Are you throwing a party and want to take it from good to great? With the addition of an enchanting unicorn and rainbow theme, you can end the night with your friends and family feeling like unicorns and rainbows magically appeared among you. Whether it’s for a birthday, an engagement, or any other celebration, here are some tips, tricks, and creative ideas to help you plan the magical event of your dreams.
Choosing a Venue
Where you hold your magical party will depend on the size of the guest list. If you’re hosting a modest gathering of twelve or fewer guests, you might prefer to host the event in your home or another location that is easy to decorate. If you’re inviting a bigger crowd, consider holding the party at a rented venue with plenty of space.
Keep in mind that balloons, tassels, glitter, and other festive decorations can be used as accents in any venue. Creative lighting can also help to bring the rainbow theme to life. Your venue also needs to be able to accommodate food and drinks, furniture, and possibly even live music.
Creating Decorations
When it comes to decorating for your rainbow-unicorn themed party, think bright colors and sparkles! Choose colors like bright pinks, yellows, and purples — this will create a vivid and fun atmosphere. Bright colors also help evoke the beauty of rainbows and bring a whimsical touch to your event.
A few other decoration ideas include: colorful streamers hung from the ceilings and walls, twinkle lights draped from the walls or hung into mason jars, banners with unicorn and rainbow-themed messages for your guests, tassels hanging in doorways, wall decorations with words like ‘magic’, ‘happy’, and ‘rainbow’, 3D paper cutouts with clouds, unicorns, rainbows and stars in your colors, glittery tablecloths.
Selecting Party Favors and Supplies
Party favors are a great way to show appreciation to your guests and make your rainbow-unicorn themed party memorable. You can provide gifts like small keychains, temporary tattoos, mini party horns, plastic kazoos, unicorn and rainbow-themed notepads and stickers. You can also offer fun snacks such as cotton candy, popcorn, unicorn cookies, marshmallows and other rainbow-colored treats.
You will also need party supplies such as cups, plates, cutlery, straws, straw flags, and labels with rainbow or unicorn motifs. With these supplies, you can be sure that all amenities are taken care of for a hassle-free event.
Planning Food and Drinks
Foods and drinks should reflect your theme! Ideas for dishes include rainbow cupcakes topped with unicorn horns; pastel cookies; jello-shots with multi-colored layers; sandwiches with star-shaped cutouts; chocolate wands with white chocolate topping; chocolate truffles infused with rainbows inspired by Harry Potter’s Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans; Unicorn root beer floats topped with edible glitter; ice cream in multi-colored flavors; candy donuts with unicorn-shaped sprinkles.
For drinks, think brightly-colored cocktails (like those served at the Hogwarts banquet), rainbow slushies, or any kind of drink that fits your theme. Don’t forget the non-alcoholic options! Sodas with bold flavors or mocktails with fun names make great beverage options.
Inviting Guests
Now lets get to the fun part – inviting your guests! Whether you make invitations by hand or send a digital invite on a platform like Evite, make sure to include the specifics like date and time of the event and dress code. If there is no dress code for the party, you can suggest specific attire such as colorful tutus or hats with unicorn horns attached.
Be sure to also let them know what makes your party special: its unicorn – rainbow theme! Tell them why this theme is so perfect for the event: how it brings classic childhood memories (from wearing unicorn horns or chasing colorful bubbles) and instills a sense of fun and adventure for all!
Music and Entertainment Ideas
Music can make or break a party so make sure to pick the right playlist! If you’re hiring a DJ then they might be able to help come up with ideas. Here are some sections you could use: pre-event music to get people in the mood; upbeat dance/ pop songs; classic sing-along songs to get everyone singing together; jazz/swing tunes or ballads; TV themes of old shows with a magical touch like Sabrina The Teenage Witch; etc.
Aside from music, you can bring your theme to life by providing interactive entertainment such as magicians who can add in elements of the mythical creatures featured in your party. You could also have someone come in to teach unicorn themed games or craft activities for kids. Lastly – be sure you have a photo booth! Utilize props such as wings and horns for a whimsical photo keepsake.
Crafting Invitations
One of the most fun parts about planning any kind of event is getting crafty with invitations! Get creative and make your own invites by hand. This is especially handy if you are trying to save money since DIY projects are almost always much cheaper than buying pre-made kits. Gather materials such as cardstock paper and stickers with coordinating colors. For example, use white paper if you’re featuring pastel colors or rainbow paper if you require some bright shades.
Make sure to include important party details on your invitation like date and time of event, dress code (if any), address information for the event, contact info for answering questions about the event. As an added bonus, include directions on how to make a unicorn horn hat or how to craft their very own wand.
Crafting Unique Gifts
Party favors are an essential part of any event and crafting handmade gifts is an excellent way of showing your guests how much you appreciate their attendance. These gifts should be fun (something like an enchanted wand made from colorful sticks) but should also be personal (you could add a thoughtful message in an accompanying card).
Other ideas include a personalized mug that has each guest’s name painted on it; jars filled with rainbow-colored skittles; candy necklaces shaped like unicorns; mysterious potions made from different types of food coloring; sweet treats like cotton candy packaged in paper cups with stamped designs; unicorn miniature figures that come with magical abilities – the possibilities are endless!
Tips for a Successful Event
Be sure to stay organized during your planning process by writing out a checklist with all the necessary tasks you need to complete before the big day. Think about press coverage if applicable (this might entice more people to attend). Whether its posting fliers around town or sending out invitation cards through mail – aim for an invitation that gets people excited.
Make sure ample food is provided—your guests will leave on a positive note if they are full and content when they depart! Finally don’t forget to think carefully about seating arrangements—the last thing you want is someone feeling left out during the party festivities!
After-Party Clean Up
Organizing a party can be stressful enough without worrying about the clean up after everyone has gone home. To make it easier on yourself make sure to get recyclable materials like cups plates and even utensils if food was provided. Consider hiring professionals if you don’t have enough help to get everything tidied up.
Aside from physical debris consider digital clean up as well. Make sure all email invites have been responded to properly than be sure to delete all contacts from your phone who attended the event (this is good practice for future events). And don’t forget to thank everyone who attended your party—it’s a great way to end the night on a high note!
