- A vacation can serve as inspiration for your party theme. Recreate a Hawaiian vacation by using decorations in vivid shades of blue, green, and orange. Float tea candles in citrus-colored glass bowls on the tables. Create table centerpieces with large leaves from various plants mixed in with coconuts, pineapples, or watermelons. Place bamboo sticks throughout the room. Hang loose palm fronds on the wall. Appoint someone to hand out floral leis to your guests as they arrive. Consider keeping it casual by throwing a big barbeque for your guests.
- Use a movie that the both of you enjoy as a party theme. For example, if you like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," recreate the venue like Willy Wonka's factory. Use mini chocolate fountains as table centerpieces. Cut hill shapes from styrofoam board and paint them bright green. Hot glue plastic candy canes to your hills. Use two-sided tape to attach swirl lollipops on every surface you can. Stick cutouts of flowers and spotted mushrooms on walls. Create large bouquets of balloons in every color and place them in the room. Allow some balloons to float to the ceiling. Delight your guests with a bubble machine that streams bubbles. This party theme is a great way to emphasize that you are always young at heart.
- Allow your guests to travel back in time by recreating your wedding day. Request that your guests be attired in fashion from that era. Throw the party in the same reception hall that you used for your wedding. Use the same type of flowers and decorations. Use items from the original wedding day if possible. Enlarge photos of your wedding day to poster size and hang them up on the walls. Make two mannequins the focal point of the room. Dress one up in your old wedding gown and the other in your husband's suit. Adorn the mannequins with wigs that resemble your wedding day hairstyles. Use framed photos associated with that year as table centerpieces.
