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    23 Creative Party Theme Ideas For Adults

    Published: Apr 15, 2022 · Modified: Apr 15, 2022 by Aleka Shunk · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    From casual and inexpensive to creative and fancy, I am sharing 23 creative party theme ideas for adults. Whether you are celebrating a birthday, special event, or just planning a fun get-together with friends, when it comes to hosting a party for adults, the possibilities are endless!

    Three women dressed in costumes smiling with cocktails.

    I love a good party. And when there are no kids to entertain, the party fun gets taken to the next level! The best thing about hosting a party for adults is that you can still use the same fun themes but add a wider variety of food, games, and cocktails!

    While there are numerous ideas to choose from, here are 23 fun and creative party theme ideas for adults for your next get-together:

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    1 🔲Black and White Party
    2 🎲Vegas Casino Party
    3 🎃Halloween Party
    4 🤵Celebrity Red Carpet Party
    5 🎭Mardi Gras Masquerade Party
    6 🕺70's Disco Party
    7 🦸Superhero Party
    8 🍸Cocktail Tasting Party
    9 👗Adult Prom
    10 📿1920's Great Gatsby Party
    11 🍷Wine Tasting Party
    12 🛌Pajama Party
    13 Anything But A Cup Party
    14 🥋Toga Party
    15 💆Spa Party
    16 🦩Tropical Beach/Luau Party
    17 🌮Mexican Fiesta Party
    18 🎮Classic Game Night Party
    19 🕶️Decade Party
    20 💫Astrology Party
    21 Ugly Sweater Party
    22 🥝Food Festival Party
    23 🤑Seven Deadly Sins
    24 🤴Fairy Tale Party
    25 🍾Truth Or Drink Party
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    🔲Black and White Party

    This party theme isn't just classic but also inexpensive and easy to decorate. While a black and white party is typically associated with fancy events or big occasions, you can choose to make it as fancy or casual as you please.

    Have guests dress in either all black, all white, or both colors. The decoration possibilities here are plentiful, as long as they’re black or white!

    🎲Vegas Casino Party

    A group of people betting on a roulette table.

    Everyone loves the glitz and glam of Vegas, so why not recreate it at home? Decorate with Las Vegas signs, dollar signs, dice, and playing cards. Set up fun table games such as poker, roulette, and blackjack and ask guests to arrive in glamorous casino gear.

    If you don’t already have the games at home, you can rent equipment from a local vendor or find smaller versions of the game on Amazon. Roulette lovers will love this seat that includes the wheel and felt number pad.

    🎃Halloween Party

    Halloween usually focuses on dressing up the kids in costumes. But Halloween can be just as fun for the adults! Decorate the party with pumpkins and spooky decorations, and have guests arrive in fun Halloween costumes. For food, serve up some tasty Halloween party appetizers and creepy cocktails. 

    🤵Celebrity Red Carpet Party

    This party theme for adults works best when you rent a venue but can also work at home if you have an open room with lots of space. Roll out a red carpet using a long roll of fabric or felt and have guests arrive as their favorite celebrity.

    Serve fancy high end cocktails with your fanciest glasses.

    Set up a media wall for photo ops, and if your budget allows a professional photographer, even better! Serve champagne on arrival for that exclusive celebrity touch. For food, you want to serve up your top-of-the-line hors d'oeuvres, fit for the A-listers!

    🎭Mardi Gras Masquerade Party

    Two women in decorative masks at a party.

    Bring out the masks and beads! For this formal party theme, decorate using the traditional Mardi Gras colors of green, purple, and gold. For food, traditional New Orleans dishes such as king cake, po'boys, and jambalaya fit the bill perfectly.

    Have guests arrive in cocktail dresses, black tie suits, and sparkling, sequined masks to hide their identities. Then at midnight, have everyone remove their disguise and reveal who they are!

    🕺70's Disco Party

    Stayin' alive, stayin alive!

    This party theme is one that never gets old! Decorate with a disco ball and flashing party lights and turn up the music with hits from that era. Have guests dress up in bell-bottoms, vests, and colorful prints as in the 70's decade. 

    🦸Superhero Party

    Every adult had a favorite superhero as a child. This fun party theme for adults brings those memories back to life! Have guests dress up as their favorite superhero from childhood.

    Decorate with different superhero logos and words such as Boom and Pow! To take the fun to the next level, throw in some “superhero” games such as an obstacle course, limbo, or balloon popping contest. Don’t forget the photo booth!

    Multiple cocktails on a table.

    🍸Cocktail Tasting Party

    This fun theme gives everyone a chance to be a bartender! Mix up your favorite drinks and serve them at cocktail stations. For added fun, have guests mix up a signature cocktail and award prizes for the best one! But like any alcohol-themed party, make sure you have enough heavy food and snacks on hand for absorption! Dressing up is optional.

    👗Adult Prom

    We all remember the excitement of choosing the perfect prom dress during our high school days. With this party theme, you can relive the fun! Asks guests to arrive in a formal prom dress, suit, corsage, and boutonniere.

    Decorate with a soda bar, candy bar, snack bar, and a photo booth with a themed backdrop. For music, play songs that were popular during your high school days. For a special touch that will be sure to entertain everyone, ask guests to bring their prom or high school photos for a trip down memory lane!

    Woman and man at a Great Gatsby themed party.

    📿1920's Great Gatsby Party

    Blast back to the roaring 20s with this classic yet luxurious party theme where guests dress up in their formal flapper dresses, cloche hats, and suits.

    Decorate in elegant colors such as black, gold, and silver and serve up popular 1920's cocktails such as mint juleps, gin and tonic, Gin Rickey cocktails, or Old Fashioned cocktails. And don't forget to play 20's music!

    🍷Wine Tasting Party

    This party theme is perfect for wine lovers or friends who want to learn more about wine! Have each guest bring a bottle or two of wine for tasting. If you don’t want to purchase or use your delicate wine glasses, you can find cheap plastic ones from the nearest party store.

    Like a cocktail party, make sure there is plenty of food on hand. Preferably, serve foods that pair well with wines like a cheese and charcuterie board, crackers, and chocolate.

    A person pouring white wine in a wine glass.

    🛌Pajama Party

    Who said that pajama parties are just for kids? For this fun party theme for adults, have guests arrive in their favorite pajamas or arrange for guests to dress up in the same pajama set.

    Decorate with colorful pillows, comforters, and blankets. Keep things interesting with games such as Twister, truth or dare, a pillow fight, or a sleeping bag/pillowcase relay race. Don’t forget the camera!

    Anything But A Cup Party

    Are you sick of drinking from red solo cups? You're not alone! The theme of this party is all about being creative!

    The rules are simple. At an 'Anything But A Cup' party, people are required to bring something OTHER THAN A CUP to drink out of. From wacky to obscure, the more creative the better!

    Grab your longest straws and get ready to start sipping from some unconventional items!

    🥋Toga Party

    A toga party is a classic party theme for adults that is inexpensive and funny! The attire for this party can easily be made with white linens and fancied up with simple gold jewelry, decorative scarves, rope belts, head wreaths, and sandals.

    Decorate with candles, hanging vines, and colors such as gold and white with a touch of purple. If you want to fancy things up, you can decorate with Greek architecture, like columns and pillars. For food, you can keep it simple with fruits and veggies and other simple finger foods, or spruce it up with traditional greek fare.

    💆Spa Party

    Three women sitting with spa facials.

    A spa party is a perfect theme for a relaxing night. Plus, you AND your guests will feel relaxed afterward rather than exhausted! Bring out the champagne and snacks and set up stations for manicures, pedicures, and facials. Have each guest bring at least one nail polish color to save money.

    For facials, you can purchase these masks that don't require water. You can even set up a massage station with this inexpensive massage seat cushion! If in the budget, hire professionals to do the work while you and your guests sit back and relax!

    🦩Tropical Beach/Luau Party

    A tropical beach or luau theme is a great way to get guests to think warm and is even more fun if you don’t live near the beach! Ask guests to dress in their favorite tropical-themed beachwear and grassy skirts.

    Decorate with colorful beach balls, beach umbrellas, leis, hula hoops, and sunglasses. For food, keep it simple with freshly cut tropical fruits, chips and a a bright ceviche, as well as tropical drinks, vodka sunrise and even margarita pitchers with umbrellas. Add some fun to the mix with a hula hoop contest, water balloon toss, or a beach-themed scavenger hunt.

    🌮Mexican Fiesta Party

    While great for celebrating Cinco de Mayo, you can host this colorful party theme any time of the year. Decorate with sombreros, maracas, guitars and papel picado and have guests arrive in traditional Mexican dresses, sombreros and serapes.

    For food, serve up traditional Mexican dishes such as margaritas, mulitas, nachos, and tortilla chips with salsa, guacamole and queso.

    Two hands shuffling a deck of UNO cards.

    🎮Classic Game Night Party

    Get ready to get competitive with some of your classic childhood favorites like Uno, Twister, Monopoly, Pictionary, and Trivial Pursuit! Depending on how many guests you have, you may choose to have everyone participate in one game or split up into gaming stations.

    🕶️Decade Party

    In this fun party theme for adults, ask your guests to dress up for the decade they were born. It will be a hit to see the variety of costumes based on what was trending during that time and guess the decade!

    To decorate, use a variety of themes over a range of years. You can also set up a photo booth with additional props from each decade.

    💫Astrology Party

    An astrology party theme is a unique and fun way to learn more about your guests! Ask guests to arrive wearing something that represents their sign. Use constellations, planets, and glow-in-the-dark stars to decorate.

    Another option is to set up a horoscope station where guests can read their horoscope for that day and month. The fun part will be guessing the zodiac sign of each guest! 

    Two people in Christmas sweaters laughing together.

    Ugly Sweater Party

    Although most popular around the holidays, you don’t have to wait for Christmas to host this fun, classic winter party! Have guests arrive in their ugliest winter sweaters and award prizes for the worst one.

    🥝Food Festival Party

    Take the usual potluck to the next level by having guests cook their favorite foods or desserts and set them up at individual tables like a food festival. To add some friendly competition, award prizes for the best food festival dish!

    🤑Seven Deadly Sins

    Pride. Greed. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. Wrath. Sloth. In this unique party theme, guests will need to test their creative skills and arrive wearing something that represents one of the seven deadly sins. The best part is guessing what sin they are!

    Man and woman dressed up like a prince and princess in a fairy tale.

    🤴Fairy Tale Party

    You grew up with fairy tales and told them to your children. Now you get to play the part! Pick one fairytale theme or have your guests dress up as their favorite prince or princess.

    Disguise your cocktails as secret potions from your favorite fairy tales. When it comes to decorations, think elegant. Sparkling crowns, tiaras, and wands make fun giveaways, even for the adults!

    🍾Truth Or Drink Party

    Truth or drink is a casual game similar to truth or date. It's best played with a small group of 6-12 friends. All you need is some index cards and a pencil. Write down all the questions and ask to your friends. The ones who answer truthfully will not need to drink. The others, bottoms up!

    Laugh over embarassingly funny truths and learn some secrets you may have never known about your friends! Here is a list of 100 questions to ask!

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