Eighties
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Eighties Party Drink Ideas and Eighties
Gift Ideas
Eighties Party Drink Ideas
Serve drinks that were popular during the eighties at an eighties Party, or just plain drinks that you and your friends use to have all the time. For non-alcoholic drinks, have a big bowl of punch on hand garnished with slices of orange. Sodas popular during the 80s include Tab, Pepsi, 7-Up and Crush orange soda. As for alcoholic drinks, Sangria was popular, which is a mixture of wine and fruit juice. The low cost and overall tastiness of wine coolers also made them a popular drink during the 80s, as well as martinis.
Eighties Gift Ideas
When giving gifts with an Eighties Party Theme, it's hard not to think of eighties music. Many genres were popular during the eighties, such as hip hop, New Wave, rock and pop. Collector's edition albums of popular artists from the eighties are usually available, like A-Ha, Run DMC, AC/DC and Michael Jackson, or compilations of popular eighties music. You can also give a framed concert poster of their favorite eighties artist, or a framed movie poster of a favorite eighties movie or movie star. Another idea is to give DVDs featuring popular movies from the eighties like Back to the Future or A Nightmare On Elm Street. This also works with T.V shows, since shows like M*A*S*H and The Love Boat are available on DVD. You can also invoke a feeling of child-like nostalgia with toys popular during the decade, like Rainbow Brite, Teddy Ruxpin, the light-up game Simon, and Etch-A-Sketch.
Eighties Party Theme
Keep the party theme flowing throughout each aspect of
the event. First, the party invitations set the theme and tone of
the occasion. Some guests will bring gifts based on the Eighties
party theme. Use Eighties
decorations, centerpieces,
tablecovers, Thank you notes, invitations, party supplies, hats, blowouts, confetti,
paper plates, cups, napkins etc. Complete the Eighties party theme
with Eighties party favors.
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One of the more popular themes of the 80s was nerds, and 1980s arcade games which lends itself to a fun party theme that has a multitude of possible Eighties Party Ideas. Invite your 1980s arcade gamers guests to the party using old floppy disks (you can probably find some at your local thrift store), writing the necessary 1980s arcade party details in metallic pen right on it. Ask everyone to come dressed as a nerd, and be prepared to play the part as well. Then, deck out your space in nerdy remembrances of the Eighties, such as fluorescent balloons and crepe paper streamers, Rubik’s cubes, Smurfs, and ‘Just Say No’ posters. Make sure to have M&M’s, Skittles, Nerds (of course), and Five Alive available for your guests to munch on while they watch the Revenge of the Nerds series as entertainment.
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