We only turn 50 once so why not celebrate it in memorable fashion with one of these fun 50th birthday ideas. Here are the top most beloved 50th birthday party themes today. These will be presented in reverse order.
Mexican Fiesta
At whole five is the Mexican Fiesta theme. This can be a actually fun and colorful party with the right music, decorations and food. For decorations you will want to keep in mind the Mexican flag colors: red, blue and green. You can decorate with sombreros, maracas, dried chili peppers, table cloths in inviting colors, small white Christmas lights strung about, ponchos, cactus, and any Mexican posters you can get your hands on. A creative idea for a game would have your guests complex in a timed nachos eating contest. Line up the contestants and load up the plates with nachos chips, and all of the fixings! Tie the contestant's hands behind their backs and have them dig in! A self serve taco bar is a fun idea for food. Your guests can create their own concoction if the nacho eating contest didn't fill them up!
Buffet Decoration
Mardi Gras
At whole 4 in popularity for 50th birthday ideas is a Mardi Gras party faultless with beads, masks and Cajun food and decorations. Mardi Gras colors are blue, green and purple-use these colors in your decorating theme. Decorate with beads, pictures of New Orleans, jazz players, gold chocolate doubloons. Shrimp, crawfish and anyone with Cajun spice make great food ideas. Be sure to offer up "hurricane" cocktails for a real authentic flavor. Mardi Gras wouldn't be Mardi Gras without lots of dissimilar beads. You can make games fashioned nearby winning or using beads. Invite your guests to bring Mardi Gras masks and have a game inviting the masks.
World Beer Party
Coming in at whole three on our list might seem a surprise, but it is becoming more and more popular. An nearby the World Beer Party can be very fun and creative if you're 50 year old is a epicurean of beer. Obviously this party will involve varieties of beers from nearby the world-so you will have to find a good store that specializes in this area to help you with your selections. You can decorate in an international theme with flags from dissimilar countries. The store you buy the beer from may have samples of posters, coasters or even the cases the beer comes in to be used as decorations. Always fun at this type of party will be a time for a beer tasting-just as one might do at a wine tasting. Present some of the background and information on each beer so your guests will have fun tasting and learning at the same time. Food of the appetizer type would lend itself well for this type of 50th birthday party.
Luau Party
A tropical or Hawaiian Luau style themed party is very popular. People normally have tropical clothing so it is fun to dress the part for this theme. Keep the tropical theme in mind for decorations with tiki torches, shells, palm trees, lots of leis, surf boards, coconuts, pineapples, grass skirts, hula dancers, and citronella candles to ward off the bugs if outside. Pina coladas and mai tais make great drinks and if potential roasted pork for the meal. A tropical fruit salad with pineapple, mango, papaya served in a hollowed out watermelon works well and haupia, a traditional coconut pudding, for a desert idea. Games inviting the limbo and hula hoops are fun for any age even at 50, especially if accompanied with music by Don Ho.
Casino Party
At whole one for 50th birthday ideas, in terms of popularity today, is the Casino party theme. This is where you turn your house into an inviting casino for the evening. For this party you will want to decorate as much as potential so that you look a casino. Lots of inviting and colored lights, music by Las Vegas headliners playing in the background, take dissimilar size boxes and paint to look like dice and place nearby the room, decorate with playing cards strung out or on tables. This is a theme where you will probably be best served by calling a company that rents the gaming tables. You can just rent the tables or many fellowships also include the People to run the tables. Blackjack, craps and roulette are very beloved games at these types of parties. You can also have a table for poker playing Texas Hold-em. Have a no limit game that is timed, last for 30-45 minutes so everything moves fast. For those guests not into gaming, karaoke can be a lot of fun. A buffet with lots of varieties of salads and finger foods work well-just like a traditional Las Vegas buffet. A martini bar would be excellent for this theme. At the end of the evening you can auction off prizes with the money your guests have won.
