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hayley97
My friend and I are planning this party, which I'm not exactly sure of the theme. She's going kind of crazy because she's never planned a party before and is driving me insane, so I'm pretty stressed out right now... Anyways, we need things like paper lanterns, rugs, and torches. Kind of tropical, beachy theme I suppose. I really don't want it to look cheap and thrown together. Someone help me, please!
Answer
Beach themes are easy to do. You can call it "Surf's Up!" or "Fun in the Sun!"
Set out beach umbrellas in the yard...get lawn chairs....set out tiki torches....hang up a raffia hula skirt around the table area in the front to dress it up....use bamboo place mats.
Blow up a few beach balls and toss those around the yard (have a permanent marker so everyone can sign them later and give away as prizes)
Centerpiece can be pineapple, coconuts, bananas, mangoes grouped together
Get some kids sand pails from dollar store...fill with things like fun beach towel, sunglasses, sun lotion, "lifesaver" candies, sun visors, beachcomber's hat, etc.....tie helium balloons to the handle..place them around for decoration...but either have a "lucky draw" or give away as prizes.
Use Frisbees as holders for paper plates (guests get to keep them as gift)
Make decorations using old jars, fill with sand, stick in a tropical fake flower, some sea shells....or fill with sand and use to hold a tea light candle on top, throw some little shells in there so they show on the sides of the glass jar.
Make huge decoration flip-flops: these can be done from foam board or card stock...even old cardboard and then painted, or covered in striped material or funky fun fur. Make the thongs using ribbons and hot gluing them on...add whatever trims you like or leave plain--a flower at the toe? These can be hung up on a fence or a porch or in a party room....or they can be on a door, etc. (hot glue a hanging ribbon on the backs in 2 spots if paper is thin and needs support on each side.)
Make small fun "surf boards"...use foam board for these....adding contact paper to front works...just cut the foam in the shape of a surf board.
Serving snacks in baskets lined with a napkin is good too--find some driftwood if you can! place that around..make a grouping. Hang little lights up. Hang a life preserver up (or again...use foam board and make one)...to say Welcome. If you have an area to use fabric (get cheap from fabric store clearance section)...cut with pinking shears and hang striped fabric in doorway...or framing poles on a porch, etc. Use bright blue and white...or yellow...(just tape it up there ;)...or staple if you can.
Get a kiddies pool if you don't have one...fill with water and fill with balloons in the blue and yellow and white. (Can play a game later where everyone has to run to pool and sit on a balloon til it pops).
Play "pass the wet sponge"...2 teams each has a bucket of water and big sponge. On go..first person soaks sponge and passes it overhead to person behind and down the line. Last person runs up to another empty container which is 6 feet ahead of the full bucket and squeezes water into it. Then that person takes the first place in line and everyone moves back one. Team who accumulates the most water (say after 2 complete runs) wins....OR..you can mark a line on their "empty buckets" to see who reaches the line first!
Get some sea glass or colored glass stones from the dollar store that come in a netted bag....hot glue them to something sturdy (a heavy piece of slate would be ideal)...but a sturdy plate that won't be used again is ok...as long as it's unbreakable kind. Wash good and use it as a fun platter to serve appetizers on (a plate of deviled eggs?)....mini sandwiches on a bed of lettuce? Decorate sandwiches with some cherry tomatoes, olives, cheese cubes all in between.
Cut an orange in half, put it on a plate, use it to stick party picks of food in.....grapes and cherries (like maraschino cherries) or melon balls or more cheese cubes.
Put together a playlist of beach songs...check the web for best selection. (Beach Boys music a must..same goes for Jimmy Buffet). There's another song by Buster Poindexter "Hot Hot Hot" that'll get things lively.
Beach themes are easy to do. You can call it "Surf's Up!" or "Fun in the Sun!"
Set out beach umbrellas in the yard...get lawn chairs....set out tiki torches....hang up a raffia hula skirt around the table area in the front to dress it up....use bamboo place mats.
Blow up a few beach balls and toss those around the yard (have a permanent marker so everyone can sign them later and give away as prizes)
Centerpiece can be pineapple, coconuts, bananas, mangoes grouped together
Get some kids sand pails from dollar store...fill with things like fun beach towel, sunglasses, sun lotion, "lifesaver" candies, sun visors, beachcomber's hat, etc.....tie helium balloons to the handle..place them around for decoration...but either have a "lucky draw" or give away as prizes.
Use Frisbees as holders for paper plates (guests get to keep them as gift)
Make decorations using old jars, fill with sand, stick in a tropical fake flower, some sea shells....or fill with sand and use to hold a tea light candle on top, throw some little shells in there so they show on the sides of the glass jar.
Make huge decoration flip-flops: these can be done from foam board or card stock...even old cardboard and then painted, or covered in striped material or funky fun fur. Make the thongs using ribbons and hot gluing them on...add whatever trims you like or leave plain--a flower at the toe? These can be hung up on a fence or a porch or in a party room....or they can be on a door, etc. (hot glue a hanging ribbon on the backs in 2 spots if paper is thin and needs support on each side.)
Make small fun "surf boards"...use foam board for these....adding contact paper to front works...just cut the foam in the shape of a surf board.
Serving snacks in baskets lined with a napkin is good too--find some driftwood if you can! place that around..make a grouping. Hang little lights up. Hang a life preserver up (or again...use foam board and make one)...to say Welcome. If you have an area to use fabric (get cheap from fabric store clearance section)...cut with pinking shears and hang striped fabric in doorway...or framing poles on a porch, etc. Use bright blue and white...or yellow...(just tape it up there ;)...or staple if you can.
Get a kiddies pool if you don't have one...fill with water and fill with balloons in the blue and yellow and white. (Can play a game later where everyone has to run to pool and sit on a balloon til it pops).
Play "pass the wet sponge"...2 teams each has a bucket of water and big sponge. On go..first person soaks sponge and passes it overhead to person behind and down the line. Last person runs up to another empty container which is 6 feet ahead of the full bucket and squeezes water into it. Then that person takes the first place in line and everyone moves back one. Team who accumulates the most water (say after 2 complete runs) wins....OR..you can mark a line on their "empty buckets" to see who reaches the line first!
Get some sea glass or colored glass stones from the dollar store that come in a netted bag....hot glue them to something sturdy (a heavy piece of slate would be ideal)...but a sturdy plate that won't be used again is ok...as long as it's unbreakable kind. Wash good and use it as a fun platter to serve appetizers on (a plate of deviled eggs?)....mini sandwiches on a bed of lettuce? Decorate sandwiches with some cherry tomatoes, olives, cheese cubes all in between.
Cut an orange in half, put it on a plate, use it to stick party picks of food in.....grapes and cherries (like maraschino cherries) or melon balls or more cheese cubes.
Put together a playlist of beach songs...check the web for best selection. (Beach Boys music a must..same goes for Jimmy Buffet). There's another song by Buster Poindexter "Hot Hot Hot" that'll get things lively.
Creative place card ideas?
anonymous
It's for a tropical themed event. I need something to put on the tables so guests know where to sit/what table to sit at. Anything creative other than plain old cards?
Also, where can I buy place cards?
Answer
Floral outlets, wedding planning outlets, business supplies, party supply outlets should have place cards.
OR
Do a Napkin holder band with room for name, decorate with tropical flower.
OR
Make a variety of "tents" place holders using a program such as Print Shop. Create a Postcard that can be folded in half thus creating your tent. Hand write name on tents.
Depending on number of people, choose a variety of graphics that go with your theme. Print on heavy weight paper. Can vary colors.
Cut out, fold.
Table for four would use one set of graphics if you want to theme the tables themselves.
Beach
Sunbathing
Sandcastle
Sunset
Life guards
Light houses
Luau
Music and beach dancing
Beach volley ball
Beach chair, towel, shade
Palm trees, coconut, pineapple
Variety of sea shells
Different pictures of sea shell decorations
Sea gulls and sand pipers
Beach scenes and waves
Can place Candles in sand on/in appropriate dish.
Palm leaf place mat; straw place mats; beach mat for runner on buffet table. New kids sand toys as decor on tables.
Hula dressed Barbie type dolls. Decorated Conch shells.
Palm tree centerpiece. Sand art cake with Non-real seashell decoration. Tint icing sand color, decorate shaped cake on top of larger flat layer, garnish with footprints, sea shells, sand tops, tiny flip flops. Can have table cloths with tiny footprints walking across sand. Enlist small children for this one, beige table cloths with darker beige paint for foot prints.
Have a beach decorated CANVAS for those attending to sign in a darker sand color of course. Can be a door prize or be gifted to the person or organization in whose honor the event is being held.
Floral outlets, wedding planning outlets, business supplies, party supply outlets should have place cards.
OR
Do a Napkin holder band with room for name, decorate with tropical flower.
OR
Make a variety of "tents" place holders using a program such as Print Shop. Create a Postcard that can be folded in half thus creating your tent. Hand write name on tents.
Depending on number of people, choose a variety of graphics that go with your theme. Print on heavy weight paper. Can vary colors.
Cut out, fold.
Table for four would use one set of graphics if you want to theme the tables themselves.
Beach
Sunbathing
Sandcastle
Sunset
Life guards
Light houses
Luau
Music and beach dancing
Beach volley ball
Beach chair, towel, shade
Palm trees, coconut, pineapple
Variety of sea shells
Different pictures of sea shell decorations
Sea gulls and sand pipers
Beach scenes and waves
Can place Candles in sand on/in appropriate dish.
Palm leaf place mat; straw place mats; beach mat for runner on buffet table. New kids sand toys as decor on tables.
Hula dressed Barbie type dolls. Decorated Conch shells.
Palm tree centerpiece. Sand art cake with Non-real seashell decoration. Tint icing sand color, decorate shaped cake on top of larger flat layer, garnish with footprints, sea shells, sand tops, tiny flip flops. Can have table cloths with tiny footprints walking across sand. Enlist small children for this one, beige table cloths with darker beige paint for foot prints.
Have a beach decorated CANVAS for those attending to sign in a darker sand color of course. Can be a door prize or be gifted to the person or organization in whose honor the event is being held.
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