7 French Party Theme Ideas You Must See Before You Start Planning
Throwing a French party theme will be an experience your guests will find unique. It is the one opportunity you get to dress up as a nations stereotypes and poke fun, while enjoying their delicious wine and food. I hope you enjoy the planning process, to help you out here are some French party theme ideas.
1. First things first, you should be creative with your invitations to get everybody in the mood. I suggest you send out your invites on mini French flags or other famous emblems of France such as cut outs of the Eiffel Tower or Champs Elysees!
2. Another idea would be to invite your guests via Facebook. Create a group and invite everyone you want. This way you can also decorate your page with photos and answer any questions your guests may have via the wall. Also, as soon as your guests see that quite a few will be attending it will encourage others to attend.
3. The costumes are an essential part to any theme party. I suggest you poke gentle fun at the French stereotypes by wearing a black and white horizontal stripey jumper, an onion necklace and beret. You could go a week without shaving or grow a moustache to accompany the look.
4. The funny thing is, the ladies can dress as exactly the same thing, minus the no shaving part. As an alternative consider Marie Antoinette or a French maid.
5. Play French style cafe music to create the atmosphere of being in a genuine cafe of France.
6. Hire a French mime artist or street performer if you have a budget.
7. The essence of this kind of a party though should be the food and wine. Get plenty of both red and white, with a different glass for each per guests. If you have a good budget, you could hire a French chef to take care of this side for you.