80s Party!!

Aubs13

I'm going to be hosting an 80s party in October!  My BFF is turning 30, and we're going to throw her a party.  I'm so excited!  Of course, we'll have 80s music and dress in 80s, but I know you ladies ROCK with ideas, so I'd appreciate anything you have!!

Wildlandwife

Slouch socks, side ponytail, high bangs, t-shirt tie, slap bracelets, high tops (pumps), mc hammer pants, umbros, neon colors.

That sounds like so much fun!!

lyndsaynicole

There's all kinds of stuff you could do for the 80's! What specific kinds of things are you looking for?

owenst

FUN!!  I think you need to make those little pins with the beads that we used to trade and put on our shoes for favors!  (Maybe you could play a game with them?)  I'll think more!

shelshel79

Two words...

Shoulder pads.

Stretchad

OMG do you guys remember the show Jem and the Holograms??

 

 I'm thinking Jem outfits.

jamilynn9

The favors I made for DH's 30th were bags filled with retro candy.  I got most of it from Dollar Tree and some from Party Fair.  I ordered candy cigarettes online (which I have a whole carton leftover if you are interested) and since have noticed some at Five Below. 

They were a HUGE hit.

cherylanddoug

My friend Steph had her bachelorette party in NYC at a place called Awesome 80s Prom.  Everyone wore hideous prom dresses

Marta-Eve

I Love it!!! That's an awesome idea. I just googled it & found this site. Hope it helps=)

https://karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/2009/04/totally-awesome-80s-party.html 

shanna82

How fun!!!  I love the 80s!

damabo80

The music, the clothes and the hair are a given....for decorations, what about incorporating some of the cultural events that happened in the 80's for decorations?

Example:

Get some Regan/Mondale posters to hang

Get some copies of newspapers from the 80's (ebay) and hang them around

Posters of the 80's heartthrobs: Rob Lowe, etc

Decorations from movies: example: a toy E.T., star wars, top gun

For entertainment, do any of your friends have an old school nitendo? If so, hook it up to the TV and let people play.

Also, paint a Jenga set in gray and have a station set up where people can play Jenga/keep the berlin wall up

For favors, yo-yos or rubic cubes 

If you know how to decorate a cake, you can make a "mt st helen" cake. Just stack circular cakes on top of each other (3 should do it), and cut the edges to that they slope up like a wide mountain. Cover it in chocolate icing, pipe in some "gray" icing, and then put red icing on top. Stick a litlle hiker dude on it.

October is a good month for the "dirty thirty" (speaking from someone who is turning 30 in Oct as well)