January 28 by BirthdaypartyIdeas4u.com CH

Roaring Twenties – Great Gatsby Party Ideas

Gatsby Party Decorations
Gatsby Party Invitations

One of the most popular and trendiest themes for a party you can use as an adult is the Roaring Twenties Gatsby theme. This is easy to put together and absolutely every personality loves and really gets into this party theme. After you send out your posh black and gold invitations with Gatsby-font lettering, get ready to have the best time throwing the ultimate party for grown-ups.

Roaring Twenties Gatsby Invites

Roaring Twenties Gatsby Decors

Decorations should be loud, glittery, and pleasantly dramatic, and your color palate should fall into hues of gold, silver, black, and white. For textures, think tinsel, feathers, and flowy fabric. Drape tables in gold, glittery tablecloth and put up helium-filled balloons of black with gold polka dots. Silver circle paper fans and garland made of plush black and white feathers make the hanging gold doorway tinsel pop. Post up DIY chalkboards with Gatsby quotes written on them and likewise, post up any type of signage that resemble vintage prohibition-era speakeasy images. Setting up a photo booth for your guests is absolutely necessary, so opt for a simple black backdrop with plenty of flashy props such as sequined masks, hats, mustaches, and feather boas. Matching tableware is also a necessity, so go for all gold for the ultimate feel of fancy.

Roaring Twenties Gatsby Settings

Roaring Twenties Gatsby Food

Food should be delicious but exquisite in the details. Think a big event cake that is multiple tiersin black frosting and with the classic gold sharp, angular shape designs of the roaring twenties old money. Top the cake with a huge bouquet of shining black feathers and serve on a tall, silver platter with dangling crystal drops. Surround the cake with equally breathtaking treats, such as white cake pops with black bowties, golden sugar dipped apples, chocolate jello pudding shots, red velvet cupcakes with white icing and gold coins on top, sugar cookies in the shape of bowties, and crystal bowls full of rich candy. Fill martini glasses full of green olives, bar nuts, and popcorn. Place bright pink cotton candy tufts in champagne flutes and offer vintage styled champagne coupes to your guests to drink their beverages from. If possible, a fabulous addition to your Gatsby-themed party is a champagne fountain. Apart from this, any bubbly beverage should be on hand for the event.

Roaring Twenties Gatsby Favors

Party favors should be equally flashy as the party itself, so think crystal lined votive candles, personalized barware glasses, detailed fans, and shiny bottle stoppers. You can wrap these types of gifts up in sturdy boxes that match the look of the invitations you sent out, or you can use a black velvet bag with gold tie string. You can also merge party favors with activities. Have your guests come to the party in Roaring Twenties themed costumes and hand out fun prizes for the best ones.

Roaring Twenties Gatsby Activities

Activities for a Roaring Twenties themed party involve all kinds of things—dancing being the big one. Make sure you have a great playlist full of the best of the best music from the twenties era for your guests to cut a rug to. Casino games are also a great idea, such as Russian roulette, craps, and even poker. Because the mafia began during this time, another fantastic and extremely interactive activity for a Gatsby party is a murder mystery game for your guests. There are many ways to set up this type of game, whether you’d like it to be simple or lavish, but the basic idea is coming up with a scenario that fits your theme and giving your guests clues to figure out who the “murderer” is. Again, with this game, you can award party favor prizes to the winners.

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January 25 by BirthdaypartyIdeas4u.com CH

Basketball | Soccer Birthday Party Ideas

For your little sports fan, you can throw a Soccer or Basketball Birthday party, letting them bring their favorite action packed competitive play activity to a celebration that is one-of-a-kind. Both soccer and basketball make fantastic themes that you can interchange with black and white for soccer or orange and black for basketball.

Party Invitations

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Party Decorations

Use jerseys in frames to bring your venue a personal look that will impress the guests. You can place miniature balls on pedestals or in bowls on the tables as centerpieces, and add fun little touches like confetti to make them really stand out. This is a great theme for breaking out your sports stamps and creating different personalized stamp-art like labels for food, or name cards for the guest tables. Use balloons to add to the festive quality, if you use a sharpie you can make them look just like basketballs/soccer balls as well. If you happen to have a small hoop or goals, you can incorporate them into your party area as a fun decoration as well. Have a chalkboard set up with fun sports artwork for a neat, unique touch that will stand out remarkably in your venue area.

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Party Food Ideas

Make your foods look sport friendly by creating a lot of different round choices, like cake pops, decorated to represent basketballs or soccerballs. Sugar cookies, cupcakes, even sandwiches cut into circles can have be a fun addition to a snacking table. A cake shaped like a court or field with little balls on it is sure to draw attention and taste delicious.

Party Games

For entertainment, the guests can play a rousing game of basketball or soccer, letting them work out that energy with a blast of fun. You could set up a mini-hoop indoors or let them get wild outside. Another fun activity would be to set up a craft corner and let your little sports fans decorate their own special jerseys, giving them a memento to remember the party by.

Party Favors

Let your visitors take home some fun favors, make some chex mix and then place little edible soccer/basketballs inside for a sporty addition. You could have your child sign some mini-balls for them to take home as well for a way to really make your little one feel special and famous. An additional fun take home gift could be candles that are in jars that you, or the guests can decorate with the fun sports theme.

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January 21 by BirthdaypartyIdeas4u.com CH

Star Wars Birthday Party Inspirations

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Star Wars Party Ideas, Food, Favors

For a celebration that your galactic traveling child will love, throw them a Star Wars Birthday Party. With this theme, there is no limit to the excitement that you can bring to the comfort of your home, or venue.

For a sophisticated take on a Star Wars theme, use black and gold to decorate your party area. Black fabric draped floor to ceiling behind your buffet or gift table will give a bold effect that looks fantastic. You could even hang a banner in front of it with Star Wars characters, wishing the birthday child a wonderful day. Display movie posters in frames that you can decorate, or pre-finished ones, to showcase your theme with style. Use your child’s collection of fun miniature characters to cover the tables with action packed fighting scenes for an exciting touch at every seat! You can make some black poms to hang from the ceiling to fill the room with a galactic feel, maybe even put up some stars for a neat addition. Another fun option you have is to make your own spaceship from the movie with a cardboard box, let your inner artist out to bring it to life as a showstopping decoration for guests to enjoy.

Use personalized black and gold labels to name your food anything you want to from the movie. You can make fruit kebabs and call them “Light Sabers.” Have some rolos in a big bowl and name them “Han rolos.” Guests will enjoy fun, catchy little titles along with delicious treats. You could cut open a watermelon and use the shell to make a miniature Yoda for the table. Make a Storm Trooper from a cheese ball and surround him with cracker for a fun dip. For a cake to remember, have a recreation of the Star Wars ship made for everyone to enjoy. To decorate you can add star wars cake toppers.

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Other great treats can include chocolates, Jellies in a shape of Star wars characters using appropriate silicon trays. Serve drinks with these shaped ice too along with flag toppers for the straw. Free straw toppers available just above.

Let your guests release their inner Jedi with a pinata shaped like Darth Vader filled with goodies. They can use bats painted like light sabers for some hard hits to bring him down! Bubbles in tall containers offer a fun option for small ones to do, letting them run around and pop them. You could even use pool noodles to let the kids have their own safe Jedi battles outdoors.

Send your guests home with their own light sabers and jedi costumes for a long lasting way to remember the sweet celebration. You could also give them masks for the Darth Vader fans, so they can act out their favorite scenes anytime.

Other popular ideas are treats which you can send them home in star wars darth vader treat pail. Cupcakes with toppers may work very well too if you are looking for an affordable option. They can look absolutely amazing and you can never go wrong with them.

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January 20 by BirthdaypartyIdeas4u.com CH

Rainbow Birthday Party Ideas

Make your party room a ravishing array of abundant colors with a Rainbow Themed Birthday Party. Using rainbows, you can bring a beauty to your venue that your little guests are sure to love!

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For this fun theme, it is all about the bright, vibrant colors of the rainbow. For your back drop to accent your buffet table used giant poms to create a cloud look and then have yarn in all the rainbow colors hung to create a full, rainbow effect. Use rainbow streamers to cover your ceilings for a cute look. This is also a fantastic theme to have balloons everywhere in every shade! Create some edible centerpiece decorations for each guest table by making layered jello in large jars, letting each table have it’s own special miniature rainbow. Use different colors of the rainbow for each guest table and the buffet table, this makes the entire room look like one giant rainbow. You could even make your food table stand out even more by making a layered look around the front with rainbow fabric draped to the floor. Use rainbow dishware and swirly straws to complete your colorful atmosphere.

Feed your hungry guests with a spread of bright, colorful treats that they will love. You can add food coloring to virtually any dish you make, giving you limitless options for creative fun. Rainbow lollipops make a sweet treat that kids enjoy and add height to your table. Make some rainbow layered parfaits for a delicious and bright delight. Layout your fruit spread in a rainbow shape to attract attention. Cupcakes with miniature rainbows set on top give a fluffy cloud look that is certainly delicious. You could even make a confetti cake roll for some yummy excitement. For a unique birthday cake, you can make a chocolate bundt cake with white frosting and funfetti over the top, giving a splash of colorful fun.

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Bring your party some fun with a toss the bean bag game set up in a rainbow fashion. Set out pails in each of the colors of the rainbow in a line, then have the kids take turns seeing how far they can toss the bean bag to make it into the pails. Make your own little ball pit for the kids to play in with a wading pool and little plastic balls. Have the kids participate in a baking exercise, make some rainbow pinwheel cookies, they bake fast so they can take home their sweet treat.

Send your visitors home with some fun favors like rainbow twizzlers. You could also make colored popcorn and wrap in bright paper. A set of watercolors with coloring books is another fun idea that will last awhile.

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January 4 by BirthdaypartyIdeas4u.com CH

Cowgirl Birthday Party Ideas

When people hear the word “cowgirl”, the immediate impression that comes to mind is fun and fearless. “Cowgirl” is much more than just a profession or a type of boot—it’s a personality! Taking the cowgirl flair and incorporating it into your next shindig is a way to round up people into a tooting good time! And what’s better: you’ll never be at a loss for decoration, food, or activity ideas with this theme.

First things first—make a great initial impression with your party guests by having the entry to the venue complete with a swinging saloon door! Have pink and purple cowgirl hats ready for your guests to wear throughout the party, and line the walls with cure cactus lights and plenty of western garb. Flag banners in beautiful burlap spelling out fun cowgirl phrases bring in an extra bout of a jovial atmosphere, while fondant sheriff stars on a main event cake or big cowgirl cookies are an extra special treat. Glitter confetti on the tables and old movies and photos of cowgirls playing in the background are brilliant party aesthetics, and you can’t go wrong with themed cocktails or drinks in the spirit of the happy, brave cowgirl!

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Food and Drink

The food you serve and how you display it are one of the most important elements to completing a party theme. Bite-size snacks are perfect for parties, since it allows your guests to mingle without having to carry utensils. You can use cowgirl paper cups to hold brownie bites, popcorn or cut up fruits. They’re not just for drinks! Another great way to bring the Pink Cowgirl theme to your party is with these Western Boot Cups. There are so many ways these could be used, from displaying straws or lollipops to holding snacks or drinks, these are adorable and affordable.