Top 10 Party Themes for ShindigZ Customers

If you’re hosting a party or event, having a theme for your get-together is a great way to create fantastic decorations, coordinating favors, and tons of fun! Here are some of our most popular party themes according to our customers:

The most popular theme is a star theme party. This theme is spectacular for any occasion. Our Star Theme Party Supplies can be dressed up for a fancy event or kept simple for any get-together. Our star centerpieces dress up tables for banquets or dinner parties and our personalized glassware or custom picture frames printed with star logos and your party details are perfect, classy favors.

Mardi Gras is the second biggest party theme. Mardi Gras Party Supplies are great for Fat Tuesday, but Mardi Gras theme parties are fun for parties year round too! Load up on Mardi Gras beads and feathered masks for getting your guests ready to party. Our Mardi Gras decorations feature fun jazz themes, Bourbon Street scenes, or fancy French Quarter kits.

Treat your guests to a star-studded affair with our Hollywood Party Supplies. Use our Hollywood theme kits to create a party scene like a Red Carpet Party, Movie Premiere Party, or any other Hollywood theme. Our Hollywood star standees, palm tree wall murals, and huge selection of Hollywood decorating accents can help you totally customize your event.

Host a carnival using our Carnival Party Supplies. A carnival is a great party theme for schools, kids parties, family reunions, or other fun, festive parties. We have a selection of carnival games that will keep your guests entertained. Our carnival decorations will help you set the scene for a night to remember. Don’t forget personalized carnival banners, party favors, and tickets too!

Nothing says romance like a Parisian party. Our Paris Party Supplies transport your guests to the City of Love. Create the scene of a French bistro, a walk down the Champs Elysee, or a view of the Eiffel Tower with our Parisian theme kits. Our Eiffel Tower centerpieces make any table look magnifique. Hand out personalized Paris picture frames for a favor guests will adore!

Whether it’s summer or not, our Luau Party Supplies help guests create a fun party for swimming, dancing, or limboing! Photo-op standees and a Limbo Kit are a great way to keep guests entertained. Set up tiki torches, surfboard standees, giant tiki masks and other great luau theme decorations to create a tropical theme that can’t be beat!

Retro themed parties are popular among both kids and adults. Retro Party Supplies are great for class reunions, retirement parties, anniversary parties, or birthday parties! Use retro decorations to create a fun 60’s look or a groovy 70’s look. Tie-dye and disco balls are big for this theme!

Fifties Party Supplies are great for creating a rock n’ roll theme party, a sock hop party, or a drive-in movie theme party. We have tons of great 1950’s theme kits for creating just the look you want. Great Fifties favors include sunglasses, scarves, and cola glasses.

Nothing is more festive than a Fiesta! Our Fiesta Party Supplies are fantastic for Cinco de Mayo or a really fun party any time of the year. Fiestas are great for school parties, birthday parties, and more! Our fiesta tableware is great for serving delicious fiesta food on too!

Our customers love our Western Party Supplies too! Use our western theme kits for creating a Wild Wild West scene or a down on the farm party. Hand out sheriff’s badges or cowboy hats at the door to get guests ready to square dance!

In addition to a huge assortment of theme party supplies, ShindigZ has Party TipZ for helping you create an event that your guests will love!

Host a Fiesta to Make the Most of Warmer Weather

Warmer weather makes a perfect season to host a fiesta party! Fiestas are fun and vibrant, perfect for family reunions, birthdays, block parties, and office parties. ShindigZ has tons of fantastic fiesta decorations, favors, and activities for making your party an event to remember!

Announce your Fiesta or welcome guests using a personalized vinyl banner. Our banners are printed on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl and are available in several sizes to suit your needs. Plus, the banners are printed with your custom wording for a fantastic, reusable item. For your fiesta, try our Fiesta Night Personalized Banner.

For a bold entrance to your party, use our Fiesta Entrance, a chili pepper lined arch topped with a sombrero. It’s made from corrugated cardboard and stands 9 feet tall and 6 feet wide. They’re great for taking commemorative photos under.

Create a fun focal point for your event using our Margarita Standee. It is made with corrugated cardboard and stands 6 feet tall, salted rim and all! It matches our awesome Margarita Arch.

Balloons are a perfect party decoration! Use balloons to fill out your party space and add an extra dimension to your décor. For a fiesta, use balloons in orange, yellow, green and red and create bunches of odd numbers. Anchor them using curling ribbon attaching them to the back of a chair or balloon weights. Add a lime mylar balloon for an extra special touch.

For a simple but great looking decoration, try our Fiesta Party Cutouts. They’re perfect for adding to your walls or suspending from the ceiling using fishing line.

Add some chili pepper electric lights for a bright accent. The lights come in 14 foot long strands and create an awesome glow at your event.

A fiesta means great party food! Decorate your party tables in fiesta style to complete your party look. Cover your tables in red or green plastic tablecovers and scatter chili pepper confetti over the top. In the center place a 3D Cactus Centerpiece. Serve your party food on our Fiesta Tableware Ensemble, which includes cups, napkins, plates, and cutlery for eight guests and features a colorful fiesta print.

For favors, send guests home with maracas, sombreros or our Fiesta Shotglass Necklaces for a really fun accessory.

A Cactus Piñata is a perfect party activity. Be sure to order piñata accessories and candy too!

Check out all of our Fiesta Party Supplies and Party TipZ for more ideas!

Decorations for a Festive Fiesta Party

Decorating for your fiesta party is easy and fun. ShindigZ has tons of party supplies to help you create a festive fiesta setting for all your friends to party in. Add some party music and delicious Fiesta Food and you’re ready to celebrate!

Outdoor Decorations:

Hang some cactus lights outside your party site for a bright, festive look. The lights alternate between boots and cacti.

Add bunches of Fiesta Mylar Balloons to let guests know that the fiesta is here or create a sizzling start with an inflatable chili pepper and cactus placed strategically around the doorway.

Indoor Decorations:

Create a stunning entrance with a fiesta entrance and lamp post. These unique items will let guests know that the fiesta fun starts here! In addition to serving as fabulous decor, they also make wonderful photo backdrops for party pics.

If you have access to a large Mexican flag, hang it at a focal point in your room. Then, use smaller flags to decorate the walls and doors, etc.

Don’t forget to decorate with balloons! Our fiesta balloons are exactly the right colors to make your guests feel like they are in Mexico.

To transform your party room in an instant, braid our gossamer together in the mexican flag colors of red, green and white. Swag this “flag” from walls and ceilings. Use 19″ lengths of gossamer and gather them to approximately 2″ wide. Braid the lengths of gossamer using the standard braiding method. Staple the braid at each end to keep the gossamer strands in place.

Red tissue flowers will recall the beauty of the Mexican landscape. Place these in bunches around your room.

For an authentic touch, visit your local travel agent and try to get posters of Mexico – some city scenes, some beach scenes and scenes of some of the historic ruins. You can mount these on foam core and hang them on the walls.

Table Decorations:

We offer fiesta confetti. Scatter this on your tables, on the floors (if you don’t mind the mess!) and inside your invitation envelopes.

Start with our Fiesta Tableware Ensembles to set a festive table and add some other table decorations for a look that can’t be ignored!

Use real cactus plants for your centerpieces or try our fiesta party centerpiece.

Now, enjoy your party!

Activities for a Fantastic Fiesta Party

Even without activities, your guests will have plenty to do at your fiesta — after all, there’s lots of great food to enjoy! However, it’s always fun to have some authentic activities to really get guests in the mood to fiesta! Check out these ideas:

Hire a mariachi band to entertain guests throughout the evening

Set up a fun photo setting with an Amigos Photo Op and get your cameras out for some lasting memories!

Set up a table and show guests how to make piñatas.

Hang our piñatas and have guests see who can be the first to break them!

Hire some Mexican dancers to teach your guests how to do traditional Mexican dances

Have guests decorate their sombreros with gossamer streamers and tissue flowers. Award prizes for the prettiest, most creative, and most authentic.

Teach everyone how to make salsa.

Festive Favors for Your Fiesta Party

Party favors are a great way to add tons of fun to your fiesta themed party! Use favors to get guests in the mood to party or to say “Gracias” to them for coming. Here are our tips for fun fiesta favors:

Present each guest with a fiesta sombrero as soon as they enter the party. This will let them know that the fiesta has begun!

Make some noise and have some fun with maracas — they’re perfect for kids of all ages. You can even jazz them up with a paint pen and add your party details, or personalize them for each guest.

For a practical favor that will hold their margaritas – serve up the drinks in Cactus Stem Goblets. You can even print your personalized wording on the goblets for you!

Send them home with a super “hot” necklace, Chili Pepper Beads, or bracelet, the chili pepper bracelet.

Check out our fiesta activities for ideas on how to give your party favors away!

Fiesta Food to Make Your Guests say “Gracias!”

Serve some tasty Mexican food for your Fiesta. This type of food is delicious and typically enjoyed by all! Here are some suggestions:

Start with a wide selection of appetizers. These can include:

• Nachos
• Chips & Salsa
• Guacamole
• Queso Dip
• Quesadillas
• Tortilla Soup
• Stuffed Jalapenos

Be sure to have plenty of sour cream, shredded cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and onions on hand!

For your main meal, you can serve fajitas (beef and chicken) along with beans and rice and all the trimmings.

Alternatively, you can offers guests a tasty Taco Bar — complete with all the trimmings. This buffet-style meal works well for large groups.

For lighter fare or fiestas that take place during the day, choose Taco Salad. This can be served with either beef or chicken and can feature a variety of toppings as well.

For dessert, serve up some traditional Mexican Flan (topped with whipped cream and caramel sauce) and Sopapillas (pastry puffs seasoned with cinnamon, honey, and powdered sugar).

Salsa Recipe:

Make your own salsa for the party or during the party (for a fun activity!). Here is a delicious and tasty recipe:

Combine three chopped tomatoes, 1/2 cup of diced onions, four chili peppers (serranos work well), 1/2 cup of chopped cilantro, two teaspoons of fresh lime juice, and a teaspoon of salt in a bowl. Chill the salsa for at least an hour before serving.

To jazz up your salsa, consider adding in diced avocado.

Serve all your party food on fiesta tableware!

ShindigZ How-to’s for a Summer Fiesta Party

With Memorial Day come and gone, the summer party season has officially started! Summer is a great time to host a festive fiesta party! Whether you host a fiesta in your home, in the yard, around the pool or in a big venue, ShindigZ has all the tips for decorations, favors, and activities you need to make it a real summertime blowout!

The first step in throwing your fiesta is invitations. It’s a good idea to send invitations out three to four weeks in advance of your party and expect about 25% of your invitations coming back as regrets. Try tossing a bit of fiesta confetti into the envelopes to surprise your guests!

For creative invites try attaching a fiesta invitation to a dried chili with curling ribbon. Or, tie the invitation to a sombrero or chili pepper necklace and encourage your guests to wear them to the party. These invitations will have to be hand delivered.

Greet your guests first thing with a custom vinyl banner personalized with your own wording. For a big entrance, line your doorway with a Fiesta Entrance decoration. Completely transform your party space with theme kits including southwestern decorations or room setter boarder rolls.

Check out these other decorating TipZ:
• Hang some Fiesta Lights outside your party site for a bright, festive look. The lights alternate between boots and cacti.
• Add bunches of Fiesta Mylar Balloons to let guests know that the fiesta is here!
• Create a sizzling start with an Inflatable Chili Pepper & Cactus.
• Set up an Amigos Photo Op. It creates a unique decoration and serves as a amusing activity for guests to take funny pictures together!
• Don’t forget to decorate with balloons! Fiesta Balloons are exactly the right colors to make your guests feel like they are in Mexico.
• To transform your party room in an instant, braid Gossamer together in the Mexican flag colors of red, green and white. Swag this “flag” from walls and ceilings. Use 19″ lengths of gossamer and gather them to approximately 2″ wide. Braid the lengths of gossamer using the standard braiding method. Staple the braid at each end to keep the gossamer strands in place.
• Start with Fiesta Tableware to set a festive table and add some of our other Table Decorations for a look that can’t be ignored!
• Use real cactus plants for your centerpieces or try a Fiesta Party Centerpiece.

Once you’ve got your party decorated, you’ll want to have some activities set up for your guests too. You could hire a Mariachi Band to keep music and entertainment going throughout the party. Also, you could set up a table and teach guests how to make a piñata, or just hang one and see who can be the first to break it. (Don’t forget the candy filler!) For a simple party craft, have guests decorate sombreros with gossamer streamers and tissue flowers. You can even have a contest for most creative, prettiest, or most authentic!

Send your guests home with party favors to remember your fiesta! A personalized cactus stem goblet, margarita glasses or cowboy boot mugs are great favors for an adult party. Kids and adults alike will think chili pepper bracelets and blinking chili pins are fun!

Fiesta parties also make great pool or lake house opening parties, so you might want to check out pool party supplies too!