Easy Hawaiian Luau Party Ideas

Throw a Luau Party in ONE DAY wit these Easy Hawaiian Luau Party Ideas! Learn ways to save time with luau decor and EASY food ideas for your summer party!

Easy Hawaiian Luau Party Ideas

You know I’m a sucker for tropical parties…and Luau’s have a special place in my heart for numerous reasons. Fun Fact: My husband and I had our FIRST DANCE at a Hawaiian luau.

Check out these other luau party ideas while you’re at it:

• FREE Printable Luau Party Games – 3 Fun Printable Party Games to keep the kids entertained.
• Luau Cookie Decorating Station – no decorating skills required for this fun activity.
• Easy Luau Backdrop Tutorial – my favorite party backdrop to date!

And before you go all mushy and think that’s when we fell in love…we already had two children by that time.

My other luau experience is a mix between a love story and a horror story, but you know…that’s how I roll.

How a Hawaiian Luau Party sealed my fate

I promise I’ll get to the party details in a bit, but this story just HAS to be told. It’s one of my greatest accomplishments, really.

Before my husband and I started seriously dating, we had a weird drama thing going on. I won’t go into to much detail…mostly because I can’t remember…

But my roommate and I were brainstorming ideas to prank him and his roommates. One of my roommates suggested we get a pig head to put in their toilet. We thought that would be AMAZING but…

Where in the heck would we get a pig head?

Well, just so happened our apartment complex was having a Luau party that weekend…and there was a pig roast. See where I’m going with this? Yup. We found our pig head that same week.

We kindly asked for the pig head from our church leader who threw the party. He was obviously skeptical…but he told us as long as we didn’t do anything illegal, we could have it.

We may have fibbed a teensy bit about the illegal part…

So we did what sane people do and kept a pig head in our refrigerator until an opportunity presented itself. AKA…we skipped class and waited until all six roommates were out of my future husband’s apartment.

We may have gone a little far. And by that I mean…we went too far. No one’s ever accused me of doing things part way.

We put the pig head in the toilet, stuck oreos to the shower and filled the tub up with dry milk, turned over all their living room furniture, wrote out slightly threatening notes on their mirrors in lipstick…

and my favorite part…

We stole EVERY SINGLE pillow in their apartment (including throw pillows) and then MAILED them to them. We even made creepy ransom note address labels.

They figured out it was us pretty quick because we were the only girls that were that twisted.

When they demanded they get their pillows back, we truthfully told them we didn’t have them.

And that’s when my husband and I fell in love.

For reals, we had our first kiss the night they got their pillows back – because with that kind of effort, you either really hate someone or love them.

And that’s how a luau party sealed my fate. We’ve got three kids that are as weird as I am, so LOOK OUT WORLD!

Anywho…this Hawaiian Luau Party is slightly more tame than the first one, but boy is it cute.

Plus, it’s budget friendly and super easy to put together.

Luau Party Decorations

• Luau Party Backdrop – this is my favorite party detail and it’s so incredibly easy to put together!
• Hula Table Skirt – I cut these AFFILIATE Mini Hula Skirts into quarters, hot glued them together, then used command strips to attach it to the table edge.
• AFFILIATE Tiki Cups – Love decorations that serve two purposes. These add a pop of color, and with these gold straws with AFFILIATE lei flowers glued to them, they’re also pretty gorgeous.
• AFFILIATE Gold Vases – These gold vases are so chic and can be used for so many party ideas…but add some AFFILIATE palm leaves and you’ve got some easy Hawaiian Luau Party decor!
• AFFILIATe Table Tiki Torches – I didn’t light them indoors or anything, but they still look really cute!

Luau Party Food

• Cookie Decorating Station – this doubles as an activity AND food, so WIN/WIN.
• Clam Shell Cupcakes – simply buy premade cupcakes (I was lucky enough to find blue ones), cut some madeleines in half and place them in the frosting. Cover with some sprinkles and you have the cutest damn cupcakes you’ve ever seen.
• Sand Bowl Display – Crunch up some graham crackers, add some starfish candy melts and the cupcakes to a a bowl for a tropical and unique cupcake display.
• Fruit and Dip – this is my go to for easy party food. Plus, it’s nice to have something healthy at a dessert table.
• AFFILIATE Rock Candy Suckers – ZERO effort treat and they go perfect with a tropical theme.
• Punch – okay, this is staged and totally watered down V8, but my friend Liz has some amazing Party Punch Recipes that will go perfect in these cute Tiki Cups!

Luau Party Games and Favors

• 3 FREE Printable Party Games – There are 3 Luau Party Games in this printable set – and that’s over 11 pages of bright, colorful designs to use at your Hawaiian Luau Party!
• Luau Cookie Decorating Station – I’ve already talked about the food, but this is a really fun activity for the kids.
• AFFILIATE Giant Floral Leis – These doubled as party favors AND decor for my luau backdrop.
• AFFILIATE Pineapple Treat Bags – Use your Cricut EasyPress 2, gold glitter iron-on, and this pineapple design to make some really cute Luau Party Favors.
• AFFILIATE Mini Hula Skirts – These work best for kids and doubled as decor for my table skirt. Get AFFILIATE larger ones for the adults.
• AFFILIATE Head and Wrist Bands – these are the ones my daughter is wearing and they’re so fun and pretty! Just a great thing to hand out to your luau party guests.

Other Easy Hawaiian Luau Party Ideas

• FREE Printable Luau Party Games – 3 Fun Printable Party Games to keep the kids entertained.
• Luau Cookie Decorating Station – no decorating skills required for this fun activity.
• Easy Luau Backdrop Tutorial – my favorite party backdrop to date!