As
you head back to college, you might already be planning the first party
of the semester. Here are nine of the best college party themes to
inspire and entertain:
Halloween
Halloween
comes around just after the fall semester starts, so it’s never too
early to start preparing. You can use ‘Halloween’ as a theme in itself,
or choose a different theme for the occasion.
Toga Party
The
Toga Party is a college classic. The craze has somewhat worn off now,
and a Toga Party is more the territory of middle-aged partygoers than
college teens. However, it’s a good theme to fall back on if all else
fails, and will produce a novelty evening.
Pick a Decade
Like
the Toga Party, theming your party around a certain decade works every
time. The sixties, eighties and nineties are most popular, but you can
also go back further and throw a prohibition or war-themed party. Some
decades definitely have more party potential then others, so choose
wisely.
Pick a TV show or Movie
This type
of theme is ripe with possibilities, so it’s probably best to be
specific. You could ask guests to come as their favorite reality star,
to dress up as a celebrity they look like or base the whole party around
a certain TV shows.
Dress up
It’s college,
so smart dress counts as a theme. Asking guests to come in black tie
and cocktail dresses or ball-gowns will put an unusual spin on the
traditional college house party. You could also take the theme further,
serving cocktails and spirits instead of beer.
Make a Random Selection
If
you’re really stuck for suggestions, bring 5-10 of your closest friends
together, ask them each to write a theme on a piece of paper, and then
put all papers into a bag. Draw one out blind, and you have your party
theme!
Choose Alumni
All colleges have
celebrity alumni of one form or another. If you go to a college with a
particularly famous roster of graduates, bring them back to the dorms
for one night only by requiring guests to dress as their favorite
character.
Look to the Future
Movies and
TV shows depicting future life are notoriously inaccurate, and you can
throw a party that follows this trend. Choosing ‘the future’ as a theme
is broad enough to give guests a lot of choice, but not so broad that
they’ll be stuck for options.
Letter Party
This
is a fun theme that challenges guests to get creative. As the party
creator, choose a single letter from the alphabet. All guests have to
come dressed as a noun (person, place or thing) that starts with the
letter.
Don’t forget to use iPartyGram to manage your guest list
and send out invitations. Using the app, you can create and send
professional-looking invitations for free. VIP guests can also upload
pictures to the app, giving you a chance to remember the night before
the morning after!
