May is usually a beautiful month for us here in Florida and I decided I wanted to take advantage of being able to use our outdoor space to throw a mahjong party. Cinco de Mayo fell on a Thursday this year, so when I was with some friends; we came up with the idea of a Cinco de Mahj party!! How fun is that??
So I immediately got to work and made a quick little invitation that I could text our to a group of Mahj friends and get the party rolling.
I decided to have a pretty big group, I think we were around 24 people; so that meant I would need to rent some chairs, borrow a few card tables and throw up all the outdoor umbrellas. We had 6 tables going and played at our table until people needed to start leaving one by one and then we shifted the tables around as needed.
I set all the tables up before our guest arrived and used inexpensive colored table clothes from Amazon and one pretty tablecloth from Pomegranate (no longer available) that I loved where we sat outside to eat lunch.
I set up the island with a few appetizers, wine and two margaritas from Taco Mama!!
I ordered our lunch to be delivered from Taco Mama and they came and set up the Taco Bar for us on my dining room table.
When everyone arrived, I led them to the drink and apps table, we mingled and then I had everyone make a plate for lunch before we sat down to play Mahjong.
I decided to go ahead and assign seats for each player at a table because I felt like that would eliminate any confusion when it was time to take your seat.
I didn’t try to “over structure” the games, but I did have some really cute prizes that were all Mahjong theme that I set out for the player that scored the highest points after 4 games at their table.
It was really such a fun afternoon and excuse for a great party!! It may have to be something that I do every year now.
What do you think?? Are you read to throw your first big Mahjong bash???
