An Academy Awards Party

Academy Awards Party Invitations

For some more formal invitations, you might consider the ones pictured here, available at Amazon.com.

Another idea is to print out your party information in a fancy font and glue it onto glittery golden stars to send each guest.

If you can hand deliver your invitations, a fun idea is to purchase Oscar statuettes and print your party information on the bottom.

You might consider asking your guests to come in their finest red carpet attire, or to dress as a character from one of the nominated films. Let everyone know that you will be handing our a "Best Dressed" award!

You might also include with your invitation an Oscar Award Ballot. Ask everyone to fill it out and bring it to the party so thay can follow along and see how close their predictions came to the actual winners. Give a prize to the person who made the most correct predictions.

Academy Awards Party Decorations

• Let your guests feel like movie stars by rolling out a red carpet leading to your front door.

• Inside, dim the lights and hang twinkle lights gold stars, metallic streamers, and balloons in your party colors for a festive feel.

• Since the main activity of the evening will be watching the show, arrange your furniture so that everyone can be seated comfortably within view of the television.

• Glam up your serving tables by sprinkling star confetti and creating a themed centerpiece using things such as red roses in silver or crystal vases, champagne bottles and champagne flutes with metallic curling ribbon, a Hollywood clapper, and awards night statuettes.

• Themed tableware can also help pull together your party decor. Here is a Hollywood style tableware set that would work well at an Oscar party.
  Star Attraction Tableware

Activities for an Academy Awards Party

• Give everyone an Oscar Award Ballot and keep track of whose predictions are the most accurate. Award a prize to the winner.

• Download a variety of Oscar Party Bingo Cards from www.oscars.org. Give one to each guest, along with some M&Ms as markers, and let everyone follow along to see who gets bingo first!

• Play "Guess the Celebrity". Prior to the event, cut out pictures from magazines of different stars in evening clothes, but cut them from the neck down. Paste each photo on a piece of colored paper and number each photo. Next, create a small form for each of your guests labeled 1-10 (or numbered for however many photos you were able to get). Have your guests guess which actor or actress is depicted in each photo. When there is a commercial break in the Academy Awards show, reveal the stars' full pictures and see which guest got the most right. Reward them with an awards night statuette or other fun party favor.

• If you have an over 21 crowd, make up your own rules for an Awards Night Drinking Game. Here are some ideas:
          * If a winner cries, take a drink.
          * If a winner says, "I am just happy to be here", take a drink.
          * If a winner says, “I wasn’t expecting this and I don’t have anything prepared,” only to launch into a long acceptance speech, finish your drink!

Academy Awards Party Menu Ideas

• The Descendants -- Hawaiian inspired foods such as fruit kabobs or teriyaki rice bowls

• Hugo - Frost some cupcakes to resemble clock faces (the clock is also a theme in Midnight in Paris)

• The Tree of Life -- Texas style sweet tea and barbecue

• War Horse -- British scones and tea, or Pimm's Cup cocktails

• The Artist -- Black and white foods such as caviar on crackers or mini sandwiches served on marbled rye bread

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -- New York inspired foods like deli scndwiches or pizza

• The Help -- Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and of course, chocolate pie!

• Moneyball -- Stadium foods like peanuts, popcorn, or a hot dog bar with a variety of toppings

• Midnight in Paris -- French wine served with a tray of cheese, bread and apples

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