Our Top 10 Galentine’s Day Activities to Celebrate Your Besties!
Our favourite unofficial holiday, Galentine’s Day, is fast approaching on February 13th! Though it may not be recognized by all, Galentine’s Day is a staple in our books. What better way is there to celebrate your gal pals than to dedicate a whole day to it?
The origins of Galentine’s Day: Parks & Recreation, episode 2.16
Still don’t have anything planned for your Galentine’s celebrations? No worries - we can’t all be as organized as Leslie Knope! The Fête team has put together a list of fun, easy, and affordable activities you can do with your besties to celebrate the season of love.
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Candle Painting
Candle painting is a super easy and unique DIY craft to try with your besties! Not only do you get to experience the joy of crafting with your favourite people, but you also get a sweet little souvenir to warm up your own place.
Supplies needed:
Taper candles (preferably in light colours, e.g., white, light pink, etc.)
Paint brushes
Make sure you get a small brush size for painting all of those little details!
Colourful tea lights
Toothpicks
(for cleaning up any messy edges or scraping off mistakes)
Or: you can opt to paint your candles with acrylic paint instead of wax!
2. Cocktail Night
You can make this one a chill and lowkey showcase of everyone’s favourite drinks, or you can spice it up a little by making it a competition. May the best cocktail win!
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3. Vision Boards
Manifest your best self with your gal pals by creating vision boards together. Gather up all of your old magazines, unused art books, glue sticks, and scissors, and get together with your gals to map out your wildest dreams. Get inspired by sharing your hopes and goals with each other - after all, you’re each other’s biggest cheerleaders!
4. Karaoke
Our philosophy on karaoke is simple: the worse, the better. If you’re not making a fool out of yourself, you’re not doing it right. Karaoke is for letting loose and having fun!
There are a few easy ways to spruce up your karaoke night:
Surprise Karaoke: No need to prepare your karaoke anthem in advance for this one! Grab a sheet of paper, write down everyone’s names, and draw them from a hat. The person that draws your name has to pick your karaoke song for you.
Blind Surprise Karaoke: Okay, I know this one sounds ridiculous, but stay with me! Rules are similar to regular Surprise Karaoke - but this time, put a blindfold on your singer so they can’t read the lyrics on the screen. See if they can guess what song they’re supposed to be singing, and if they can get the lyrics right!
Don’t have a karaoke machine? Never fear - we have one available to rent! Contact our team for more info.
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5. Bouquet Making
Few things have more power to brighten up a cold February night than a bouquet of fresh flowers. Stop by your local florist and pick up several bunches of single varietal florals. Alternatively, you can request that your guests each bring one bunch of flowers to share. You can then let your inner florist take over and assemble your own custom bouquet! Don’t forget to set out some paper and ribbon for wrapping up your beautiful arrangements.
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6. Powerpoint Night
This is a super easy and low-cost way to spend the evening goofing around with your pals. This one involves a bit of prep time beforehand, but the results are well worth it!
The rules are simple: every partygoer has to prepare a powerpoint to present to the rest of the group. You can assign an overall theme for the presentations, or let everyone’s creativity run wild by leaving it open.
Some presentation ideas to get the creative juices flowing:
How everyone’s exes would survive (or not) in a zombie apocalypse
Ranking your worst outfits
The best Wikipedia rabbitholes
Matchmaking everyone in the friend group with celebrities
Most iconic pop culture moments of the past decade
Your “hear me out” list
A case for why Logan Huntzberger is the best match for Rory Gilmore, Jess Mariano be damned (okay okay, I may have some personal stakes in this one)
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7. Make A Meal Together
Put your cooking (and teamwork!) skills to the test by planning out a menu and cooking a meal together. Up the ante by preparing a multi-course meal - don’t skip out on those appetizers and desserts!
We’ll be sharing some of our favourite dinner party recipes on our blog soon - stay tuned! ;)
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8. Paint Night
Let your imagination run wild with this one. You can print out some of your favourite photos with your besties and paint frames for them, you can collaborate and paint a large canvas together, or keep it simple and work on your own individual pieces. The options are endless!
Here’s how we like to do our paint nights:
Set up your table: everyone gets a canvas, a paintbrush, and some paints. Make sure you lay down some newspaper to avoid staining your table!
Set a timer for one minute. During this minute, start creating your masterpiece.
When the timer runs out, stop painting, and pass your canvas to the person on your left.
Reset your timer, and use your minute to continue working on your neighbour’s canvas.
Repeat this process until your collaborative masterpieces are complete!
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9. Movie Night
This one’s a classic - but a good movie night never lets you down! Have everyone don their coziest PJs and bring their favourite snack to share. You can add a little extra oomph to this one by building a pillow/blanket fort before the movie starts.
We’ve compiled a list of our fave underrated movies and TV shows for a girls’ night here. Check ‘em out!
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10. Charm Bracelet Making
Hit up your local craft store and pick up some charm bracelet making supplies. You can also stop by the thrift store to look for some pre-existing jewellery pieces, like necklaces and bracelets, that you can dismantle and reuse.
