Hawaiian Luau Party Ideas,
submitted by Mary B. of Huntingdon, PA
Hula skirts
Cut pieces of yarn that reach from the child's waist to the
ankle and measure the yarn for the waist as well, leaving extra
length for tying the yarn. About 50 - 75 prices of yarn per
skirt. Tie one end of each yarn evenly around the waistband
yarn.
Leis
Use tube macaroni and die them with rubbing alcohol and food
coloring overnight in an air tight container. Drain, then put
noodles on wax paper to dry. For the necklace, cut a piece of
string which is double the length from each child's fingertips
to elbow. Then cut 50 construction paper flowers per necklace
and use a hole punch and punch through center. Laminate all
flowers, if you like, and string onto the necklace alternating
with the tube macaroni. (Wrapping a piece of tape around one
end of the string makes it easier to push through the macaroni.)
Decorations
For fun decorations: Arthur's
ocean printables: print fish crabs, sea horses, etc. (Some items are printable coloring pages. If these links are no longer available,
just search the internet for ocean printables.)
Activities
Fill a small child size pool with sea shells for sensory play
and mark with different dots to go with different prizes. Use
a sea horse printable to do a pull sea horse matching number
to prizes game.
Recipes
Make a simple fruit platter: strawberry, watermelon, etc.
Drinks: Hawaiian Punch, Sprite and 1 can of frozen pineapple
juice.
Main course: A simple chicken and rice dish
3 bags of Uncle Ben's roast chicken flavor rice and 5-7 lbs
of chicken (boneless and skinless, or canned chicken works
best). Steamed mushrooms in a can, celery and bell peppers on
the side.
Dessert: Banana dessert dirt cup: For this use banana or vanilla
pudding, banana pieces, crushed vanilla wafers and crushed pineapple
(drained). Put 3-4 cut banana pieces in a cup for each child
and add pineapple, then the pudding and then crushed cookies,
a piece of banana and more pudding.
Luau cake:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3 eggs, beaten
1 half cup oil
1 can crushed pineapple (16 oz)
2 cups bananas
Mix dry ingredients together, then add all other ingredients
and mix until well blended. Pour into floured and oiled cake
pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, then cover with foil
to stop cracking, and continue baking for 20 minutes.
Dream of Hawaii:
1 and three quarters cups crushed wafers
1 stick melted butter
3 bananas, sliced
1 can eagle condensed milk
1 small can crushed pineapple
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 small carton cool whip
1 can coconut
1 jar cherries (stems removed, if any)
Directions: Mix crumbs with butter and press into a large pyrex
dish for the crust, and then put in the bananas. Mix lemon and
condensed milk together until thick. Pour this over the bananas.
Then add the pineapple, then cool whip, then coconut, then cherries.
Chill for 30-35 minutes.
Berry Salad
3 cups hot water
3 boxes raspberry Jello
1 can pineapple with juice
1 can berry pie filling
Mix well, then put in pan and chill.
Mix together well:
1/2 cup sugar
a small container of sour cream
1 and a half tsp. vanilla extract
1 pk cream cheese
Mix well, spread on salad, and re-chill.
