10 Helpful Tips to Personalize Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
By far, one of the most anticipated milestones for your family is your teen’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah. In this blog, we will share 10 helpful tips to plan the perfect party at the Venetian Vaughan venue with personalized details that show your young adult how proud you are of them.
Include them in the planning
The best way to ensure the celebration reflects your teen’s personality is to include them in the planning. Run any ideas you have past them, and ask for their input to ensure their party meets their vision.
Remember, you can be sure they’ve spent time imagining the details that would help mark this occasion in a very meaningful way. Including them in the plans will help ensure it happens just as they hoped.
2. Consider their interests
The ideas you share with your teen should be based on their interests. What are the things they love to do? What type of music do they listen to? What kind of friends do they hang around with? What kind of clothes do they wear? What are their favourite movies?
Do they have special travel plans or a favourite trip that meant a lot to them? Be sure to reflect on the interests they have now as opposed to interests they had as a child to avoid them feeling your ideas are a little too “immature.”
3. Be careful with colours
The colours of the decor used at the Venetian Vaughan venue help set the tone for the entire event. Using your teen’s favourite colours can work very well to show a bit of their personality, but again, be sure you ask them about the colour scheme to make sure this is something they envisioned.
For example, they might have always loved purple. For this event, though, they might want something more exciting and sophisticated, or inspired by their favourite sports team, for instance.
4. Set the right tone
Many a teen have been embarrassed by the wrong tone being set at their Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration. You can avoid embarrassment and ensure your teen is completely immersed in the event by setting the right vibe.
Do they want friends to walk into a vibrant dance club with lights flashing and music pulsing? Are they all about the glam and would prefer to have the red carpet treatment with mocktails and a sparkling cider fountain? Is it all about being laid back and comfortable? Will a rustic country theme feel right for their big day?
5. Match the decor and theme to capture their personality
You want guests to arrive and automatically think this party is so your teen. They should immediately “get” the theme and connect the decor and theme with the guest of honour in a very obvious way.
While subtle decor is allowed, especially for more sophisticated themes, you still want to ensure that whatever the theme or colour scheme, it captures your teen’s personality in a meaningful way.
From hanging posters of their dream vacation destination in the Venetian Vaughan venue hall complete with flags and common tourist sites to displaying photos of them wearing their sports hero’s jersey and from a Swiftie dreamscape to a Squid Games playing field, the decor should be a reflection of something your teen loves.
6. Create a BFF lounge
Bat/Bar Mitzvah celebrations can be a little too “smothery” with aunts, uncles, cousins, and your best friends ruining the vibe in your teen’s eyes. A great way to add a touch of their personality is to create a separate lounge area at the Venetian Vaughan venue where they can relax and chill with their friends.
Whether they want something more adult and sophisticated like a “cocktail” lounge, something comfortable and relaxed with lots of large pillows tossed on the ground, a café complete with a barista serving lattes, or a viewing room with large couches where they can watch a movie, a BFF lounge creates a personalized “teens only” area that allows them to be themselves.
7. Consider their sense of humour
If your teen is known for a certain sense of humour, you can have more fun thinking of ways to provide a few good chuckles for them and their guests. Would they be up to sharing some funny and slightly embarrassing childhood photos in a slide show?
Would they be up to a “roast” style party where friends and family poke loving fun at them? Would they get a kick out of posing for some silly photos you can hang at the Venetian Vaughan venue? Keep in mind that these things only work when your teen is in on the joke. Otherwise, it can backfire and embarrass them on their special day.
8. What would entertain them?
Choosing the wrong entertainment can create a party failure that completely ruins your teen’s moment. When considering entertainment options, ask them what they would find entertaining.
For example, this could be a band covering their favourite songs, a “Cirque du Soleil” style show, a game show, a cooking demo, or a DJ with awesome beats for dancing.
9. Include favourite or immersive activities
Activities can ensure the guests don’t suffer from boredom. What are things your teen loves to do? This could include an immersive virtual reality experience, dressing up to participate in some kind of LARP (live-action role-playing) activities, glam makeovers, a live photo shoot with a pro photographer, or dance lessons.
10. Create a personalized guest gift
A personalized gift is a great way to thank guests for their attendance. You can break down the gifts so you provide something more substantial to their friends, and then something fun and useful to the rest of the guests.
A great starting point is to design a logo for the event that reflects your teen’s personality. This might be a mock coat of arms with their image and a few icons that reflect their interests, like sports equipment, a pen or paintbrush, skates, fashionable shoes, etc.
Other ideas for a logo might include a monogram, a silhouette of their face, or their name. The logo can then be applied to comfy hoodies or tees for friends, and then something like a mug, customized cookies, or chocolates for the rest of the guests.
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These 10 ideas will help ensure that every detail of your teen’s Bat/Bar Mitzvah reflects their unique personality.
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