If it's an inside party, make it feel tropical, crank up the furnace to about 90F.
Costume Suggestions
Buy flower leis to give to each guest, putting them around their necks as they arrive to the party.
Many costume shops sell plastic leis or you might find a florist who can provide leis made of real flowers.
You could also make tribal headdresses using large leaves and flowers and attaching them to a headband.
Make a grass skirt by twisting green crepe paper and having it hanging down from a sash. Many costume shops also sell grass skirts, so you could try the nearest store perhaps.
Decorations
Set a tropical look by decorating the house in bright big flowers and leaves. You could maybe use real flowers bought from a florist.
You can also try making large flowers and leaves using crepe paper and cardboard. Make cutouts of coconut trees to put along the walls.
Decorate chairs by adding bamboo to the backs of them for an exotic touch. You can give the same look to tables by covering them with a bamboo blind.
Use a kiddie pool filled with ice to keep drinks in. Lay a tarpaulin beneath it and surround it with sand and fake palm trees, making an oasis where the guests can quench their thirst.
Food Suggestions
Serve tropical food like large fruit platters using banana, berries, mangos, pineapple and other luscious fruit. Spice up a fruit salad by adding thick coconut shavings to it.
A roast would also be good for a tropical celebration. You could maybe try to hire a spit for the party.
Make a large punch for the guests to drink. Add large chunks of pineapple and other fruit. You can decorate the punch bowl by surrounding it with leaves and flowers.
Serve food on large banana leaves instead of plates.
Try to serve drinks in halved coconut shells. Or you could even use pineapples with the centres hollowed out. Add bright bendy straws and cocktail umbrellas to add to the look.
Games & Activities
Pineapple Toss:
Set a table outside and cover it in a bamboo blind.
Line pineapples along it, spaced evenly apart, and have guests try to throw rings around them for prizes.
You can make rings by cutting the centres out of plastic plates. If you need to add more weight to the rings, use several plates taped together.
Coconut Bash:
Set a second table outside and cover it in a bamboo blind.
Line it with plastic cups and set a coconut on top of each one.
Mark a line on the ground using tape or even flour, and have a basket close by filled with balls.
Have the guests try to knock over the coconuts down.
Monkey Mayhem:
Make a large palm tree cutout using cardboard and paint. Try to cut it so that there are lots of leaves that hang to the sides.
Fix thumbtacks to the back of the palm tree by placing sticky-tape over the pin and taping them to the back, with the pin facing outward.
Also make cutouts of monkeys and attach a paper clip to each one using tape.
Using the paperclips, hang a monkey from each thumbtack so it looks like they’re swinging in the tree.
Have the guests try to knock the monkeys off by either throwing balls at them or squirting them with a water pistol.
You could make your invitations out of brown paper grocery bags, cut them into individual invitation size and write on them, roll them up and tie with string?
Also, if you have a big lots store close by you can find ton's of cute tropical decorations and melamine serving dishes.
Pineapples, leis, make people wear costumes (hawaiian shirts, grass skirts), play limbo, have Malibu Coconut Rum or Parrot Bay, you could put up posters of palm trees, if you have a surfboard set that up as a decoration maybe, use warm colors for decoration like orange, red, etc.
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If it's an inside party, make it feel tropical, crank up the furnace to about 90F.
Costume Suggestions
Buy flower leis to give to each guest, putting them around their necks as they arrive to the party.
Many costume shops sell plastic leis or you might find a florist who can provide leis made of real flowers.
You could also make tribal headdresses using large leaves and flowers and attaching them to a headband.
Make a grass skirt by twisting green crepe paper and having it hanging down from a sash. Many costume shops also sell grass skirts, so you could try the nearest store perhaps.
Decorations
Set a tropical look by decorating the house in bright big flowers and leaves. You could maybe use real flowers bought from a florist.
You can also try making large flowers and leaves using crepe paper and cardboard. Make cutouts of coconut trees to put along the walls.
Decorate chairs by adding bamboo to the backs of them for an exotic touch. You can give the same look to tables by covering them with a bamboo blind.
Use a kiddie pool filled with ice to keep drinks in. Lay a tarpaulin beneath it and surround it with sand and fake palm trees, making an oasis where the guests can quench their thirst.
Food Suggestions
Serve tropical food like large fruit platters using banana, berries, mangos, pineapple and other luscious fruit. Spice up a fruit salad by adding thick coconut shavings to it.
A roast would also be good for a tropical celebration. You could maybe try to hire a spit for the party.
Make a large punch for the guests to drink. Add large chunks of pineapple and other fruit. You can decorate the punch bowl by surrounding it with leaves and flowers.
Serve food on large banana leaves instead of plates.
Try to serve drinks in halved coconut shells. Or you could even use pineapples with the centres hollowed out. Add bright bendy straws and cocktail umbrellas to add to the look.
Games & Activities
Pineapple Toss:
Set a table outside and cover it in a bamboo blind.
Line pineapples along it, spaced evenly apart, and have guests try to throw rings around them for prizes.
You can make rings by cutting the centres out of plastic plates. If you need to add more weight to the rings, use several plates taped together.
Coconut Bash:
Set a second table outside and cover it in a bamboo blind.
Line it with plastic cups and set a coconut on top of each one.
Mark a line on the ground using tape or even flour, and have a basket close by filled with balls.
Have the guests try to knock over the coconuts down.
Monkey Mayhem:
Make a large palm tree cutout using cardboard and paint. Try to cut it so that there are lots of leaves that hang to the sides.
Fix thumbtacks to the back of the palm tree by placing sticky-tape over the pin and taping them to the back, with the pin facing outward.
Also make cutouts of monkeys and attach a paper clip to each one using tape.
Using the paperclips, hang a monkey from each thumbtack so it looks like they’re swinging in the tree.
Have the guests try to knock the monkeys off by either throwing balls at them or squirting them with a water pistol.
Well you can buy some coconuts and pineapples and scoop out the insides and serve peoples drinks in them with the mini umbrellas?
Invites just have some palm trees and a hammock on a beach.
Games i would make everyone try and limbo, it is a right laugh.
Food well keep it fresh and colourful plenty of shellfish, fresh fruit, fresh veg and fresh fish.
You could make your invitations out of brown paper grocery bags, cut them into individual invitation size and write on them, roll them up and tie with string?
Also, if you have a big lots store close by you can find ton's of cute tropical decorations and melamine serving dishes.
Sounds like fun!
Pineapples, leis, make people wear costumes (hawaiian shirts, grass skirts), play limbo, have Malibu Coconut Rum or Parrot Bay, you could put up posters of palm trees, if you have a surfboard set that up as a decoration maybe, use warm colors for decoration like orange, red, etc.
Check out orientaltrading.com they have lots of tropical decorations and party favors. The stuff is pretty cheap too 'cause you buy in bulk!