Bunco Party Ideas

bunco party

“I hosted my first bunco party for 15 girlfriends this past weekend and decided the kickoff party had to be a pink Parisian theme”. When hosting this party, you want to ideally have at least 12 guests to be able to play. These lovely party ideas were submitted by Kylie with photography credit to Tricia Breidenthal. Thank you to everyone who submits pictures and ideas for others to enjoy.


bunco party

“I hosted my first bunco party for 15 girlfriends this past weekend and decided the kickoff party had to be a pink Parisian theme”. When hosting this party, you want to ideally have at least 12 guests to be able to play. These lovely party ideas were submitted by Kylie with photography credit to Tricia Breidenthal. Thank you to everyone who submits pictures and ideas for others to enjoy.


Bunco Party Invitations

Using the party theme of pink Parisian, for your invitations use a pink background with a Parisian cafe scheme across the top and black and white dash marks along the bottom. The wording said: "Come to an evening in Pink Paris, for a Bunco Bonne Fete, C'est Magnifique!" 

Another idea for a plain theme is to have a border around the invitation that looks like a row of dice. Across the top, write: “Let’s roll in a winning bunco party”. Then, underneath, write your party information (date, time, location, etc).


Bunco Party Decorations

  • Use the color theme of soft pink, hot pink, black, white, and silver
  • The party was held outside in my backyard, so I had twinkly lights in the trees and candles on the tables
  • I made tissue paper pom poms and hung them in the trees. I bought balloon lights from Michaels and strung them through the pom poms, so they glowed. At the end of the light I hung a pink crystal with fishing wire so they looked like floating diamonds in the trees. 
  • I used black and white tablecloths and used the same crystals hanging in the trees in vases on the tables with "fake" candles to cast a pink glow.
  • In the house I had more lighted pom poms with drop crystals, glitter garland (from Martha Stewart), strings of pink crystals in the windows, and pink, white, and black serving pieces.
  • Coasters with Eiffel Towers and fancy champagne glasses

Other ideas:

  • Have giant colored dice stacked at the party entrance
  • A pink bell with a ribbon bow at the main table
  • Vases on the tables filled with pink carnations and mini white, pink, and black dice in the water
  • White and pink painted wooden table display numbers
  • Pink napkins with white lace print
bunco party outside decorations
bunco party coaster
bunco party materials
bunco party outside decorations
  • Use the color theme of soft pink, hot pink, black, white, and silver
  • The party was held outside in my backyard, so I had twinkly lights in the trees and candles on the tables
  • I made tissue paper pom poms and hung them in the trees. I bought balloon lights from Michaels and strung them through the pom poms, so they glowed. At the end of the light I hung a pink crystal with fishing wire so they looked like floating diamonds in the trees. 
  • I used black and white tablecloths and used the same crystals hanging in the trees in vases on the tables with "fake" candles to cast a pink glow.
  • In the house I had more lighted pom poms with drop crystals, glitter garland (from Martha Stewart), strings of pink crystals in the windows, and pink, white, and black serving pieces.
  • Coasters with Eiffel Towers and fancy champagne glasses
bunco party coaster

Other ideas:

  • Have giant colored dice stacked at the party entrance
  • A pink bell with a ribbon bow at the main table
  • Vases on the tables filled with pink carnations and mini white, pink, and black dice in the water
  • White and pink painted wooden table display numbers
  • Pink napkins with white lace print
bunco party materials

Bunco Party Game Materials

I designed and created all the bunco materials and each table had a different theme ( Eiffel Tower, poodle, "Paris", and parisian cafe). This made the theme even more fun and helped to identify the different table groups. 

  • Make sure to have 3 dice at each table
  • Make sure to go over the rules before you start playing (as there are different variations) and to help the guests, have a main chalkboard with the rules on display or individual cards for each guest to limit confusion
  • Have cute playing score cards and tally sheets with pink stripes and the Eiffel Tower on the side
  • On display, have any prizes that can be won to encourage the guests (e.x. prize for most buncos, most losses, most points in round 1, most wins, etc.)


Bunco Party Food

I had chocolate dipped strawberries, strawberry wafer cookies, gougere, a tray of french cheese and crackers, macaroons, puffed pastries, brownies, cookies, mini quiche, tomato and cucumber salad, and chips and dip. We also had lots of French wine and sparkling pink lemonade.

Other food ideas:

  • Glass candy jars with images of side of dice on food cocktail sticks in the middle for decoration
  • Premade clear cups of melon balled fruit, blueberries, strawberries, and grapes
  • Dice brownies - cut brownies into squares and make them look like dice by adding M&M’s on top 
  • Sugar cookies in the shape of dice or that say “BUNCO TIME”
  • Glass vase filled with pink chocolate kisses or pink gumballs 
  • Pink cupcakes 
bunco party
bunco party

I had chocolate dipped strawberries, strawberry wafer cookies, gougere, a tray of french cheese and crackers, macaroons, puffed pastries, brownies, cookies, mini quiche, tomato and cucumber salad, and chips and dip. We also had lots of French wine and sparkling pink lemonade.

bunco party
bunco party

Other food ideas:

  • Glass candy jars with images of side of dice on food cocktail sticks in the middle for decoration
  • Premade clear cups of melon balled fruit, blueberries, strawberries, and grapes
  • Dice brownies - cut brownies into squares and make them look like dice by adding M&M’s on top 
  • Sugar cookies in the shape of dice or that say “BUNCO TIME”
  • Glass vase filled with pink chocolate kisses or pink gumballs 
  • Pink cupcakes 


Bunco Party Favors

  • On the gift bags, make them look like dice by cutting circles of construction paper and gluing to the bag in the patterns of dice. 
  • Elegant pink candies and pink chocolate covered strawberries or pretzels
  • 3 colored die (either playing dice or foam dice)
  • French cheese and crackers 



Wow factors for the guests: The twinkly tissue paper pompoms dripping with crystals. Everyone loved those and it was a fairly easy (although time consuming project). The coordinated scorecards, table tents, and tally sheets, wine charms, and accessories were a big hit as well.

Thank you again to the party ideas submitted by Kylie with photography credit to Tricia Breidenthal. If you too would like to share your own party ideas and or picture, do so by clicking here.