50s Party Ideas
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Do you want to “Shake , Rattle & Roll”? There’s no better way then to have a 50s Party. Be creative with your 50s party invitations and invite all your T Birds and Pink Ladies, and turn your garage or backyard into a drive in movie theater. Or have a 1950’s sock hop with everyone in their best 50s outfit doing “the twist“ or “hand jive“. Turn your house into a 1950’s diner and serve 15 cent hamburgers and ice cream sundaes. Have your 1950’s party in a decorated bowling alley or roller rink. A 50’s rock & roll Party is the perfect way to get “a whole lot of shakn’ going on!” |
Do you want to “Shake , Rattle & Roll”? There’s no better way then to have a 50s Party. Be creative with your 50s party invitations and invite all your T Birds and Pink Ladies, and turn your garage or backyard into a drive in movie theater.
Or have a 1950’s sock hop with everyone in their best 50s outfit doing “the twist“ or “hand jive“. Turn your house into a 1950’s diner and serve 15 cent hamburgers and ice cream sundaes. Have your 1950’s party in a decorated bowling alley or roller rink. A 50’s rock & roll Party is the perfect way to get “a whole lot of shakn’ going on!”
50s Party Invitations
To make your very own 1950s party invitations, begin with a 5 by 7 piece of paper and turn it into a diner menu with a checker border. On the inside use bright colors like teal, pink, and red with lots of rounded rectangular shapes. In the bottom right hand corner, draw or trace the outline of a jukebox with sound lines.
50s Party Supplies & Decorations
- 50’s colours: Hot pink, Turquoise, Black and White
- A real or inflatable Jukebox
- Vinyl 9" plastic "45" records hanging from the ceiling
- Old style red upholstered booths
- Black and white tile floors
- Old fashioned napkin holders or Themed napkins
- Old fashion Ketchup bottles
- Centerpiece use sundae glasses filled with carnations
- Have some old toy cars like a Convertible pink Cadillac or 57’ Chevy
- Hanging musical note balloons
- Hanging Brass instrument balloons
- Hot pink and turquoise party streamers
- Make a "Dolls" sign on the girls bathroom door and "Guys" on the boys
- Guitar confetti
- Confetti, Musical Notes
- Rock & Roll party plates
- 1950’s posters
- Grease movie posters
- Hanging inflatable guitars
50s Party Activities and Games
- Bubble gum blowing contest
- Hula hoop contest
- Pin The Cherry On The Sundae
- Limbo contest
- Have a Drag Race by blowing hot wheels across a table with a straw
- 50's trivia
- 50's Karaoke
- Air band or lip sync contest
- Dance contest by doing the :
- Splish-Splash
- The Hop
- The Twist
- Hand Jive
- Mashed Potato
50s Party Food and Drink
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 By: Jaqleen Wee |
- Burgers or hotdogs and fries served in white checked baskets
- Have a Popcorn machine and make popcorn
- Onion rings
- Strawberry, Vanilla or Chocolate Ice cream sundaes
- Milkshakes
- Root beer floats
- Coke in old Coke bottles
- Lemonade
- Ice Tea
- Jelly Beans
By: Jaqleen Wee
(Singapore)
1950s Costumes
- Poodle skirt outfit
- Bowling shirt
- Cuffed jeans
- White t-shirt with rolled sleeves
- Scarves tie around the neck
- Sunglasses
- Rolled up jeans
- Pink ladies jacket
- Ponytail with a pink ribbon
- Hair in tight ringlets
- Black leather jacket
- Hair slicked back
- Button up blouses
- Saddle shoes
- Bobby socks
- Beehive hairstyle
Popular costumes:
- Marilyn Monroe
- Elvis Presley
- James Dean
- Roy Orbison
- Barbie & Ken
- Johnny Cash
- Characters from the movie “Grease”
Top 20 1950's Party Songs
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
- Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
- Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard
- Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
- What'd I Say - Ray Charles
- Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
- Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
- Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
- That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
- Maybellene - Chuck Berry
- Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
- Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner
- Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
- Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
- Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
- Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Earth Angel - Penguins
- Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
- Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
Some of my other personal favourites:
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly, Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino, I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash, The Great Pretender - Platters, Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley, Yakety Yak - Coasters, All Shook Up - Elvis Presley, Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash, Susie Q - Dale Hawkins, Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers, Shake, Rattle And Roll - Bill Haley & His Comets, Love Potion No. 9 - Clovers
50s Party Favors
- Put favors in old fashion lunch boxes or record shaped candy bags
- Rock & roll tattoos
- Rock & roll stickers
- Bazooka bubble gum
- Candy necklaces
- Liquorice
- Inflatable Instruments
- Slide whistles
- Old fashioned hard candy sticks
- Tootsie rolls
- Pencils with musical notes on them
- Bumper stickers
- Key chains
- Comb
- Paddle balls
- Jacks
- Pick-up sticks
- Finger traps
- Hamburger shaped yo-yos
- Ice cream cone bubble necklaces
- Mini slinky
- Atomic fireballs
- Fuzzy dice
- Silly putty
- Jump ropes
- Lip-gloss compact