Happy New Year!

This year our church had a New Year's Party! I love being a part of a church family that loves to party!!! We always have such a fun time together. We spent the night eating, playing games and of course dancing!!! This year the theme was "Classic Hollywood". We all came dressed in styles from the 1920's, 30's, 40's and 50's.  Some came dressed for the red carpet, others came dressed as celebrities from that time and others as characters from movies. We had such a wonderful time!

Along with everyone dressing up, we wanted to have some decorations to help set the scene for classic hollywood.  We couldn't have a hollywood party without a red carpet, but we did not want to spend a lot of money.  The actual red carpet was not very expensive at all and can be purchased at any party supply company such as Party City or even from Amazon (I love Amazon Prime!! It's Awesome!!!) The lights down the hallway we made from Kleenex boxes.  I took the boxes and emptied them. Next I wrapped them with silver wrapping paper.  We bought flashlights from Wal-Mart that were $3 for a 2-pack, and there you have it. A cheap decoration that is a lot of fun! We wanted to add ropes around the carpet once the guest entered the room. If you have ever looked into purchasing the poles (called stanchions. Something I learned in this process), you would know that they are very expensive. Since we didn't want to spend that kind of money for the party, we decided to make our own.  We bought plastic tupperware containers for the base. We glued the tops on the containers, turned them upside down and cut a hole the size of the pole in them. We bought PVC pipe and cut them to the size we wanted and spray painted the base and poles gold. We filled the bases to help weigh them down. For the rope we used red velvet like ribbon and attached it to the poles and there you have it! It was a great addition to the red carpet!

For the tables, we bought picture frames from the Dollar Store and printed out pictures from movie stars from that time. We also ordered mini Oscars from Amazon. We added New Year's hats, horns and tinsel and it created a fun, festive table decoration. And what New Year's party would be complete without an amazing M&M bar!!!

We bought a few disposable cameras for people to use as the guests came in and walked the red carpet.
It was fun to have all the flashes going off to make each guest feel like a celebrity!

We also had a photo booth at the party. I love photo booths! I don't know what it is about them, but they are always fun! And a big thank you to Lynsey for helping with some of the photo booth pictures! She is an amazing photographer. Check her out here!

We decided to have a contest for the best dressed. We called everyone who wanted to enter up front to show off their costumes. We had a voting booth for all the guest to vote throughout the night.

And the winner is...

Winners of the best dressed adults

Winners of best dressed under 16.

We had such a great time dancing in the new year. And of course we couldn't end the year without the Cupid Shuffle and Gangnam Style.

And here we are...

It was such a fun night and a wonderful way to bring in the new year! Happy New Year everyone!!!