WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR!

   Use clip art to make up an "admission ticket" to the awards show and print on cardstock. Then enlist a teenager in a movie “uniform” to tear the tickets upon guest admission and direct them to the “theater.”

Buy black poster board or construction paper and use a white paint pen to make up movie clapboards with all the party particulars of your "production." Or buy ready-made clapboards.

Send a chocolate movie ticket with your invitation.

Invite guests to come dressed as movie stars.

Roll out a red carpet from the street to your front door.

Give guests top hats  and star-designed hats, tiaras, and boas  to make them feel like the stars of your celebration.

Line the walkways with luminarias made from colored paper bags star-shaped paper punch, sand and votive candles.

Post official Hollywood streets signs and movie posters to set the scene.

Get teens or neighbors to act as paparazzi or autograph seekers as your guests arrive.

Make up movie-style posters using clip art or scanned photos on your computer and incorporate your guests' names as stars or producers.

Buy black poster board or construction paper and use a white paint pen to make up movie clapboards with all the party particulars of your "production." Or buy ready-made clapboards.

Set up a viewing area with folding chairs and a large screen TV (or several throughout the party site) so everyone can follow along.

Set the stage with movie props, celebrity photos, movie magazines and/or posters.  Or create a setting using movie award-style decorations.

Substitute snack bowls with star-design derbies or glitter top hats for star-powered buffets.

Get life-size, cardboard cutouts of celebrities for your guests to stand next to for a "photo op."-

Have your guests eat from dazzling designs with metallic  gold, silver or music-note paper goods and flatware.

Serve snacks or sweets on a Hollywood Glam Tray.

Write to your local movie critic.  They often receive press packages with movie stills and might be willing to give you the extras for free.

Play the soundtracks from that year's nominated movies or the award winners past.

Before the broadcast, have a talent show - singing, acting, dancing, juggling or any silly thing they want to do.

Let the guests guess who will win the awards and award prizes to those who came up with the most correct answers.

Sprinkle your basic cloths with star confetti to add some instant glamour.

Have guests disguise themselves with star-designed masks so all the guests can guess whom they're talking with.  Have the unmasking at midnight or the end of the award ceremony.

Save your guests hands from all the clapping they'll do to celebrate the awards and your great hosting ability by giving them star-shaped noisemakers to use instead.

Coordinate the party time to coincide with a major award show such as the Oscars, Tony, Emmy, People's Choice or the Golden Globes.

Shoot a "documentary" about a group of "celebrities" (your guests) waiting to hear about a series of film awards throughout the party and have the premiere "viewing" while dessert is being served.

Make up an entertainment trivia contest based on award-winning actors and films.  You can use a book such as "Inside Oscar"- versions 1 or 2 - or the  "Movie Awards : The Ultimate, Unofficial Guide to the Oscars, Golden Globes, Critics, Guild and Indie Honors" to help you with your research.

Get a more gregarious guest to act like Joan Rivers or Star Jones and interview your guests when they arrive and ask them to talk about their latest "project."  Simulcast this on the TV monitors throughout the house.

Have photos of yourself and your friends from past costume parties blown up to 8 x 10 on a color copier.  Frame them along with a small banner naming a film set (real or made-up) that the picture may have been taken on. 

A lively game of movie trivia either as a pre-show mixer will keep your guests on their toes. You'll find reviews and facts galore at this site.

Popcorn in bags or boxes (of course).  A popcorn machine would be a nice touch. Customize with your own sticker or label.

Hot dogs, mini pizzas and candy in individual boxes are treats they'll eat on this film set.

Set up the food in a concession stand arrangement.

Create a Spago-style restaurant.  You provide your guests with plain pizzas and an assortment of usual and exotic toppings (smoked oysters, goat cheese, sun dried tomatoes, grilled veggies, etc.), they make their creation.  Then they must theme their "masterpiece" to a famous movie.  The best "production" wins a prize.

Give any hors d'oeuvres the star treatment with star-shaped picks

For music award shows, you can use music note derbies as dry snack bowls and giveaways.

 Give tickets or discount coupons to local movie theaters.

Let your guests always feel like a star with a blinking star necklace

Don't forget to give your guests their instant "publicity shot." in a personalized  frame.

Upon arrival, give guests autograph books so they can swap signatures.

At Hollywood gatherings the "bling" is the thing. Let your guests shine with glowing star ball necklaces,  flashing star rings,  bracelets,  and dazzling disco balls.  Be sure to hand out these favors early so guests can shine all night.

A collection of party treats, in a "You Are A Star" gift box will be an award-winning favor or prize.

Gift certificates to a local video store get a four-star rating for this party.

Fill a small film can with candies for a sweet scene.

Take instant photos of your glitzy guests and present to them in a card stock frame you've decorated with stars and more. Here's a neat black-tie design frame comes in Polaroid Spectra Film size...a real bargain!! Can be adapted to digital photos.

Sunglasses are a fun gift to give your stars upon arrival so they can go around incognito long after the curtain falls on this production.

Miniature awards (from a party shop, trophy store or make your own from spray-painted figurines set on blocks of wood). See Hollywood Gear, below.

Subscription or copy of popular movie magazine

A copy of the evening’s party or film production (may be sent after the party with thank you notes).

You'll find a  super Hollywood host gift here to take or send when you cannot attend. 

Hollywood Movie Awards Goods Galore

As a super favor or prize--a solid chocolate award to save or savor.