| Try some or all of these ideas to host a great | | | | rubber balls, plastic seashells,etc. Then have all the |
| Luau Party: | | | | children line up. Each child will take turns trying to |
| 1. Post Hula Girl Balloon Signs on your front lawn | | | | pick up something out of the bucket or tub with |
| or walkway to welcome your guests to your | | | | their mouths only. No hands. Time the kids for |
| "private luau". As they enter your door, greet | | | | about 30 seconds. They have to try to pick |
| them with a Beach or Tropical Scene Setter. Use | | | | something up before time run out. If they do, |
| Tiki Torch, Palm Tree or Surfboard add-ons to | | | | they can keep the item. Or give the winners (or |
| complete the picture. | | | | all the participants) an Inflatable Parrot, a Tropical |
| 2. Hang a Tropical Door decorator on your door, | | | | Bandanna or Genuine Maracas. |
| then hang Flamingo and Prismatic Sun balloons. Dot | | | | 6. "Hula Freeze Dance." Use a c.d. player and a |
| your walls with an assortment of Plastic Fish and | | | | Luau CD or Hula Party Music for the soundtrack. |
| place Inflatable Palm Trees and Tiki Poles at | | | | When the music starts, all the kids will start |
| various places in your party room. Hang Natural | | | | dancing in a Hawaiian kind of way. But when the |
| Fish Netting from the four corners of the ceiling. | | | | music stops, they freeze wherever they are. |
| Then place Beach Sign Cutouts on the walls for a | | | | Then, you or someone else can look at all the |
| finishing touch. | | | | poses the kids are in. You can pick which one you |
| 3. For the table, use a Raffia Flower or a | | | | like the most. That one will then be "it" until |
| Flowered Table Skirt. Put a Luau Photo | | | | everyone has been picked. Then you can give |
| Centerpiece in the middle of the table. Put colorful | | | | them all a "Let's Hula" Balloon. |
| Hawaiian party plates,cups, napkins and utensils on | | | | 7. Bring out a Tropical Pinata--filled with a mix of |
| the table, too. For the cake or cupcakes, bake a | | | | pinata candy, Sunburst Danglers, Puca Shell |
| vanilla cake and frost it with vanilla, blue (ocean), | | | | Necklaces, Wrist Bands, Foam Visors and Mini |
| or yellow (sun) frosting. Put Sunglasses in the | | | | Neon Caracas. |
| middle of the cake. Put Hula Girl candles around | | | | 8. For party bags, you can use luau party bags. |
| the sunglasses. Use Tiki Bowls or Platters or Fish | | | | Or use brown paper bags and let the kids |
| or Pineapple Serving Dishes to serve fresh fruit, | | | | decorate their own. Let them use flower stickers, |
| chips and other snacks. | | | | fake flowers, etc. After they are done decorating, |
| 4. When the kids start arriving for the party, you | | | | fill the party bags with Sunglasses, tropical |
| can hand them each a Flower Garland and a | | | | balloons,Photo Cutouts, White Plastic Seashells and |
| flowered or raffia Hula Skirt. Then, set out | | | | fruity candies. Try some or all of these ideas for |
| Hawaiian Girl coloring pages for the kids to color | | | | a memorable Hawaiian Party! |
| while they wait for everyone to arrive. | | | | Trying some of all of these ideas will make a |
| 5. Once everyone arrives, play "Bobbing For | | | | Tropical Party your guests will be sure to |
| Seashells." Fill a big bucket up with water. Then, fill | | | | remember! |
| it with lots of floating items: rubber Duckies, | | | | |