How to Host a Survivor Party

Survivor is one of television's most popular reality shows, and it's watched by millions of people every week. To celebrate your love of the show, you can throw a Survivor-themed party for your tribe of friends, and watch the drama unfold together. Follow these steps to set the Survivor mood in your house, and throw a party your guests will remember for a long time.

Instructions

1. Create and mail invitations that fit the Survivor theme. You might consider writing the word "Survivor" on the envelope followed by your city, street name or company name, depending on the makeup of your guest list. Add further embellishment in the form of palm trees, torches, sand and water to fit the tropical island feel of Survivor.

2. Decorate your house using an island theme. Line your walkway with luminaries or oil-burning torches. Create or buy an immunity idol or immunity necklace and set it in a prominent place in your living room. Place real or artificial palm fronds throughout your living room. Scatter seashells on tables or on your mantle.

3. Encourage your guests to dress according to the Survivor theme. Options include Caribbean shirts and shorts, beach dresses or sarongs and sandals or flip-flops.

4. Serve tropical food, including fresh fruits such as pineapple, mangoes, cantaloupe and watermelon. Add some fish-based appetizers, including shrimp cocktail and small crab cakes. You could also offer barbecue chicken or ribs.

5. Mix pina coladas and serve them inside coconuts with small party favor umbrellas as accents.

6. Play Caribbean music until it's time for Survivor to start. Steel drum band music will help to set the mood.

7. Divide your party guests into two tribes who will participate in competitions, and pass out color-coded bandannas to each tribe member. You can also pass out Survivor buffs to each tribe.

8. Run "immunity" challenges with the two tribes competing against each other. These can include a gummy fish-eating competition, a Survivor trivia contest, a scavenger hunt in your backyard for objects you've hidden and a limbo contest are all fun options.

9. Offer the tribe with the most wins in the challenges a Survivor-themed prize, such as shell necklaces or a CD of tropical music.

Tips & Warnings

• Have each party guest draw the name of a Survivor contestant from a hat. Collect a small sum of money from each party guest, and the guest who has the name of the winning contestant receives the money at the end of the season.

• Serve Hawaiian punch for those Survivor party guests who don't drink alcoholic beverages.

Resources

• Order authentic Survivor buffs for all your party guests from the CBS website.