SH&H Tip: You can get great ideas for your mix tape magic, costumes, and decorations by watching movies set in the 1980s or the TV show, “The Goldbergs”.
It’s sure to get everyone doing their best Moonwalk or Roger Rabbit-feel free to use it or just listen to it yourself: But just because we’ve all heard a lot of eighties songs too many times, some are the less obvious selections, with a few bands you may have forgotten, like Milli Vanilli and Romeo Void, Of course it includes songs from all the 80s icons like Boy George, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, and Duran Duran. It has everything from pop hits to rock to new wave. I made a 5-6 hour long playlist on YouTube Music and I could have kept going! The music is vital to the fun factor at an 80s bash. You can find tons of tutorials all over Pinterest and YouTube. Make a melted vinyl record bowl in the oven.
Put out nostalgic toys like Teddy Ruxpin, Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, and Care Bears, Or 80s video game cases like Space Invaders.Spread around more eighties accessories like glow sticks, neon sunglasses, and Rubik’s cubes.Make the neon colors really shine with some black lights for a glow party,.Paint cassette tapes with neon spray paint and make a cassette tape garland instead using of the CDs.Display any retro tech from the 80s like VHS tapes and storage drawers, boomboxes, and Walkmans,.
I couldn’t come close to including all of the ways you can decorate for an ’80s party! But here are a few more ideas to spark your creativity: If you’d like to see other theme decorations for this annual party we host, here are a couple: “ Throw the Ultimate Margaritaville Party” and “ PAR-TEE Time: Ideas for a Golf Themed Party“. And those shimmery CDs made a perfect candleholder to reflect the light with some hot glue and painted wine corks. Outside on the back patio table, I strung out a hot pink tinsel curtain, and tossed on it some 80s trivia cards and more 80s party favors.