A step-by-step guide for organizing a Moominous party

The Moomins love a good party and know that life is full of reasons to celebrate! If you’re planning to organize a Moomin-themed party, scroll further for tips and inspiration.

“It was a really lavish, grand and sumptuous garden party. At dusk, coloured lanterns were lighted all over the Garden of Surprises, and everybody played or danced or sang and forgot all about morning.”
–The Memoirs of Moominpappa (1950)

Step 1: Send out invitations

The first step of party planning is naturally inviting all your friends and family members. You can do that either with a traditional postcard or a handy eCard! Maybe you could include a lovely quote from the Moomin stories to the invite as well?

Step 2: Bake a cake

What would a party be without a cake? Baking a Moomin-themed cake is actually not too difficult – just look at that wonderful Stinky cake! Check the hashtag #moomincake for more inspiration.

Did you know that there are also Moomin-themed measuring cups, dough scrapers, cookie cutters and other baking products in the Moomin Shop? They will definitely make your cake-baking more Moominous!

Step 3: Decorate

No matter if you’re celebrating outside, at home or in a rented venue, don’t forget to decorate! Decorations make the venue look festively Moominous. Muurla’s selection includes lots of candles, vases and decoration balls that will make the party venue beautiful.

Step 4: Set the table

Set the table with Moominous tableware, such as Arabia’s tumblers and plates, and complete the table setting with beautiful napkins!

Step 5: Choose your party attire

If you’re not dressing up as a Moomin character, you can still add a Moominous touch to your outfit. Moomin jewellery and colourful pocket squares are stylish ways of dressing up according to the theme.

Step 6: Organize fun program

A good party has a nice balance of games and activities and time for chatting and dancing. Maybe a round of dominoes or card games could act as a nice icebreaker?

Step 7: Enjoy the food

In addition to the delicious cake, fill the table with something sweet (such as Hattifattener cookies) and something salty! Moomin Shop’s candy and chocolate selection has something for everyone. Check it out! 

Step 8: Ask guests to fill out the guest book

To make sure you won’t forget the lovely celebration, ask your guests to write greetings to the guest book. The writings will be lovely memories for years to come! Alternatively, you can take a picture of each guest and fill the guest book with images from the party.

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