Party themes revolving around s'mores?!
Party themes revolving around s'mores?
I am planning a birthday party for my best friend and she wants to toast s'mores instead of having a cake. What themes go with s'mores? Any ideas for decorations or games? (Keep in mind, we're in our late 20s-early 30s). Thanks!
Answers:
For my birthday party - I'm 13, but it's still a great theme - we did Chocolate...we had loads of chocolate for snacks and roasted smores AND had chocolate cake. It's a great theme for revolving around smores.
Also, you can watch a chocolately movie for entertainment, like the movie Chocolat (the one with Johnny Depp in it) or, but this is more for younger kids, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Games, well, we went shopping and just did sleepover things that 13 year-olds do, so we didn't do any special games. We had a small fire outside to toast the smores, we roasted marshmallows and we listened to music and sang and danced, so it would be a good idea to have some kind of a fire going outside and a place where there is music and where people can 'hang out'.
Decorations:
I put lots of brown/pink/gold/white ribbons everywhere, which were cute 'chocolatey' colors. I also had a table laid out with cute chocolate napkins and lots of chocolate snacks.
I also gave each person a mug that said Chocolate at the top, and inside I gave them each a small towel with their name embroidered on it. Then I put some chocolates inside of the mugs and they had small party favors that were perfect for the theme, and usable for the hot chocolate with whipped cream (met slaagroom, we live in the Netherlands) that we had later.
I also bought little brown beads that were long and looked like chocolate sprinkles (but wouldn't melt), and I sprinkled them all over the tables to make it look even more chocolatey.
Then I just shopped around and found other cute chocolatey things that went with the theme, and put them around the room.
It was a great and enjoyable theme, everyone loved it! You should give it a try!
Hope that this helped and good luck!
All the best,
*Nicky
cambin... log cabin... day at the lake.. campfire/bonfire under the stars.
Tell everyone to comes dressed as a s'more. Best giddup will win a tote bag full of marshmallows, chocolate bars and graham crackers.
A picnic theme, red & white checked table cloth, picnic baskets, sit on blankets, play croquet, badmitten, frisbie & ice chests to hold whatever drinks you enjoy!
If you're having the party outside, have a picnic. I once saw a photo spread of a picnic where all the food was served in enameled pails. Each person got a small mason jar with gazpacho, a sandwich wrapped in waxed paper. A pickle wrapped in butcher paper and some salad (I think it was couscous, but any salad would do) in another mason jar (or in a waxed paper cone, I don't remember.) All the food was in the pail, along with a bandanna (to use as a napkin) and utensils. Each person carried her pail to the picnic site & they ate sitting under trees and on hay bales.
You can have the s'mores stuff ready by getting another pail & filling it with sand or gravel to hold the toasting branches. Then bring out the chocolate & marshmallows.
Have fun!
Well, I know that people in their 20's & 30's still want to have fun, and can still be silly, so why not try a camping theme as has been suggested in other posts.
Here are some ideas:
1) Tell your friends to wear their pajamas & slippers to the party (nothing too skimpy or you may have problems).
2) Play a CD with outdoor sounds (i.e. running brook, crickets, etc.), here are some links to purchase, or you could try looking somewhere like K-mart/Wal-mart/Target - in the discount section:
http://www.atsecurecheckout.com/dusk-sou...
http://www.amazon.com/natural-sounds-wil...
2) Burn a citronella candle for that camping smell (can be found in discount stores-as listed above, or local dollar stores).
3) Make food like hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, corn on the cob, & beans. You can serve them on disposable aluminum pie pans for that campout dish feel.
4) Make some fun beverages:
Cocktails for camping
http://www.recipezaar.com/cookbook.php?b...
5) Watch a movie with a camping/cabin theme.
Maybe a comedy like:
The Great Outdoors w/ John Candy & Dan Akroyd
Meatballs w/ Bill Murray
Little Darlings w/ Tatum O'Neal & Kristy McNichol
- Or a horror like one of the Friday the 13th's.
6) Decorate using a tablecloth that has bugs on it, if you can't find one use a plain plastic tablecloth and decorate it with stamped bugs (go to your local craft store, get small paint bottles and bug stamper).
- Use bug clips on your tablecloth:
http://www.orientaltrading.com/applicati...
7) Entertainment:
Tell ghost stories - http://www.americanfolklore.net/campfire...
http://www.jamesgang.com/campfire/html/s...
Sing "campfire" songs -
http://weknowcampfiresongs.com/?gclid=cn...
Links on the left here:
http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/...
Play cards and/or dice games.
http://www.rinkworks.com/trivia/...
http://www.funattic.com/game_card.htm...
Play charades.
Anyway, hope I have helped some, have fun and happy birthday to your friend!
How about "Camp (Birthday Girl's Name)"? You can plan a whole bunch of activities that will remind everyone of summer camp days from when they were kids.
Borrow some tents and set them up in the back yard near your campfire. Hang signs on them with camp names - "Camp Run-A-Muck", "Camp Itchy Scratchy" - that kind of thing.
Play flashlight tag.
Hand out star maps and identify the constellations.
Have a sack race.
Have a friend bring a guitar and sing songs by the campfire.
Tell scary stories.
Have fun!
camping out ,great outdoors,ghost stories,