a scavenger hunt!
- CASTLE FACTS - creating a realistic castle atmosphore is all in the details.
- FOOD & BEVERAGES - theme-related food & beverage menu
- CAKE - creative theme-related cake ideas
- INVITATIONS - text samples for an authentic, compelling invitation
- THANK YOU NOTES - 2 text samples continue the party theme
- SHOPPING LIST - a detailed shopping list from an actual party
INTRODUCTION
Every girl has dreamed of being a princess and every boy has pretended to be a brave knight at one time or another. It's time to make that dream come true!
The idea of this party is to have your guests dine in a medieval castle. The Lord and the Lady of the castle have gathered everyone together to assist them in locating a family heirloom past down from generation to generation. During the feast, one of the guests will discover a letter giving them the first clue to finding this royal treasure that was hidden in the castle over a century ago to protect it from invaders.
Don't be alarmed by the amount of information you see here - that's the best part about our party planners. Use all of our ideas or just a few. Take them one step at a time and you'll be amazed at how easy it really is!
THE GUESTS
Each of the residents of a castle had a specific designation and job to perform. As each of your guests arrive at the feast, present them with a card that will identify their position.
- Lords and Ladies: The lords and ladies were the most important people of the castle. They generally consisted of the royal family.
- Knights: Soldiers responsible for defending the castle. The knights were protected with full suits of armor, swords, shields, and crossbows. Their horses displayed coat of arms and were padded for protection.
Continued in the ebook...14 positions to assign to your guests.
THE GREAT HALL
The great hall is the large room in the center of the castle where people gather for feasts and celebrations. This will be the primary setting for your party. As the guests enter the great hall, they will immediately see a grand table set for a king! The walls will be decorated with coat of arms banners, chandeliers will hang from the ceiling, torches will light the walls, and tapestries will decorate the walls.
- Table: Set out a very long dining table with several chairs or benches lining the sides and ends. Drape the table with royal blue or purple paper tablecloths (or choose your school colors). Cover the center length with a runner of fabric - we found a sheer white cloth that had purple stars printed on it.
- Chandelier: Electricity did not exist in medieval times so chandeliers held candles instead. If you do not already have a chandelier hanging over your dining table, make a unique one of your own using tree branches. We explain how to do this in detail in our ebook.
Continued in the ebook.... centerpieces, favors, placesettings, and more.
DECORATIONS
By mapping your party area, you are now better able to visualize each section of the castle. Following are several decoration ideas, many of which the kids can make themselves.
- Crowns for Boys or Girls: Crowns can easily be cut from a strip of felt or construction paper and stapled to form a circle. You may choose to make these ahead of time and place one at each place setting or let the guest make and decorate the crowns themselves. Or, Magic Cabin sells beautiful silk crowns for boys and girls ($14.95).
- Cloak: The type of fabric you choose to make cloaks is dependent on your budget. The ebook provides 2 homemade, creative solutions, or purchase a hooded cotton velour cloak from Magic Cabin. These are beautiful and a wonderful quality for both boys and girls. Choose from the Classic Cloaks
 or Royal Cloaks ($34.98-$39.98).
Continued in the ebook.... 25 detailed decoration ideas, most of which are homemade - coat-of-arms & castle banners, flags, swords, dagger, shield, drawbridge, castle walls, fireplace, lance, and many more
ACTIVITIES/GAMES
The idea of the party is to have your guests gather together at the castle for a royal celebration. Just after all of the guests have arrived the Lord or Lady announce that they have actually gathered everyone together to help them locate a royal heirloom that they now believe was hidden in the castle over a century ago...
The complete scavenger hunt letters and clues, which correspond to the activities, plus 10 additional activities can be found in our ebook.
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Note: The scavenger hunt letter and people mentioned in the letter are intended to be fictional. Any reference to an actual person or place is strictly coincidental.
Bibliography
- Castles of the World. 1995-2007, www.castles.org/architecture
- Castles-Castles. 2005, http://www.castles-castles.com/
- Wikipedia, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep
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