I have been planning my husband's birthday party for a couple weeks now. It was the big 3 0 and I thought he probably won't get anymore parties because Zara will be getting a bunch! Since he was born in '84 I went with an 80s theme. I've been collecting 80s memorabilia and candy to make a cute table. I looked up stuff on Pinterest and hid the stuff in my closet so James wouldn't see.
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First I set up the table with a black table cloth, and put a bunch of candy from the 80s, sunglasses that say I <3 80s and a bunch of Garbage Pail Kids Trading Cards.
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I bought mini ghostbuster pins, mini rubix cubes and these 80s movie cereal box themed coasters.
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To fill in the spaces I used cut up neon pieces of paper.
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I got this mini painting of Viggo from Ghostbusters.
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And this Gremlins figurine.
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Here is the cookie cake I ordered.
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I asked for 80s theme and I think for a guy they did the wrong stuff. A skate? Really? I should have been more specific.
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I made this rubix cube on a cardboard box with cut up pieces of paper and electrical tape.
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A little crooked but I LOVED how it came out!
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For the sign I took paint and splattered it across a black poster board and cut out 80s and happy birthday James in pink. Next time I would do the splatter paint first and then add the cut outs because the letters got paint on them and just would look cooler the other way.
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I think it came out pretty righteous!
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I hung slinkys from the chandelier and hung 80s posters I ordered online.
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And put black-light lightbulbs in the chandelier to make the neon colors pop!
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I made 2 balloon towers and strung star wars streamers and balloons across the wall. And blew up a boom box balloon with 2 I love 80s balloons behind the sign.
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This idea was too cute not to do! I took black plates and made a CD label to put in the center so it looks like a record.
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I bought records and melted them down into bowls for the chips!
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For the taco bar I made Chipotle Lime Marinated Pulled Pork, Mexican Shredded Chicken, and Fajita Beef!
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Refried Beans from Scratch fried in Bacon fat, and the best Mexican Rice I've ever tasted!
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For the Sundae Bar I took a bunch of jelly jars and filled them with delicious candies and toppings.
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I made a Caramelized Pineapple Sauce, Strawberry Sauce, Chocolate Sauce, and Caramel Sauce.
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And CHOCOLATE COVERED Bacon!!!
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This was Zara's outfit but I only got the one blurry photo of it. She was so cute but had a complete meltdown during the party. I had never seen her act like that before. I had to take her to her room to calm down but when we would come back down she would start again. It was awful!
This was just how I put the party together. I'm going to do a post of how I made the food next.
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