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Hawaiian Party Ideas

Looking for some Hawaiian party ideas for your next outdoor party? Get some great tips on decorating, food and games.

Hawaiian Party Decorations

A Hawaiian or a Luau party is a great party theme for kids, teens or adults.

What could be more inviting and colorful than Hawaiian party decorations of flowers, bamboo tiki torches and grass skirts.

Be sure to have your outdoor speakers playing some Hawaiian music.

Hawaiian Party Invitations

By simply using cardstock paper and tropical foam stickers you can make your own luau party invites. Type up the invitation details on your computer and trim the paper with a decorative scissors.

Glue the invite onto brightly colored stock paper, add a sticker and bright ribbon.

If you can hand deliver the invites, punch a hole in the corner of the invite and tie it onto a Hawaiian lei. Hang the lei on the guests front door.

Include on the invite that the dress is Hawaiian attire only.

Luau Party Food

Hawaiian or Luau party food needs to include lots of fresh fruit like pineapples and mangos.

Start by serving this refreshing pina colada smoothie recipe. Using coconut milk, frozen pineapple and bananas, serve in insulated plastic glassware decorated with a pineapple straw.

If you like to use your grill, grill chicken breasts that have been marinated in teriyaki sauce and then top them with mango salso (I purchase the salsa at Target).

Or for something more simple, serve cold chicken salad on top of a slice of cantalope with a small bunch of green grapes on the plate.

Luau Cakes

Finish the evening with a luau cake. A coconut cake that is easy to make and can be prepared several days in advance is the perfect choice. Made with Cool Whip and shredded coconut, the frosting is light and cool. Keep it in the refrigerator and serve cold. This is a great cold dessert recipe.

These luau cupcakes are topped with plastic finger puppets that include a pelican wearing a hula skirt, a bright pink flamingo and a tropical parrot.

Use bright colored cupcake liners and sprinkle colored sugar and/ or shredded coconut on top of the frosting. Make white cupcakes if you want the colored cupcake liners to stand out. If you make chocolate cupcakes, the liner turns a dark color and the design is no longer visible.

For more tips and pictures go to: Luau Cakes

Luau Birthday Party

Each guest is provided with a brightly colored lei. Purchase two different solid color ones. I found this big box of leis at Target.

If there will be some luau games, then the those wearing the yellow leis are on the yellow team and those with the aqua leis are on the other team.

Buy a special lei that is different from all the others for the special birthday person.

Serve a decorated coconut cake for the birthday cake.

Hawaiian Party Decorations

There is an abundance of Hawaiian party decorations at stores like Party City, your local Dollar Store, or Hobby Lobby.

Use brightly colored paper goods, place bamboo tiki torches around the pool area or by the pool gate.

Decorate with colorful leis and fresh local flowers. Purchase a whole pineapple that is uncut to use as a table decoration.

For more ideas and great pictures go to: Hawaiian Party Decorations

Luau Party Games

Looking for some more Hawaiian party ideas? Include some luau party games. Ice breakers are always a great way to get a party started. As the guests first arrive place a colorful lei around their neck.

When all the guests have come, instruct them to find an other guest with the same color lei. Have a couple of questions for them to ask each other like, "Tell me about your most favorite warm weather vacation" or "If you could travel anywhere what location would you like to go to."

Of course for the younger crowd there is always the Limbo game. But my favorite is a hoola-hoop contest. Have two at a time hoola-hoop to Hawaiian music and see who does it the longest. Continue until everyone has a turn.

The winners of that group then compete with each other until you have one person who has "hoola-hooped" the longest.

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