The fifties make a dramatic theme for a birthday celebration.
The 1950’s make an impressive backdrop for a birthday celebration. Request your guests to dress in fifties garb, like poodle skirts, leather jackets, white tee shirts and cuffed jeans. To complete the look, have them slick back their hair or put it up in a ponytail. Serve root beer floats, grab a hula hoop, and rock & roll to the music of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. Prepare for the party with fifties crafts you can make yourself, from the invitations to the birthday banner.
Rock & Roll Record Invitations
For a birthday party with a fifties theme, make paper record invitations to introduce the rock & roll atmosphere. Cut out a 6 inch circle from shiny black paper or black poster board. Cut out a 1-inch hole in the center. Using construction paper in turquoise or pink, cut out another circle approximately 3 inches in diameter. Cut a 1 inch hole in the center, and glue it onto the black circle, carefully matching the center holes. Write party information--including date, time, place, and RSVP contact--with a gel pen on the colored part of the invitation. As an alternative, you can fold the record and write the party information on the inside.
Balloon Arch
Using black, white, silver, pink and turquoise balloons, create a dramatic balloon arch at the entrance. Use heavy cardboard to build an arch, and spray paint it silver. Attach a short piece of string to the balloons, and attach the string to the cardboard arch. Be sure to place the balloons close together for the best effect. If you make it large enough, such as 8 feet wide and 10 feet tall, the balloon arch can become a backdrop for a photo setting.
Fifties Banner
This fun fifties craft can be done ahead of time, or used as an activity during the party. Select 8.5 x 11 inch paper in black and white, or turquoise and pink. Holding the paper vertically, fold a 2 inch flap on the top toward the back of the paper. Now comes the fun part. Using a sheet of ordinary computer printer paper for each colored paper, create iconic images of the fifties using markers, paint, yarn, shiny paper or anything else that will make your picture pop. You might draw records, blue suede shoes, glass Coca Cola bottles, musical notes or jukeboxes. Talented artists can draw pink Cadillacs, guitars, poodle skirts or even Elvis. Draw a 45 record for the center of the banner with words such as, "For the Record, Alice is 40." Using heavy cord long enough to accommodate all of your pictures, string the pictures by folding the top flap back over the cord. Staple or glue down the flap firmly. For a dramatic effect, alternate black and white or turquoise and pink. String the banner across the entry, or use as a decoration behind a buffet table.
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