Hawaiian Tropical Luau Party

One of the most popular party themes is the Hawaiian Luau Party Theme. Perhaps it is a popular theme because it reminds people of their carefree summer days and typically this type of party is casual, fun, colorful and held outdoors. You can have many variations of this theme by using the same decorations but adding additional theme accents for a Flip Flop Summer Party, Tropical Luau Party, or a fancy elaborate authentic Hawaiian Luau Party complete with a pig roast.

Hawaiian Luau Flip Flop Invitations

Make your own Flip Flop invitations for your guests. Detailed step-by-step Instructions are provided for DIY Flip Flop invitations, together with supplies list, sample of invitation write-up, and pictures. If time is of the essence or if you simply don’t want to make invitations there are many beautiful ready-to-mail Flip Flop invitations available as well.

Hawaiian Luau Decorations and Flip Flop Decorations

Use colorful decorations to tie in the Hawaiian summer fun theme. Colors like lime green, hot pink, turquoise and bright tangerine orange are great colors for this theme. Other party decorations can also be:

• Fishnets hanging from ceilings, tables or doorways.
• Live or silk tropical plants on chairs, tables, water bottles
• Make and decorate your own Luau napkin rings
• Make a Luau centerpiece display of fresh fruit, like coconut, kiwi, lime, mangos, citrus fruits and lots of colorful flowers
• Tiki Torches for outside and candles for inside the home
• Raffia and Grass hula skirts on drinks, coolers, ice buckets and doorways
• Umbrellas toothpicks for food platters, sandwiches and drinks
• Flower straws or umbrella straws for drinks
• Lots of silk flower leis everywhere
• For chair sashes, use colorful sashes in lime green, turquoise, and hot pink in alternating colors topped with contrasting flower. An inexpensive way is to take a paper table cloth and cut it in several sections to make a temporary chair sash.

Hawaiian Luau Games and Activities

• Sing. Play Hawaiian background Music during the party. See who can outdo Don Ho. Have an award for best singer after.
• Have some Hula Fun. Hold a hula dance lesson or a hula dance contest. Purchase hula skirts or make your own. Play traditional hawaiian music and teach your guests how to communicate with your hands and body the Hawaiian way!
• Decorate a flip flop. Purchase inexpensive flip flops, gems and flip flop decorations. Let your guests use their own creativity to decorate their own flip flop according to their own style and taste. Let their individuality shine!
• Make a Lei. Make a beaded lei necklace out of silk flowers, beads and shells.
• Do the Limbo. Play fun, upbeat music and see can go real low! You can just use a broom stick and decorate with streamers, raffia and hibiscus flowers.
• Learn about Hawaii, its culture, history and the Hawaiian Language! Divide kids up into several groups and have a Hawaiian Trivia Contest to see which groups knows the most!
• Play “Pass the Coconut”. Like pass the ball. An option is to put eyes, nose, and mouth on it. Maybe even hair and a hat. Gives it an element of fun to it! Play Hawaiian Luau music and let each guest feel the hairy coconut. With kids this will envoke lots of giggles. Whenever the music stops, have the child who is holding the coconut, bring his/her present up to the Guest of Honor and open presents then too. This child/person of course will be ‘out’ afterwards.
• Musical Beach Towel. Played like musical chair. Have all beach towels lined up, with sunglasses and hats on each one. Play some fun, hawaiian, summer music. When the music stops, the kids have to be lying on top of the towel, and have the hat and glasses on, otherwise they are out!
• Play Coconut Bowling. Get 10 empty 1/2 liter water bottles. Fill with about 1/2 full with water or liquid to weigh it down. Decorate the bottles if you’d like. Use a coconut to knock down the ‘pins’.
• Hula or Luau Favors. Give one a Hula Big Favor Pack which includes everything you need Wrist Lei, Daisy Swirl Lip Gloss, Stickers, Hawaiian Hibiscus Funtoos, and a Flower Trim Tote Bag.

Recipes and ideas - Hawaiian Luau Treats and Drinks

• Make a Tropical Fruit Salad with fresh fruit.
• Make Macadamia Nut-Crusted Chicken ahead of time and serve with Honey Mustard Sauce. Just pop in the oven when the guests are ready to eat.
• Make Fruit kabobs with pineapple, strawberries and apples. Use colorful silk flower luaua toothpicks. Use a big grapefruit as the base or a pineapple to hold the fruit kabobs.
• Bowls of macadamia nuts (check for allergies)
• Hawaiian Pizza with pineapples and ham
• Serve Smoothies and Frozen Drinks. Have several blenders ready and lots of ice. If you are having a party with lots of teens and adults, you may need to assign a “bartender” to help out with this.
• Hawaiian Lemonade
• Of course an authentic pig roast would have been great but if you can’t swing that, the next best thing is making Ham-Wrapped Pineapple Bites! Kids, teens and adults love these since they are easy to eat, delicious with a bit of sweetness and easy finger food.
• Milk and White Chocolate in the shape of fish and various shell shapes.
• Gold fish crackers and other finger foods for kids and hungry teens.
• Pirate booty.
• Swedish Fish and Gummy candy in the shape of shells, stars, etc.
• Serve refreshing Luau Party Drinks with umbrellas, cherries and wedges of oranges.
• Kids can experiment with making a Candy Volcano with edible eruptions for some added fun.

Recipe - Hawaiian Luau Flip Flop Cake

Create a Flip Flop Cake out of your favorite flavor cake, sugarpaste (fondant), candy, and icing. A luau basket with sand (brown sugar) and hibiscus flowers made out of sugar paste sits next to the Flip Flops. This cake is completely edible, from the flowers, the basket, sand and ribbons. The Hawaiian Luau flip flop cake are made out of pound cake covered with sugar paste or fondant, the luau basket was made out of leftover pound cake and fondant as well. Flowers were hand-made out of colored sugar paste and brown sugar was used to represent the sand on the beach. Swedish fish and gummy candy was used inside the basket as well as around the edges of the cake.

More Instructions for a Hawaiian Luau Party or Summer Beach Flip Flop Party

• Resources: Hawaiian Luau Party
• Instructions: How to make Flip Flop Invitations
• Instructions: How to make a Luau Napkin Ring
• Instructions: How to make Luau Chair Sashes
• Instructions: How to decorate a Flip Flop for a Hawaiian Luau Party
• Instructions: How to make a Hawaiian Luau Flip Flop Cake
• Recipes: Easy Hawaiian Party Food, Snacks and Drinks
• Recipes: More Summer Luau Party Drinks
• Video: How to make a Hawaiian Luau Flip Flop Cake
• Video: How to make a Hawaiian Luau Napkin Ring

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