Decorating a Sweet 16 Party With Lights

Trying to figure out how to decorate for a Sweet 16 party can be daunting the first time you do it, but once you read over these ideas for adding light and ambiance to the party, you'll be excited about all the possibilities. Lights are the perfect accent to any party and a Sweet Sixteen party is no exception. Your little girl is growing up, so why not give her a grown up party with "teenage flair"? Here are some great ideas for incorporating Christmas lights and candles into your Sweet 16 party décor.

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Indoor Lighting Ideas

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Staircases look even more beautiful adorned with sparkles of light. Interweave strings of mini lights through the banister from top to bottom. Add tulle or gossamer fabric if you are planning a more formal party theme.

Decorate the entire indoor party space and areas surrounding it with strings of Christmas lights.

Create a ceiling of light in the main room by suspending lights from the ceiling.

Outline doorways and windows. Create a display table with photos of your daughter growing up. Drape lights all around the table and then cover them with sheer fabric so pinpoints of light will shine through.

Don't forget to decorate the gift table and food table with mini lights too!

Candles tucked safely inside glass hurricanes are perfect in groups around the house. Choose lights and candles in colors that match the theme of the party.

Outdoor Lighting Ideas

Decorate the trees, shrubs, fences, and any other outdoor feature you have in both your front and back yard. Lead the guests to the party area with lights lining the sidewalk or walkway. Decorate the food table and gift table with lights. Battery operated mini lights are perfect for transforming an ordinary table centerpiece into something extraordinary. Suspend light strings along the garden paths using light stakes. Create a beautiful lighted arch using an ordinary garden trellis - weave the lights all through the trellis and add vines or flowers for added color and pizzazz. Hang a banner introducing the guest of honor between two trees - add lights to the tree trunks and attach them to the banner if possible to make it sparkle. Line walkways or paths with luminaries - bags filled halfway with sand and votive candles nestled securely in the middle of the sand - especially nice for evening parties.

Christmas lights bring so much to the party! Lights come in just about every color and shape nowadays too, so choose the colors of lights for your Sweet 16 party that match or coordinate with the overall theme.

Pink, purple, and white are popular colors, but some teens prefer a combination of silver and white lights to make the occasion a bit more formal. Do whatever works for your party girl's preferences!

See that? You're a pro now that you have learned how to decorate for a Sweet 16 party with lights! The next one won't be so difficult, right? Have fun with it!

Decorating a Sweet 16 Party With Lights

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Decorating For a Birthday Party With Mini Lights

You're planning another birthday party. You've been to the party stores and the department stores for paper decorations. The cake is ordered and the invitations have been sent. However, something is missing. The paper decorations alone just don't seem to be enough. Why not bring a fun, festive and unique flair to your birthday party by decorating with mini Christmas lights? These easy to install light sets are the perfect addition to any party decor.

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Decorating for birthday parties doesn't have to be typical or boring any longer. Use your imagination to utilize Christmas lights in every way possible for your next birthday party. Here are a few ideas for incorporating mini lights into your birthday party decorations.

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Does your daughter love to dress up and pretend she is a princess? Throw her a princess birthday party. Decorate the doorways with pink and white tulle. Then, intertwine pink mini lights around the tulle to outline the doorway. Continue the theme into the party room. Use the same idea to decorate the front of the buffet table and cake table. The gift table would look beautiful with pink and clear sets swagged around it against a pink tablecloth. Drape pink mini lights from the ceiling of the party room to add more color. Or, it would be simple to alternate crepe paper and mini lights across the ceiling.

Boys love pirates! Purchase or make a large treasure chest. Decorate it with orange or clear mini lights. Fill it with fake gems and treasures. Perhaps include the game prizes in here too. Are you really creative? Make a cardboard pirate ship in the front yard and deck it out with clear mini lights. This would be especially fantastic for an evening birthday party!

For a fiesta themed birthday party, decorate with our multi colored lights. Birthday parties for younger children aren't the same without a pinata. Create a circle on the ceiling with festive colored lights like red, yellow and teal lights and then hang the pinata right in the middle of the circle.

Hang a curtain of multi color lights in the doorway where the children walk into the party room. Place a few blow-up cactus plants around the party room and use either multi or clear sets to wrap the cactus and pool some lights at the bottom of the pot. (Green also works great for this!)

A Sweet 16 birthday party isn't complete without pink and purple mini lights decorating the doorways, windows, food table, and even the sidewalks leading into your home or into the party room. Create the number "16″ on a wall with a couple of sets. Perhaps put pictures of the teen growing up in and around the lit up number.

Decorating for birthday parties for people turning 40, 50 and older sometimes seem to always focus on black items. Why not approach those milestone birthdays a bit differently? Instead of "grieving" the birthday age, celebrate it! Use multi color mini lights or several individual strands of colored mini lights to decorate the party room.

Perhaps you've chosen antiques for your party theme. If your party area is large enough, bring in antique props, like red wagons and wooden wheelbarrows. The red wagons would look fantastic outlined or draped with red or clear twinkle lights. The wooden wheelbarrows would be so pretty decorated with clear lights. Use old-fashioned lamps on the food and dinner tables. Surround each one with battery operated mini lights for a beautiful effect.

Decorating for birthday parties with mini lights is a great way to create a party atmosphere that is a step above the others!

Decorating For a Birthday Party With Mini Lights

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