1960s Party

A 1960s Party, Hip, Groovy and tons of fun.

Dust off your peace sign necklace. Iron your tie dye shirt and get ready for some groovy fun.

Invitation Ideas

Make your own sixties invitations with peace sign stickers and floral stickers.

Make tie dyed invitations: Fill a shallow pan with water. Drip brightly colored paints onto the surface of the water and mix a touch with a tooth pick. Gently set the cardstock onto the surface of the water and pull up quickly. The paint will adhere to the card. Allow to dry completely before adding your party information to them.

You could also send personalized retro buttons they are unique.

Party Atmosphere

Ask your guests to dress the part. Everyone should come in their version of sixties attire.

Decorate the walls with .
It is easy to put up and really helps set the mood.

Signs and posters were popular in the sixties. Make your own using poster board and poster paints. Smiley faces, peace signs and daisies were popular subjects. Use florescent paints.

Set the mood by replacing your regular light bulbs with black lights.

1960s Party Activities

Everything was decorated in the sixties including bodies. Have a face painting contest. Divide the guests into couples and have them decorate each others' faces with the paint. Give prized for the most unique, the funniest etc...

Play "Name this tune" with songs from the sixties. The Beatles, Janis Joplin, The Monkees and The Rolling Stones were all popular artists. Divide your guests into groups. Then play a snippet from a popular song. If a group guesses correctly they get a point. If they get the answer wrong, take away a point. First group to 10 wins a prize.

Food and Drinks

Serve fresh salad. Include edible flowers in the salad or as a garnish on the plate.
Finger foods and easy to grasp items like chicken wings or sandwiches would be fine.

Beer or wine for those that indulge and water for those that don't.

Decorate a cake with edible flowers.

Make a peace sign on top of a round cake.

Decorate cupcakes with yellow frosting and put smile faces on them.