Hollywood Theme Party

Your Glitz and Glam Hollywood Theme Party

Having a Hollywood theme party for your birthday will have you feeling like a star.
Use gold paper and cream colored cardstock to prepare invitations. Decorate them with embossing, ribbon, vellum or glitter. Ask your guests to dress in their best Hollywood gown/suit.

Do unroll a red carpet towards your entrance. Ask family or friends to act as paparazzi to take plenty of pictures of your guests arriving and throughout the night. Have a special photo spot by the entrance including floor spot lights angled against a glamorous backdrop. This could be a large white sheet that has been embellished with Oscar images, stars or “Happy Birthday” written in a fancy style.

For your main party area, use many mini white lights. Use white and gold with touches of black as your decorating colors. Place red or black curtains around the TV to resemble a movie theatre screen and play classic black and white Hollywood pictures in the background on mute. Rent a popcorn machine and place it near the “theatre screen.” Place an Oscar or three on the appetizer table or in any other appropriate spot. You can purchase these at any store that does trophies and sometimes dollar stores carry them around Oscar season.

Have a special screening of a foreign short or local film short if you have access to any (check with the local drama/acting college). Or better yet, have some of your guests prepare five to ten minute movies. Then screen them together and award Oscars to the best of. For this really fun option, ensure your invites are out well enough in advance for guests to get together to shoot a short for the party. After the special screening, enjoy a dance party!

There’s just something glamorous about chocolate, seafood and bubbly. For a fancier refreshment table, set up a chocolate fountain with gourmet marshmallows, fruits and rice crispy squares to dip in. You can buy table top chocolate fountains at your local kitchen store. Have sparkling apple juice (or another flavor) and real flute glasses to serve it in. Have a seafood appetizer platter with smoked salmon, prawns, bacon wrapped scallops and fresh oysters in the half shell on crushed ice.

To really take it up an exclusive notch, include a little caviar with your Hollywood theme party. A 2 oz jar will serve approximately 8 people if used on canapés. If served with toast points, then it will serve about 4 people. Do not open the jar until ready to serve. Do not use a metal spoon as that will leave a metallic taste on the roe. Lift the spoon carefully as not to mush the delicate eggs.

With some fine touches, attention to detail and a decadent menu your Hollywood theme party will be a hit.