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Karaoke party
What makes this an experience?
We give the tired image of karaoke a much needed facelift with birthday party ideas that your kids will love. There will be no sappy love songs sung to an empty room. Instead, picture a live rock concert where kids become the stars! The kids will be issued VIP backstage passes, dress up in rock and roll costumes, and perform on stage to their favorite songs. This is no karaoke party, this is a rock and roll karaoke experience!
SETTING THE SCENE
Ready to decorate?
A truly unique birthday experience starts with the decorations. Some effort here will help bring your guests into the world that you are creating. We generally prefer not to spend a lot of money on elaborate decorations, rather our focus is on projects we can do ourselves and inexpensive store bought items that have a big bang for the buck.
What will you need
Consider the items below as our wish list of decorations. Pick and choose what works best for your space and budget. The placement of each item will be described in more detail in the sections that follow.
To make:
- A sign for your entrance
- Backstage passes
- Signed guitar cutouts
- Rock Star posters
To buy:
- Balloons (any color will do)
- Streamers
- A red carpet
- Mirror ball
- Karaoke machine
Room-by-room guide
Outside: Greet your guests with a sign welcoming them to your Rock and Roll Cafe. Poster board will do just fine. Decorate it with musical notes and a microphone. And for a person touch, name the cafe after your child. For example:
Welcome to John's Rock and Roll Cafe!
The sign sets the stage for the party and is an easy do-it-yourself project as shown below. Use balloons as appropriate, outside to provide that extra wow factor.
Project - Welcome sign: Using a large white
poster board create a sign to welcome guests to the Rock and Roll Cafe. Start by sketching a large,
cloud-like shape that will serve as the outside border of your sign. On one side, sketch a couple of
musical notes that extend partly outside of the top of the
"cloud". On the other side, sketch a microphone
that also goes beyond the cloud. Now fill the rest of the sign with the words "Welcome to [your child's name]
Rock and Roll Cafe!". Now color in the words, notes and microphone. Color in the outline of the "cloud".
And finally, cut out the sign along the outside of the cloud, notes and microphone. Voila! Your sign
is done.
The rock and roll lounge: Continue the chosen color scheme inside. To create the appropriate mood in the lounge, think about creating your own version of the Hard Rock Cafe. On the walls, put posters of your kids' favorite bands and singers. In addition, cut out guitar shapes from poster board and cover them with autographs. You can either fake autographs of their favorite bands, or you could put the names of the guests.
The stage: What is a performance without a stage? Regardless of your space or money constraints, you should make some sort of stage for the karaoke performers. It could be as simple as some cardboard boxes flattened and taped together. Or if you are handy with a hammer, consider constructing a little stage out of wood. It doesn't need to be more than a few inches off the ground. Just something to define the performance area.
Ideally while some are performing others will be dancing. So make an effort to create a dance club
feel. A mirror ball would be ideal.
The dress-up room: To help the performers get in the right frame of mind, you will have an area with dress up clothes. Mark the entrance to this area with a star labeled "Dressing Room", throw a popular star's name on like "Mylie's Dressing Room".
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