How many times have you been to a BBQ or picnic, and have seen RED SOLO CUPS everywhere?\u00a0 Well, Toby Keith has taken RED SOLO CUPS to a new level, and wrote a country song about them.\u00a0 My sister, Erin, recently asked me to help with a surprise 30th RED SOLO CUP birthday celebration, in honor of Toby Keith’s song, “Red Solo Cup” (her boyfriend, Josh’s favorite song).\u00a0 How could I say no – what a clever, and inexpensive party theme!!!<\/p>\n

I was told that she had a limited budget (mostly $ towards great food & keg beer), and she wanted everyone to create a solo cup birthday hat for a contest.<\/p>\n

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So…. with a limited budget, I was basically working with designs & solo cups. (However, I was able to convince her to hire a fabulous local baker; Misty’s Cakery, Ohio<\/a>) to create a 3D (approx 15″ tall) RED SOLO CUP CAKE!!!!<\/p>\n

For the treat table, I designed wine wraps, water bottle wraps, party logos, party flags and red solo cup silhouettes.\u00a0 The budget didn’t allow for a backdrop, but who needs one when you have such an amazing cake as your focal point???\u00a0If you display food in your party colors (such as colored chocolate dipped pretzels, oreos, strawberries & raspberries), coordinating candies, and add little printable graphics to dress it up, that’s really all you need when working with a small budget. \u00a0 Get creative with the resources you already have, and go from there…..<\/p>\n

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Party logos are perfect to dress up anything –\u00a0 tape to glass containers, as well as use for toothpicks to hold together simple food such as: tomato caprese bites & sandwiches.<\/p>\n

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I created an easy solo cup hanging decor, hung from a chandelier by punching holes in the cups and tying together with twine.\u00a0 I used 4 cups total, and then stuck party logos on each end and added poms\/tissue strands for extra color.<\/p>\n

*Note – hot glue does not work well when making solo cup decorations – try staples, duct tape or punch holes and connect with twine or sturdy string.<\/p>\n

We dressed up bottles of liquor for the top 3 winners for the red solo cup birthday hat contest.\u00a0 (Added pattern paper around the top neck, then tied on some tissue strands, and a party logo)<\/p>\n

I created a “30” stand out of red solo cup bottoms – I tried hot glue first, and then ended up using a lot of duct tape!!!\u00a0 I even made a little pennant banner out of red solo cups…<\/p>\n

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When the birthday boy arrived, we all had on our solo cup birthday hats (I made extras for those who didn’t come prepared).<\/p>\n

(Birthday boy below… he was SURPRISED, and yes Toby Keith’s RED SOLO CUP song was playing in the background)!!!!<\/p>\n

<\/a>Some of the great party hats worn by guests!!!<\/p>\n

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The guests were so great in participating… some of the favorites:<\/p>\n

1. “American Made” – cup made with little metal gadgets, screws, bolts, etc by my dad who has a hardware store – so funny!<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 “Queen Bee” – princess tiara worn by the birthday boy’s mom<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 “Me at age 30” – my sister Laura, and her husband Dave were into bandanas and mullets when they were 30 – they dressed their cups accordingly!<\/p>\n

4. “Vogue” – strike a pose, Erin!\u00a0 I’m sure you can figure out that one!<\/p>\n

5. “Trojan Man” – a gladiator style helmet made completely out of solo cups (my husband’s) lol<\/p>\n

6. “Cowgirl” – cowgirl hat made completely out of solo cups, with matching purse and bracelet (yes, that was mine, and my 9 year old designed\/made my purse) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

7. “Cowboy” – cowboy hat made out of beer cardboard box and solo cups\u00a0 (he arrived late, but was a winner!)<\/p>\n

Throughout the evening, we played “Beer Pong” with solo cups, of course; “Flip Cup” with more solo cups and “Cornhole”…. no solo cups used with this one, except for holding beverages.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Birthday boy blowing out cake, and the final 3 birthday hat winners!<\/p>\n

Everyone LOVED the party, and the birthday boy was thrilled as well!\u00a0 We ended the evening with fireworks and lots of great memories!<\/p>\n

This is such a fun party theme – it really could be used for summer bbq’s, family reunions, neighborhood get-togethers…. even my kids wanted to participate once they saw the hats we were making!\u00a0 It doesn’t have to be just for adults!!!<\/p>\n

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