A bit quirky and very fun, the mustache trend is sweeping fashion, home decor, and party planning! As ‘stache fans ourselves, we just added a collection of oh-so refined mustache party supplies to PartyPail, which features a red, black, and white color palette and some well-trimmed handlebar mustaches.
Our Mustache Madness theme is perfect for boys’ birthday parties, boy baby showers, and mens’ birthday parties. And we don’t think the ladies should be excluded, either!
If you’re thinking about throwing a mustache bash, we mustache you to read on for a bevy of party planning tips and ideas!
Mustache Party Invitations
Our Mustache Madness invitations feature a black handlebar mustache and the word “Party!” in a vintage font. It’s also very simple to make your own DIY mustache invitations. Simply Google “mustache stencil” and you’ll find tons of simple mustache outlines that you can print out and use to make DIY invitations. Cut out the stencil and use it as a template to trim out mustaches from black card stock. Glue the mustaches on 4.5″ x 6.5″ card stock cards, and on the other side use a vintage font to disclose the party details.
Mustache Party Decorations
For the decor, focus on a color palette of red, black, and white, and go with quirky and vintage-inspired decorations with these ideas:
- Begin by decorating with some Mustache Madness party decorations. Cove the tables with the Mustache Madness Table Covers, and tie balloon bouquets featuring our Mustache Madness Mustache Balloons on the backs of the chairs. Drape red and black streamers around the room, and let helium-filled polka dot balloons float to the ceiling.
- To tie in the vintage manly theme, create a necktie garland across one wall. To do this, clothespin neckties onto a length of cord or twine. Between the neckties, you can alternate letters to spell “happy birthday,” “it’s a boy,” “mustache madness,” or any other phrase you want!
- For centerpieces, cut mustache shapes out of black card stock and tape the mustaches to dowel rods. Fill clear glass vases with pebbles, marbles, or sand, and stick the mustache sticks in the vases at varying heights.
- Hang a gallery wall of photos of the honoree on one wall. Cut out mustache shapes from black card stock, and tape the mustaches on the honoree’s face in the photos. Use a masking tape with a low level of adhesive so you don’t damage the photos!
- For the table settings, mix and match Mustache Madness paper goods with your own dishes. For example, use Mustache Madness plates, straws, and napkins with your own silverware and glassware. And for the final touch, set a bow tie napkin at each place setting! Here’s how to make one:
- Unfold a black paper napkin.
- Fold two opposite corners in to meet at the center. Position the napkin so one of the folded edges is facing you.
- Fold the napkin in half from the bottom up.
- Fold the napkin in half again from the top down.
- Fold the left and right sides in so the points slightly overlap in the center.
- Turn the napkin over so the folded side is on the bottom.
- Slide a ribbon under the center and cinch the center of the napkin.
- Tie the ribbon in a knot and trim the ends.
Mustache Party Manly Eats
Go with a “manly” spread of food at your mustache party! Think bar food and guys’ favorites that they might indulge in while watching a football game. For example, serve sliders, hot wings, quesadillas, pulled pork “manwiches,” pb&j cut with a mustache cookie cutter, corn dogs, and more.
To drink, serve old-timey sodas in bottles, like Sioux City Sarsaparilla, Root Beer, and Cream Soda. Also fill clear glass drink dispensers or pitchers with iced tea and water and label them with signs that say, “wet your whiskers.” Don’t forget our Mustache Madness Straws for the sips!
For dessert, a mustache-shaped cookie cutter is a must! Make sugar cookies shaped like mustaches, and top all the sweets with mustache-shaped fondant icing.
Mustache Party Activities
A photo booth is an obvious must! Cut lots of mustache shapes from black card stock, and tape them to dowel rods. Make sure you get every style, from handlebars to pencil, chevron, and fu manchu! Also get manly accessories like neckties, bowties, hats, and a very sophisticated monocle!
Adults will have fun playing a game of “Name that ‘Stache,” which can be played a couple different ways. One way is to print classic mustache shapes, like cowboy, handlebar, pushbroom, and chevron, on a piece of paper and the guests must match the ‘stache to the correct name. Another version is to print out cropped-in photos of famous mustaches so you can’t see the wearer’s face. The guests must then guess which famous mustache belongs to which famous figure. For example, Tom Selleck, Alex Trebek, Rollie Fingers, Ron Burgundy, Clark Gable, Frederick Nietzsche, Mark Twain, Martin Luther King Jr, Hitler, and Fu Manchu all have iconic mustaches your guests may recognize.
Mustache Party Favors
For favors, one idea is to send your guests home with mustache-shaped sweets. A treat box full of mustache-shaped sugar cookies or chocolates is something your guests will enjoy. You could also include vintage-style candies to fit in with the theme, such as candy sticks, caramels, candy buttons, licorice, and more.
If the party is for adults, please your guests with manly pints of bourbon, cigars, bacon candles, or matchbooks.
We’re sure you’re full of your own mustache party ideas, so we mustache you to drop them in the comments below!