If you're celebrating your 25th wedding anniversary with a 1980s themed party, you'll want to set the right mood. That starts with a great 1980s party invitation. Here are a few ideas.
The LP Invite
Use a CD case to hold your party invitation, as a nod to the 21st century,but make the invite itself resemble an old vinyl record. Sandwich musical note confetti between the invitation wording - "What a Thriller! Join Michael Jackson, Madonna and other 1980s legends as we celebrate a record of our own - 25 years of wedded bliss - in 1980s style" - and a mix CD of 1980s hits. Be sure to include the date, place and rsvp information, as well as any additional information. You might, for example, ask guests to dress like their favorite 1980s musical figure or song, or bring photographs of themselves, circa 1986. Or, tell them to work on their Thriller dance steps.
A Pop-Up Surprise
A DIY pop-up party invitation sets a properly festive move when the very act of opening it launches confetti into the air. Fill it with neon-hued stars, hearts or musical notes, and suitably dazzling exterior paper - metallic silver, perhaps, or copies of 1980s sheet music, in keeping with the theme.
Trivial Pursuit
The famous trivia board game first captured hearts back in the 1980s. Instead of standard invitations, create your own, slightly oversized Trivial Pursuit cards with appropriate questions - about the legendary couple celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, party location (there's your geography question, right?) and so on. Print the answers on the back, along with the rsvp information
1980s Movies
Invite your guests to opening night of a 1980s salute to legendary love stories - yours, plus those of the silver screen. Print your invitations and glue them to the back of a film clapper or wrap them around an Oscar statuette (both available at party stores). Tell your guests to dress like their favorite 1980s pop culture couple – Han Solo and Leia, perhaps, or any pair from “The Breakfast Club” – or just go for the inimitable fashions of the excessively big hair era. Just be sure to host a photo booth to capture all the fun, and don’t forget to include some perfect props – leggings, wristlets, fishnet fingerless gloves, head bands, flouncy skirts, popped collars, shades, and perhaps a nice pointy, Madonna-like bra.
