Tropical Beach Party - Sweet Sixteen Party Theme
I had imagined my daughter wanting one of those huge MTV sweet sixteen parties, so I was surprised and relieved that she asked for a tropical beach party theme, and would only like to invite 10 friends.
We live thousands of miles from a beach; so, I was concerned about finding a location for a beach party. I called my local country club (which has a swimming pool) and they were able to rent the pool to us exclusively.
With a location found, I moved on to beach decorations. I called my florist to see if I could buy or rent a few palms or tropical type plants. Indeed they did. I got two Sago palms, as well as some hibiscus plants. However, a few palms and hibiscus do not a beach make. Onto the party and wedding supply store, grabbed some beach party invitations, a few card board palm trees, some pink flamingos, and a few strands of sea shell lights.
Food, well that should have been an easy one … hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. Except this was my daughters sweet sixteen party… better call a cater. Hired the cater to serve steaks, shrimp, crab, tropical drinks and a cake made in the shape of flip-flops ( my daughter loves to wear flip-flops).
Since my daughter only invited 10 friends, I decided to hire a limo to pick up each kid. The limo picked up my daughter first and then each of her friends and escorted them to the country club for the birthday party. Here’s a bit that required some coordination, I got 16 red roses from my florist. I gave a rose to my daughter’s friends earlier in the day to hand her as they each got in the limo. The other six I saved for me and my husband to give to her.
The party was a huge success and she loved it! I admit it did take a bit of coordination but it was also fun for me! I would highly recommend a tropical beach party theme for a sweet sixteen birthday party.
Tags: Birthday Parties, Party Themes, Special Celebrations, Teenagers Parties