How Do You Throw A Tiki Party?
When it’s your turn to throw a party for your circle of friends, why not go Tiki? A tiki party allows a cool combination of retro chic, cocktails and easy, luau-style foods. The best time to throw a Polynesian pop fete is in the summer, when the evenings are warm and the torches don’t need to be lit until 9 or 10 at night. But anytime can be tiki time if you set the mood with kitschy decorations and cool party favors. Decorate indoors and outdoors. It’s inexpensive to deck your place out the tiki way. Your goal is to have Polynesian flavor, obtainable with fake or real tropical flowers, paper lanterns, bright party lights, bamboo, sand, totems, masks, candles and torches. Check out the bountiful adornments at Oriental Trading Company (see Resources). If you need to decorate on a budget, make tissue paper flowers, paint beach scene wall murals, create paper tiki masks, add bright blossoms to the garden and stoke up the fire pit. Play thematic music. If you want a lively soundtrack that
