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| Table decorations |
1980's party check list must haves
- Headband sunglasses
- Hot colored Velcro wallets
- Friendship Bracelets
- Slap Bracelets
- Jelly Bracelets
- Rubik's cube
- Fun Dip
- Candy Rings
- Pop Rocks
Some of the music used during the party
| Song | Artist |
| Take on Me | a-ha |
| Money for Nothing | Dire Straits |
| Footloose | Kenny Loggins |
| Maniac | Michael Sembello |
| Maneater | Hall & Oates |
| Take Me Home Tonight | Eddie Money |
| I Ran | A Flock of Seagulls |
| Material Girl | Madonna |
| Manic Monday | The Bangles |
| Uptown Girl | Billy Joel |
| Friday I'm in Love | The Cure |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Poison |
| Don't You | Simple Minds |
| Eye of the Tiger | Survivor |
| Mickey | Toni Basil |
| How Will I Know | Whitney Houston |
| Conga | Gloria Estefan |
| Vacation | The Go-Gos |
Splatter paint a white sheet for an inexpensive backdrop. We originally intended on using this as the back drop for the "picture booth" but it didn't seem to have as much impact as I would have liked.
***Note the yellow piece of paper sitting on the table - on "80s" inspired scrapbook paper, I printed out fun 80s facts from 1980 - 1989. This could even be turned into a game!
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| Some of the party favors - most of the candy was purchased from Oriental Trading Company |
Pac-Man and the ghosts where cut out of construction paper and taped to the wall. Glue-on googly eyes were used for the ghost eyes.
Old records were purchased from Goodwill - painted and splattered with acrylic paint.
I found family photos from the 80s and had them enlarged (walmart.com) - place them on funky colored scrapbook paper for personalized wall decor.
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| acrylic painted tape cassettes were hung from the ceiling with fishing line at different lengths. |
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| Rubik's Cube cupcakes |
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It would have been
like totally awesome if we could have rented an actual "photo booth" but the price was
like way out of our budget! We purchased a "rock star" scene setter from Oriental Trading and designated a wall to be the
radically cool photo area!
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| We ordered inflatable guitars from Oriental Trading |
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| Picnik.com was used to create the "Polaroid" effect |
Use Faceinhole.com to put the faces of your friends and family on 80s pop culture! Print them out and display them as wall art.
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| Tara as Pat Benatar |
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| Brother-in-law as Mr. T |
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| Me as JEM |
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My Husband as Pee Wee Herman
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SO cute!!! Thanks for leaving me a comment at Sassy Sites telling me about your 80's party! I have always wanted to throw one. I'm thinking for my hubby's 40th! :) Thanks for all the great ideas!
ReplyDeleteYou girls are so fun. This is almost making me consider being FUN for my upcoming (sigh) 40th bday, and having a theme!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic 80s party theme!
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