How will our party habits change post coronavirus lockdown?

Dreaming of creating pretty balloon garlands again.

Well how is week 2 of social lockdown working out for you? Have you started sorting out your wardrobes and getting round to all the jobs you never get time to do? No? Me neither. I’ve spent the first week adjusting to everyone being in the house together all the time! With all 3 children being at home it seems to be a constant stream of meal and snack requests, followed by lots of conversations about how I’m not doing things the same way as their teacher does. To be honest with you, they may only be at primary school but already their maths knowledge is beyond my capabilities, thank goodness for google!!

This week has started a little better I think. We seem to have a loose routine in place and everyone now seems to have accepted our way of life as the new normal. Here at Party Mums though, it’s still taking a little getting used to. Normally our heads would be full of celebration ideas with various mood boards and themes being planned, meet ups with clients to discuss venues and entertainment options and plenty of trips out and about sourcing products and props for upcoming celebrations. With the current restrictions, understandably all of this has abruptly stopped. No parties, no celebrations and no going out. Nothing. Where possible we have managed to postpone our clients parties for later in the year and we’ve also had great discussions with our regular suppliers, to enable their services to be held in reserve too for the new party date. Everything is on hold, pending.

Of course there are still birthdays, anniversaries, engagements and even new bundles of joy arriving all the time!! All these occasions are still being celebrated at home and probably online too with family and friends joining in the celebration. We’ve adapted and changed our behaviours to suit the circumstances, but I wonder, how will this effect our attitude and behaviours once the social distancing restrictions are lifted? Will we want to have large gatherings and parties, the bigger the better? Or, will we stick to celebrating more intimately with those closest to us? Will we want to hold our celebrations at restaurants and large venues, or will we want to keep things at home where we know it’s safe?

I don’t have the answers to these questions, I guess it comes down to personal choice and circumstances. Here at Party Mums we cover all types of celebrations and also all sizes of celebrations. We work together with venues to host our clients events and we also work with our clients in their homes too. Our aim is always to make the party process as simple as possible for you and allow you to enjoy the occasion, wherever it may be held.

We would love to know if the current social distancing will change your behaviour and how you think you will party in the future? Will you continue on just as you did before? Will you go wild and get as many of your friends and family together as possible, after all it’s been a while? Or will you keep it simple and small?

Let us know your thoughts, we would love to know how everyone is feeling at the moment.

Stay safe.