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Roaring Twenties Speakeasy Theme Party

A Roaring 1920s Theme Party

Swing Music, bootleg liquor, gambling, gangsters and flapper girls.  Sounds like a great party to me!  Make your next party a 1920s party and your guests will have a "roaring" good time!

Roaring Twenties Theme Invitations

Send out a personalized Roaring 20s invitation from Creations For You™ and invite your guests to dress in their finest 20s costumes.  The guys can dress as gangsters and the girls, flappers!  Take a look at our great selection of 20s theme costumes!

Or spice up your invitation a bit and send a box of candy cigarettes with your invitations.  Just mail them with your invitation in a padded envelope.  Or, put your invitation on an empty liquor bottle and hand deliver them to people.  Invite them to your speakeasy and be sure to include a secret password so they can get into the speakeasy! 

Roaring Twenties Party Theme Decorations

If you're having seating, then you can get your party started off right and dress your guests when they take their seating cards!  Hang half of the seating cards on feather boas and the rest off feather headbands or gangster hats. If you're not having seating, you can have these items out on a table at the entrance to the party or put them on the tables for your guests to take when they sit down.

Your bar should, of course, be a 1920s Speakeasy. You should name the Speakeasy for the party celebrant (Sammy's Speakeasy) or even the location where you're having the party (Watermark Speakeasy). 

Decorate with old wood crates filled with paper shreds.  Have bottles of liquor peaking out from the paper.  Put labels on the boxes with the name of your speakeasy.

Surprise the guest of honor with a lifesize gangster cutout with their face added, standing at the door.  Include a speech bubble and have the gangster ask for the password to enter the Speakeasy.

Make sure to offer your guests chocolate cigars and candy cigarettes.  You (or a model that you hire!) can walk around with a serving tray around your neck passing these out to guests.  Everyone will love it!

If this is a larger party and your bar is located in your cocktail area, then I would also hire a jazz trio for the area... It's VERY 1920s.

Roaring Twenties Centerpieces and Table Decorations

Set your table with beautiful art deco decorations. Linens should be shades of silver with black accents. Wrap napkins with strands of pearls for an extra special touch.   

At our 1920s party, we had tall vases with battery operated lamps at the top.  Goldfish swam inside the vases!  Next to the tall vases, we had small round bowls with red roses floating in water. 

For candy, plate chocolates in fancy glass candy bowls.  We made our own using low glass candle holders topped with a glass candle dish, both found at a local candle store. 

On each table, or at each place, have a personalized camera.  Your guests can take pictures throughout the night and either keep the cameras as a party favor or leave them for you to develop.  Either way you'll get great candid pictures from your evening.

Activities

A casino is perfect for your 20s party.  Either hire a local event company to bring in tables, or set up your own tables.  Whether you hire a company or use your own tables, you'll certainly want to at least hire some dealers to help run the games.  Use personalized money with the guest of honor's face! Hang an assortment of casino signs throughout the casino area.

You'll want to have prizes available for your guests to win throughout the evening.  They certainly don't need to be too fancy - maybe a bottle of wine or a gift card to a local coffee shop.

Along with your casino, be sure to have plenty of dancing - swing dancing!  There are plenty of CDs available with swing music or your DJ can certainly lead the group in dance.  You could even hire someone to teach everyone a few swing moves and then have a dance contest.

Roaring 20s Theme Party Favors

There are great fun gifts that can be passed out to your guests as the dance the night away.  Have a DJ?  Give them a stash of these items to use throughout the night:

• Pearl Necklaces - If you're not using them on the tables, you'll want plenty to pass out!
• Silver & Gold Saxophones - Inflatable saxophones perfect for your guests who want to show off on the dancefloor
• Blinking Dice Beads - These make great prizes for games