Often we want to relax and feel like we are part of a delightful tropical paradise on the shores of the endless ocean, dancing the fiery hula in light festive outfits. A Hawaii-themed evening will delight guests of all ages and is suitable for any celebration!

To hold an atmospheric holiday, think about its main components:

Decorating the room
Program and entertainment
Treats and drinks
Suits
Invitations

Decorations for a Hawaiian party

Imagine that you were on an extended vacation in Hawaii. What will remind you of the wonderful Hawaiian culture and its tropical landscapes? - These “souvenirs” have to be recreated.
It is best to prepare for the celebration a few weeks before the appointed date, so that you can think through all the details at a calm pace.
Decorating the room - creating tropics in the apartment
The most important thing for a Hawaiian theme is to create a summer mood of lightness and fun. The palm trees of the islands fascinate with their majesty, so the main decorative element is their large leaves. Live palm leaves can be purchased at flower shops. Artificial palm leaves or cut out of paper are suitable for taiga. To create them, templates will come to your aid; print the sheet and transfer the outline onto colored cardboard.

Furniture decor is also of great importance, it helps guests to fully immerse themselves in the theme. Cover the table with a tablecloth featuring summer flowers or any large colored patterns. Decorate the chairs with thinly cut ribbons.

For drinking, choose beautiful glasses and decorate them with straws or umbrellas that guests can also use for fruit and other snacks!

A memorable addition will be a photo zone - a banner or a decorated wall, against which guests can take a selfie or a group photo. This detail will help your friends remember the evening for many years!

Thoughtful little things create the mood, such as:

Traditional musical instruments(ukulele, drums);
Floral decorations;
Garlands;
Thematic dishes;
Beach elements (umbrella, sunglasses, sun loungers, etc.);
Balls.

Hawaii Party Contests

After greeting your guests with a solemn “Aloha!”, give them time to get acquainted, have a snack and get used to the surroundings. As soon as you notice that they are starting to get bored, you can start an entertainment program.
Music greatly influences the overall atmosphere of the holiday and the mood of each participant. Therefore, first you need to select a list of musical compositions that will play in the background all evening.
No holiday would be complete without games! List of the most interesting and fun competitions, in which everyone participates:

"Pineapple Bowling"

Divide into teams. Your pins will be from 5 to 10 pineapples - live or from scrap materials. Try using plastic bottles and banks. Knock down pins with makeshift or real coconuts!

"Skip the Coconut"

A game similar to “Hot Potato”: Place the players in a circle on the floor, use soft pillows, and play tropical pleasant music in the background. Task: toss the coconut as quickly as possible. Anyone who holds the coconut for too long is eliminated. You can find coconut at the grocery store or make a fake one.

"Hawaiian Dictionary"

Guests are divided into two teams. Each player on both teams must write on a piece of paper a word that he associates with Hawaii. For example: beach, ocean, swimsuit, surfboard. Having mixed the pieces of paper in the hat, the team player pulls out the piece of paper and explains the word to his team using drawings. You can't talk. The team with the most guessed words wins.

"Limbo"

A traditional game you've definitely seen in movies and at beach parties. Prepare a decorated stick under which guests will pass. The ideal stick is a reed stick; you can find one in flower shops. Two people will hold it parallel to the floor. The rest compete to see who can bend lower back and walk under it. For this game, incendiary and cheerful music is suitable.

"Hula Hoop"

Using a timer, organize a competition to see who can hula hoop for as long as possible. To complicate the task, throw some hoops on the winners!

Snacks and refreshments

Suitable drinks include sweetish, energizing fruit drinks, garnished with fruit slices or surprise your friends with coconut cocktails. Coconut milk can be found in many grocery stores today.

The most popular snacks are fruits. You can make beautiful compositions from assorted fruits that will become a themed decoration.
For snacks, any product that can be used to create a Hawaiian-style dish is suitable.

For more sophisticated dishes, you can offer something unusual:

Grilled banana with vanilla ice cream;
Mango salsa with a hint of summer;
Meat balls with pineapples;
Pineapple pieces frozen in chocolate on a stick;
Hawaiian chicken kebab.

A sweet end to the holiday can be a pineapple or coconut dessert with ice cream.

Hawaiian Party Costumes

Dress code at the event is mandatory, otherwise how can you experience the theme evening to the fullest without being part of it?
Get out your beach suits.
The simplest outfit for boys is beach shorts, a T-shirt or a multi-colored shirt with a floral print, as well as accessories: sunglasses, straw hat and flip flops. Add will help and hands on.

Not everyone will have time to prepare a suit for a party, so have floral necklaces and bracelets ready for your guests. The average cost of such accessories is 100-200 rubles.

Outfits for girls can look varied: it is not necessary to wear a swimsuit bodice or a skirt, you can choose summer, light clothes in a colorful palette and add .
If you're ready to make costumes, an easy option: make a hula dance skirt! Get fabric scraps or colored ones garbage bags and decorate the elastic waistband with a flower garland.

A big plus of a Hawaiian party: the low cost of costumes and paraphernalia. You can create a tropical atmosphere at home for 1/10 the cost of a ticket to Hawaii.

Invitation

Today you can use social networks and send an invitation message to your contacts. But we advise you to create the holiday mood in advance: send a letter by e-mail or social networks with a suitable picture.
Don't forget to indicate the location, time of the celebration, theme and dress code. Today's photo processing services or simple photo editors will allow you to do something similar:

You can prepare unusual invitations, send them to friends at home or deliver them personally. They can be shaped like a fruit, a surfboard, flip flops, or anything that evokes a heavenly vacation.

Details set the mood and beautiful invitations will make your party an even more desirable event.
Happy holidays to you!

Hawaii is a special island where there is eternal summer, very friendly people live and reign festive atmosphere. But not everyone can afford to go there. That is why the event is becoming more and more popular. To create the necessary atmosphere of this island, in addition to the appropriate decoration of the room, delicious treats and fun music, all guests must wear costumes to a Hawaiian party, which are very easy to make with your own hands.

In this article you will learn how to make Hawaiian style costumes for women, men and children.

Hawaiian costume for girls and women

Women's for any age consists of the following parts:

colorful summer sundress;
grass skirt (for hula dancers) and bra;
flower beads;
hair decorations.

Making a skirt

You will need:

several spools of raffia thread different colors;
rope.

If you do not have the opportunity to buy rolls of raffia thread, you can take paper bags from the grocery store and, cutting them along the sides along the entire length, make cuts on one side. Then connect the resulting parts with tape and glue flowers on top.

As the top part of a costume for a Hawaiian party, a swimsuit bodice or a short top trimmed with paper flowers is perfect.

Making flower beads

You will need:

soft cardboard with printed flowers;
scissors;
needle with thick thread;
glue gun

To decorate the heads of women and girls, you can use large flower hairpins, most often orchids, or a wreath made in the same way as beads.

Hawaiian costume for boys and men

Men's attire consists of:

shorts;
shirts;
flower beads;
headdress and other accessories.

When choosing a shirt for a Hawaiian-themed party, you should opt for a bright shirt with large flowers.

You can also wear a ready-made beach suit, consisting of a colored shirt and shorts. If you don’t have such clothes, then you can simply make long shorts from old jeans; to do this, simply cut them off at the knee.

If you want to add some variety to your usual get-togethers with friends or bring back summer in the middle of winter, or maybe summer time you decided to plunge into the blue waters of the ocean, drink cool cocktails, lie under a green palm tree, then a Hawaiian party is exactly what you need! Thanks to themed party in Hawaiian style, you and your friends can visit Hawaii and experience the heavenly pleasure of the cuisine, drinks and traditions of the Hawaiian people. You can easily organize such a party yourself and even at home.
Of course, in the summer this makes the task much easier, but you won’t have any difficulties, because Zavodila will help you make it as simple, fun, unforgettable as possible and, most importantly, with a small budget.

1.Invitations for a Hawaiian party.

If you decide that you are ready to go on a trip to Hawaii with your friends, then first you need to make a list of guests for your party, and then start preparing themed invitations, as well as sending them out. Invitations can be sent by email, through a post office or delivered in person.
Invitations should be designed in accordance with the theme of the party. Hawaii is summer, sea, sand, carefreeness, dancing, leis, coconuts, pineapples. All this can be displayed in invitations. The goal of invitations from the moment you receive them is to intrigue and set your friends up for an atmosphere of unrestrained summer and fun. Also, invitations should include an informational part that will tell you about the place and time of the meeting, the Hawaiian dress code, and the necessary props that your guests will need to take with them. Depending on the location of the party, such details may be a towel, glasses, etc.
Invitations can be made in the shape of a plane ticket, flip-flops, pineapple, cocktail glass with a straw or in the shape of a palm tree. You can be original and place the invitations in a clear glass wine bottle, cap it and mail it to your guests. Here you should not restrain yourself in expressing your imagination!

2. Hawaiian party interior.

So, we sorted out the invitations. Next, you need an environment. A Hawaiian party immediately brings to mind palm trees, banana bushes, the seashore, warm sand and bright floral decorations. And it would seem that already at this stage it is necessary to abandon such a holiday theme, because where can you find sand, sea, ocean, palm trees in an apartment or house? But don't give up! You can create everything yourself! And if you also have children, then don’t forget to involve them in this process: things will go faster, and you’ll have a great time with the kids, and sometimes children’s imagination works better than adults’.

To create the appropriate decor you will need:

Tropical flowers of different colors and sizes (plumeria, canna, Hawaiian orchid) for decoration. The easiest option is to make them from corrugated paper. It’s even easier to buy ready-made artificial ones and place them throughout the room on tables, chairs, curtains and other pieces of furniture.
Fruits. The most accessible and common are pineapple, coconut, kiwi, bananas, green apples. They can be used to create wonderful baskets for decoration.
African masks, sunglasses, shirts in tropical colors, flip-flops, a surfboard (by the way, an ordinary ironing board can easily be disguised as a surfer). All decorations can be made from simple paper and cardboard. Buy some, or look in the closet, because you probably have a supply of things for a sea swim? For example, masks with snorkels and fins, an inflatable mattress and a circle.
Garland in Hawaiian style. Also needed to decorate the table and bar counter (if there is one). Made from New Year's rain, plain or corrugated paper, braid bordered with flowers.
Candles or unusual lamps (in the shape of any party attribute - plumeria flower, palm leaf, coconut, pineapple, etc.). You can also prepare your own candles - just pour water into wide-bottomed glasses, add a little sand or small multi-colored (or white) stones and place small decorative floating candles in them.
A New Year's garland of multi-colored light bulbs will also come in handy; the atmosphere will immediately become mysterious and unusual. Such a garland can be additionally decorated with artificial flowers, and this will make the appearance of the garland look even more original.
A sign on a door or wall can be made of either wood or colored cardboard, either in one word or in separate letters. The text can be anything - “Aloha!”, “Oh la la”, “Hawaii”, “Let’s rock”, etc. This will also be useful for the photo zone.
The festive table can be decorated with a large number of multi-colored ribbons. It will look very bright and fresh. You can also decorate the ceiling of the room with such ribbons (see photo below).
Poster with images of palm trees, sea, sun, beach.

3. Music for a Hawaiian party.

So, your room is already decorated with paper and glowing garlands, the walls, table and chairs are decorated with ribbons and flowers. Now it's time to think about your music playlist. This will 100% create the right atmosphere and allow you to mentally transport yourself to Hawaii. To create a thematic mood, Zavodila recommends the following compositions:

1. Aloha, Hawaii! - T.G.I.Friday;
2. Bob Marley - One Love
3. Bob Marley - No Women No Cry
4. Enrique Iglesias - MOVE TO MIAMI;
5. Kaoma - Lambada;
6. King Africa - La Bomba Sexy;
7. Ibrahim Ferrer - Hay Que Entrarle a Palos;
8. Nosa-Nosa - Mona Latumahina;
9. Michel Telo - (NosaNosa) Ai Se EuTePego;
10. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over The Rainbow

The number of musical compositions depends on the duration of the party; prepare such a number of musical compositions that they are enough for 1-2 hours; in any case, the active use of music will only be at the very beginning of the party.

4. Hawaiian Party Themed Costume Ideas.

The main Hawaiian party wear is summer beachwear. Maximum open, light clothing, flip-flops/sandals. Don't forget about the main decoration of the party - Hawaiian beads (leis).
Beads can be purchased at any themed online store, or you can get confused and make them yourself. There are several options for making the flowers themselves - either we make flowers from corrugated paper and string them with a needle on a thread, or we buy ready-made artificial flowers and do the same process with stringing. The number of beads made should be 1-2 pcs. more than there will be guests at the party, we are guided by the principle: “just in case.” We hand out leis to each guest upon entering the party.

Outfit for girls

For girls, the outfit can be so varied that you just have to come up with additional accessories to go with it. For example, a swimsuit (but may not be suitable for every venue), a pareo with a T-shirt, light summer floral sundress, dress, T-shirt, shorts. You can purchase it or, again, make it yourself Hawaiian costume. A Hawaiian skirt (hulu) for girls can be made from fringe, or cut into thin strips of multi-colored plastic bags. The length of the skirt can be different - from mini to maxi, the main thing is that you feel comfortable in it, and you feel like a real Hawaiian at this party.
You can choose a decoration for your hair - a hairpin in the shape of a flower, or a flower bracelet for your wrist. Wear flip-flops (flip-flops) or comfortable sandals on your feet.

Outfit for men

As always, and in everything: for men everything is simpler and faster. Men will suit their favorite ones summer shorts(preferably bright colors), shirt with short sleeve or a T-shirt, or a T-shirt with floral motifs. It is possible without the top part of clothing. Enough shorts, a lei around the neck and flip flops! That's it, the outfit is ready! You can specify one color scheme separately for men and women, or only for men. Another option is to “split the colors” for each guest (for one participant in the dress code - a red top, for another - blue, for a third - white, etc.).
And don't forget your sunglasses, because this party will be very sunny!

5. Coconuts, bananas, orange heaven - what else? Hawaiian Party Menu.

The party must include hearty dishes, light snacks and alcoholic drinks. The main dishes on the Hawaiian party menu would be a light salad with chicken, pineapple, corn, pizza with seafood or pineapple, baked pork or fish. Since Hawaiians love natural food, it is better more attention devote time to snacks. Possible options:

fruit slices in baskets;
a plate of seafood (even just marinated mussels will be enough);
salads in canapé format;
sausage and cheese slices in the form of skewers interspersed with fruit;
mini sandwiches.

Regarding alcohol, the most suitable option for the theme is the Pina Colada cocktail (you need coconut liqueur, pineapple juice, ice cubes, and, if possible, strawberries). If guests like stronger drinks, buy white rum. You can add grapefruit or orange juice to it, coconut milk, Coca-Cola, Sprite (these drinks are suitable even if the party is without alcohol). Serve cocktails in beautiful deep glasses, decorated with umbrellas, pieces of fruit, sugar and syrup, straws, and mini paper fruits.
Don’t forget to place all dishes on a table decorated with a green tablecloth (or burlap is also suitable for this). Some flowers and candles for decoration.
Multi-colored butterflies cut from colored paper are also perfect for decorating glasses, straws, dishes and various tableware. Such butterflies can also serve as a glass identifier (distinctive feature).

6.Adventure Time - what kind of competitions should we organize?

We present to your attention a list best competitions, games and entertainment for a Hawaiian party. Zavodila made sure that you and your guests do not get bored. To entertain guests and hold competitions, you don’t need a lot of themed props.
Limbo.
You definitely can't do without the game "Limbo" - a traditional fun among Hawaiians, the essence of which is to pass under the bar without hitting it or losing your balance. The bar gradually drops lower and lower, but the action remains the same. To play, you will need to decorate any stick 1-1.5 m long with ribbons and select fiery melodies.
Quizzes.
And what about quizzes? Just don't make it too long. 10-15 questions are enough, otherwise everyone will get bored at one point. The survey must be about Hawaii. The best are funny or unusual facts about Hawaiians, strange questions. Remember - you are not in a history or geography lesson to remember who was the head of the country and at what time or adopted some reforms. Everything should be as fun as possible! The one who scores the most points is awarded a prize.
Guess.
A game where participants must guess the name/ingredients of a cocktail, dishes, items. Serve dishes with eyes closed, cocktails also or in dark containers. The winner is the one who guesses the most dishes or does it faster than others.
Coconut carriers.
The rules are simple - bring the coconut (you can take ordinary small balls) to a certain distance without dropping it. Options for tasks to make the game more difficult:

hold the ball between your knees;
grasp the object with your shoulder blades while leaning forward;
jump on one leg holding a coconut in your hand;
jump with 2 feet and hold the ball on outstretched arms;
move on all fours, placing an object on the neck, etc.

The winner is the one who completes all the tasks in total faster without dropping the item.
Dance battle.
If your guests love to dance, be sure to have a battle! You can split into 2-4 teams, participate in pairs or solo. Take music from the playlist.
Truth or Dare.
This is a classic game, but with a Hawaiian twist. As an action, a person can dance a traditional Hawaiian dance, prepare certain dishes (choose the simplest recipe) or a cocktail. Hide the tasks in a homemade half of a coconut or pineapple, and arrange it in the form of a Hawaiian garland decoration.
Quest. A great option to entertain guests is a table quest. sitting behind festive table, all guests can be captivated by solving and completing an exciting and fun quest. You can, for example, rob a bank or take part in a holiday commotion. Such quest themes are available on our website, so you can familiarize yourself with the plot in detail and choose the appropriate quest for your party.

Prizes

What can you come up with as a prize? If finances allow, then certificates for massage, master class in dancing, drawing. If budget option, then they’ll go - tropical fruit, various trinkets - glasses, funny tube for cocktails, a souvenir in the form of a ukulele, masks, a refrigerator magnet, a certificate decorated for a Hawaiian party and others, for which your imagination is enough.
It may take up to 7 days to prepare for the party. To make it easier, involve your guest friends in the process, dividing the tasks between them. If you are not very limited financially, some functions can be delegated to special companies. If you don’t have time to prepare dishes, order catering; if you don’t like making decorations, buy ready-made ones in special stores. Are you worried about musical accompaniment? Call the DJ! But even if you do everything from start to finish yourself, the party will turn out great and will definitely remain in the memory of every participant in this event!

Have a great holiday! ALOHA!

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Features in design

The invitation to the party should be designed in the form of a themed card, with a beautiful garland of fresh flowers or seafood necklaces tied to the corner.

Themed party decor ideas:

Bright tourist posters and massive photos;
Decorative nets for catching fish, shells;
Mermaids;
Artificial or live plants with a tropical motif;
Garlands and bouquets of massive, bright inflorescences;
Large torches or small multi-colored candles;
Branches of trees or palm trees, grass carpets - green stands for cutlery or dishes.
Massive aquariums with goldfish on the table or stands;
Colored raft with lit candles in the water;
Lilies and other tropical plants that decorate the dishes.
Massive buckets of ice that hold bottles of champagne or other alcoholic beverages;
Flower arches and lots of balloons;
Separate seating areas;
Baskets with fruits and various treats.

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However, do not forget that the outfit for a Hawaiian party remains important. The brighter you are dressed, the more your costume matches the chosen theme, the more fun and interesting it will be for those around you.

If you want to carefully prepare so that you can have the perfect Hawaiian party, then start making your own Hawaiian costume! This will not only create the necessary mood, but will also significantly save money. We will tell you how to make a Hawaiian costume with your own hands in this article.

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Hawaiian party: costumes and various outfits for girls

First, let's decide on the format of the party - home or beach. If you want to have a party on the sand, then one of the central elements of the costume will be a swimsuit. Choose swimsuits in bright colors to make your suit look more festive. You can also choose an interesting skirt and hairpin to go with your swimsuit. You can buy skirts for a Hawaiian party (for example) or make them yourself.

In order to make a skirt you need satin ribbons the length that the future skirt will be. The ribbons can simply be sewn to a wide elastic band that will be at the waist. Also, the skirt can be made of more natural materials - for example, weeping willow branches. If you combine these two materials - ribbons and willow - you will get an excellent outfit for a Hawaiian party.

You can decorate the bodice of your swimsuit with flowers, thus completely completing your look. If the party is taking place in a club or at home, then even an ordinary T-shirt or T-shirt can serve as a top for the costume.

Also, clothes for a Hawaiian party can be very diverse - bright sundresses and summer dresses, jeans with T-shirts in bright colors and even the most ordinary beach pareos. Use your imagination and just choose something that makes you feel free and comfortable :).

Deciding how to dress for a Hawaiian party , Don't forget about such an important detail as accessories. These could be interesting hair clips, belts, funny flip-flops.

When braiding your hair, pay attention to flower-shaped hair clips, which are fashionable this season. Their price is affordable for everyone, and the colors allow you to choose a flower to match your outfit.

You can also opt for nautical themed hair clips. For example, every girl would like elegant, fragile shells attached to a headband or invisible headband.

Choose beautiful necklaces and a matching bracelet and you will become a real star of a themed party.

Shells for hairpins can be purchased at any gift store. If you were at sea and brought with you some beautiful specimens, you can use them to realize your ideas!

If you want to make your own Hawaiian lei for your outfit, then you can use the recommendations from the article “”. This is where we show the master class quick weaving original, and most importantly - cheap garlands.

Hawaiian party: what should men wear?

For the stronger sex, the issue with a suit can be resolved in a couple of minutes :). White shorts, a bright Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops are enough. An interesting attribute would be a straw hat or a small guitar :).

Preparing for a themed party and figuring out how to dress for a Hawaiian party , It should be remembered that the main attribute of any holiday is mood and warm company. The mood you come with is how you will spend the holiday :).