Casino Night Birthday Party

For my husbands birthday, he had several friends coming into town to celebrate his special day so he wanted to do something fun at home rather than spending a night out on the town.

We've done many casino nights in the past and they're always such a huge success so we thought we'd just invite his closest friends near and far and make it a night. We worked with Casino Magic who we've booked at least a half a dozen times and brought in a Craps table as well as a Black Jack table. If you live in the San Diego, I would HIGHLY recommend them. They provide top notch service and make your event a ton of fun!

I was doing all the cooking for the 30 guests so I wanted to keep the decor simple. And since Casino Magic was entertaining our guest, it would be a relatively simple to pull off.

DECORATIONS:
 I wanted to make our guest feel like they were V.I.P as they were arriving so at the entrance, I placed a red curtain that I made to fit the space. Holding this up is actually a bathroom shower curtain rod that extends 8'. It worked out perfectly and held the curtain securely. In addition, I purchased the two Poker Chip Columns you see on the left. They are made of cardboard and are kind of a pain to put together but made the entrance pretty festive. If I would've known how flimsy the material was, I probably wouldn't have purchased. Guests seemed to enjoy taking pictures with it so it worked out.

As I mentioned, I wanted to keep the decorations simple so I went to Party City and picked up poker themed swirls that I could hang from the ceiling. Luckily, it came in packs of 12 so with 5 of them, I was able to decorate the entrance as well as the Great Room ceiling entirely. At $5 a pop, pretty affordable.

It was indeed a very special night for the hubby and I'm glad we decided to celebrate this way. It was intimate (as intimate a casino night can be), unique, memorable and fun for all.