Top Five After-Prom Party Themes

Keep the After-Prom Party Going With a Theme!

Many schools create some sort of after-prom celebration for their students.  Some schools create an after-prom breakfast for their students, too.  If your school’s prom has a theme, the theme for your after-prom has to be completely different.  There are a wide variety of themes you could choose for your school’s after-prom party—everything from Casino Night to Mardi-Gras to Hollywood. 

The Top Five After-Prom Party Themes

1. Casino Night After-Prom Party Theme: This is a great way to kick back and relax after a great prom.  You can set up a ton of tables and create a casino atmosphere with a wide variety of games (Texas Hold ‘Em, Blackjack, a roulette wheel, etc).  You can even work favors in—personalized poker chips are a great way for guests to remember not only their prom, but also their after-prom.  Also, as your guests enter their after-prom, hand out raffle tickets and create a few giveaways.
2. Mardi-Gras After-Prom Party Theme:  Make your guests feel like they’re on Bourbon Street in New Orleans!  Use gold, green, and purple balloons in every corner and along the walls to help transform your after-prom party.  Hand out green, gold, and purple beads and feathered masks as favors; you can also use the raffle ticket idea for this after-prom party.  Blast jazz music and let your guests continue to dance the night away while they get a chance to experience a different culture—you can even serve Creole-based or Cajun food and let them try something new!  Your guests probably haven’t had much to eat since dinner before prom, so offer jambalaya, beignets, or a variety of other foods.
3. Hollywood After-Prom Party Theme:  What better way to relax than with a fun movie night?  Send out film roll invitations ahead of time that your guests will turn in when they enter—then, as they enter, put each guest’s name into a raffle for giveaways before the movies start.  After they turn in their invitations, give each guest a bottle of water (with a personalized label), and a bag of popcorn as they enter your after-prom party.  Then, after all the guests have arrived, raffle off personalized candy jars and personalized cookie tins filled with movie snacks!  Finally, let your after-prom guests take pictures with Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Pressley standees—then give them Hollywood-themed picture frames when they leave!
4. 1950’s Sock Hop After-Prom Party Theme: This is a great way for all your guests to get some fresh air after a stuffy indoor prom.  Light up your school’s parking lot and get a few grills fired up!  Blast some old 50’s rock and roll and let your guys show off their cars while all the girls gossip.  Cook burgers and hot dogs to serve with chips, pretzels, and root beer floats. 
5. City After-Prom Party Theme: Set up little stations around your after-prom area to represent different clubs and different restaurants found throughout big cities—you could even make a few hot dog carts!  Put all this against a city backdrop or wall hanging and make your after-prom guests feel as though they’ve been transported!  At each different “club” station, create a different punch or juice combination for your after-prom guests to enjoy.  While most clubs have matchbooks as souvenirs, give your after-prom guests personalized mint tins and personalized lollipops.

Whatever you choose for your prom, there are many themes to choose from for your after-prom—you can either make it match your prom theme or you can make it a completely different theme! Whichever way you choose to go, remember to make your after-prom a fun way for your guests to relax and unwind after prom night.

Mad Men’s Return Inspires City Parties

Madison Avenue is the Place to Party on Sundays

After an eighteen-month hiatus, AMC’s Mad Men returns Sunday March 25 with season five’s two-hour premier titled A Little Kiss and already fans are ordering party supplies for weekly, city-themed gatherings.

“The return of the four- time Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Drama Series with its Madison Avenue and New York 1960’s style is the perfect theme for weekly parties,” says Jacquie Downey, Director of Sales and Marketing at Shindigz.com, a leading national party supply company.

The budding relationship between secretary and boss has become fodder for ladies nights out, speed dating parties, and office parties.  Show creator Matthew Weiner, who rarely divulges much, gave this about The Kiss to TV Guide.  “He [Don] may be back with Betty,” says Weiner.  “One of my favorite scenes from [season four’s finale] was when Betty offered herself to him again. And let’s face it, those two look really good together.”

Madison Avenue Style Parties

Local pubs and lounges advertise drink specials via Martini Time banners, while venue planners cast Walk of Fame ™ stars  to floors and windows.  A few local spas, salons, and retailers are decorating certain Mad Men nights with red carpet entrances.  Party goers are bringing New York in the 1960’s to life with dramatic black, red and white Madison Avenue theme supplies.  “New York parties and Mad Men themes are appealing because of their style, affluence, and sexiness,” suggests Downey.”

NYC Decorating for New Years

         What are you doing for New Years this year? Watching the ball drop in Times Square on TV? Wish you could BE in Times Square?  It’s cold, crowded, and you’d have one million of your no-so-closest friends squashing you from every side. Celebrate like a rock star in your own home and throw a New York New Year’s wherever you are. Shindigz has so much to choose from, whether you’re throwing a party for 10 or 100 people. Here are some of my favorite New York ideas to gather together.
        Start off with making your party room into Times Square. Grab a Times Square background or two. You’ll feel like you’re really there, without the police barricades. You can even get a glass mirror ball and drop it yourself. (Drop it gently!) You’ll need more decorations for which I recommend the New Year’s swirls for a dazzling and fun display.
       Next, you’ll need noise makers, hats, and streamers. You can get the whole shebang in one fell swoop using the Simply Silver Party Kit and make as much noise as you want. (Your neighbors will LOVE you! Better invite them, too.) Add balloons, balls, and brilliant confetti to finish off the look. It’s all available on Shindigz.com.
      Here’s the food tip of the day: Make finger food that has weight, but doesn’t take forks. That way people don’t need to stop dancing or partying all night. Try some cucumber and butter sandwiches, smoked salmon and goat cheese sandwiches, or peanut butter and Nutella. Yum! Cut off crusts and cut into triangles for instant elegance. Be sure to ask your guests about food allergies before any party. You want guests to remember what a great time they had, and nothing else.
      Be safe, be smart, and have a very happy and prosperous New Year!

Get Glamorous with a Sex and the City Theme Party

Twilight in Central Party Kit

This weekend Sex and the City 2 premiers, and it’s expected to bring a whole lot of sassy, stylish fun with it! Party down with your girlfriends in true Manhattan style – throw a Sex and the City themed party!

To get this shindig started, send out some classy invitations to your friends. Choose invitations that are is shaped like a theme from the movie, such as a stilletto, martini glass or the eiffel tower.

Tell all your friends to put on their most elegant dresses and heels and head down to your house for some cosmos! You’ll have a blast hanging out with your best gal pals, sipping on beverages and getting ready to see what’s sure to be the smash hit of this summer.

For this get-together, your’e definitely going to want to go all out with decorations. Pink is the color for this bash. Hang up pink streamers, hand out pink confetti, and organize pink place settings to get your friends pumped and ready to have a good time.

For gifts and party favors, why not pass out some tiaras and pink boas? Glamorous light-up rings and beaded necklaces will lend your bash that high-class New York style.

David Krumholtz ties the knot with a Manhattan themed party

City Theme Party Decorations

David Krumholtz, the star of the hit television show Numb3rs, married his sweetheart, Vannessa Britting, recently after more than a year of being engaged. They had a chic ceremony and reception in New York, and went all out with a Manhatten theme.

“They wanted a classic Manhattan wedding,” said wedding planner Michell Rago. She also mentioned that the couple complemented each other well, and she expects they’ll be together forever.

One hundred and eighty guests attended the event, including celebrites Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel. Britting wore a white gown and carried pale pink flowers, while the groom went for the classic black and white look. The event was held in the terrace room of the Plaza Hotel. The aisle was adorned with 7-foot tall candelabras, garden roses and vines, according to the news source.

At the the reception guests were treated in true New York style to a three-course meal and entertained by big band Jimmy Vali.

Hosting a Manhattan city theme party is a fun way to get your friends and family together for a glamorous shindig. Hanging up sparkling balloons and curtains and ask partygoers to don their finest New York wares. The fete will make everyone feel like they’re partying in the city that never sleeps.

Add an Elegant Touch with City Theme Invitations

Invite guests to your city theme party with style. These city theme invitations have a touch of class or of fun, depending on your style.

Postcard invitations are available featuring a variety of destinations and are personalized with your own wording. They’re a great way to invite guests to a casual city theme party.

For a more formal party, try a personalized skyscraper invitation, featuring your custom wording in white on a beautiful black skyscraper silhouette.

The Night Star Invitation is another popular choice.

For a personal touch, create your own invitations and attach them to a skyscraper key tag. Guests will love using the favor and each time they see it they’ll remember your party is coming up!