Are you planning a Hawaiian luau party?
Wondering how to make your Hawaiian luau party one that's fun and memorable?
Planning an Hawaiian luau party is easy and fun! It's the kind of party where you really can't do much wrong. There are some essentials though that you'll want to make sure you have in place.
A luau is all about color: bright, vibrant, tropical colors. You can use it in many ways - with decorations, food, and even clothing. Here are tips to help your "colorful" luau event:
Choose the location: Certainly, the location will have to be based on the number of guests you intend to invite; however in the majority of circumstances, luaus are held outdoors and work really well when there is a pool readily available. This would generally make it a summer celebration although there is nothing in the "must do luau planning book" to say it can not be indoors during the winter season and this probably when a colorful luau would certainly be most appreciated.
Invitations: Be bold and innovative when sending your invitations. Make them fun and inviting so when people open it, they're immediately excited about your event. You can use a "message in a bottle" approach or simply print your invitation on a computer and stick it on a bottle of sun screen, or print the information on a baggage tag and attach it to a low-cost pair of sunglasses. You can publish your invitation and dress it up with tropical materials like sand or seashells-- anything that implies Hawaii. If you want people to dress "the part" and come in tropical attire, let them know on the invitation. Seems simple, but if you don't tell them, they won't.
Themed Decorations: There is a wide selection of Hawaiian themed event decorations offered and also these can be supplemented by items you possibly already have in your garden.
If you event is in the evening, one of the best ways of lighting your yard will be by candles and/or tiki torches. Just be careful where you place these. Leave the fire throwing to the professional dancers.
When producing an outdoor buffet table, ensure that this is in easy reach of the kitchen to ensure that meals, very hot or cold, can be delivered fresh to the table. If catering for a big luau, it would help to put the buffet down the center so that two lines could form doubling throughput; for smaller sized gatherings this is less of an issue. Make sure that the buffet table is well lit. Utilizing candles here might not be such a great idea as the buffet table is vulnerable to being bumped. There is a wide range of low-cost table skirts that can be made use of to accent the buffet or beverages tables.
Select party tableware to enhance the motif. If you can, use wicker baskets to hold drinking straws and parasols to dress up the setting.
Affordable table center pieces such as honeycomb pineapples, hula females, flamingos or palm trees supply instantaneous color as well as height and balance to your buffet table. Alternatives to this would be sand and sea shells, tropical flowers (orchids or huge lilies work well), and helium loaded balloons linked to colorful balloon weights.
Do not forget to embellish the real table cover making use of either flowers or table confetti which is now readily available in a number of colors, sizes and shapes or exotic greenery (palm leaves).
Find a inflatable rowboat-and set it up to resemble it's just been beached (sand, driftwood and palm leaves), loaded with ice and extremely cold water then us this as a draft beer and also cold drinks location for guests that can help themselves.
Final Touches: Leis are a great way to welcome guests. Take a picture of them as they arrive and send a copy with a followup thank you note.
You're all set to luau!
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I loved your idea to attaching an invitation to a pair of sunglasses. I also liked that you mentioned writing the dress code (if there is one) on the invite so that people remember! I think that a Hawaiian themed party would be even better if it has real Hawaiian food!