Create homemade
tropical decorations for your Hawaiian party.
Plan a tropical Hawaiian-themed birthday party to take advantage of hot summer weather or to remind everyone of warmer days during the cold winter months. Enlist some help when creating decorations for your party, and don't hesitate to get the kids involved. If they aren't old enough to use scissors or knives, they can probably help tape items together or string paper flowers onto a dull yarn needle. Does this Spark an idea?
Homemade Leis
Create a homemade paper flower lei to present to each of your party guests as they arrive. You can cut flower shapes from colorful construction paper to make a simple layer or trim the edges of brightly colored cupcake liners to resemble flowers. Thread a yarn needle with yarn or twine and gently pierce the center of each flower with the needle to string them onto the yarn. If you would like to separate the individual flowers in your lei, pierce a few paper flowers of the same color and then string a 1-inch length of drinking straw onto the lei before adding the next flower. When you are satisfied with your paper lei, tie the ends of the yarn into a knot. Make sure it is large enough to fit easily over your head.
Hawaiian Serving Bowls
Serve fruit salad or ice cream at your Hawaiian birthday party in a real pineapple bowl. Stand the pineapple upright and cut away one-third of the pineapple vertically to create your bowl. Scoop out the fruit from inside the pineapple bowl and discard it or save it for a fresh fruit salad or other purpose. You may need to cut the fruit loose with a knife to remove it. If your pineapple bowl is wobbly, cut a thin strip from the bottom of the bowl to create a flat base.
Grass Table Skirts
Decorate the tables at your birthday party with homemade grass skirts to give them a tropical appearance. Cut solid-color wrapping paper into strips long enough to reach from the edge of the table almost to the ground. Tape each strip to the edge of the table with clear tape until you are satisfied with the fullness of your grass table skirt. Cover the top of the strips with an additional strip of paper all the way around the edge of the table to finish the skirt. You can use basic brown paper or create colorful skirts to match your other decorations.
Tropical Cake
Bake a tropical cake for your Hawaiian-themed birthday party. Any flavor or size of cake can easily become a tropical cake by gently pressing crushed vanilla wafers or graham cracker crumbs into the icing to represent sand. Add a blue lagoon to the top of the cake with blue gel icing and populate the cake with gummy sharks, fish or other creatures you might see in Hawaii.
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