Hawaiian party organization

It's easy to arrange a bright and memorable party today. Everyone can organize a meeting of friends to their liking and for this it is not at all necessary to resort to the help of animators. It is enough to connect imagination and create the desired atmosphere. In this article, we invite you to learn about the intricacies of hosting a Hawaiian-style party with coconuts, palm leaves, tropical cocktails and fruits. Such an unusual event can be held not only on the beach, but also at home.

Hawaiian parties are called luau. Translated from the Aboriginal language, luau means "treat". Such thematic events are held all over the world, including in Russia. The Hawaiian party format allows you to hold an unusual celebration or diversify the usual friendly gatherings. First you need to decide where you want to arrange a tropical holiday.

If your event is planned for a summer day, then the open air format will be the best solution. The ideal place for him would be the beach, river bank or any meadow. Here you can set up a tent, decorate it with flowers from the inside, and put comfortable pillows instead of chairs. Balloons like palm trees, pineapples or starfish are good decorations.

Especially for a party, you can rent a guest house at the recreation center.Poolside sun loungers and themed cocktails recreate the beachfront setting. This way you can have fun both indoors and outdoors, making for great opportunities for a fun time.

An equally bright get-together can be arranged in a loft specially designed for parties. Such rooms have everything for a memorable holiday: stylish design, lounge, neon lighting, bar counter, acoustics, photo zone, etc.

If your Hawaiian party is planned in the winter, then of course it will not work out in the open air. But you can even recreate the atmosphere of a tropical holiday at home. This is the most budgetary option for implementing such an idea. To do this, decorate your home with large indoor plants like palm trees, balloons, paper garlands, photographs of the southern islands. Tropical fruits will also become an important element of the decor: pineapples, coconuts, bananas, etc. We will tell you more about decorations and menus later.

In general, you can arrange a "beach" holiday anywhere. This is a great idea for an original corporate party in the office, meeting friends at the dacha, in a sauna or in a bath. The main thing is to properly arrange the place or entrust this business to professional party organizers. Do not forget to warn your friends in advance about the unusual format of the event and the dress code so that they are ready for tropical fun and do not feel "out of place".

By creating the atmosphere of a Hawaiian party venue, you can let your imagination run wild and experiment with all your heart. All decorations should set a festive mood, which means they should be bright and catchy.

Suitable in a tropical decor will be:

• colorful paper garlands;
• a large poster against which a lot of people can fit;
• shells, starfish, stones;
• colored flags and flashlights;
• "African" masks;
• inflatable rings and other accessories for swimming;
• Sunglasses;
• interior items from plant stems;
• wicker rugs;
• surfboard - even if it's an ironing board disguised as it.

It will not be difficult to buy garlands and beads - today in online stores there are a lot of goods for costume parties, although everyone can make them on their own from plain or corrugated paper, New Year's "rain", ribbons. For exotic beach party lights, pour water into wide glass glasses, add sea sand or pebbles, and submerge small floating candles in them.

A tropical party is a riot of light and color, which means you can get New Year's garlands. The main thing is that they are free of snowflakes. Decorate the bulbs with colorful paper flowers.

Of course, all the participants in such a bright and unusual party will want to keep the memory of it. A lot of decorative elements should be concentrated in the photo zone. Place in it all the above attributes that will fit into the frame. Most importantly, don't be afraid to overdo it with the variegated design. The brighter, more colorful the location turns out, the more successful the atmosphere will be able to create.

Send invitations to your guests to prepare for the upcoming event ahead of time. They can be purchased in a store of festive paraphernalia, ordered on the Internet or printed out ready-made sketches you like, and made with your own hands.

As you might guess, the Hawaiian party dress code is beachwear... If flip-flops, swimwear, short T-shirts and shorts seem too commonplace, then here are some ideas for creative costumes.

Representatives of the stronger sex are more conservative, but at this party they can smell a little and dress in colors unusual for their everyday wardrobe. The brighter the better! It's good if they can get the well-known Hawaiian shirts. Typically, their print combines the sea, palm trees, sun, etc. Another option is to dress all men in colorful T-shirts.

Shorts can be of any color, like flip-flops. All kinds of panama hats, woven hats, caps and even sombreros are suitable as hats, although they relate to a slightly different theme.

Girls can dress in swimsuits, pareos, short transparent sundresses, dresses, shorts and T-shirts. If you want to make a really unusual holiday, then prepare a hula - a Hawaiian skirt for each guest. Any long fringe will do, be it paper, plastic bags or rags. You can also create such an outfit from the long leaves of plants.

Flowers in hair will perfectly complement a women's tropical costume. They can be used to decorate hairpins and elastic bands. They can also be attached to flip flops. Don't forget to make flower bangles for your arms and of course, wear leis around your necks.

To make the party "sound", you need to take care of the musical accompaniment. There are songs that from the first chords will "carry away" all those present to tropical beaches. To create the appropriate mood, we advise you to put on the following tracks:

• Bob Marley - One Love
• Kaoma - Lambada;
• King Africa - La Bomba Sexy.

Themed music selections may include more than songs associated with islands in warm seas. It can be any composition in which the fiery motives of hot countries are felt. Add Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Las Ketchup and more of your favorite hot artists to your playlist.

Brightly decorated tables will delight the eye and whet your appetite. Put a luminous garland of flowers around their edges. Roll coconuts on the Hawaiian table serve not only as refreshing drinks, but also as trendy decorative elements. Place pineapples, coconuts, kiwi, bananas on the table. They are served not only as fresh fruit, but also as a dessert, if they are pieces in sugar or chocolate. Fruit and chicken salads refresh and nourish. Seafood barbecued or simply boiled with sauces will delight ocean lovers.

In general, in Hawaii, as well as on other tropical islands, shrimp, octopus, squid and fish are very popular. There they can even be eaten raw, but in our latitudes it is still customary to cook such food. As an appetizer, add beautiful neat canapes to the menu that are convenient to eat without sitting at the table. They can be anything. Even familiar products skewered on a skewer will look colorful and appetizing. Make them with sausage, cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes. Form sweet canapes from any fruits and berries. Here are some Hawaiian recipes.

Hawaiian pork - kalua - will become a hearty dish for those who do not really like sea exotic and sweets. The dish is prepared from suckling pig, baked in an earthen hole on hot stones. Before immersion, rub it with salt and cover with large cordilina leaves. The result is juicy, tender pork.

If you are ready to try to cook kalua in the traditional way, you will have to dig a hole one and a half meters deep.

• The piglet is pre-washed, dried and salted.
• Rounded cobblestones are placed at the bottom of the pit, while it is important for safety that they are dry.
• Then a fire is kindled in the pit and the flame is maintained until the stones are whitened.
• The carcass is covered with stones, fixed with a wire mesh, and placed in a pit.
• Now the piglet should be covered with banana leaves or just foil. A wet heavy tarp is placed on top and soil is poured 20 cm.

As you can see, the process of making kalua is very difficult, and it is only suitable for a party in nature.

Another masterpiece of Hawaiian cuisine is lulu. It is much easier to make it - you will need to purchase chicken, lightly salted fish (red) and salad.

• Mix equal parts poultry and salmon.
• Take taro leaves or a simple salad, as long as they are large.
• Wrap the filling in leaves like cabbage rolls.
• Bring the resulting "rolls" to readiness for a couple. You can also bake them in the oven over low heat, after wrapping them in foil.
• Place the lualu on plates with the boiled rice balls.

A delicious dessert for children and adults will be a mango and banana smoothie. Use very ripe fruits for its preparation.

Would need:

• 4-6 very ripe bananas;
• 2 ripe mangoes;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey;
• 40-50 grams of apple juice or coconut milk, depending on personal preference or what you bought.

Cooking algorithm.

• Peel and slice bananas and mangoes.
• Combine them and add honey and juice. You can use coconut milk instead.
• Whisk the food with a blender.
• Pour the smoothie into tall glasses, add ice and straws or spoons.

Children will be happy to try unusual tropical juices, and adults - cocktails based on them. Popular ingredients for tropical cocktails include:

• white rum;
• grapefruit and orange juice;
• coconut milk;
• Coca Cola;
• lemonade.

You can decorate cocktails very brightly and beautifully. Use pieces of fruit, decorative mini-umbrellas, paper decorations in the form of butterflies, flowers and other figurines for this.

Hawaii is a place of relaxation, fun and dancing. A variety of funny competitions will help to diversify the scenario of the event, in which it will be interesting to participate for guests of all ages. These small quests will cheer you up and help you plunge headlong into the holiday atmosphere.

Challenge guests to compete in agility and strength. To do this, arrange for them exciting games and dances. After tropical cocktails, it won't be easy, but a lot of fun. A symbolic coconut or pineapple can become a gift in the competition.

• Limbo. Have two people hold the ends of a long stick or rope, while the rest of the participants, to the energetic rhythms of music, try to walk under it and not fall. Each time, lower it lower and lower.

• Hula. The dance of the islanders will become a real decoration of the festive party. Watch a video on the internet of hula dancing and give a workshop for the participants. Invite party guests to repeat these fluid movements of the arms and hips, simulating the swaying of seaweed, sea waves and wind. Girls will love to learn a new dance, and men will be happy to watch this interesting activity.

• Hunting. Invite the men to throw darts at a large tropical fruit called pineapple. Or prepare a watermelon that is more convenient for these purposes. So the representatives of the stronger sex will be able to demonstrate their accuracy.

• Coconut bowling. The task of the contestants is to roll coconuts like in a bowling alley on a flat surface. Give a coconut to each participant, build a pyramid of cups and invite them to knock it down.

• Take off the lei. The essence of this competition is to remove paper Hawaiian beads (lei) from your partner as quickly as possible, without using your hands.You can compete as four people (two in each team), and in large groups. The team that copes faster will win.

• Selfie on the surf. Divide the participants into teams of girls and boys. Give the first team oversized shorts and a bra, and the second team oversized shorts and a shirt. Each participant or participant should run out to the center of the room where the board stands as soon as possible, put on the specified requisites over their clothes, get up on the surf (you can use the ironing board) and take a picture of themselves with a phone or camera.

Little guests will also not get bored at the party, because no less funny contests are prepared for them.

• Hawaiian shirt. The participants are divided into two teams: boys and girls, or by the number of participants. Each of them is given a white T-shirt. The contestants' task is to paint it in the Hawaiian style. You can decorate the T-shirts with the sun, palm trees, flowers, or other colorful designs.

• In captivity. The game also involves division into two teams. One of them will unite the natives, and the other - tourists. The former choose their leader, and the latter, the captain. During the game, the natives tie tourists to sticks and paint their faces using face painting. The task of the captive tourists is to break free and escape. This competition, rather, is not for winners and losers - it was invented so that children could take part in the scene and show their artistry and ingenuity.

• Hawaiian forfeits. Write a Hawaiian-themed children's assignment on a piece of paper: dance a native dance, eat fruit without hands, sing a Hawaiian song, portray a monkey, make a fruit salad, and feed guests. Before the competition, each participant gives his little thing: a hair clip, sunglasses, belt, toy or something else, and the host puts them in one bag. Then he alternately pulls out one of them, and its owner goes to pull the phantom.

• Hot coconut. Children stand in a circle, and the presenter throws a coconut to them. Music plays, and children throw this "ball" to each other, trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible. Then the presenter, without peeping, stops the music. Whoever has a coconut at this moment is eliminated. As a result, there will be only one contestant who will become the winner.

In the next video, you will find an example of a Hawaiian-style corporate party.