Hollywood Party Ideas

hollywood party napkin

Do you dream of glitz and glamor? Roll out the red carpet and have your guests become celebrities. Give your guests the V.I.P. treatment for the opening night as they do the walk of fame. A Hollywood party is great for the Oscars, Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and more. Time to take a trip down Rodeo Drive or Sunset Boulevard for a fantastic time. Make-up: check. Outfit: check. You're on in 3, 2, 1 lights, camera, action!


hollywood party napkin

Do you dream of glitz and glamor? Roll out the red carpet and have your guests become celebrities. Give your guests the V.I.P. treatment for the opening night as they do the walk of fame. A Hollywood party is great for the Oscars, Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and more. Time to take a trip down Rodeo Drive or Sunset Boulevard for a fantastic time. Make-up: check. Outfit: check. You're on in 3, 2, 1 lights, camera, action!



Hollywood Party Invitations

Make invitations for your Hollywood party look like movie tickets or tickets for a special event on gold paper. To make movie ticket invitations, use a red, gold, and black color theme on a 3 inch by 6 inch piece of paper. This way it will have movie ticket proportions, but be big enough for your guests to read all the needed information. To make ticket invitations for a special occasion, use gold shiny 4 inch by 5 inch paper and black calligraphy writing. Sending out these special invitations will help set the mood for your special event. 



Hollywood Party Decorations

Upon Arriving:

  • Have the red carpet leading up to your front door
  • Hire or ask people to be the paparazzi and take lots of pictures of your guests as they arrive, if possible on disposable cameras to give added character
  • Use spot lights
  • Make a "Hollywood" sign 
  • Have a guest book for autographs as your guests arrive or have gold stars and markers for the guests to sign and tape to the sidewalk or wall
  • Have a stationary camera on a timer going off as the guests walk by, so they can take candid or posed pictures

Once Inside:

  • Use a red, gold, and black color theme throughout
  • Have floor length mirrors to the guests can check their appearance
  • Have a red, gold, silver, and black balloon arch
  • Have star shaped and confetti filled balloons 
  • Set up a dressing room or screening room - have pillows, bean bag chairs, and candy in little glass jars
  • Hang movie posters
  • Lay out celebrity magazines or make your own with photos of you and your friends and have them printed
  • Hang a large painted film roll along the wall
  • Have twinkle lights
  • Make some star and award trophies
  • Set up a microphone for thank you speeches
  • Set up bouquets and flower arrangements in crystal vases
  • Use flower garland on the tables
  • Have confetti and corked themed streamers 



Hollywood Party Attire

  • Have all the guests dress as their favorite celebrity with inspiration from their latest red carpet appearance or cartoon person
  • Dress up fancy with your own red carpet outfit, making sure to go big
  • Wear something sparkly like diamonds, necklaces, bracelets, or earring
  • Have metallic sunglasses with dark frames
  • Have extra options incase a guest forgets something - like a top hat, black tie, feather boa, necklaces, bag or purse with a small fake dog



Hollywood Party Activities and Games

  • Have a Photoshoot - set up a silver or plain black backdrop and have a positioned camera set on a timer taking a series of pictures. Add extra flair to your pictures by having fun props to use for variety. 
  • Paparazzi - similar to hide and go seek, choose one or two people to “hide” within a chosen geographical location and the other guests have to try to take their picture with the best picture winning.
  • Speech - have a list of silly awards (like best dancer, best actor, etc.) and have guests give fun acceptance speeches to these made up awards. 
  • Karaoke - sing karaoke in a spotlight and if you want sing all the songs from your favorite movie.
  • Premier -  set up a movie projector and watch a feature movie with popcorn and snacks
  • Movie Star - pretend that you and your friends are the stars and create your own video, movie, or commercial 
  • Glamor - have manicures and pedicures, hair, make-up, facials, and wardrobe stations
  • Star Creation - either decorate gold stars or have your guests paint a star onto their hand with yellow paint. 
  • Movie Charades - play traditional charades inspired by movies and your favorite characters
  • Play Hollywood themed trivia 



Hollywood Party Food

  • Shrimp cocktail
  • Cocktail weenies
  • Battered mushrooms
  • Mozza sticks
  • Calamari rings
  • Fruit and veggie tray with dip
  • Meatballs with fancy toothpicks
  • Caviar or pate and crackers
  • Bite size pizzas
  • Have a popcorn machine and put the popcorn in theater tubs
  • Assorted candy and chocolates
  • Designed cake or white cupcakes
  • Chocolate covered strawberries
  • Sparkling white grape juice
  • Perrier water
  • Pink lemonade
  • Champagne in fluted glasses


 

chocolate covered strawberries and fruit
  • Shrimp cocktail
  • Cocktail weenies
  • Battered mushrooms
  • Mozza sticks
  • Calamari rings
  • Fruit and veggie tray with dip
  • Meatballs with fancy toothpicks
  • Caviar or pate and crackers
  • Bite size pizzas
  • Have a popcorn machine and put the popcorn in theater tubs
  • Assorted candy and chocolates
  • Designed cake or white cupcakes
  • Chocolate covered strawberries
  • Sparkling white grape juice
  • Perrier water
  • Pink lemonade
  • Champagne in fluted glasses
chocolate covered strawberries and fruit

Hollywood Party Favors

  • Customized magazine with pictures of you and your friends
  • Mini gift baskets wrapped in cellophane 
  • Cool sunglasses
  • Fake trophies or awards
  • Chocolate or candy and flowers
  • Movie posters
  • Picture frames with developed pictures from the party