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Activities/Ideas for a 2nd bday party with a luau theme?
I'm at a creative slump. Tay's 2nd bday party is coming up in about 3 weeks (yikes!) and I have so much planning left to do!
We're doing a luau theme at our house.
Does anyone have any ideas of activities to have set up for the kids? (most are 3.5 years or younger). There will be a few older kids too (age 6-7).
How about food ideas? I'm not going to roast a pig or whatever, but any ideas would be awesome! I'm at such a creative slump!
Any ideas about anything luau/2nd bday party related are much appreciated, TIA!
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Re: Activities/Ideas for a 2nd bday party with a luau theme?
limbo and hula dancing come to mind (hula hoops? too old?) but I've never been to a luau...
good luck!
Cha-ching! I'm your girl!
Luau theme, so Hawaiian pulled bbq pork. BBQ sauce and pork loin (or whatever cut you want, shoulder, etc), crockpot it til it shreds up. Serve it on those mini Hawaiian rolls with pickles. YUM. Easy, pre-prep-able, pretty cheap. LOVE.
Sides do pineapple, if you want to be fancy grill the pineapple on skewers. Chicken skewers are another good thing. Potstickers as well for an appetizer. Hawaiian macaroni salad as well (just macaroni, grated onions and carrots, mayo, salt & pepper, let it fridge for a day or two, it's better that way!).
For activities and ideas look on Oriental Trading, I just did a fiesta and I got some great stuff from there. You could do a hula hooping contest to "Wipe Out" and maybe teach a hula dance?!?! Make a palm tree craft?
Get lots of lei's!! SO fun!!
I didn't have a true luau theme but for my boys' 2nd b-day (fish theme) we had some blow-up pools, sprinklers and beach balls all over the backyard. I also had sugar cookies decorated as starfish and other fish. Cupcakes had lifesaver gummies to look like life preservers and shark fins coming out of the water.
I had a fish bowl with blue jello and fish floating around. We also did a version of a vintage surf theme and it mostly an easy going playdate (weather turned out icky so all the kiddos played inside while the mommies got to visit).
How about having a station where kids can decorate sugar cookies shaped like different luau themed things (palm tree, fish, flowers)? Or maybe make leis or see if there is a luau or beach themed craft kit from Michaels? Or have the kiddos make tiki masks. I'm sure you can Google and find some print outs and then have the kiddos color, put stickers or whatever.
OMG! These ideas are spectacular! I love the idea of the coloring kits, photo corner set up and the pulled pork ideas!
Thank you Thank you THANK YOU!