LUAU PARTY IDEAS

LUAU PARTY INVITATION IDEAS:

• Attach a tag with party details to a Hawaiian lei or a tissue fish or pineapple.

• Hot glue a tropical flower to the front of card stock, on back have the party details – don’t forget to ask everyone to wear their favorite Hawaiian shirts!

• Inflate a beach ball, write party details on ball, deflate and mail. The invited guests will need to inflate to see the party info.

LUAU PARTY DECORATION IDEAS:

• Set up an area to designate for your bar – you can make a sign by getting a piece of cardboard (can tear a lid off of a box) – call your bar area a name like Hula-la Bar or Tiki Bar – write it on the box lid and then punch small holes sporadically tracing the letters of the name and stick small Christmas lights in the holes so that when hung, the letters light up. Provide a variety of fun, frozen drinks with little umbrella’s for the guests.

• Decorate the tables with grass skirting around the base of the table. Can line the edges of skirt with fun, tropical flowers.

• Line your sidewalk or pool area with tiki torches.

• Fill coconut bowls with snacks and place on the tables.

• Decorate with real, tropical flowers as your centerpieces.

• Fill a small kiddie pool with ice and drinks.

• Use inflatable palm trees as decorations around party area. You can also place a palm tree into a kiddie pool that is full of sand and shells.

• Use bowls filled with water and beta fish as centerpieces on the tables or just float candles.

• Attach butcher paper to the base of tables or chairs and cut the ends into strips to make it look like grass skirts.

• Use white lights or paper lanterns to decorate the trees or pool area

LUAU PARTY GAME IDEAS:

• Play a game of Limbo! A variation of this game is if it is hot outside, use a water hose as limbo stick.

• Have a hula-hoop contest!

• Have a water balloon fight!

• Have all guests hold hands and pass a hula hoop down the line while only using their head!

• For more of an extravagant party, check your local area for a Polynesian group that can entertain for 30 minutes to an hour for your guests or just hire one hula dancer to teach lessons to your guests at the party.

• Check Hawaiian name websites and pre-make name tags for all guests by placing their Hawaiian translated name on their tag. As the guests arrive, they receive their name tag and a small bag of 4-5 shells – throughout the party, all the guests have to use everyone’s Hawaiian name – if they get caught using someone’s regular name, then they have to give up a shell. Whoever has the most shells at the end of the party, wins.

• Play a game of coconut bowling by trying to roll a coconut down to knock over 3 pineapple.

• Have a craft table with pre-drilled seashells, beads and artificial, tropical flowers for the guests to make their own Hawaiian jewelry (great for adults too!)

• Fill a kiddie pool with sand and have the guests dig through to find special prizes with their buckets and shovels.

• Buy lots of inexpensive flip-flops and set out several different items to decorate the flip-flops with and let the guests be creative and decorate their pair the way they want to.

• As place card holders, decorate small, inexpensive frames with sea shells and slide the guests name into the frame.

LUAU PARTY FAVOR IDEAS:

• Greet your guests by hanging a Hawaiian lei around their neck.

• Make tropical hair clips by buying fake tropical flowers and hot gluing to hair clips for all the girls at the party to wear.

• Sunglasses

• Beach Balls

• Flip-Flops

• Bag of colorful shells

• Suntan Lotion with custom label on front

• Beach buckets full of nuts, candies or mints

• Beach towels

• Maracas

• Sea shell necklaces

• Chapstick