Fun Party Ideas + Creative Party Themes = the Best Parties Ever!
Are you looking for quick party ideas?
Do you need to find ideas for invitations, themes, decorations, activities, games, favors, prizes, food? If so, check out the fun party theme ideas below. Mix them with a dash of your own creativity and they're the recipe for a perfect party.
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For the ultimate diva party combine some ideas from our pink vogue party with others from our home spa and chocolate parties and create your own signature pink diva cocktail or mocktail to serve your diva friends.
Party Ideas & Themes:
Bat Mitzvah Parties - Make that right of passage, coming of age ceremony, memorable with one of these 6 Bat Mitzvah party themes. Themes include party ideas for everything from decorations to activities.
Board Game Parties - Give new life to classic boardgames like Parcheesi, Scrabble, Clue, Twister, Monopoly and more by building theme parties around them. Surprise your guests with your creative twist on board game favorites.
Casino Theme Party - Roll the dice and deal your friends an invitation card to a fantabulously fun casino party. Whether you go with a black tie chic James bond theme or a country casual western poker saloon theme, your guests will have the time of their lives.
Christmas Tea Party - Tea parties create a wonderful retreat at anytime, but especially at Christmas. What could be cozier than sipping tea with your friends, surrounded by the beauty and aroma of Christmas.
Cocktail Party - Plan an elegant evening with friends by mixing up some fun and exotic cocktails. Create a relaxed atmosphere with soft lighting and your favorite light music. Then, add some delicious bite-sized sweets and appetizers and enjoy.
Funky Nail Art Party - Have the girls over for the ultimate girly-girl party. Kick back, chat and paint creative designs on each other's nails.
Hawaiian Luau - Create memorable invitation/name tags with your guests' "Hawaiian" names. Decorate with grass table skirts, garden torches and colorful flowers. Lay out a smorgasbord of tropical fruit and simple finger foods or serve popular Hawaiian luau recipes. Play Hawaiian party music while you do the limbo. Have hula hoop competitions or play traditional ancient Hawaiian games. For resources and more Hawaiian luau party ideas go to our Hawaiian Luau Party Ideas Page!
Home Spa Party - Host a relaxing, luxurious evening for the girls. Hire professionals to pamper your guests or create a tranquil atmosphere yourself using the spa party ideas on our Home Spa Party page. Whatever you choose to do, your guests will love you for it.
Mardi Gras Party - Plan a fun and colorful Mardi Gras party. Enjoy lively music, dress up in beautiful costumes, and create one of a kind party masks.
Oscar Party - Charge up the camera batteries and roll out the red carpet. It's time for a glitz and glam party that celebrates the movies and celebrities we love.
Oktoberfest Party - Roll out the barrel and yank up your lederhosen... and while your at it... brush up on the chicken dance. Oh! And don't forget to offer a hearty welcome to all of your friends and neighbors. After all, who could possibly resist an invitation to a good old-fashioned German Oktoberfest party.
Pirate Party - Host a pirate themed party. Dress up, and make cool invitations and name tags. Learn how to speak pirate and plan to include one of our many pirate party ideas, games, and activities.
Pole Dance Party - For the perfect mix of fitness and fun, dare to be different and invite your friends to join you for some pole dancing lessons. Whether you find a studio or hire a professional to teach at your home, you will laugh, stretch, swing, and slide your way to the time of your life.
Pool Party - Anytime of the year is a perfect time to host a pool party. Even if the weather's not cooperating and summer is months away, consider pooling funds together with friends and holding your party at an indoor swimming pool or hotel instead of outdoors.
Presidential Inauguration Party Ideas - Celebrate the swearing in of the new President by hosting an inauguration party. You don't have to go to Washington to participate in this historical event.
Singing Bee Party - Love the new NBC Singing Bee show? Why not host a unique party and challenge your friends to a Singing Bee of their own.
Super Bowl Party - Host a super bowl party with lots of great food, activities and friends.
Urban Legends Party - An Urban Legends party is both unique and fun. You'll find great resources, free printable invitations, and all the food, activity, and decorating ideas you'll need to plan an Urban Legends Party listed on our Urban Legends Party page. Check it out!
Wine and Cheese Party - For a classy evening of savory sipping and conversation, host a wine and cheese party! Add a challenge or two and invite guests to determine the names of various wines and cheeses based on a blind taste test.
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Invitations:
Put plant pokes with your party invitation card attached in small plants and hand deliver them or have someone else deliver them for you.
Using calligraphy will add elegance to your invitation if that is the look you are going for. Either look for a calligraphy font when typing out invitations or write them yourself using these instructions ...
Free Calligraphy Instructions More Free Calligraphy Instructions You can even practice calligraphy online with an interactive
Calligraphy Lesson. Decorations:
Plants, garden furniture, candle lanterns or candles in mason jars, whimsical table cloths or elegantly set tables, terra cotta pots to hold utensils, etc., or fine china, napkins wrapped with ivy or a wired flower.
Food:
Anything from a simple buffet to an elegant catered 5 course dinner.
Activities:
Conversation! Conversation! Conversation!
Sometimes that is the best party of all.
Prize Ideas:
Not necessary unless you would like to have a door prize. In that case:
A beautiful garden lantern, a garden stone or decoration.
A basket of goodies from your garden.
Favors:
A seed packet wrapped with raffia or lace (depending on your party).
A small basket of fresh produce from your garden.
A beautiful bouquet of cut flowers from your garden.
Decorations:
Drape curtains around the T.V. to look like a theatre.
Dim the lights and make a lighted path to the seating area with strands of clear mini-lights.
Set up a concession stand.
And check out these amazing
Movie Party Decorations!
Food:
Popcorn, Candy, Soda
Activities:
Movie of your choice Netflix lets you rent, watch and return DVDs from home - Try free for 2 weeks!
Movie Trivia - Sample trivia questions available at
Movie Trivia
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More Movie Trivia! TV and Movie Trivia Movie charades - Make a list of movies or actors and actresses to use for this game. Play Scene It? Turner Classic Movies DVD Edition - Enjoy scenes from your favorite movies as you and your friends race around the game board. Pop the Scene It? DVD into your player and set up the unique FlexTime board for a long or short game. Then watch actual movie clips on your TV and answer questions about films, scenes, actors, famous lines, and more. Get to the Winner’s Circle, correctly answer the Final Cut question, and win!
Prize Ideas: Movie Ticket, Video or DVD, Movie Poster
Favors: Movie Magazine (free at the theater), Movie Poster
