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Adult
Party Themes
Date Themes < Based on a date like Halloween
Party
Themes < Can be used for any occasion You
can also use your imagination by sending out great invitations,
spicing up the food and planning
music...
Party Themes
Costume
parties are easy requiring little decoration with the costumes
setting the tone. Make sure you make the wearing of the
costume mandatory to at least get in...
Abba Party
- Face your Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Muriel's Wedding, the ultimate 70's Party
Animal Instincts -
Animal print fabrics really get the party howling. Feather boas are bound to tickle your
fancy. Idea
from Wicked Wines
Alphabet Party
- Choose a letter of the alphabet that requires everyone to dress up as a character that
begins with... Examples: P = Peter Pan, Pirate, Pig, Policeman. Award a prize for the
best / original costume (champagne)
Arabian Nights
Party - Your own Lawrence of Arabia spectacular with veils and long
robes. Someone might even go as a camel.
Army Party - Boot Camp will never be the same! Watch the show for ideas
but remember army greens, face paint or Good Morning Vietnam.
Austin Powers
- 60's party.. groovy baby!
 Australia
Day - Throw a party and celebrate Australia Day on
26th January each year.
Show your Australian spirit by decorating your party with Australian
flags; wearing an Australian flag badge, t-shirt, hat or apron; or
by organising a morning tea with lamingtons and Vegemite on toast!
Australia Day, January 26, is the biggest day of celebration in the
country and is observed as a public holiday in all states and
territories.
On January 26, 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip took formal possession of
the colony of New South Wales and became its first Governor.
B-Side Party
- Invite your guests to dress-up as their favourite pop star. See
Pop Stars
Back to School Party - Hold the
party at a school gym (maybe even the guest of honor’s old school if possible). Invite
old school friends. Decorate room with memorabilia from the honoree’s school years,
crepe streamers in school colors. Serve "kid" appropriate food or food from that period
in time.
Backwards Party
- Lame idea if you ask us, but at least 2 people sent us this one.
Backyard Olympics - Really a day party for the
backyard. Think of any game you can turn into a mini Olympics of challenges.
Bad Taste Party
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Dress Ideas - Torn Stockings, Clashing Colors, Sagging Chests (bra filled with water
balloons), Housecoats, Curlers, Unbuttoned Shirts Showing Hairy Chests, Gold Chains,
moustaches, Characters: Hitler, Tampon, Royal Family, Decorate the place (or undecorate
it?) and make it tacky: Plastic Coverings On the Pillows, Sheets On the Couch/Sofa, Lit
Up Santa In the Window,
Barn Dances
Country and Western Party The typical barn dance.
Beach Party
(Pool) - Another old favourite, requiring people to dress casually as if they were at
the beach, decorate the house accordingly and have a beach ball!
Bon Voyage Party
- Great 'going away' Party! Requires everyone to dress up in costumes according to
the place where the person is going... Examples: London = Bobby (policeman), Beefeater,
Robin Hood, Knight, Maid Marion or Patriotic - Aussie colours and dress! And don't
forget decorating.. snow, fog...
Chains and leather – Vinyl makes great boob tubes, loin cloths, dog
collars, arm bands, wrist bands, even g-strings! Stick on studs for a fresh fetish
touch.
Idea from
Wicked Wines
Chef / Dinner
Party - Aussies have been doing this for years! Any number of
couples/families agree to host a weekly/monthly dinner at alternating houses. One
prepares and cooks an entree, another the main and another the desert. Everyone
rates each dish out of 10 to decide the best dish.
Cocktail Party
- Everyone picks a favourite cocktail and dresses accordingly. Eg. Rob Roy (wear a
kilt), Fallen Angel (angel costume with broken wings & bent halo). Colour Party
- Choose a colour that requires everyone to dress up in that colour. Award a prize for
the best / original costume (bottle of champagne)
Cross Dressing
- The boys go as girls and the girls go as boys! Who can forget Mrs Doubtfire.
Cruise Party (Love Boat) - Think of
activities: a casino, a lounge or a dining area. Using available props, build a pier, a
cruise ship with lights as your focal point and add some shimmery paper that doubles as
water. Decade Party
- (1950's, 1960's,
1970's & 1980's) Always popular. Everyone
dresses up in gear from the period and decorate accordingly (60's = peace signs. smilie
faces, psychodelic lights). Ideas Here
Envy Party -
Green with envy – People whom we’re envious of … brides, pop stars, film stars,
sports people, filthy rich people, fabulously beautiful people. Wicked witches
always seem to be consumed by envy.
Idea from
Wicked Wines
Fabulous Forty F party - Not sure
what it is? Fantasy Party
- Decorate the room in all white and glittery and include balloon clouds with iridescent
shreds, white glittery castle towers, a staircase and a beautiful gate with glittery plumage
décor. Add white fantasy trees made of balloons and iridescent shreds…and a magical walkway
of white disks covered with white gossamer, which makes a great entrance.
Flirt Party (1) -
Pleasure seeking missile: (Guys) Try the obvious criminals of passion, the great
tempters of history will do just fine. The hard-core, flirt-without-shame boys like Don
Juan, Casanova, Errol Flynn, Jon Holmes (!), James Bond, Warren Beatty, Shaft, Bill
Clinton, Hugh Grant, Julio Inglese, Chef from South Park, Barry White, and of course Tom
Jones! (Girls) Come as a woman who is totally unafraid to flaunt her sexuality;
Madonna, Monroe, Cleopatra, Aphrodite, Patsy from Abfab, Joan Collins, Elizabeth Taylor,
Cat Woman, Monica Lewinsky, Mae West, Sharon Stone or Ivana Trump.
Idea from Wicked Wines
Flirt Party (2) - Flirt with Fantasy:
Dress like your about to hit on anything that has a pulse! Think leather, fur,
snakeskin, stilettos, plunge tops (and that's just for the boys!). The tightest jeans,
the flimsiest tops, that little bit of red bra showing. Hmmm. Try body paint! Or, how
about black teddies, fishnets, and baby doll pyjamas (down boys!). Of course the really
mesmerising flirtsters will dress normally and just show a little bit of bra, a little
bit of this or a little bit of that! Did we say tease?
Gods & Godesses
- Pick a theme such as roman / greek. Guests pick a god or godess of their choice &
dress accordingly. Decorate premises, use a throne for the highest god, lots of throw
cushions, fake vine leaves &
grape bunches. Make ambrosia (or baklava is good) and a good godly punch. Glow in the
Dark Party - flashlights, glow necklaces and bracelets (the kind you
"break" and they glow for hours), glow stickers, glow in the dark glue crafts and
glowing face paint.
Greed Party (1) -
The Decade of Greed – Use the opulent eighties decade as inspiration. Gordon Gheko
from Wall Street, JR from Dallas with that hat, Tim Robbins in The Player.
Dress for success with pin-striped jacket, white man’s shirt, tie, black bra and
fishnets. An attaché case bulging with play money is the ultimate accessory. Top it off
with a man style hat. Boys – join the Don Johnson Miami Vice pastel suit brigade
or do The Godfather thing.
Idea from
Wicked Wines Greed Party (2) -
Putting on the Glitz – go for anything gold, go to your local op shop for all things
gaudy or glitzy, buy a can of gold paint and create your own glitz blitz. Sequinned
fabrics are available by the metre to easily make boob tubes, halter tops, hot pants etc.
Greed Party (3) - Greedy titbits
– big hair, go the chunky fake gold Rolex, dark glasses, heaps of chunky diamante rings,
gold chain by the kilometre, mobile phone, ruby red lipstick, black nail polish,
anything Mafia complete with violin case.
Idea from Wicked Wines
Hawaiian Luau
- Fake palm trees, fruity punch and cool tropical fruit drinks.
Heaven and Hell
Party - Darken one room with red drapes, a fake fire, dry ice or smoke
machine. Dim or coloured cloth over lamps & throw around a few ropes & chains for
Hell. Other room is bright & airy, white flowing gossamer drapes, you get the idea.
Hillbilly Party - Check out the Beverly
Hillbillies for inspiration...
Hollywood Party-
There is so much available to execute it. A backdrop that says "Hollywood" just like the
one in the Hollywood Hills will really set the stage. Large film reels, a celebrity star
walkway, old-style movie cameras, large rolls of paper film to use for decorations and
even spotlights you can build all add to the glamour and allure. Everybody will feel
like a star because they are invited to dress as their favourite star!
Horror Party -
Plenty of scope for costumes, decorations and a load of fun... Costumes
Click Here
How to Stay Young Party - Hold the
party at a spa or a fitness club, or decorate a party room with posters and
advertisements for vitamins, exercise equipment, liposuction, and so on. Request the
guests to bring "how to stay young" gag gifts, such as vanishing cream, books or
magazines on the topic, etc. Set up a buffet with all sorts of healthy foods.
Hire a comedian to poke fun at the guest of honor, or enlist some of their buddies to
present silly and/or sentimental life stories.
Initials Party
- Come dressed as your initials. ie MM = Mickey Mouse, BS = Barbara Streisand, MB
= Mr Bean Jungle Party
- Decorate house with bamboo, large fleshy plants, jungle netting, etc. Guests pick
characters you might find in the jungle eg. animals, soldiers, big game hunter, airplane
crash survivor, etc. Lust Party -
Lustful titbits – think suspenders and black fishnet stockings, 50s and 60s sex sirens;
Marilyn Monroe, Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, garters, blonde wigs, beauty spots, stiletto
heels, bustiers, corsets, knee high boots and minis, choker collars, red lipstick and nails,
ultra-long cigarette holders, black teddies (the one you wear, not the one you cuddle),
Playboy bunnies (black leotard and fur tail and ears will do it).
Idea from Wicked Wines
Mardi
Gras/Masquerade - It’s colourful, it’s easy and it’s fun. Using purple,
green and yellow streamers, masks, banners and other touches, you can create a carnival
atmosphere without even trying. Hats, noisemakers, feathers and beads for all. Give
people masks—and let them arrive incognito, at least at the beginning! Top the tables
with green plates, purple napkins and gold garland napkin rings. Inexpensive and fun.
Medieval Mischief
Party - Watch films like Robin Hood, Lancelot or Braveheart for a guide.
Mexican Party
- Great fun decorating a Mexican house, cactus and bash the donkey..
Piñatas
Moulin Rouge Party - Hot on the success of the film
comes the party... See the film, check out the outfits, music and the fun!
Roaring when? More...
Murder Mystery
- These are great fun! Either plan one for home or go to one of the specially
arranged ones.
Pirate Party
- Ships, ports and all aboard..
Pool Party - Click Here
Pop Stars Party
- Dress up as your favourite stars! Beatles, Elvis, Material Girl, Rock'n'Roll... also
called a 'celeb' party.
Sixties Party - Click Here for 1960's party info.
Space Party (Space gigs) Futuristic Party -
Stone-Age Party
- Yabba dabba do..
Unofficial Flintstones Page
Surprise Party
- always an option for adult birthdays, especially milestones. When deciding
if you want the guest of honour to know about the party, keep in mind that if it’s a
surprise, you will have to figure out a way to ensure that the birthday celebrant
attends.
Here are some suggestions:
- Have the party at a location the birthday person wouldn’t consider suspicious - a
relative’s house for dinner, restaurant, favourite bar, etc.
- Have the party either a few weeks before or after the date of the actual birthday.
- If you’re having an at-home surprise party, take the guest of honour out to dinner, and
have an assistant welcome the guests. When you return from dinner - surprise!
- Throw an early-morning (breakfast buffet) or late-night (dessert buffet) surprise party
to catch a suspicious one off guard.
- Make sure that everyone parks away from the party site, especially if they have a unique
car or license plate, or if you are hosting at your house.
Instead of the traditional "jump out and yell surprise", have the guests walk in on the
birthday person, as if nothing out of the ordinary is going on.
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Survivor Party - Everyone is asking about survivor
parties.. Watch the show... castaways, head bands, tribes, flaming torches.
View Survivor Party ideas
Titanic Party - The Titanic is a marvellous theme for a party or special
celebration because it has something to offer everyone...
View Titanic party idea's
Toga Party
- Popular because it is simple, but not popular with mum because she looses a few
sheets.
How to tie and host a toga party - Click Here
Tropical Party
- American concept, transform the house into an island paradise: palm-treed islands rest
placidly in front lawn lagoons next to thatched roofed bamboo huts; boats tethered to
docks float on plastic-lined, flooded porches or swamped basements; real beaches, made
with tons of imported sand, cover the entire first floor; paper-mache volcanoes belching
smoke erupt next to native-dressed mannequins that spout a steady stream of champagne
through their mouths; and lawn torches illuminate the palm fronds, bamboo rods, and tiki
god images that are placed everywhere to give the total effect. And all this is lavished
on appropriately clad partiers as they sip exotic punches from chopped-off coconut
shells and sugar cane rods or voodoo-faced mugs, topped with miniature parasols, as they
await the delicious offerings of the authentic pig roasts and Hawaiian luaus served up
in the backyard.
Video Party
- After you scramble their minds with drink, make them star in a video.
Details Here
Viking Party
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Western Night - Cowboys and injun's!
View Wild wild west idea's.
Wild Wild West Party - Old-West shoot-'em-up parties
Click Here for full details.
Wizard of Oz Party - Decorate with poppies, sunflowers, bunches of straw,
small metal funnels, paw prints, diplomas, hearts, medals, green balloons with baskets
hanging from the bottom, big pink bubbles... Party Hats: small metal funnels, decorated.
Name tags can be decorated with Oz stickers or rainbows or Oz rubber stamps. Use yellow
street chalk to turn the pathway to your door it into a yellow brick road. Put the
appropriate shoes (ruby) on a pair of socks stuffed with newspaper and have them sticking
out from under the house. Let the guest of honour dress like Dorothy because all takes are
braids, a blue checked dress, and a stuffed dog in a basket, and don't forget the shoes!
Make Dorothy's shoes: Spray old shoes with glue and rolled in red glitter.
Xmas in July Party
- Sometimes these really go off
Costume Dress Costume List < Click
Date Themes
Boxing Day - Go on a pub crawl in fancy dress is great fun with many pubs
offering prizes for the best costume.
New Years Eve
- General fancy dress (anything goes)
Australia Day
- Throw a party and celebrate Australia Day on
26th January each year.
Show your Australian spirit by decorating your party with Australian
flags; wearing an Australian flag badge, t-shirt, hat or apron; or
by organising a morning tea with lamingtons and Vegemite on toast!
Australia Day, January 26, is the biggest day of celebration in the
country and is observed as a public holiday in all states and
territories.
On January 26, 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip took formal possession of
the colony of New South Wales and became its first Governor.
Easter - Bunny
Rabbits, Eggs, St
Patrick's Day - Irelands famous day of the green!
Grand Final - Football/Rugby Team colours or team mascot - Lions,
tigers
Halloween -
Witch, Goblin all see Horror (below)
Click Here
Christmas -
Father Xmas, Elves, Reindeer Other party dates.. September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day
September 22-28 is National Dog Week
September 25 is "One Hit Wonder" Day
October 6-12 is "National Chili Week"
October 14 is "Be Bald and Be Free" Day
Personalize the party!
If the party is celebrating a person [like a birthday], then focus the
party around the person’s hobby. If they love to fish, decorate the room with fish
cut-outs. Use an Under the Sea tableware pattern, set up a fish buffet (shrimp and crab
appetizers, fish entree and a cake in the shape of a fish.
Design the party around their vocation. Dress up as "patients" for a
doctor or "students" for a teacher. Decorate the room to suit the theme, with X-rays,
stethoscopes for the doctor; pencils, books and maps for the teacher. Theme the party
around the honouree’s favourite cartoon when they were a kid.
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