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Teen Disco Themed Party

Ages: Teens

Invitation Ideas:

Make an invitation that has the silhouette of a disco dancer on it, add the party information on the inside. Encourage guests to come to the party in their best disco garb. For girls this often included halter cat suits, hot pants, Trouser suits, shorts and knee high athletic socks, and pigtails. For guys leisure suits, satin jackets and medallion necklaces were popular at discos. Both guys and girls can wear platform shoes and mood rings.

Decorations:

You will definitely want strobe lights and at least one disco ball to hang from the ceiling. If you can get a fog machine, the teens will enjoy it as well. Add beaded curtains to doorways and balloons and streamers in 70s inspired colors like orange, yellow, and brown. Put up posters of hit movies and TV shows of the era, some of the more popular ones were Jaws, Rocky, Star Wars, Peanuts, Saturday Night Fever, Charlie’s Angels.

Games & Activities:

At a disco themed party there has to be some dancing. Line dances like the electric slide were very popular and are easy to learn. Mix popular 70’s songs in with the guest of honors favorites. Some good songs are: Dancing Queen by ABBA, We are Family by Sister Sledge, The Hustle by Van McCoy, Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees, The Loco-Motion by Grand Funk, The YMCA by the Village People, and Bennie and the Jets by Elton John. Have a dance-off and award prizes for the most creative, most hip etc. dancers.

Decorate a Pet Rock

Pet rocks were all the rage in the 70’s let the teens use paint markers to add faces to their own pet rock.

Food

Fondue was popular. You could do one pot with cheese and serve crackers, chips, bread, pretzels and small sausages with it. In another fondue pot you could melt chocolate and serve cookies, strawberries, large marshmallows, small cakes and peanut butter balls with it. Other popular party foods for the 70’s were quiche, meatballs, casseroles, and kabobs. You could also make Jell-o that looks like lava lamps. Make the jell-o as directed on the package except add mini marshmallows just after the cold water and pour it into long tall glasses.