Boy Band BBQ
For the boy band teenage fan in your life, here's everything and the "kitch-'N SYNC" for an awesome party she's sure to remember. Decorate with posters of the Backstreet Boys, 'N SYNC, 98 Degrees, Boyzone, Five, and 911. Hire a DJ or assume the role yourself.
More ideas:
- Use a poster to play "Pin the Lips on 'N SYNC's Justin Timberlake."
- Many bakeries will create a cake decorated with an edible photograph of your choosing. If they don't have a boy band picture, provide one.
- Use boy band music for a rousing game of musical chairs--with a twist. Instead of eliminating players, eliminate one chair per round. When the music stops, the chair-less players jump on someone's lap. By the end of the game, there's one chair and one giant pile-up!
- Ask if local radio station will dedicate a song for your party girl and her crew-and make sure the radio is on when the announcement is aired.
- Pass out colorful stationery and pens for writing fan letters.
- Make bingo boards using singers' names instead of numbers. Cool prizes: posters, buttons, keychains, and window decals.
Garden Grill Party
Everything's coming up roses--and peonies, impatiens, and irises--at this grilling garden party. Hang flower baskets from the deck and trees. Use floral tableclothes, plates and napkins.
More ideas:
- Send a seed packet along with the invitation.
- Ask guests to bring bulbs they've divided, seeds, or cuttings for a garden swap.
- Fix a salad of edible garden greens and edible flowers, such as nasturiums and pansies.
- The perfect centerpiece? A flat or two of flowers, wrapped in a bright ribbon. At the end of the party, invite friends to take home one of the individual pots from the flat.
- For party favors, wrap pretty gardening gloves around seed packets, garden markers and skin balm.