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Tips for Food, Beer & Wine at Your Next Bunco Party

That’s the Spirit – Choosing Beer, Wine and Cocktails for your next bunco party!

To help you plan your next party, here are some tips and guidelines for what to serve, how much to spend, and just how much wine your friends will drink at your next bunco party.

versatile choice that will serve an elegant soiree, corporate function, or intimate dinner with equal aplomb.
To help you plan your next bunco party, here are some tips and guidelines for what to serve, how much to spend, and just how much wine your friends will drink.
How much do I need?
As a general rule, you will get six 4-ounce glasses from a 750ml bottle of wine. The average guest at a stand-up party will drink two glasses of wine an hour. With these numbers in mind, the math is easy. If you have 15 guests at a cocktail party, they’ll go through 30 glasses, or five bottles of wine per hour. This means you’ll need about a bottle per person for a typical three-hour party. At a dinner, the average is half a bottle per person, so a group of six will drink three bottles. Try opening a different wine for each course, or have white wine when your guests arrive and serve two bottles of red with dinner. For any party, it’s a good idea to have an extra bottle or two on hand – wine goes fast when shared amongst good friends.
How much should I spend?
First off, set a wine budget. Since you already know how many bottles you need, a budget will help guide you to an appropriate price point.
For a small dinner party, especially one where wine will be the star, it’s always nice to splurge on a few good bottles. Indulge your friends (and yourself, of course) with a special vintage or a limited production, small-lot wine. Or, choose a less expensive wine to start and serve a pricier selection with dinner, where it will complement the meal.
A bigger bash needs a crowd pleaser, something that’s easy to drink, like Merlot. Also, consider what’s trendy: Right now, Shiraz is big and Chardonnay is enjoying a renaissance, so these will probably be good choices. For convenience, you may want to buy wine by the magnum (that is, a size equivalent to two 750ml bottles) so you won’t need to crack open a new bottle every twenty minutes.
Serving suggestions
When hosting a large group, create a wine bar so guests can serve themselves. Before everyone arrives, place several bottles on a small table, along with a corkscrew, a towel (for spills), the glasses, and maybe some wine charms. Open a few bottles to get things started, and your guests will take care of things from there. Plan on having 1 1/2 glasses per person. Consider renting the necessary stemware so no one’s drinking wine from a coffee mug. For a dinner party, set up a table, similar to the one above, in the dining room. Serve guests their first glass of wine on arrival and then place open bottles on the table, where they can be easily accessed during the meal.
Of course the most important consideration is the comfort and pleasure of your guests. Don’t fret over a specific vintage or just the right varietal.

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Glass Beaded Dice Purse

Head out for your Bunko night in style! This cute little white White Beaded Dice Coin Purse will perfectly hold anything you might need for the night – chapstick, your bunko kitty money, a cell phone (if you have a small one) or your keys for the car.

The dice purse is shaped like a real dice, with white beads to give it an extra flash. The pips on the dice are beaded black, so they contrast nicely to look like a real dice. The purse is made from glass beads, sewn to material satin material that lines the inside of the purse. A zippered top keeps all the contents securely inside. The purse is 4 ½ x 4 ½ inches tall. The purse is also priced so well that it could be handed out as a prize.

Who wouldn’t love to keep their bunko money stashed inside here each month. Heck, the winnings could be hidden in here each month, too, away from the eyes of someone **ahem** that you might not want to know you won! Or it could also hold babysitter money for the night or cab fare if you need a ride home. Be careful, because little eyes will probably love how the White Beaded Coin Purse sparkles in the light and want to keep it for their very own!

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Bunco Tiara

So, if your bunko babes turn in to divas before the dice start flying, why not let them completely revel in the mood. How? Purchase a Bunco Princess Light Up Tiara and let the night begin with a…blink. There are no bangs in bunco, just blinking lights, rolling dice and a lot of laughs.
This Bunco Princess Light Up Tiara can have many uses. It could be part of a costume for a theme night, such as Pretty in Pink, Princess and the Pea, Pink is Beautiful or whatever else you can think of that requires a bunco tiara. It would look great with the Genuine Feather Boa, by the way.

The Bunco Tiara has light pink LED lights that blink. There is an on-off switch at the back side of the tiara. The actual tiara is covered in a pink material so it doesn’t scratch the head or the ears around the headband area. The tiara is covered with pink marabou and sparkles in the light, catching the sparkles that are in the tiara design.
This tiara can also be used to mark the current bunko holder. If there isn’t dice to toss around or a boa to wear, the tiara works just as well as an item to be passed around for the current bunko roller. It can also be used if you keep track of low or high scores as you roll. Some bunko groups know what their score is after each round and it gets really competitive – wearing the tiara would be the equivalent of putting a target on your back! Everyone is gunning to beat your score.
The tiara can be sent home with the winner and brought back for the next bunko night. The only problem is, if there are daughters around, they might want to steal your bunco tiara.

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Pink Boa for Bunco

Spice up your Bunko night with some pink boa for bunco costuming…or at least a little bit of costume wear for yourself or the girls. How about a hot pink Genuine Feather Boa to set the mood for the night? This boa could have several uses during the night – awww, get your mind out of the gutter. There aren’t any uses like that for the boa.

The Genuine Feather Boa is six feet long and very soft. It is full of real feathers, not artificial or fake materials, so it won’t fall apart or look trashy on whoever gets to wear it. The boa comes in a bright pink color or a soft white color. The pink will liven up any type of outfit you wear, while the white will compliment anything and not overtake your wardrobe!

The Genuine Feather Boa for bunco can be worn by you, as the hostess or even if you are just an attendee. Who says a Bunko babe can’t be a diva once in awhile? This boa will let you show your inner diva off for a couple of hours anyway, while you roll your way to the top prize of the night.

Another great use for the feather boa is to use it as part of the evening festivities. The boa can be worn by the current bunko holder until the next gal rolls one. The boa can be in addition to the large fuzzy dice or it can be done exclusively without the dice. Wearing a hot pink boa is a sure fire way to spot the bunko babe in a hurry. And it’s hard to forget who has the last one when you are handing out prizes if they are wearing it. Heck, the wearer might not want to give it up at the end of the night! You might just need to go out and purchase another Genuine Feather Pink Boa for bunco to have as a backup in case yours walks away.

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Left Center Right Dice Game and Bunco

How about a round of the Left Center Right dice game AND Bunco?

Left, Center, Right, (also called LCR) is a hot new game that is becoming popular with more than just the kids now – the adults love to play it as well. The game involves dice, chips (unless you have a clever variation) and a bunch of laughs. Sounds a lot like Bunco, doesn’t it? Well keep reading and you’ll definitely want to get your own set to play LCR.

The Left Center Right Dice Game comes with dice that are specially marked with the letters L, R, C and then dots on the other three spots. Each person gets three of whatever you are playing with: the chips that come with the game, cookies, dollar bills, quarters, shots, cupcakes, candy bars…anything you please that each player can have three of. Each player takes a turn rolling all three dice. However many L’s come up determines how many of said item are passed to the left of the dice roller. The same goes for the R’s in each turn. The C’s are how many goes in to the center pot. The dots mean that is how many of the items stay in front of you, in your possession.

Once you start passing your item, if you go down to one or two, you only roll the corresponding number of dice. Even if you are out of items, you still sit and play because the person next to you could pass the items to you. The game continues on with each person rolling and passing until there is only one person standing. The winner is determined when only one person has all the items or they are in the center!

When you play with items such as money, the winner keeps it all. However, when you play with food or drink, you may want to have the winner pass it out to whoever they want to – especially if you are playing with drinks!

Left Center Right dice game and bunco are great to play during the breaks between rounds on Bunco night. It is also a great filler to play after Bunco ends, when you just aren’t ready to go home yet!

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Bunco Buds Tote Bag Gift w Purchase bunco coupons

This Thursday and Friday only – August 5th and 6th! Bunco coupons available year around by signing up for your newletter.

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Get this large Bunco Buds! tote bag free with any $35 purchase.

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Keep your bunco groups supplies all together for transport from house-to-house, party-to-party, in this fun, large, black canvas fabric, “Bunco Buds” tote bag. This tote bag also makes a fantastic gift for your party hostess or bunco game winner!

The Bunco Buds Tote Bag measures 19″ x 18″ with 10″ handles. Comes with black with pink and black stripes on the bottom of the bag. The saying “bunco buds!” aloing with a pencil, bell, bunco scoresheet, and floating dice are all screen printed on the bag.

Order this bunco buds bag for your next party and delight your bunco friends with this cool gift and you will be a bunco gift giving star!

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Bunco Game Shop’s new Bunko for Breast Cancer Starter Kit

Celebrate breast cancer awareness by inviting your bunco group and network of friends to a pink ribbon themed bunco party or fundraiser with the new Bunco Game Shop’s “Bunko for Breast Cancer Starter Kit“.

Each Bunko for Breast Cancer Starter Kit contains 1 Pink Ribbon Tote Bag, 1 Large Pink Fuzzy Die, 1 Bell, 9 Pink with Black Pip (dots) Dice, 1 Tablet of Bunco Score Sheets (50 sheets), and 6 Pink Ribbon “ROLL BUNCO” pencils.

Next time you host bunco night, organize a Bunko For Breast Cancer party, where you can “roll the dice and beat the odds!, and we will donate an additional $1 in your name for each “Bunco for Breast Cancer Starter Kit” purchased.

Bunco for Breast Cancer events can be held with your “official” bunco group at your home, or you can go all out and invite your entire network of friends to join you at a event center for a community wide “Bunko for Breast Cancer” extravaganza!

“Your chance of winning Bunco is 1:12. In the U.S., the chance of a woman being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in her lifetime is about 1 in 8.” (source of statistic: The American Cancer Society). You can make a difference! Start planning your Bunko for Breast Cancer party today!

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Princess Bunko Kit

Treat your bunco princesses to this sweet “Princess Bunco Kit” and celebrate your princess themed bunco event with our new Princess Bunko Kit.

Each Princess Bunko Kit contains 1 hot pink Princess tote bag, 1 purple maribu tiara, 1 pink wooden handle bell, 9 pink with white pips (dots) dice, 1 tablet of bunco bash score sheets (50 sheets), 6 hot pink “ROLL BUNCO” pencils, and 1 tally pad. Items sold separately at $22.00.

Hold a princess bunco birthday party or a princess themed bunco kit party next time you host bunco at your place, and watch how much fun your group has being a princess!

My friends and bunko buds held a princess themed bunko party for my birthday as a surprise, and it was so unexpected and wonderful! I deeply appreciated the extra attention and it will be a bunco memory I will treasure always.

Additional items from the princess bunko kit may be purchased separately.