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How to upgrade a surprise party
Patrick Kucharson
August 29, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes
Your 1-minute-a-week shortcut to
always having awesome gift ideas well in advance.
My attempt to make you smile
before getting to today’s gift ideas
Hi gift-givers! Think of this newsletter as a free upgrade for your gift brainstorming – shifting you from economy to first-class creativity.
Look at all that legroom for creativity…
Estimated read time: 2 minutes & 23 seconds
Gift idea time! Here’s a story of a
great gift to spark your creativity
The “continuously unfolding surprise party" Gift:
For my Aunt's 30th, she was 8 months pregnant and her husband said "Let's go for a bike ride!" (She wasn't impressed, but he was persistent).
As they rode down the street, they spotted a friend, also out for a bike ride, so invited her to join them.
At each intersection, another friend or family member would mysteriously be out for a casual bike ride, and would join them.
By the end there was a whole group of them biking, and when my Aunt saw her sister-in-law at an intersection (who lives on the opposite side of the world) she was so surprised she nearly fell off her bike!
Definitely a creative way to do a surprise party!
Why this gift is great
Group gift
Memorable
Great for people who prefer gifts of time together
Incorporating an everyday activity (biking) adds to the surprise
Continued unfolding - building anticipation and delight with each encounter
Brainstorming your version of this gift
Reserve this gift for social butterflies or at least people who would enjoy small gatherings one after another.
Consider how you can replicate the continued unfolding nature of this gift in your own surprise parties/events. That, I feel, is the element of this gift that makes it so memorable and unique.
Plan ahead – your version of this gift will likely take a decent amount of planning and coordination with others.
Capture the moments in photos, videos, and in keepsakes so the gift-recipient (and others) can enjoy reliving them
Other activities/settings that might work for your version of this gift:
A concert
A fair/festival
A hike/walk/run
Bar/restaurant crawl (a different person/group at each location)
Another version of this gift could be coordinating visits from multiple people to someone who is in a nursing home, assisted living facility, or homebound
Making this gift happen
Who on your gift list prefers gifts of together time to material ones?____
What everyday activity can you center this unraveling surprise around?____
Who would you include in the surprise?____
Spread some love! Share this gift idea
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Those with the reputation of coordinating group efforts
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Handwritten cards/letters as gifts
Surprise parties/gatherings as gifts
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My attempt to send
you off with a smile
Cheers to surprise parties that no one blows the surprise for,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach
P.S. Who is seeking to plan a surprise party and could use a brainstorming partner to make it extra special? Reply to this email and I’m eager to share my thoughts.
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