By
eHow Parties & Entertaining Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Black card stock
- White or silver paint pens
- Custom bowling T-shirts
- Circle cake
- Frosting
- Black food coloring (or mix all colors together)
- White board scoreboard
Step1
Cut black card stock into bowling ball shapes, and decorate with silver or white paint pens. Use bowling-themed invitations to carry out the motif.
Step2
Reserve a few lanes at your local bowling alley. Ask the bowling alley about offers for party per-person rate that includes shoe rental. For parties where guests pay for themselves, disclose these costs on the invitation.
Step3
Decorate or screen-print plain T-shirts or collared bowling shirts to hand out as party favors. Use a retro font.
Step4
Determine whether the bowling alley sells food. Either provide food from the bowling alley, or bring pizzas and other snacks.
Step5
Make a circular cake. Set aside a small amount of white frosting, and use food coloring to dye the rest as close to black as possible. Frost the cake with the black to make a bowling ball, and then add white finger holes.
Step6
Divide guests into teams and keep a tally of each team's progress on a large tournament chart.