| Some of the best Luau Party Decorations are the | | | | high. Collect several of the cardboard tubes at the |
| ones that you make yourself. After all you have | | | | center of grocery store paper towel rolls. These |
| the fun of making something before the party | | | | will serve as the support for the wet newspaper. |
| and the fun of having the party and getting | | | | Mix up a paste of flour and water and shred into |
| compliments from your guests. | | | | strips lots of old newspaper. You will also need |
| One of the most commonly seen Luau Party | | | | some paint, twist ties and green construction |
| Decorations are Leis. You may find it very fun | | | | paper or even real leaves. |
| and fragrant to stay up late stringing together | | | | Wet down and strategically place clumps of |
| flowers for your Luau Leis. More expensive leis | | | | newspaper around the base of one of the paper |
| are made using Plumeria and other tropical | | | | towel tubes. This will help hold up the tree and |
| flowers, but for the home Luau you might find | | | | give it a more tree-like form. Slowly build up |
| using such flowers as Carnations just as well. Plus | | | | layers of wet newspaper around the tube so that |
| Carnations are easy to dye in tropical colors and | | | | it looks like the trunk of a palm tree. Try twisting |
| you can find or make your own tropical Carnation | | | | or narrowing in the top of the tube so that it |
| Leis by putting white Carnations in colored water | | | | appears the tree is getting smaller towards the |
| a day or so before you start making the Leis. | | | | top. Let dry. |
| Once you have your flowers you can string them | | | | Cut out your green construction paper in the |
| together by piercing the center of each flower | | | | shape of palm leaves and glue a twist tie along |
| with a needle and thread, string them up one | | | | the center of each leaf. You'll need a bunch of |
| after the other as you would a garland at | | | | them. Once the paper mache is dry glue the |
| Christmastime. For fragrance spritz a little cheap | | | | leaves to the top of the trunk. For cocoanuts try |
| floral body spray on each of the Leis you make. | | | | making small wet newspaper balls and letting |
| Another interesting and easy to make Luau party | | | | them dry, paint them brown and glue them to |
| decoration to make is the Paper Mache Palm | | | | the top of the palm tree. Paint the trunk an |
| Tree. You can make several of these to stand up | | | | appropriate palm tree color. These make great |
| on the tables as they are only about a foot or so | | | | little table centerpieces. |