How to have a white out party
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A White Out party is also commonly referred to as an All White party. This can be a party where all things (or at least most things) are white.
White items
Knowing what items are white can assist with invitations, decorations, and costumes.
Ghosts, clouds, vehicles, snow, chess pieces, and aliens can be white. I know that this isn't always the case for most of the items I mentioned. White knights are also a thing, too!
Lots of animals have white breeds, including cats, polar bears, dogs, mice, rabbits, sheep and horses. Regarding birds, doves are white. Unicorns are mythological creatures and they can be white.
Angels can be white. I know that angels have a yellow halo, but they're mostly white.
Many white flowers exist but we'll get into this in out "decorations" section.
Invitations
Most paper is white anyway, so that is all good. You can also have outlines of white items on paper invitations.
If your event invite is online, you can have pictures or photos of white items. These are not the same things as pictures can be photographs, too.
You'd put that you're throwing a White Out party along with the dress code.
Dress code
Lots of options are available.
You can just say that people can wear anything white.
People can wear white T-shirts and shorts. Just tank tops and shorts are options, too
Everybody can wear wedding dresses. You probably can get cheap ones; I assume people wouldn't want to turn up in their actual wedding dress!
Lots of white dresses and jeans exist. Button-down shirts are an option, too.
Everyone can come in white Togas. Read more about toga parties.
People may want to wear a wig or dye their hair. Hats are also an option.
There would be plenty of white jewelry available, such as necklaces and earrings.
Several shoe types come in white, including high-heels and sneakers. White socks are also an option.
You can have leis or bracelets of white flowers. See our decoration section below for the specific types of flowers that would be suitable.
People could come as ghosts, white animals or other white items.
You can pick from some of the above options. You can be as specific as you want, or say something vague, "wear something white" or "wear white head to toe".
Decorations
You may want white balloons, streamers. lanterns and items that hang from the ceiling.
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You can cut paper into any shape that you want; cutting paper into the shape of white items listed above would be cool.
You can hang white sheets, wallpaper or drapes around.
You could also buy white flags. Be mindful that waving a white flag usually means that you're surrendering.
You can have pictures of many things that are white.
People can bring white furniture or you can rent the items.
You can buy inflatable snowmen or ghosts.
You can buy many white flowers including daisies, tulips, carnations, white roses, gardenia. This may be a bad idea if some party-goers have hay fever though. You could buy fake flowers.
Centerpiece
The flowers listed above can be great for a centerpiece.
Seating
You can get white deck chairs. If the party is outside, then people can sit on towels.
Drinks
Plenty of white cocktails exist including White Christmas, Virgin Frozen Margarita, and Pina Colada.
White Rum and White Sambuca are spirits to consider. I'm a Sambuca fan!
Milk is an option. You could also have vanilla milkshakes. Baily's also goes well with milk.
Eggnog would be an option. You could have this at a Christmas party.
Not everyone will like the above options so you may want to be flexible. If people don't want white drinks then they could put their drinks into white sipper bottles.
Food
You can have fish, potatoes and/or rice. I like mashed potatoes. You can also have potato salad or rice salad.
Cauliflower is an option.
Various desserts would be available such as vanilla ice cream, cake and various yogurts. I love both vanilla ice cream and yogurt.
Cream also goes with lots of food. You can make lemonade jelly and have lemonade ice blocks; I remember enjoying the occasional lemonade ice block.
White chocolate and various other types of candy can be purchased.
Popcorn and sandwiches are additional options.
Your dinnerware can also be white. However perhaps you can have an alternative color for dinnerware for people who may have problems seeing due to low vision.
Tablecloths can also be white.
Napkins can be a good idea at meal times, because people wouldn't want to spill anything on white clothes.
Movies
Lots of Christmas movies have snow. You can watch one of those if you want to.
You could also watch "Ghostbusters".
Games
Ping pong balls are white and you can buy white plastic cups. You can play many games with these, including beer pong.
You could have a white pinata. You could also play pin the tail on the unicorn or pin the tail on the white horse.
Ten pin bowling with all white items could be an option.
You could have bingo and say white items after the number. For example "11 ghosts", "4 white wigs" etc.
You can have trivia about Ghostbusters or Christmas.
Spin The Bottle with a white bottle could be an option, too.
Depending on the guests you may want to have a wet T-shirt contest or a water fight. This is best for "adults-only" parties. You may want to have spare T-shirts if you do this.
Other activities
You could have a fashion show.
If you have permission from the property owner, then guests could spray paint pictures on the driveway.
Music
If it is a Christmas party you could play "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and other snow-related songs.
Songs about angels, ghosts and clouds exist.
If you get a DJ, then tell them to wear white.
Some songs that you can consider:
White Wedding by Bily Idol.
White Flag by Dido.
There's lots of white in the music videos for "Flying Without Wings" by Westlife and "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys.
Photo booth
You can have a white backdrop for you photo booth and/or have white props.
Car pool
Trusted friends could car pool in a white vehicle. Ensure that you have a sober driver. If you don't then taxis are mostly white, but I am sure that you cannot be too strict with the color of vehicles for going home.
Pets
You may want to have little white dogs at your party. This would be best for outside parties. You should check if the dogs that people may bring will trigger allergies. If this is the case, then this could be a bad idea.
I am assuming you know people with cute little white dogs. If you don't, then you may ignore this section.
Which occasions go with white?
Most occasions go great with white.
If you want to have a wedding party or hens night where everybody is as white as the bride, then an all white party is a great way to do this. You could do the same for wedding anniversary parties.
White can be a great gender neutral color so it's great for birthday parties.
You can have a party a week before Labor Day. People used to not wear white after Labor Day.
You could have a midyear Christmas party and the white could represent snow. You could have a white Christmas party, even if it doesn't snow at Christmas time for you.
White Out parties are also good for general winter themed parties, even if you're not throwing it in winter.
Thanks for reading
Have a great White Out party.
See our Hawaii article for instructions on making leis or flower bracelets.