Hoot & Outing Ideas

Looking for ideas for your next Red Hatting get-together?

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General ideas:

Dress as your royal title – For a bit of fun have everyone dress up as something to do with their Royal title! So for example Countess Champagne might decorate her dress with champagne corks
Calendar – Create a calendar at the end of the year from photos of your Chapter from throughout the year. You could even do a funny “sexy” calendar with each member taking on a month and having a glamorous photo shoot.
Debutante Ball – for the ladies who haven’t had one, have a Red hatter one!
Mystery Car trip – Carpool and follow in convoy to a mystery location (The leader knows where to go!)
“Fake Wedding” – where you hold a wedding ceremony for fun
Game show – Go on a gameshow like family Feud.
Celebrate “0” birthdays – (60/70 etc.) and have a “Golduation” when turning 80
5 Year celebration – School uniform dressup event (kids go to school at 5)
Bus Trip – Hire a bus and go on an outing together
Fundraiser for charity
Masquerade ball

Cafe/ Restaurant & “Going out” ideas:

Yum Cha / Banquet / High Tea
Icecream parlour or dessert only dinner
Pj party in a Cafe/restaurant
Go to the theatre/cinema
Casino
Karaoke
Eating by the Alphabet – Pick a restaurant with a name starting with the letter “A”. Next outing pick one that starts with “B” and so on.
Eating By numbers – Choose a number and try to incorporate that into your dinner as much as possible. For example if you choose number 7, you could pick a restaurant that has #7 as the street number, eating at 7pm, eating the 7th item on the menu or selecting items that cost $7 or have a 7 in the price etc.
Progressive dinners – start your meal off at one venue, then move to a new venue for the next course.
Valentines Dinner – bring husbands along
See our printable “restaurant bill slips” to make splitting the bill easier!

Shopping ideas:

Go on a shopping spree tour to a discount outlet like DFO
Go on a tour of local “Op Shops”
Craft markets & Farmer’s markets
Organise a Red Hatter swapmeet where Hatters get together to swap/trade/sell their unwanted Hatting goods

Pampering ideas:

Hot springs / Manicure & Pedicure / Makeovers / Day Spa (either at home or visit one)
Glamour Photography shoot
Hire out rooms at a hotel (that has a pool) and have a mini holiday

Gardens, Park & Outdoor ideas:

Craft day or home based ideas:

Craft days = Hats / fascinators / Sash / stoll / Jewellery making / Scrapbooking / Quilting
Bra hat making – Have a craft day turning bras into hats. Place the centre chest part against your forehead and pin the ribcage straps to make a snug fit around your head. Sew this and cut off the shoulder straps. Use Pipecleaners sewn from the centre V point to the back of the head to add stability and a lattice crown you can decorate with a feather boa – then decorate the cups!
“Pot Luck” / “bring a plate” meal (another idea is to bring food that fits with a theme or letter of the alphabet)
Fashion Show
White Elephant gift exchange / Book exchange
Reminiscing party (bring old photo albums)
Cooking day (each make a large portion of your favourite dish, enough for everyone to take home a portion of, so everyone leaves with several meals worth of new dishes to try)
Show & Tell
Pajama party & Movie Night
Game Day (board games, trivia etc.)

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