Sticking to themes this year, Tiffany decided that she wanted to have a themed party as well. The theme she choose for her party was a Luau. The planning for this party was so easy and yet so much fun. Nana and I headed out to Walmart to look for luau things and we were so excited when we got there to see that everything pertaining to a luau was on clearance. We were able to get a box of plastic leis as well as fake flower leis, the grass skirts for girls to wear, the grass skirt for the table, paper hanging pineapples, and parrotts, the luau straws, cups, fish netting, plates and napkins. I went online and created and printed invatations for Tiffany to pass out at school. Walmart even had a luau birthday cake!
Due to the Rabbit Fest going on in Cove last weekend Tiffany decided to postpone her party til this weekend in order to make sure her friends could come as well as the fact that she had just gotten out of the hospital last Monday.
Saturday, we all got up early and started decorating. We hung little lights with paper lanterns on them around the porch, hung up the fish netting, and the pineapple and parrots around the porch. We decorated the table outside and got the grill ready to go. You can't have a luau without a bbq. I prepared skewers of ham and pineapple, I also took thick pork chops and diced them into large pieces and then marinated them in Hawaiian sauce, once they were done we took those and put them on skewers with fresh cut pineapple as well. We also had teriyaki sauce and marinated chunks of chicken in it and then put those of skewers as well. We then took little paper umbrellas and put cheese chunks and different pieces of fruit on each one. We had gotten strawberries, melon, watermelon, pineapple, grapes for the different pieces of fruit. We also had a veggie tray and chips and dip. For those that may not like the skewers we also had hot dogs. Nana was our griller for the day and for drinks we make virgin strawberry margaritias for everyone.
When we were out getting the food we came across a palm tree cooler that really made the yard look great. For games we had coconut volleyball, which is played with a water balloon and a towel. Pop the coconut, where we blew up brown balloons and tied them to each of the kids ankles and they had to run around trying to pop everyone elses balloon without theirs getting popped. We had a coconut war where the kids all had water balloons and got to toss them at each other like dodge ball and finally we had a limbo. The music for the party was great as it was the Beach Boys Greatest Hits.
To finish off the party Tiffany had her best friend Kayla spend the night and we watched a movie and this morning they took all the photos from yesterday and each got to make a scrapbook of their memories from yesterday.
I have learned that these theme parties take about the same amount of time to set up and plan as a regular birthday party and yet they are more fun and organize for the adults. It was a great way to include people of all ages and have fun. I think during the games the adults had more fun watching the kids.
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