What do i need to do to prepare for my birthday party in two weeks? The theme is 1950's?

Answer 1

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'50s Party Invitation to Happy Days:

· Print new record labels containing the party particulars and place them on old 45s or fake records. Name the "record company" after your guest of honor or party hosts. These are invitations that are bound to go platinum.

· Use a fabric paint pen to write the invitation on a bobby sock or stuff the paper invitation into a sock.

· Use photo postcards of Elvis, James Dean, or Marilyn Monroe as your invitation stock.

· Write your invitation on the back of a '50s party cardboard cutout.

· Encourage all your cool cats to come dressed in '50s finery.

Set up a soda shop or dinner setting with small cafe tables (available at most rental stores).

· Hang real or inflatable music instruments around the site.

· Find old saddle shoes or sneakers (not modern-looking athletic shoes). You can even use white nurse's shoes and turn them into saddle-looking shoes with brown paint or by gluing pieces of brown felt onto the shoe. Hang from the ceiling.

· To use sneakers, saddle shoes or any boot -style roller skate as a retro centerpiece, slip a water tumbler into a bobby sock, then fill the glass with straws and slip the sock into the shoe or skate.

· Use James Dean, Elvis, Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe movie posters, life-size stand-ups and movie stills to adorn the walls next to posters of hot rods and oldies album covers.

· Contact a local classic car club about displaying or renting one or more of their hot rods for your party site. You can also contact a local motorcycle club to see about displaying or renting "hogs" to rev up your party site.

· If your budget allows, rent an old-fashioned jukebox. If not, use inflatable or cardboard versions for atmosphere.

· Hang rock and roll themed signs, posters and cutouts that will turn any room into a soda shop.

· Dig through your family attic, yard sales, thrift stores or flea markets to find a bunch of golden oldies .45s, LPs or old album covers to use to decorate your dancing den.

· The quickest way to give any room a '50s feeling is to use rolls of patterned paper with a record, soda shop or typical checkerboard design or vinyl "sugar shack" or sock hop cutouts. Or add a rock and roll or fabulous fifties border. Best of all, by using sticky tack you can put up any of these designs without ruining your walls!

· Light up your night with music note novelty lights.

· Just in case your guests don't come dressed or if you don't want to make it a total costume party, have a couple of accessories on hand to help your guests become part of your décor. Choose items such as music note or black felt fedoras and Blues Brothers, Elvis or retro sunglasses. Or, buy in bulk and outfit the crowd with a complete rock and roll accessory kit.

Get everyone up to do the stroll, mashed potatoes Lindy, jive and other classic '50s party dances.

· Resurrect your old turntable to spin the '50s top tunes. If you don't have a turntable, you can still find some classic oldies CDs.

· Spin the Chubby Checker classic and have a Twist contest.

· "Rate the Record" just like they did on American Bandstand. "I give it a 90. It had a good beat!"

· See who can keep a hula-hoop moving the longest or spin the most hula-hoops at once.

· Hold a "Spotlight Dance." You can accomplish this with a large flashlight, disco or utility light.

· Rent or buy classic movies and TV shows from that era or films set in that period such as "Grease." You can find many classic sitcoms such as "Happy Days," "Father Knows Best," and "Laverne and Shirley" on the Nickelodeon channel and other cable stations.

· Have an a capella "doo-wop" contest.

· Put up a candy-filled, guitar piñata and let blind-folded guests take a crack at giving it a whack.

· See who can do the best yo-yo tricks or keep it spinning the longest.

Black and white check or black, white and pink are perfect table toppers. If you choose to use a solid cloth, use black and white checked paper products as accents.

· Soda shop staples included ice cream sodas, sundaes, malteds, milkshakes, pizza, burgers and fries. For added fun, you can serve hamburgers on reusable, plastic burger-design plates or pizza on pizza-shaped plates.

· Serve your guests TV dinners on snack trays, especially if your main entertainment revolves around watching '50s videos or movies.

· Here's another use for your old LPs. Cover with clear plastic wrap and use to serve hors d'oeuvres.

· Old LPs can also make a charming dinner plate charger for sit-down celebrations.

· Contact your Coca-Cola distributor to purchase classic Coke-filled glass bottles and serve with two straws. Many markets still sell those classic-shaped bottles along with their other soda selections.

· Dress like a soda jerk or carhop (including the roller skates) to serve your guests.

· Decorate a round cake with dyed-black icing to resemble a record and include the guest of honor's name on the "label." Or, just slip a disc whose label has been customized to the guest of honor on top of the cake. If you have a favorite record, many bakeries can duplicate it into an edible design that can be put on top of your cake.

· Use rock and roll bandanas as napkins and Slinky-style rainbow coils as napkin rings.

'50s Favors and Prizes: (Click here)

· The party "rock and rolls" on for guests who take home a CD or tape of '50s classic hits

· Guys love playing "air guitars," so give them an inflatable version so they can rock around the clock.

· Show them you think they're a "good skate" with a glowing skate necklace.

· "Pin" them with a flashing LED guitar pin.

· Treat them like a rock star with a LED guitar necklace, Blues Brothers or retro sunglasses or a rock and roll bandana.

· Top off the celebration with music note fedoras or derbies.

Answer 2

Have 50's records ready, taped or D J to play them.....

Have everyone coming wear 50's dress....give a prize for the best ones.....

Have 50's food...like Hamburgers, Fries, and Shakes

Decorate like a Diner......if you can rent items that add to the look, all the better.....take a look at a Ruby's to get ideas.....

Have a place to jitterbug...and someone good at it to teach those who might not know how.....

Have a picture taking spot.....like get your picture taken with The Fonz....get a stand up character at the party shop....also they have lots of 50's decorations you can add......

Invitations out yet?....if not...use the 50's look in the invitations...tell them to wear the dress, etc.

Get decorations, your outfit, music, DJ or alternative, and some ready games from the party shop, rent any extras needed, plan how you will serve the food....could use a barbeque and a way to make shakes...and have a Hamburger Cake?....get them ready or planned now....two weeks isn't long.

Answer 3

I will answer on behalf of the food- think 50's, diner style food.

Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers (you can even make mini burgers so they are easier to eat and pass around)
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (again, you can cut these into smaller pieces for easier eating)
Meatloaf
Macaroni & Cheese (serve these in individual servings in small plastic containers or cups)
Pigs in a blanket
Anything with Jello!
Fish Sticks
Tater Tots
Tapioca Pudding
Clam Dip, Onion Dip, Potato Chips
Shredded Carrot Salad
Ambrosia


Malts, Milkshakes, Coca-Cola or Pepsi, they were also big into flavored sodas such as sprite mixed with flavored syrups, shirley temples....

You could also have party favors or desserts of retro candies such as Bit O Honey, Wax Lips, Sugardaddys, Tea Berry Gum, Clove Gum, Boston Baked Beans, Chick o Stick, Root Beer Barrels, Saltwater Taffy, Butterscotch Candies, Tootsie Rolls

Answer 4

Have a sock hop!!!Try to watch a couple HAPPY DAYS episodes. Ladies will need poodle skirts,bobby socks,hair in pony tails. Guys,slick your hair back,tight black pants,white socks,white T-Shirt,pack of cigs rolled in shirt sleeve. Posters of Elvis? Buddy Holly? The Big Bopper? 1950s cars? Have oldies playing? get a record player and 45s?

Answer 5

Sounds like you got some good ideas from people already. What a fun party that will be. I love the 50's. Have a swell birthday .

Answer 6

Find out what the most popular party games were from the 50's and plan to play one or two.

Find 50's slang and make sure that everyone knows the slang so that they can use it over and over.

The music of course.

Answer 7

Poodle skirts, ponytails, twin-set sweaters, bobby socks. And what I call car show music. Like Martha and the Vandellas, Rockin' Robin, Mr. Sandman, Earth Angel, Heat Wave, stuff like that. Guys wear cuffed jeans and white t-shirts and leather jackets with their hair slicked back. (Think James Dean)

Answer 8

wear clothes that are in during that year and act like those in 1950's

Answer 9

wow, I wish I was there......the best years of my life....good
memories, good music, good and safe times...great clothes and
styles,,,saddle and buck shoes......great dancing ( people
actually touched each other)

I forgot Chocolate Egg Creams......
Ice cream sodas
the big bopper
Richie Valens
Buddy Holly records
The Jesters
the Penguins
the moonglow and any harmonizing group......you can all
stand around and try to harmonize/////that should be funny

Answer 10

Yep got to have greased hair, poodle skirt, along with rolled up jeans, pony tails old music please check out that site that was given need to check it out quite good no need for me to repeat it enjoy your party