Star Wars Party Ideas

My husband is a huge Star Wars fan, and when he turned 31, the theme for his party was obvious. I turned to the internet to come up with ideas for food and decoration for this party. I figured I would have trouble choosing from all the wonderful ideas I would come across; yet the martial/ ideas for Star Wars parties was a non-existent as Alderaan.

I was able to find a few good sources, but most of them had ordered party kits from Etsy or were geared to young children, not 30 year old men. My favorite source was: JustJENN recipes. Overall her website does have some great geek food ideas. The downside is her recipes required a lot of time and since Trae's birthday is right at the start of the school year, this school teacher didn't have a lot of time to be in the kitchen. Still, I wanted to throw him a great party. Following a few simple tips, anyone can throw a great party in a lot of time.

I started with a menu, which is an easy place to weave in a theme. Since time was an issue, I re-purposed and renamed several things. A menu does not have to be over the top to enhance a theme; creative thinking can help pull the theme in without breaking the bank or taking all your time. The menu ended up being: X-wings (chicken wings), Leia buns with Han-burgers, Lando Lays (potato chips), Alderaan Ash (chex-mix coated in peanut butter and powdered sugar), Vader Tots, Ewok Munch, Chewie Bites, and Hoth Cream (ice cream) to go with the cake. Pretzel rods dipped in colored white chocolate could be edible light sabers; just let your imagine flow and you will have a fun, whimsical menu. I also labeled the coffee maker as the Java the Hut station and over the booze was a Mos Eisley Cantina sign I found and printed off the internet. (Google images is awesome!)We had a few signature drinks as well, such as Hoth coladas (pina coladas) and a lightsaber using the same basic ingredients but using different schnapps to make different colors. Green melon liquor made a Luke lightsaber whereas blue curacao made an Obi-wan Kenobi lightsaber.  A great source for drink ideas is: Star Wars Drink Recipes

Place cards with pictures with Star Wars characters also help enhance the theme. A lot of places now have scrap booking supplies with Star Wars stickers or even printing off cards with pictures found from the internet are cheap ways to make place cards. I like using the multicolored index cards because they are durable and easy to find. 

Since my husband and I are children at heart, we have a lot of Star Wars toys. The toys made decorating easy, but not everyone will have toys or the money to buy the Etsy kits. The internet does have free printables for a variety of Star Wars characters; Toy-a-day has Yoda, Boba Fett, R2-D2, and a Storm trooper as well as many others. Also, Disney Family is a great website to go with lots of free printables and crafts; they also have a lot of Star Wars crafts, including a lightsaber. (And no matter what age you are, you are never too old for a lightsaber battle!) You can find the crafts here: Disney Star Wars

from Toy-a-day

Music also helps to set a mood, especially if you don't have a lot of decorations. Youtube has a lot of great Star Wars loops including Star Wars Symphony and (my personal favorite) the Cantina Band for 10 hours! Theme music really helps create an abundance, especially with such recognizable music. Everyone knows the opening to Star Wars and the Cantina band; a guest can't help but feel transported when they walk into your home and hear that music.

Yet, the best and most important way to bring home a theme is with the birthday cake. The Disney website has a great Storm Trooper cake; just leave the ears off. Amazon, A.C. Moore and Micheal's sell a sphere cake pan (called a sports ball cake pan) that is very easy to use and makes a great Death Star, but really any flat round cake could be made into a Death Star.

Parenting.com has a neat lightsaber cake where the handles are ice cream cones; however, I wouldn't use sprinkles to decorate the cones. That method would get messy quick. I would use icing and use candy to make the buttons on the handle. For my husband, I made R2-D2 and on my other blog, the Sing-Along Kitchen, you can read how to make the R2-D2 cake.

Overall, don't worry about making your party magazine worthy; focus on the fun and everything will fall into place. 

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