60's Party

Join the vibe and have a shagging psychedelic good time with a
60’s Hippie Party! Here’s some advice and tips for holding a party
that your guests will surely love.

The 60’s have a reputation as a carefree, fun time. It was a
decade of Cultural Revolution, on a scale that hadn’t been seen
before.

Invitations

For invitations with a 60’s feel, use bright psychedelic colours
and large, rounded lettering. Go crazy and have fun with the
invitation, using bright flowers, peace signs, and other iconic
pictures from that era.

Send invites that are designed as fliers, promoting the party as
the biggest thing since Woodstock.

Make an invitation in the shape of a Lava Lamp by using different
coloured sheets of paper. Write the details of where the party is
within the Lava bubbles in the lamp.


Costume Suggestions

Costumes for a 60’s party can be fun and colourful. For a Hippy
look, wear a long wig and add a headband or bandana.

For clothing, think of items like fuzzy vests, bell-bottom flares,
Afros, headbands, braids, bold large glasses, flowers and sandals.

Other great clothing ideas include stovepipe pants and thin ties,
bob cuts, Go-go boots and Miniskirts.

Find a pair of flares and add flower patches. You might try
looking for old clothes at an opportunity or thrift shop. For a
Sixties party you could also dress as a Flower Child.

A Beatnik.costume is easily made by wearing a turtleneck skivvy
and adding a bead necklace. Try and find a beret to add to the
look. Other distinctive looks and icons from the Sixties included
Mods, Jackie and JFK, Andy Warhol, and more.

Think of the icons from the 60’s like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix,
the Beatles and more. Model your costume on a distinctive look by
thinking of the many colourful celebrities and fashions from that
era.


Decorations

Hang beaded curtains in the doors and light lots of incense about
the house. You could set up as many tents as you can in the yard
and have your own Woodstock.

Make a large rustic looking sing to hang above your doorway.
Pretend the house is a commune and give it a fun name.

Use bold colourful decorations like Smiley Faces, Peace signs, and
Pop Art posters. If you’re using balloons, find the largest ones
you can. The 60’s are remembered for being carefree and fun so
make the decorations as playful as you want.

Set out colourful sitting rugs on the floor, or better yet, try to
use beanbags for the look of a laid back Sixties pad.


Food Suggestions

Make cupcakes or cookies and decorate them with Peace Signs and
Smiley Faces.

Serve healthy and tasty vegetarian meals like bean dip, carrot
cake, and pumpkin pie.

Have a fondue set for the party using cheese or hot chocolate.

Bean Bag Gummies
Take marshmallows and flatten them a little before cutting a small
groove from the top of each one.

Using a small drop of icing, fix a Gummie Bear on top so it looks
like it’s sitting on a beanbag.

Lava Lamp jelly
Make Lava Lamp Jelly for the party by setting it in long tall
glasses. Set the jelly in the glasses in stages – fill it a third
of the way for example and add marshmallows.

When the jelly has set, fill it another third of the way, adding
more marshmallows, and so on.

When the glass is full and the jelly is set, it will look like a
Lava Lamp, full of marshmallow bubbles.


For inspiration try using the following films and themes:

Hair
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamoat
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Beatles
Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Janis Joplin
Mods
Hippies
Flower Child
Beatniks
Twiggy
Black Panthers
Hell’s Angels
Jackie Onassis
JFK
Austin Powers