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My party needs a theme
NateVader
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My roommates and I are throwing a party on Saturday and we're trying to brainstorm up a good theme. So far we've got nothing interesting. We're open to any and all suggestions, just nothing that would be prohibitively expensive, this is just for shits and giggles. Also there's an 80's party the day before so that's not an option.
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A Bizarro World party, where everyone dresses like the evil version of themselves.
A swapped identities party.
A 60s/hippie themed party.
A country-club party with croquet. Take the mallets away before people get too drunk, though.
A back-to-childhood party.
A futuristic/sci-fi party.
Basically I would go to any of these. Just don't take your theme too seriously and provide plenty of refreshments and people will have fun.
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Also, if you happen to have rock band dressing up like different rock stars/bands could work
Communist Party.
Every thing red. Drinks, outfits, etc
The party organisers all had thematic white T-shirts with I
We decorated the room with all the T-shirts we could find.
Always more fun if some of the guys go for the 'Tart' costume option.
actually, the Communist Party sounds wicked awesome, I vote for that one
Sinners party. Debauchery all around. Everyone has to come dressed as their favorite sin, or someone afflicted with a sin. (Bill Gates = Greed, etc etc)
If someone shows up with no sin they get their sin written on them with a sharpie.
Edit: some ideas when we did it included: colored syran wrap (if you layer it enough you can't see through), grocery bags (both paper and plastic), garbage bags, duct tape and paper, comfortors, sheets, a paper cup....
I'm so bookmarking this thread too for future party endeavors.
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Glam rock parties are the poop shit.
Also, you could have a red neck/hick themed party. It's fun to see what kind of shit people come up with when they think of country folk.
Girls can wear naughty school girl outfits and the guys can dress like jocks or nerds.
You could do a rock star party and encourage people to dress as such. Most folks have one or two things that they feel are a little bit rock and roll and no one minds buying $10 worth of stuff at a vintage store last minute. Make sure that everyone knows that it's any kind of rock star, and you'll see people doing all kinds of interpretations on the theme.
Something simple that people can interpret and pull off cheaply is what you require this close to the date.
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You could play games, and give away prizes. At the end of the night, the person with the most prizes wins.
But just before you announce the winner, give a shit-tonne of bonus prizes to an inanimate object, defaulting it's status to winner. Then have everybody rage up and destroy it with a hammer.
Or, you could have an Olympic Themed Party. It's the same thing, but with more steroids (or just have everybody dress corresponding to a summer olympic event).
Every person who attends the party has to come wearing at least one solid-colored item of each of the following shades: orange, red, blue, yellow, green, and white. By the time they leave the party, they must be entirely clothed in one of those six colors. Be sure to discourage jeans and white socks, and punish offenders of the rules creatively :P. May not work if people aren't comfortable taking off clothes in the middle of a room and loaning them to other people, and/or possibly never seeing said clothes again (but that's what Salvation Army is for!).
Tinfoil Hat party.
Come dressed in a tinfoil hat of your own design and/or other conspiracy theorist attire. Better on a day famous for conspiracy theories (like Kennedy's assaasination, Roswell, or the lunar landing), but cool when thrown any time.
Dress Like Your Major party.
Self-explanatory: come dressed as a stereotypical representative of your college major. English/History majors in tweed, lab science majors in labcoats, Anthropology majors in safari gear, Russian majors as communists, Philosophy majors as homeless people, etc. Encourage creativity.
This sounds great
Yes! I know a number of people with terrible t-shirts and they are always dorky and hilarious. They can be found in any closet and everyone has them. Just be sure to ban Hard Rock shirts.
I've got one friend that has a black Statler and Waldorf muppet shirt with neon glowing silhouettes and the words "GET LOST!" written on it.
edit: you should raid a local goodwill for some extras and force people to change if they come in sporting something a little too hip. IRONY MUST BE CHECKED AT THE DOOR. Your Rick Springfield shirt is, in fact, too cool for this room!
Mexican themed also works. Sombreros, tequila, Corona...
And, for posterity's sake, though not necessarily this Saturday's, a State of the Union Party is the best event you'll ever attend. Too bad we probably won't get another Bush SotU. They were the best.