Super Bowl Luau Theme Party. Florida Beach Luau

There is nothing like a beach luau party to kick off the football season. And since the Super Bowl is in Florida this year, a luau beach party is the obvious choice in themes! So get ready to break out the sunglasses, the thongs (for your feet) and the zinc oxide for a Super Bowl luau party to remember!

A Super Bowl personalized invitation screams "beach!" You may want to include a little packet of zinc oxide (in the color of the team of choice) so your friends can paint their faces for the game. Or go with these Super Bowl XLIII invitations; the blue and green color scheme fits the theme perfectly!

Or another fun idea is to send a deflated beach ball with the invitation written on it with magic marker. Clever, huh?

Our biggest seller are Super Bowl ticket invitations. You get to use your own wording, choose from nine colors and can order as few as 30. The blue or green tickets are the perfect match for the big game!

As well, you may want to invite your guests to dress for the beach and/or to dress "tourist" mixed with a dab of football. Nothing like a Hawaiian shirt with shoulder pads! This always proves entertaining. Provide them with palm tree sunglasses at the door and a beer with a drink umbrella coming out! Beer, football; drink umbrella, beach; get it? Or better yet, serve the beer in a coconut cup.

Greet guests with a Luau Football player cutout at the door with your face and a speech bubble welcoming them to your football luau. They'll love it!

There are tons of great luau decorations available. I'll give you one approach below, but there are many more great ideas available on our luau decorating page. Just let your imagination run wild!

Create a mood (necessary when there�s a foot of snow on the ground) with some tropical scene setters. Add some inflatable accents (I like the palm trees but there are some other great products here). Hang them everywhere and anywhere. Have some inflated beach balls so your friends can bounce them around during the game (just like in a real stadium.)

Use sand buckets filled first with shreddz (colorful paper shredded into thin strips), then with foil-wrapped chocolate footballs as decoration around the room. Depending on where they are, you may want to tie off some mylar football balloons (but don't block the screen).

Put a fun 5' palm tree on either side of the TV and the fans will think they are on the beach, for sure.

On the buffet and other serving areas, set out beachcomber straw hats. They are perfect for serving beer nuts, chips, pretzels, cheese curls--whatever--in the brim! Set out Super Bowl XLIII theme paper goods so everyone can grab some grub and socialize, and you won't have to do dishes later! You can make it even easier by creating silverware bundles with paper napkins, plastic utensils, and a lei as a napkin ring.

Set up a buffet of beach/luau foods. You can go easy by just grilling hamburgers and hot dogs, or serve a few tropically inspired dishes:

Or go for fun things with a beach and football twist. Who says you can't do both? Make a menu and put it up on the buffet: Coconut football cake, Kick-off Caribbean Punch, First Down Fish Sticks (ok, so it's a reach), etc. Most importantly, have fun with it. They're not there for the food...

But they might be there for the beer. So give them a real treat with a personalized beer bottle label with a football luau design. It's the little personalized touches like this that turn a good party into a great party.

Beach Blanket Bingo during half time anyone? At each place setting, put two bingo cards, a bingo marker or chips, and a set of rules (easily found at your local novelty store and inexpensive, too!). Or if Beach Blanket Bingo ain't your thing, try some Beach Boys. If some of your friends have a buzz on, they'll make for great entertainment singing along!