I am having a luau party, but the only problem with it is that it is scheduled to rain on the day that Iam going to have it. I need some ideas to have an indoor party. I have never had a real party in my life and this party means so much to me because it will be my first. Please respond back quickly.
Ashley From Texas
Have it inside and ask everyone to wear shorts or bathing suits. Rent some beach/summer movies to watch. Provide lots of fingernail polish for pedicures and try to find some plain flip flops. They could decorate them with flowers and beads as a party favor. Serve colorful punch with the paper umbrellas in all the drinks. Serve food picnic style with brightly colored floral paper products. If you can still find any summer things like beach balls or children's pool floats, hang those from the ceiling.
This isn't for a luau, but for my daughter's party we had a candy theme. I filled long stemmed cocktail glasses with M&M's, skittles, and laid things such as air heads all over the table. We used pixie sticks to make the sand bottles where they layer different colors of sand in the bottle to make a design. The candy would be colorful and the sand bottles are a colorful keepsake they could do (even use sand from the craft store). At this age, they mainly want to talk and giggle. (11/04/2004)
By Ann
You can probably find cheap plastic leis from a party store to add to the festive atmosphere. Balloon volleyball and braiding ribbons or flowers into each other's hair are some activities I liked at that age. (11/04/2004)
By debo_mill
How about virgin pina coladas? Having Hawaiian music (or maybe Elvis' movie Blue Hawaii) playing can also really help set the mood.
If the girls are craft oriented types, maybe they could learn how to make paper flowers, and then string them to make their own leis. You'd probably have to do a bit of advance research on making paper flowers so you can teach them, unless you already know how. (11/04/2004)
By Lynne
For my surprise Luau birthday party for family, I went to the library and checked out beach boys and Hawaiian music (free), I did some research on the net and made name tags with each persons Hawaiian name, some are too funny. We used a game out of the name tags. Everyone was supposed to call each other their Hawaiian name, and each person got a rubber band for their wrist. If they used their real name, they lost their rubber band. Most rubber bands won a prize.
By liz craig
Have a limbo contest. You can use a broomstick or another similar item for the pole. Download the Limbo Rock song from Wal-Mart.com music downloads, or other similar websites, and either play it from the computer or burn it onto a CD. You can also find rules to various limbo games on the web.
Above all, have a good time and don't let the rain spoil your fun. My luau party after my wedding got rained out, and we ended up having a huge super soaker water gun battle that ended with the garden hose and people being drug out into the rain. (05/26/2005)
By Kelly
Have fun first of all. Just because you have to be inside doesn't mean you can't have the stuff inside too. Bring in the fancy lights and candles. Have a kids wading pool filled with sand and seashells, it kinda looks like the beach. Put beach towels around it because people may want to take a walk on the "beach". Dress the part, eat the part. Have pineapples, coconuts, kiwi and tropical fruits. You can even go outside in the rain (if it isn't thundering), it does rain in Hawaii. Play a game outside, but have plenty of towels ready. (05/26/2005)
By sandy
If you need a game to make people very excited, play hot coconut which is the same as hot potato but with a real coconut. (08/21/2005)
By Elizabeth
Well, what I would do is I would have a table on the ground (a buffet table) and I would lay 2 cinder blocks (one on each end) on the ground then the table over the top. Then I would either take a piece of muslin (fabric) and lay it over the top, or have a plastic Hawaiian Table Cover that comes at the party stores. Then for your chairs you take cheap, inexpensive throw pillows (one for each person) and lay them around the table. Serve "island food" such as fruit, fruit punch, etc. Also, you can play a few games such as pin the coconut on the palm tree, a treasure/scavenger hunt indoors, the limbo, and pass the coconut. Since you are indoors and it rains, I suggest getting a movie or two. For the younger audience, Lilo and Stitch The Movie. Teen audience, Johnny Tsunami. The Older Audience, Point Break. Those are just a few ideas. Don't forget to decorate like crazy, just remember sometimes a little goes a long way. :) (02/26/2006)
By Mikayla
Something fun for the girls. I don't know how long it would take, but if you know some hair dressers, have them come and braid the girls' hair with beads like they do in tropical places. Then take an awesome picture. (04/19/2006)
By parisgirl
Well Ashley from Texas, for your birthday party have your people bring Hawaiian skirts and decorate your room.
Have fun, Lora (09/03/2006)
By LORA
For boys (and girls) I decided to make a small ocean bottle. We'll add sand, shells, blue water. Glue the top and tie a piece of raffia and a small shell on top. (09/21/2006)
By Techu
I would use the classical Hawaiian dance. The HULA! Have a hula competition and give away different prizes. One prize could be a coconut filled with candy. Another, some kind of Hawaiian gift package filled with grass skirts, a coconut bra, and anything else you would use to do the hula. You could also put in a Hawaiian CD. (02/25/2007)
By Emma
I'm having an indoor beach party for my 6 yr-old twins. The guests will be decorating plain baseball caps with fabric markers and foamies when they arrive. Then I am having a scavenger hunt where the teams will have to look for summer-themed items around the house. Guests are encouraged to dress for warm weather (even though it's 20 degrees out!). We will also be doing a seashell craft. (01/24/2008)
By Sheba
Hi,
I'm having a Hawaiian themed birthday party for my 13 year old daughter this year. It will be cold outside so we are going to a motel with a pool. We rented an inexpensive room so they can change clothes, shower, eat, drink, etc. The plus side for me is that I don't have a huge mess in my home afterward. They can wear their swimsuits and grass skirts to the pool just like they are on the beach. (03/04/2008)
By Mel
This would work for adult, children, or teen parties. We have a luau every year and it is usually still too cold to have it outside. For the food I bought a blue plastic table cloth and a net (cheap at a party store) to go over it. I then put the food in wide brimmed straw island hats (also at a party store cheap) and plastic buckets from the dollar store. I also use grass skirts to cover our bar and bottoms of tables.
We also try to do fun things with invitations like a message in a bottle, use a clear bottle with a "scrolled" invite. Put a little sand in the bottom and hand deliver (these can be handmade, but I found mine at a party store). This year we are doing lei's with the invite written on an attached paper in the shape of a tropical flower, then the guests already have their lei to wear. We also use a plastic kids swimming pool filled with ice for drinks. (04/05/2008)
By Heather
If you have room to run around try the tacky tourist relay race. Have one person wear a grass skirt lei, and coconut bra, etc., run to the next person and exchange the outfit. For the girly girls try an old fashioned spa session with colorful mango face masks and cucumbers for their eyes. They'll feel all grown up. Also we served them bite sized snacks on trays and banana smoothies in coconut cups. (05/22/2008)
By Aunt Sissy
This website was fabulous for getting indoor beach ideas! Thanks everyone! How do you make a volcano cake? Any other beachy cake ideas? (12/16/2008)
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