Atlantis Party Ideas
The mythical lost city of Atlantis is first referenced in Greek philosopher Plato's two dialogues the "Timaeus" and the "Critias." The dialogues tell the story of Athenians fighting an ancient battle against the rulers of Atlantis, which the Athenians subsequently won. It is said that half of Atlantis sunk into the ocean around 1500 BCE as the result of a volcanic eruption in the Bay of Naples. Create your own version of Atlantis for a theme party friends and family will never forget.
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Invitations
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Invitation ideas for Atlantis theme parties include invitations that feature underwater animals, the ocean, mythical sea creatures or any other invitations with a "sea" theme. You can also make your own Atlantis-themed invitations by culling assorted artistic images of Atlantis from websites and books to paste on pieces of card stock. Use different images for each invitation and encourage guests to keep them as a party souvenir. Other ideas include card stock cutouts of mermaids, seashells, dolphins and other assorted sea creatures with the party information written on the back of the invitations.
Decor
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Transform your home or event space into an underwater city using blue canopies and fishing nets to drape your ceilings and walls. Use blue and green streamers to give the feeling of stepping through floating seaweed. Cover any windows with blue-tinted tissue paper. You can also hang ocean-themed paper decorations from the windows. Collect mermaid dolls and figures, plush ocean friends, seashells and coral to display around the home. Posters of artistic representations of Atlantis as well as posters from the television show "Stargate: Atlantis" are also decorating options.
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Food and Drink
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Serve as much blue-tinted food as you can find, such as cakes and sugar cookies decorated with blue frosting, brownies with blue M&Ms baked in, and blue M&Ms served on clean clam shells and other shell-inspired plates and bowls. Other ideas include a raw bar, which can feature clams and oysters on the half shell, fried calamari appetizers, shrimp cocktails, salmon and tilapia dishes. Tint champagne and ginger ale with blue food coloring.
Games and Activities
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Games and activities for an Atlantis-themed party include setting up a "movie room" to play DVDs of "Stargate: Atlantis" as well as famous sea-themed movies, such as "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Little Mermaid," "Jaws" and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. Other ideas include setting up kiddie pools for children, some of which can also be filled with sand and plastic "treasure" the kids can have fun digging up. Pinatas in the shape of underwater creatures are another option party-goers of all ages can enjoy.
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