Your 2024 Friendsgiving Guide
November is the official start of the holiday season, with Thanksgiving and Black Friday filling our thoughts! And, what better way to kick it off this season than with a Friendsgiving? Getting all your friends together on a cozy fall night is the perfect excuse to eat good food and have some fall fun!
To make the party planning process even easier for you, we created the ultimate guide to Friendsgiving! Whether you're hosting, just bringing a dish to pass, or helping a friend plan...we have all the Friendsgiving information you need!
Hosting
Plan
Let's think about logistics first! Ask yourself these questions:
What vibe are you going for?
Who's on the guest list?
Where are you hosting this?
What dates work best for everyone?
How are you planning out food so you don't even up with 10 cranberry sauce cans? (Even though, we probably wouldn't be mad if we did!)
Invites
Send a fun little invite in your friend's group chat, or even by mail if you're feeling up to it! Remember that your invites set the tone for the whole event.
Here are a few of our favorite Canva templates!
Table Set Up
When it comes to dinner parties, we know that the table setting is the star of the show! Whether you're going for a simplistic look or an all-out pumpkin patch on your table, here are a few of our favorites from Pinterest
Images Credit: Pinterest!
Decor
Let's go beyond the table setting and see some more inspo on how you could make your home feel more like Friendsgiving!
Image Credits: Pinterest!
What To Do
After dinner, what's next? Here's a list of fun fall activities for your after-dinner portion of your Friendsgiving!
Activities
Thankful Wall
Your friends can write in what they are thankful for!
Download our free bingo card templates to create your own fun fall bingo!
Pumpkin Painting
Find fake or real pumpkins to paint a unique design!
Gilmore Girls Marathon
(or whatever your favorite cozy show is!)
Fall-Themed Charades
Choose fall-themed topics and play charades!
The Food
We compiled a list of our favorite fall recipes that you can make for your guests, or bring as a dish to pass!
Drinks
Mocktails:
Cranberry Orange Fizz Mocktail
Cocktails:
Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini
Apps
Dishes
Dessert
Not a fan of cooking? Here are some things you can bring instead of chef-ing away!
Bread / Rolls
Canned Cranberry Sauce
Frozen Veggies
Trader Joe's Finds (our favorites lately - Chocolate Mousse Pumpkins Savory Squash Pastry Bites, Pumpkin Ravioli)
Cheeseboard
Chips + Dip
Premade Desserts from your local bakery or grocery store
And that’s a wrap on the Ultimate Guide to Friendsgiving! As you slip into a well-deserved food coma, take a second to think about all your amazing friendships with people you wouldn’t trade for the world (or even a second helping of mashed potatoes).
Here’s to celebrating friendship, thankfulness, and everything in between!
