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Luau Party Ideas

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:19:21 +0000

To plan a successful Luau, you’ll need to consider how many people to invite, where to hold the feast, your decorations, menu and music. This guide will help you achieve a fun Hawaiian atmosphere. As a first step, make a guest list. Make your own invitation cards or buy them from a stationery store, but remember to send these out exactly a week in advance. Follow up by a personal phone call three days in advance to know the exact number of expected guests.

Depending upon the numbers, you must decide on a venue. After that, you should survey your venue site and take broad measurements.

Make a rough plan on paper to decide your decorations, seating etc. The seating, of course, depends upon your guest list. Always remember to keep the seating down to fewer chairs than the number of people you’ve invited, as many of guests like to stand and mingle.

Decide where to put your buffet table and your drinks counter. A good tip: it’s always best to keep them apart, as people will crowd around them both. If you’re running short of tables and chairs, borrow some from friends or rent some out. You may even want to create some rustic sitting arrangements by placing logs of woods with large cushions on them, or by using plywood boxes.

Almost anything can be made to look interesting by dressing it up with grass table skirts. Make a menu list and do your shopping two to three days in advance. Plan to do the cooking a night before the party, and if you have many guests, why not get some help from friends and relatives? Start decorating on the morning of the party and involve teens from the neighborhood or call over your nephews and nieces to help.

You should devise a general plan of decoration and explain it broadly to your helpers, but allow them to add their creativity to create a unique décor. Plan to welcome your guests with leis and have two of your young friends dress like Hula dancers to hand the leis out while saying ‘Aloha’ (‘hello’ in Hawaiian). Keep the music ready and involve an enthusiastic friend to take care of changing it and to initiate the dancing. It’s always best to pre-plan when you would like the dancing to begin, and where to have it. It would be great if you can have an instructor who can teach Hula to your guests.

Don’t forget to appoint a keen photographer among your guests, and let them shoot away. Plan at least three games lasting half an hour each and don’t forget to buy interesting prizes for the guests. End your party with some funky painted shells that say thank you on them and hand them out personally to each guest. If you plan well, yours could be the Luau of the season!

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Tips for Preparing Your Home before You Host a Luau Party

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:54:00 +0000

When you are planning a luau party at your home, you will find that it always seems like no matter how much you clean, or how much you organize; there is always more which you could do. The key to effectively preparing your home to host a luau party is cleaning and de-cluttering some very vital areas. You should understand that as long as those areas care clean and clutter-free, then your guests will feel comfortable and welcome in your home.

However, even the most seasoned hostess can be intimidated by trying to prepare their home for guests. So, for that reason, here are some tips from professional cleaners and organizers on how you can best prepare your home to host your party:

Tip #1 – Take a look around your home in a quick sweep and decide what you need to do. Take along a pen and paper and make notes for each room of your home. You will want a closet for your guests to hang their coats in and a place to store women’s purses. While you are doing your home walk-through decide where these two locations will be and write them down.

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Tip #2 – The first place you will want to start cleaning and tidying up is the entry area of your home, and then work from there cleaning the living room, bathroom, and kitchen areas. In addition, if there are other areas in your home where your guests will be, perhaps a game room or similar, that area will need a good cleaning and de-cluttering as well.

Tip #3 - While everyone has some clutter which they treasure; understand that clutter can give an even spotless home the appearance of being messy and unclean. You want your guests to be able to move freely in your home and not be knocking things off of tables or shelves. When you are cleaning for a party be brutal and get rid of as much clutter as you can bear – even if you just simply box it and place it in the garage for the night.

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Tip #4 – If you have a spouse and family, now is the time to enlist them to help you in cleaning and de-cluttering your home. You can easily assign a room to each person and have them be responsible for cleaning and removing anything in the room which does not absolutely need to be there for the party.

Tip #5 - If you have children with messy rooms, but are having an all-adult party, it is fine to simply close your children’s bedroom doors and not make a big deal about them cleaning their rooms for the party. This can greatly relieve your stress pre-party. In essence, stick to cleaning rooms which you absolutely must clean because guests will be in them.

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Tip #6 - If your party is informal, consider using casual serving dishes and casual eatery as well. You may even want to purchase some good quality paper plates for the event if it will be a pot-luck or BBQ type event, rather than a sit-down meal.

Tip #7 - It is important for you to know that where there are people with food and drinks, there will be spills and stains. The easiest way to deal with these issues is to be completely prepared to deal with them before they ever happen. Have a small box with cleaning supplies which you can use to clean up any messes which might occur during the party.

Tip #8 – Once your home is clean and clutter-free, then it is time to go around your home and add back some small, personal touches which make your home comfortable and inviting for your guests. You can accomplish this through the use of flowers, photographs of your family, and candles. To deal with any musty odors your home may have, you can burn candles or simmer cinnamon and cloves on the stove.

Tip #9 – Once your home has been prepared and you have a back-up plan to deal with any unforeseen stains or spills, then it is time for you as the hostess to sit back and enjoy your party.

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Party Drinks for your Luau

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:29:00 +0000

Fruit Punch Tips and Recipes For Your Next Party

Are you having a luau party? Are you fretting over what kind of beverage or punch you are going to serve to your luau party guests?

Well, worry no more!

Your luau party punch doesn't have to be fancy and elaborate, it just needs to taste good.

How much punch should you make? When making punch for a party, you need to plan on making enough for all of your party guests. As a rule of thumb, 1 gallon of punch will make thirty 5 ounce servings.

How To Make An Ice Ring Mold:

Making a punch bowl ice ring is really easy. Buy an inexpensive gelatin ring mold, fill the mold with punch juice and freeze for several hours. Remove the ice mold from the ring and add it to your punch bowl before pouring in the punch juice. Making an ice ring mold from punch juice keeps your party punch from getting watered down, which is what would happen if you use traditional ice.

Here are a few recipes that are delicious and easy to make.

Tropical Party Punch

1 small can frozen orange juice
1 small can frozen lemonade
2 1/2 c. pineapple juice
1/2 c. sugar
8 c. water
1 qt. 7-Up

Mix all ingredients together in a large punch bowl. Add some ice if desired, right before serving.

Open House Fruit Punch

6 c. orange juice, chilled
1 c. pineapple juice, chilled
2/3 c. maraschino juice
1 bottle (2 liter) lemon-lime soda, chilled

Ice Ring: Made with maraschino cherries and orange slices and water.

Note: one 16 ounce jar of maraschino cherries will contain 2/3 c. juice.

In a large punch bowl stir together orange, pineapple and maraschino cherry juice. To serve, stir in soda and add ice ring. Serve in punch cups.

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Raspberry Lemonade Punch

18 oz. frozen lemonade
10 oz. pkg. frozen strawberries, thawed
1 qt. ginger ale
1 pint raspberry sherbet
fresh whole strawberries
ice

Pour lemonade into a large punch bowl, stir in strawberries. Just before serving add ginger ale and some ice. Place a raspberry in each cup and serve chilled.

Fruity Tutti Punch

1 pint cranberry juice
1 qt. apple juice
12 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate
6 oz. frozen pineapple juice concentrate
6 oz. frozen grapefruit juice concentrate
2 liters of lemon-lime soda

Mix all of the above ingredients together in a large punch bowl; serve chilled.

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Pineapple and Coconut Fritters; Perfect Tropical Party Food

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:17:00 +0000

When throwing a tropical themed party such as a Hawaiian Luau, a Samoan Fia Fia, or just a humble Beach Party or Watermelon Bust, nothing says tropical more than pineapples and coconuts, sweet and juicy fresh and raw, but even juicier when warm and crunchy.

The following recipe calls for shallow frying, but if you’re out in the open, you could also just throw them on the barbeque.

For this recipe you will need:

880g canned pineapple or a large fresh pineapple.
1/4 cup plain flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups fresh white bread crumbs
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/3 cup raw sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Canola oil, for shallow-frying

Method:

If using fresh pineapple, cut into 5mm slices.

Remove moisture from pineapple slices by placing on a paper towel, use a second sheet if necessary to make them as dry as possible.

While the pineapple is being drained of its juices wiz the bread in a food processor until it has formed fine crumbs.

Combine the bread crumbs with the coconut, cinnamon and sugar in bowl.

Place the flour on a large plate.

Beat two eggs in a bowl.

Now take the pineapple slices and dip first in the flour, then eggs, then bread crumb mixture, pressing on with fingertips.

Place oil in pan about 1cm deep and heat.

Cook fritters a few at a time spooning hot oil over them for 5 to 6 minutes or until golden. Drain excess oil on paper towels.

Serve on their own for a yummy finger food or make a dessert out of them by serving with vanilla ice cream and chocolate or caramel sauce. Yum!

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Perhaps you are an aspiring Party Mum and need a little help with some original party food ideas. We don't promise it is always healthy, but it is almost always fresh and fruity! The Party Mums website is loaded with great ideas and tips to help you with planning your childs perfect party. Enjoy them while they’re young!

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Luau Party Ideas For An Enchanting, Tropical Island Party

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:55:00 +0000

Aloha! Here are a few ideas for an enchanting, tropical island paradise. The natives are restless...start planning your exotic luau today. Wikiwiki! (Hawaiian for hurry!)

Welcome each guest with an "aloha" and a kiss on the cheek. Hand a lei to all guests, and a silk flower for the women to put in their hair.

Other nice touches are grass skirts to wear or as table decorations.

Think balmy and exotic! Bright and colorful is sure to set a tropical ambiance.

Palm fronds and palm trees should line the area. You can create grass huts out of grocery bags by cutting it into thin strips, and hanging on a card table.

Nylon fish nets and seashells are a great accent. You will want to make sure you have plenty of tropical flowers, whether fresh or silk.

Line the area with brightly colored fish and inflatable palm trees. The table decor can include tiki statues, as well as tiki torches for an evening ambiance.

Here are some ideas for enticing cuisine:

Spiced pork
Rice
Steamed vegetables
Barbeque foods
Fresh fruits- pineapple, strawberries, melons, papayas
Fresh vegetables
Crab salad
Roasted bananas
Macadamia nuts
Hawaiian sweet bread

The best drinks include Margaritas, Mai Tais, Pina Coladas, Bahama Mamas, and Frozen Daiquiris.

Get your cameras ready for limbo and hula dancing contests!

I hope this helps spark some fun ideas for your upcoming Hawaiian luau party. Aloha!

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Dee Schrock has put together hundreds of theme party tips and fun ideas for easy (and budget conscious!) party planning.

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Beat the Summer Heat With a Hawaiian Luau Party

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:53:00 +0000

Having a is a great way to celebrate a joyous occasion. Seeing people in different costumes are always exciting and are memorable when pictures are taken. Since luaus are associated with summer, many theme shops are offering items to help in the decorations. Those who wish to have this kind of event can get summer party supplies from different shops around the country. These shops offer Hawaiian luau party supplies to those who have this particular theme in mind. These items are not very expensive and can even be bought at a discounted price if bought in bulk.

The famous luau skirts can be found in shops that sells Hawaiian luau party supplies. It can be donned by both men and women but for the purpose of party costumes, it is best worn by women. Men however will need to wear them for performing the traditional Hawaiian dance. The skirt is originally made from grass but the ones commonly found in shops are usually made from plastic or cotton strings. Children will look very cute in the luau skirt especially when they too are performing the traditional dance during the party.

Hawaiian luau party supply shops also sells customized flowers that makes great accessories for guests. Since men are usually clad in brightly colored shirts, they can add on the flowers to further tune up to the party theme. Although flowers are more suitable to be worn by women, for the sake of Hawaiian party, they make great accessories for men too. The flowers can be attached to the collar of the shirt or pocket. These flowers can be in shades of yellow, blue or red.

To go with the shirts, floral shorts are best for bottom attire. You can also find them at Hawaiian luau party supplies shops. They are very comfortable too considering that the party will most likely be held during the hot summer time. Ladies too can don these floral shorts underneath their luau skirt should they feel uncomfortable with wearing swimsuits or bikinis. For men though, they can also wear slacks should it be allowed for the party.

Flip-flops are the best footwear to be worn with the attires mentioned for this party. However, just because flip-flops are fairly simple looking footwear, you should also make sure that you choose one that compliments your outfit. You have a choice between designer flip-flops or the common ones that can be bought from stores. Even the Hawaiian luau party supply sells them for a pretty cheap price. Designers are more expensive and they would have their company or designer logo on the flip-flops. You can also find flip-flops that are drawn and designed by popular artist.

One last accessories to complete the look for Hawaiian luau party. Leis are absolute must haves because without it, the party just doesn't look Hawaiian enough. Choose from the many colors available but some popular choices are blue, red and violet. You can buy leis at summer party or Hawaiian luau party supply stores and they must be worn for both men and women. You should also take note of the material the leis as they can develop irritations for your guests that have sensitive skin for they will be worn on the neck throughout the event.

Hawaiian themed parties should be an exciting one filled with fun events for the guests. Therefore, to make it work, you should be encouraging your guests to join in the fun. There are also souvenirs in which can be bought from the Hawaiian luau party supplies that can be given to the guests. Don't forget to have tropical food and drinks to further make the theme come to life.

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