Works well for --> Tropical Luau/Sea/Beach/Underwater/Sailing/Wet 'n' Wild/Pirate/Pirates of the Caribbean/Gilligan's Island/Treasure Island/Castaway

FOOD & DRINK

• Tropical fruit punch
• Tropical fruit salad plate
• Upside-down pineapple cake
• Chicken wings
• Hawaiian chicken burgers (minis)
• Hawaiian pizza (minis/slices)
• Date slice
• Fruit skewers
• Fish and chips/seafood
• Rum and Coca-Cola
• Cold beers
• Banana splits/ice cream sundaes
• Piña Coladas
• Popcorn pearls (in shells?)
• Jelly cups
• Tropical trifle
• Kebabs (tropical)
• Key Lime pie
• Chicken-in-a-Biscuit crackers (look like fish)
• Glazed tropical cheesecake
• Hawaiian fish fingers (wrapped in cheese, ham and pineapple)
• Iced tea
• Tropical slushies (also for cocktails)
• Hawaiian scrolls/pinwheel pastries
• Barbeque
• Prawn skewers
• Bacon wrapped prawns (with pineapple
• Make-your-own ice cream sundae bar (with tropical toppings)
• TROPICAL COCKTAILS
  • Tequila Sunrise
  • Piña Colada
  • Daiquiri
  • Long Island Iced Tea
  • South Seas
  • Mai Tai
  • Gin Sling
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Harvey Wallbanger
  • Blue Lagoon
  • Chi Chi
  • Silver Sunset
  • Summer Hummer
  • Margarita
  • Freddie Fudputter
  • Blue Monday
  • Midori Splice
  • Melon Sour
  • Shady Lady
  • Tropicana
  • Fruit Tingle
  • Life Saver
  • Poison
  • Happy Days
  • Copacabana
  • Tropical Night
  • Sea Breeze
  • Killer Zombie
  • Cobra’s Venom
  • June Bug
  • Fire-eater
  • Peach on the Beach
  • Planter’s Lunch
  • Sex on the Beach
  • Long Beach
• CANDIES/SNACKS
  • Lifesavers
  • Jelly rings
  • Bounty chocolates
  • Dried fruit (banana, pawpaw, coconut)/jellied fruit (pineapple, lime, orange)
  • Pineapple candies
  • Mint leaves (candy)
  • Jelly sharks/fish (candy)
  • Marshmallow fish/frogs
  • Macadamia nuts
  • Tropical fruit jubes
  • Freddo Frogs
  • Banana candies
  • Chocolate coins and candy "jewels" for treasure

GIFTS/PRIZES

• Grass skirts
• Leis
• Coconut shells
• Sunglasses
• Straw hats
• Hula dancers
• Surfboards
• Flamingos
• Tikis
• Palm trees
• Sarongs
• Bubble kits
• Shell necklaces
• Flower hair pieces
• Squirt toys
• Water pistols
• Flower jewellery
• Pearls
• Hawaiian/beach theme stickers
• Water balloons
• Plastic fruit jewellery
• Tropical drink glasses/cocktail accessories
• Tropical sand/ice/jelly mold
• Cocktail gear, tropical drink mix

Put prizes in a treasure chest and/or basket of leis for everyone!

ACTIVITIES/ENTERTAINMENT

• Hula contest
• Hula-hoop contest
• Karaoke
• Limbo
• Water fight
• Coloured water/soft balloon (with paint) version of paintballing
• Coconut rolling contest
• Beach volleyball
• Tug-o-war
• Sandcastle competition
• Tropical music
• Capture the Flag/Pirate War
• Bunkers (beach game)
• 3-legged (peg leg) race
• Pin the Parrot (or eye patch) on the Pirate
• Musical Islands
• Sardines
• Captain Says (like Simon Says)
• Crocodile
• I Spy
• Treasure Map (like Mr Bear's Honey Pot)
• Beach games (cricket, volleyball)
• Treasure Hunt
• Fishing game
• Make messages in a bottle
• Bubble blowing
• Hula/surfing photo props
• TROPICAL FILMS
  • Blue Hawaii
  • Blue Lagoon/Return to the Blue Lagoon,
  • Treasure Island (Muppet Treasure Island),
  • CastAway
  • Gilligan’s Island
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Lilo and Stitch
  • Splash/Splash Too
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Peter Pan
  • South Pacific
  • Master and Commander
  • Hook

DECORATIONS

• Straw/bamboo fencing
• Make a paddling pool look like a pond if no swimming pool
• Palm trees, vines, flowers and plants
• Tikis
• Luau hut/tiki umbrella
• Beach sand
• Beach umbrellas
• Surfboards
• Flamingos
• Hibiscus and frangipanis (or candles/floating candles)
• Bamboo torches
• Parrot on a perch
• Tropical fruit (fake or real)
• Tribal masks
• Shells, sea creatures
• Tropical print material
• Fake fire or real/brazier/patio heater
• If in backyard, make sandpit for sandcastles and to go around pond, etc (sandpit = fill paddling pool with beach sand)
• Bubble machine
• Bamboo and raffia table skirts & decorations
• Fish netting
• Treasure chest, treasure map
• Beach chairs, beach umbrellas

COSTUME

• Hula outfit
• Beach look
• Carmen Miranda look
• Tropical prints, Hawaiian shirt
• Pirate
• Beach dude/tourist on a cruise
• Surfie
• Sailor
• Mermaid
• Castaway/Gilligan's Island cast
• Beachcomber hat, sunglasses
• Swimsuit, board shorts
• Ukelele
• Flip flops, sandals
• Grass skirt, lei
• Carry a bucket and spade

OTHER

• Invitations: in shells, plus flower bracelets for girls and shell necklaces for guys
• Random items