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Luau Birthday

 

Another year old calls for another fun party! My 6 year old requested a luau this time around. We schemed up some fun games, great food and other party-tastic shenanigans.


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Food:

Hawaiian Rolls, unpleasantly named Funeral Rolls
Coconut Shrimp
Fruit - Pineapple, Mango, Watermelon
Hawaiian meatballs

Cupcakes - we made little beach scenes with the following. 

 White frosting
 Blue frosting
Cocktail Umbrellas
Teddy Grahams
Rainbow Belts (for beach towels)

Be sure to add the candies the DAY OF the party, otherwise they get wonky and stale.

Games:

Limbo, Hula hoop &  Corn hole competitions

Mannequin Lei tossing game - We happen to have a dress form that needed to participate in the party. We threw a hawaiin shirt on him and had the kids try to throw party leis on it from different distances.

Other activities :
Tour of the tropics - We have a great nature trail that we turned into a wild tropic ride on our golfcart. We picked up some pink flamingos and some tropical blow ups!

Piñata - We love making piñatas for birthdays! 

To do so, we boil water and then stir in equal parts flour. Let that cool down. In the meantime, shred old newspaper and blow up a balloon. Once paste is cooled, slather the shredded paper in the paste one at a time, and slap that on the balloon. Do at least 2-3 layers, drying between layers. Once it is hard, you can make an opening for the candy/toys to go in and take out the balloon. Now you can paint or decorate your piñata w/ tissue paper. 

Decorations:
Palm Trees:  We got crafty and used pool noodles covered in packing paper and painted paper bags for the palm leaves.
Fabric We decorated tables with tropical print fabric. These come out for every tropical gathering. Amazon has a lot of great options by the yard.
Backdrop  I love a backdrop behind the main party table. The one we found was full of pink flamingos on a beach!
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