| Let your imagination run wild while decorating for a | | | | windows, trees and on your chairs and tables. Make |
| Luau. The essence of all decoration ideas must be | | | | male leis by stringing together any medium size |
| bold and bright colors, and anything that will recreate | | | | flowers like carnations, marigolds, orchids or roses. |
| an island in your house! The most basic decoration | | | | Save some plastic flowers to float in a small kid's |
| must be done with flowers and foliage and then other | | | | inflatable wading pool or even in large kitchen bowls. |
| island props should be added to complete your | | | | Make cardboard Hawaiian masks, and if you cannot |
| decoration. | | | | draw, download and print mask designs from the |
| Before purchasing anything, it's a good idea to look | | | | Internet. |
| through all your old stuff to hunt out any straw hats, | | | | Collect shells from friends and spread them all over |
| shells, bamboo sticks, colorful umbrellas, sunglasses, | | | | the party area, along with confetti on the serving |
| tropical print door curtains, streamers, beach | | | | tables. These should be laden with tropical fruit like |
| accessories, fish nets or even an old set of oars. Use | | | | pineapples, bananas, grapes and mangos. Place large |
| small electric lights in the Hawaiian style to cover your | | | | colorful candles surrounded with flowers as your |
| shrubs. You will need a lawn sign that you can easily | | | | centerpiece, and make the table skirts out of straw. All |
| paint yourself on wooden planks to announce your | | | | your tables must look like Hula dancers! Cutlery can be |
| Luau. | | | | placed in bamboo baskets, and fishnets strewn with |
| Make cutouts of palm trees, hula girls, parrots, | | | | colorful flowers may be placed behind the tables to |
| flamingos, other colored birds and large tropical flowers; | | | | give them the ultimate island feel. |
| then put them all over the house. Paper lanterns are a | | | | Make bouquets of colorful balloons and hang them |
| great, inexpensive way to light up your place. Some | | | | around. |
| essential decoration items are the bamboo 'tiki' torches | | | | With all these Luau decoration ideas, your feast is |
| and lei (you can use cheap plastic flowers if you want). | | | | bound to be successful, with friends and family |
| These garlands can be draped around doors, pillars, | | | | wanting to return again and again! |