Party Ideas and Event Planning Tips » Welcome http://reasontoparty.com/blog Plan your party or event with our free party planning ideas Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Caribbean Theme Party Ideas and Supplies http://reasontoparty.com/blog/welcome/caribbean-theme-party-ideas-and-supplies/ http://reasontoparty.com/blog/welcome/caribbean-theme-party-ideas-and-supplies/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:56:09 +0000 coordinator http://reasontoparty.com/blog/?p=106 Caribbean theme party!

Create your own invitations! Go to your local discount store and purchase several cheap rubber flip flops – any color! Write your invitation details right on the sole with permanent markers! Tell your guests that shoes are optional and cut-off shorts are encouraged.

Funtoos are a cute item to put inside your purchased invitations for an island twist. Ask your guests to wear them in a unique place on their body that day and let the fun begin! Don’t forget to include the dress code in your invitations. Tropical and bright colored clothing are a must.

Caribbean Theme Party Decorations

Outdoor Caribbean Theme Party Decorations: Start out by lining your front yard with pink Flamingos. Your guests won’t stop laughing until they get into their cars to leave! Set up a raffia Cabana at your front door or club entrance for your guests to walk through!

If you will be partying outside, hang some wind chimes and Tropical Lights around. Use Beach Umbrellas all around the party area! Keep your party drinks nice and cold and at the same time have a fun warm-climate decoration with an Inflatable Pineapple Cooler.

Indoor Caribbean Theme Party Decorations: Try some beautiful Fish that you can use to hang from ceilings and place on tables and doors. Palm Trees are a must. You can never have too many palm trees!

Parrots are perfect for over your buffet or drink table! An Inflatable Sun ranks right up there as a favorite for a fun and spunky decoration! Palm Tree Gossamer is great for decorating large areas or draping over unsightly objects to give them an island flair. Select bright colors like red, yellow, and green as your primary decorating colors.

Use some Balloons, Streamers , and Curling Ribbon to decorate your party site. These add a big impact at a very low cost!

Place lots of tropical fruit around – large bunches of bananas, coconut and Tissue Pineapples. Beach towels would also be another inexpensive decorating item – cover chairs with them, or place them in piles around the party site.

Caribbean Theme Party Table Decorations: Scatter seashells around some Tropical Centerpieces for a fun look. At your tables, be sure to have several Coconut Votive Candles burning and a couple sets of maracas on each table would add a cute flair.

If you can, make buffet tables from surfboards. Talk about a conversation piece!

Place some Straw Beachcomber Hats upside down and line them with plastic wrap. Then, fill them with different snacks for your guests – chips, nuts, etc.

Make your own seashell napkin rings. Purchase clear acrylic napkin rings and seashells. Glue one large or several small seashells in a cluster to each ring. This also makes a great party activity if this themed party is for children/teens!

Create a centerpiece of tropical fruits in a basket that has seashells, starfish or sand dollars strung or glued to the outside. Conch shells are a perfect item to place on your buffet table. Make small cards that have the names of the dishes you are serving on them and place them inside the large shells to show what the selections are. Arrange the shells in various ways to add interest to the table.

Caribbean Theme Party Activities: If your budget allows, hire a band to play reggae throughout the evening and your guests will not be able to contain themselves from getting up and dancing away! For a less expensive alternative, hire a DJ to play lots of reggae and beach music (Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffet, and the Beach Boys).

If outside and possible, organize a beach volleyball tournament for your guests, or hold a limbo competition.

At the end of the evening, a bonfire would be a nice activity to do -especially if you are holding your party at the beach. Turn the music down a notch and grab some rum punch to relax to the soft rhythm in the background.

Caribbean Theme Party Favors: Party favors for a jammin’ Caribbean party theme! Send your guests home with a fun and crazy Tiki Bobblehead. The perfect decoration and favor! If you didn’t use our flip-flop invitation idea, a pair of rubber sandals per guest will leave them talking about your creativity long after they leave your party.

Shell Necklaces will put your guests in the right mood for a great time. You know all that rum you will be serving? Serve it up in some Glassware. Choose your favorite among the many different styles and don’t forget to personalize them for your specific event!

Coconut Serving Bowls are great to give away. Fill them with nuts or candy and then wrap the entire thing with fish net and tie with string and a tropical flower.

Place a Mini Palm Tree Votive Candle at each place setting for a cute touch to your table and a perfect gift for each guest!

Caribbean Theme Party Food Ideas: Consider serving these rum drinks as well as many others: Rum Punch Rum and Coke Pina Coladas Margaritas Be sure to garnish each of these tropical drinks with the authentic umbrella toothpicks! Here are some menu ideas that are sure to add a tropical flair to your event!

Anything that includes crabmeat is an excellent choice! You could serve crab legs (if you wish to go all out!), crab salad, or crab dip for starters.

Cucumber salad works well with this theme.

Coconut fried shrimp is not only yummy, it is a perfect choice to enhance that island atmosphere you want to create! No Caribbean Party would be complete without topping the meal off with some cool key lime pie for dessert!

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From a 4 foot tall Spiderman to a 7 foot tall Birthday cake to a 149″ inflatable movie screen, Inflatables are hot this year. Welcome a new baby with an inflatable stork, welcome your guests to your luau with a 9 foot tall blow-up tiki arch, or decorate your lawn for each holiday with large air blown Santas, Pumpkins and Turkeys!

Make this year’s block party one that all the neighbors will enjoy by buying the 149″ inflatable movie screen! Screen can be set up and inflated in minutes, and includes everything you need: two UL-listed inflating blowers, stakes, tethers, even a storage bag. Just perfect for Movies, Sports, Video Games, Slides, Presentations and more. Pre-order now for shipping starting in June and you’ll save $50! 

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Hello Kim,

We had our birthday party on Friday night and it was ABSOLUTELY wonderful! The party was a TOTAL hit. The kids kept occupied and everyone walked away HAPPY. I don’t think I sent you the scan of the birthday card yet, so I will attach it to this message. I set up about 7 games on tables in the house. I scanned the tops of the game boxes to make stickers. I bought mini notebooks and put a cord through the spiral to make it a necklace. After they played a game, they came to me to get a sticker of that game. The rules were that they had to switch players when they switched games too.

They didn’t neccesarily have to finish a game, but it was encouraged. A few of the kids actually managed to play ALL of the games. We had Checkers, Chess, Yahtzee, Tiddly Winks, Chinese Checkers, Ludo (Sorry), Scrabble, Dominoes, Hi Ho Cheerio and Memory. The kids kept pretty occupied for about 1 hour or so switching the games. At random times I would hold up a sticker and call out the game. If they had that sticker in their notebook, they could pick a prize out of the prize box. Now I have a pretty big box of prizes. I made up goody bags that had mazes and number puzzles in them and of course candy. They were really simple goodie bags, but they were fun and the kids enjoyed them. There was also a maze book or puzzle book and a kazoo. (what party would be without kazoos right?) LOL

It was easy to tell when to switch to the next part of the party. After that first hour or so, you could tell the kids were getting restless and weren’t settling down to the games anymore. So we did the cake and ice cream thing. The cake was GREAT! I actually made it because I didn’t want to spend the money on buying one. I make a confetti cake mix and then frosted it with a cream cheese frosting that I added real cream cheese to. It made it a nice light flavor. I then washed some mini dominoes the boys had and laid them out on the cake. I took some gel frosting and made some red and black squares in the corner and then wrote the Happy Birthday in the lower left corner. The cake was definitely home-made looking, but it sure tasted GREAT! We bought those single serving ice creams this year and I can say I am converted! I will NEVER buy a half gallon for a birthday party again. These little containers were the perfect amount and there was no mess in serving it up! I was supposed to hang black and red streamers and balloons, but I plum ran out of time before the party started so we had already blown up balloons and the kids had a bunch of fun popping them!

That was a perfect segue into the present opening part of the party. The kids really had a blast looking through it all. After the guests left, they had 2 friends that stayed over night. They were allowed to play with their presents with their friends. I was so happy after the party was over. The kids had a TOTAL blast! I just had to share my success with you.

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