SUPPLIES
- Wet bar complete with drinks
- Birthday cake
- Stereo system and CDs
- Strobes or colored lights
- Bar stools, tall tables and chairs
- Streamers
- Balloons
- Banners
Overview
So, you're planning a big birthday party. And you've decided that the best theme for this party is a bar theme. It will be popular with guests and a fun and exciting way to set the bar mood without having to leave the house.
How to Decorate a Birthday Party with a Bar Theme
Step 1
Create a wet bar at your party. It will be wildly popular with the guests, and possibly the focal point of the party. You will need someone to work the wet bar and a menu with the available drinks. The menu is a good idea if you are staying within a budget.
Step 2
Make or buy a cake that has been designed with the bar theme in mind. You can bake and decorate a cake yourself, or hire a cake shop to make it for you. Decorate the cake with mini cosmopolitan or margarita glasses, or you may choose to top the cake with a real drink, or small shot, intended for the person for whom you are throwing the party. They can toss it back after blowing out the candles.
Step 3
Loud music and low light will help create a bar theme. The genre of music you play needs to be broad if you don't know your guests' preferences. Always play something that has a nice, high-paced beat, since this will induce a fun, party mood with the guests. Dim the lighting and feel free to add strobes or colored lights for an added effect.
Step 4
The seating can be used as part of the decoration. If you have access to tall tables with tall chairs, or an actual bar with bar stools, use them. It helps create the bar theme for your party. You can also use comfy chairs and sofas or love seats. Arrange seating so that guests can move around the party to mix and mingle.
Step 5
Streamer, balloons and banners should be used at the party. If you can find these items with the bar theme already incorporated into them, that's great. If not, make your own by cutting out silhouettes of drinks and hang them around the room, or paste them onto the balloons.
TIPS AND WARNINGS
- TIP : Come up with some fun games for the birthday party.
Create a budget and stick with it.
Create places to crash in the event you have someone too intoxicated to drive home.
- WARNING : Do not let anyone drive home drunk.
