Invitations:
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Send out
your invitation attached to a happy face novelty
item.
*
Create a
Ying-Yang symbol on black construction paper and incorporate your party
particulars using a white paint pen into the design.
*
Include a
peace sign novelty with your invitation.
*
Write the
invitation on a tie-dyed latex balloon so guests will have to inflate it to
read.
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Be sure
to encourage guests to come in their
'60s rags (clothes from that time period).
Atmosphere:
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Suspend
strings of beads from all the doorways.
*
New wave,
novelty and music stores often carry lava lamps, strobe lights and black
lights.
Remember, no '60s party would be complete without them.
*
Remove
the furniture and let everyone sit on rugs and pillows.
For outdoor parties, create a blankets-on-the-ground setting.
*
Decorate
part of your space like a fallout shelter.
*
Hang
classic album covers,
paper flowers, tie-dye T-shirts, and protest
signs.
*
Hold a
sit-in and invite guests up to make up not-so-political protest speeches.
*
Rent or
borrow a Volkswagen Beetle car, park it in your driveway and decorate with
removable stickers made with '60s flowers, slogans and peace symbols to get the
party rolling along.
*
Day-glo
and neon colors are the bright shades for this mind-bending experience.
*
Let
guests try out a new look with 60s inspired hippy hats
and wigs.
*
Take
Polaroid photos of your guests flashing a two-finger peace sign.
*
Light
incense to give everyone the "scents" that they're back in the '60s.
*
Put
together a '60s history/trivia game and insert information about the guest of
honor.
*
Play the
music of the classic '60s rebels such as Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Arlo
Guthrie, Jefferson Airplane and anyone who appeared at Woodstock.
Activities:
*
Paint or
tattoo peace symbols, Ying-Yang
designs, flowers and slogans on your guests'
faces.
*
Have a
sing-a-long with numbers like "Give Peace a Chance" and Peter, Paul
and Mary folk songs.
*
Rent and
show the video of "Woodstock."
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Have a
multiple choice contest using '60s pop culture words and expressions (groovy,
freaks, far-out, killer, hippie, bum trip, etc.), history
and trivia about the guest of honor.
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Refreshments:
*
Junk food
is fine, but natural foods were very popular on the hippie circuit.
*
Serve
food on tie-dye and/or smiley face paper goods.
*
Serve
pots or bags of trail mix or granola (it was considered "bourgeois"
to worry about mundane things like proper serving pieces).
*
Fresh
fruit was a common sweet treat.
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*
Brownies
will be a blast from this past.
*
Brown
rice and veggies were hippie diet staples.
*
Serve
juices and teas in crockery mugs found at thrift stores.
*
Bake an
organic carrot or zucchini cake for the guest of honor and guests in this
communal celebration.
Party Favors/Prizes
*
Give tape
or CD collections of '60s classics.
*
Peace
signs, Ying-Yang designs and granny glasses make groovy gifts.
*
Don't
forget to give your guests their photo put into a decorated frame
done in neon
colors.
*
Provide
them with some treats to eat for "The Long Way Home" with granola bars
sporting custom wrappers bearing the guest of honor's name.
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