Give guests plastic party leis as favors to take home.
When hosting a luau party, brighten the party up with fun decorations and party games. Give each guest a grass skirt and flower lei as she arrives to the party. When guests win games, award them with luau-themed prizes such as flower leis for boys and girls, coconut drinks, and tropical hairpieces for girls. Does this Spark an idea?
Prize Grab
Purchase several plastic rubber ducks and floating seashells for this game. Get a permanent marker and write the numbers "1," "2" and "3" on the bottoms of all the plastic objects. Fill a small plastic swimming pool or large bucket with water and add the items to the bucket/pool. Have three bags near the pool, one labeled "1," another marked "2," and and final one labeled "3." In each bag, put candy, party-favor items or other small prizes. Let each person use his teeth to grab a toy out of the pool; if the toy is marked "1," he gets a prize from the corresponding bag. To make this game different for older kids, use bigger prizes. Write the letters "S," "M" and "L" on the bottoms. Award the kids with small, medium and large prizes.
Hula Hoop Contest
Give each player a hula hoop and play some luau music. When the host yells, "Go!" each player should begin to hula-hoop. The player who can hula-hoop the longest wins the game.
Coconut Bowling
Buy several coconuts and pineapples. Set up the pineapples as bowling pins and use the coconuts as bowling bowls. Let each player bowl four times; the player who knocks down the most pins wins the game. Award a flower lei to any player who gets a strike.
Bead Table
For older guests, create a bead table. Purchase beads and seashells that have holes drilled in them. Spread the beads out on the table with some leather cord. Tie a knot on one end of the cord and allow party guests to make their own bracelets, anklets and necklaces. Award prizes for the most creative jewelry.
Pin the Monkey
Instead of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, play Pin the Monkey on the Palm Tree. Draw a large palm tree on poster board, then draw a banana in the palm tree. Draw or print several monkeys and write each player's name on them. Put two-sided tape on the back of each monkey. Blindfold each player and spin him three times, then face him toward the poster board. Each player tries to place the monkey in the palm tree closest to the banana. The player who pins her monkey closest to the banana wins the game.
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