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Home / Latest Posts / Life / Party Ideas / Pretty in Pink Theme Party

Pretty in Pink Theme Party

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 7/19/19Updated: 9/24/21

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bouquet of pink balloons

A Pretty in Pink Theme Party where everything is pink and the guests are asked to come dressed from the 50’s.

pink balloons

Cali and I worked hard to put together a surprise party for Tessa’s sixteenth birthday.  I hope I am forgiven for all the lies I had to tell to keep it a secret!

But we did keep it a secret and Tessa was surprised!

surprised party guest

Sweet Sixteen Party

For this Sweet Sixteen party we went with a Grease/50’s theme and everyone was asked to come dressed in their favorite 50’s attire. We used the Pink Ladies from the movie Grease as our color inspiration for the party.

comb in pant pocket

Pink Party Decor

A color scheme of pink, black and polka dots was used to decorate with because everything is prettier in pink – isn’t it?!

I made big pink pom poms to hang from the kitchen nook area where the food was- compliments of Martha.

pink party poufs

And of course there were pink balloons.  Jim’s assignment was to get the balloons from the grocery store.  When he couldn’t fit them all in the car he walked home carrying his 16 balloons.  By the time he got home there were only 15 left and after tying them up in the backyard we were down to 14 but no one seemed to notice!

bouquet of pink balloons

Party Food

The food was set up in the kitchen – we had a cupcake bar and a candy bar – all in pink!

Party table set up

There were chocolate dipped strawberries with pretty pink sprinkles…

chocolate dipped strawberries
good and plenty candy in a jar

And a lot of pink candy.

strawberry candy in a jar

Strawberry Whoppers and Mother’s Animal Cookies were the perfect pink addition.

circus animal cookies in a jar

I used the party to test out a few cupcakes recipes. I found a yummy recipe for strawberry cupcakes over at Our Best Bites. 

pink frosted cupcakes

Also, I made Chocolate Malted Cupcakes with Chocolate Malted Whip Cream Frosting.

Sweet Sixteen Party

Most of the party took place outside. And the weather was perfect. The kids played badminton, broke a piñata, and made s’mores in the backyard fire pit.

Sweet Sixteen Partyss'mores

After playing and eating, we set up a projection screen in the backyard and watched Grease!

I made these cute little hanging tea light holders out of punch cups I found at Goodwill.  We hung them in the trees.  Nothing adds atmosphere more than candles!

candle hanging in garden

These little glass candle holders were a last minute addition. I found them at Craft Warehouse the day of the party and strung them along a wire.

candles in jars.

All in all the party was a huge success and Tessa was thrilled.

Originally posted July 19, 2009


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  1. Prateek says

    Posted on 1/22 at 2:37 am

    You have mentioned very cool ideas here, might be helped for throwing a amazing party.

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  2. Alex says

    Posted on 1/30 at 6:07 am

    Great job with the planning and the result!! The truth is it doesn’t matter how long it took, (or the lies you had to tell her), it all goes away when you see the huge smile on her face!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!

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  3. Whirlwind wedding says

    Posted on 11/23 at 3:56 am

    She was really surprised to see all that ,evident from 2nd pic .Your arrangement was top notch ,specially the food .I love the concept of chocolate dipped strawberries and sprinkles on berries are just like icing on the cake.Last pic really sums up the story.Thanks for sharing .

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  4. Julie from Best-Printable-Invitations says

    Posted on 10/20 at 1:16 am

    Wow! Just looking for party ideas and this is the best one I have seen. What a beautiful party – I am impressed. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

    Reply
  5. Jane Cooper says

    Posted on 10/11 at 3:37 am

    The pink theme is really lovely and totally girlie, I remember doing something similar for my daughters 1oth birthday, she wanted something different from the traditional kids parties and she is very much a girlie girl so everything was pink all the way, she even got all her friends to arrive wearing pink, it was really sweet

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