If you love the idea enough, you’ll find a way to make it work at a price that’s right for you. Go ahead and explore any idea you have, even if it won’t work in your budget. This is why brainstorming is so important. My daughters also made a disco dance playlist on Spotify, connected that to a portable speaker, and that powered the music for the whole party. In the end, a guest brought Just Dance over and the girls danced to all the Abba songs. But I decided we could probably find a lesson on YouTube and I was right. I thought about hiring a dance teacher to come teach the girls the Hustle. That was true for a dinner option and also for our activity. Part of the story of this party is dreaming big and then down scaling for our budget. Silver tinsel curtains over the windows on either side of the fireplace.A ribbon bunting that I made just for this party.A pair of “boogie shoes” - platform sandals that we found at Goodwill and spray painted with silver glitter paint - because I can’t resist a pun.Two hammered silver vases with white faux pampas grass.They replaced the painting that normally hangs above our mantel. I love the disco posters I found on Etsy (links at the end of this post). (The beauty of having teens is being able to give them an assignment like blowing up 36 balloons!) I also bought an inexpensive LED party light and that gave our living room a little more of a club feel. We decorated the ceiling with black, silver and white helium balloons. So there is some time commitment and labor involved with renting a dance floor. This may not be true for all rental companies, but we had to pick up, assemble, and then return the floor. The girls wanted to have a sleepover and dance. So that each guest had the option of water, I also included water bottles wrapped in silver hologram duck tape. (See them originally in our Boho Picnic Sweet 16 Party.) It was simple enough to add a tinsel drink stirrer and silver ribbon. I couldn’t pass up the chance to use our disco ball cups again. I finished each place with a silver dot paper napkin and hammered silver plastic utensils. Our plate toppers were wood place cards in a groovy 70s font. I topped those with premium plastic plates with a hologram edge because they reminded me of a disco ball without being too literal. (They come with loops for hanging just string together all the loops, set the garland on your table, then stabilize any honeycombs with a glue dot.)īlack melamine plates leftover from my daughters’ Selfie Scavenger Hunt Party became chargers. We started with a silver sequin tablecloth and added a centerpiece made of various sized honeycomb balls and tiny disco balls. I kept to a strict palette of black, silver and white, trying to make more sophisticated choices. The trick for teen party decor is to keep it from feeling childish. The party actually was a fondue dinner – disco dance – sleepover. Black, white, and silver honeycomb tissue balls.Disco balls in various sizes, including 8 inch, 4 inch, and 1.5 inch.A color palette of black, white and silver.We used a touch of the 70s and a whole lot of disco balls to decorate our party. Retro parties and 70s parties are pretty popular right now with great bell bottom-inspired fonts and pampas grass everywhere. But we leaned in hard to the disco and the glitter and the silver and the glam and they had the best time! They finally hit on the idea of a disco party, which was an idea I’d never would have come up with for them. Do your kids ever have trouble choosing a birthday party theme? This year, as my twin daughters’ 17th birthday approached, they could NOT agree on a theme.
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