Sea party for adults: dive into the abyss of fun!

Invitations

We decorate the traditional version of a rectangular postcard with drawings of waves, algae, and sea inhabitants.

Fish, turtles and seahorses can be drawn, or you can cut them out of colored cardboard and glue them onto a postcard - then we’ll get a three-dimensional detail that will look more interesting.

Well, the options for figured postcards are a shell, a duck, a whale or a mermaid’s tail.

What to do with little guests

Of course, you can always invite an experienced animator to entertain the kids, but you can come up with a lot of fun games on your own. Here are some ideas for you.

Knocking down the banks

Children's bowling

To build a sea with sharks and make a narrow bridge from a board, the participants of the game must walk so as not to fall into the “abyss of the sea” with dangerous predators.

Dangerous path

You can make a pirate hook from a cup and cardboard. Ask the children to use these hooks to take out dryers, round cookies or rings. Whoever fishes out the most items wins.

Agility Test

If your home has an inflatable pool with balls, then you can make a game like this. The goal is to throw as many balls as possible into the pirate's mouth. You can make not a pirate, but a shark or some other sea creature.

Who is the most accurate?

Another game is to cut out rings from disposable plates and attach hooks to the board. You need to throw as many rings on them as possible.

Who is the most accurate?

Decorating the room

You can use paper boats strung on a thread as a garland at the holiday. Crabs, jellyfish, and shells also look interesting, which can be cut out of colored paper or cardboard according to a template.

Ordinary paper pompoms turn into sea inhabitants if you attach fins, tails, heads and other details to them.

Chinese lanterns are also good at transforming into inhabitants of the depths. It’s easy to make a fish or jellyfish from such a paper lantern.

We supplement traditional banners with figures of stars, algae, scales, or we make each detail in the shape of a shell or fish.

Balloons can also turn into fish or jellyfish; you just need to add paper tails and fins to them, and add eyes and mouth with a felt-tip pen or marker. And if you don’t have enough time or desire for creativity, stock up on ready-made foil balloons in the shape of a shark or octopus.

You can also make funny octopuses from balloons.

The marine theme will be complemented by a fishing net on the wall, decorated with figures of sea inhabitants. This grid can also be used as a stand for photographs of the birthday boy. Photos can also be placed in small round aquariums, supplemented with shells, sand, and pearls.

Once the walls are decorated, you can think about decorating the ceiling. Strips of corrugated paper imitate waves and create the illusion of being under water. An octopus made from a ball and paper strips also looks funny. Children will surely like this decorative beauty.

Hosting a wedding on the beach

A nautical wedding is usually a summer theme. If the future newlyweds are going to celebrate this significant event on the seashore or ocean to the sound of waves and a pleasant light breeze, you need to think about placing tables, chairs and an altar on the sand. Considering the nuances and possible surprises, do not forget about the sun and wind. Guests and heroes of the holiday should not spend much time in the sun.

The most suitable place for the altar would be a small wooden bridge or a stable cobblestone platform right next to the water. Sand is not the best ally when installing chairs and arches. The altar itself can be decorated with delicate white and blue ribbons and intertwined with compositions of shells or flowers. It is not necessary to decorate the chairs for guests in front of the altar, as long as they are white or blue.

In the banquet part it is better to place tents or summer tents in white, decorated with light tulle fabrics, blue ribbons with yellow, brown or coral accents. The sea or ocean shore itself is already an excellent decoration for a marine theme, so when creating an atmosphere, future newlyweds do not need to overload the environment with suitable attributes. A good solution would be to use black and white or blue and white stripes in the decor.

The chairs can be left in white, unless you choose wooden, light and elegant ones for the celebration.

Tables are covered with white, beige or blue cloth. You can decorate each table with transparent glasses with shells, pebbles and candles. Napkins should highlight the theme of the holiday, standing out with a bright color or pattern.

For such an environment, a buffet table is better suited.

We welcome guests

A special sign, decorated in a nautical style, will help inform guests about where the holiday will take place. Also, a path decorated with foil balloons to match the holiday can act as a landmark.

To ensure that guests also match the theme of the celebration, we hand out accessories to them at the entrance - caps, hoops, bracelets. Bracelets with hoops are suitable for girls, and caps are a universal option; you can dress up all your guests in them.

Accessories

For little guests, you can offer accessories to fully immerse themselves in the holiday atmosphere. These can be paper caps, pirate hats, hooks made from cups like pirates, collars like sailors.

Photo attributes

How to make a paper pirate hat

DIY pirate hat and hook

You can also prepare attributes for a photo shoot on sticks.

Image of the birthday boy

The boy's outfit depends on the theme of the holiday. If you have settled on a general nautical theme, a sailor suit will do, and if your choice is a narrower theme of pirates or SpongeBob, then choose the appropriate suit. Sailor and pirate costumes can be found at rental stores, and the role of SpongeBob's outfit can be played by an ordinary yellow T-shirt with the image of a cartoon character.

The girl can be dressed up in a mermaid costume or just in a dress that matches the color scheme. Girls really like fluffy skirts and dresses, and a felt crown with pearls or a festive paper cap to match the dress will complete the look.

Suits

To avoid confusion and embarrassment, it is better to discuss with your guests in advance how to dress for a seaside party. There are many options, and the dress code differs depending on the event - for a birthday, a wedding in a restaurant, or just meeting friends outdoors or at home, the same thing is unlikely to be suitable. Additionally, costumes depend on the main idea, if one is defined. We offer options:

• Evening or regular clothes in themed colors (blue, white, red). And the organizer will prepare decorations and sea attributes for everyone (chest at the entrance).

• Beachwear - shorts, light sundresses, pareos. Swimsuits of the listed colors or simply decorated with themed accessories (shells, pearl beads, miniature anchors, starfish). Instead of a headband - swimming goggles. You can put on flippers for fun (and take them off after the photo shoot).

• Striped or white shirts, tank tops, T-shirts. Black or blue skirts, shorts, trousers. Peakless caps and caps, guys and other uniform accessories. Cabin boy, sailor, boatswain, captain? Even if it's a naval party, the costumes can be stylized without being too formal (key word - party!).

• Simple and informal - denim bottom, striped sailor jacket. It can be artistically torn, decorated with appliqué, dropped over one shoulder, tied in a knot under the chest - add raisins! Many girls have striped T-shirt dresses, they also fit perfectly into the theme.

• Thematic images , one way or another connected with the sea: mermaid, Poseidon, fisherman, corsair. Or sea creatures - goldfish, octopus, shark, squid. This costume should be comfortable and light, or wear something underneath so that you can take it off after the photo shoot.

Buy accessories for a seaside party - earrings, bracelets, beads, hair jewelry in a recognizable style. Imitation pearls and algae, shells and mother of pearl, corals, pendants - anchors, steering wheels, etc. Although it is faster and cheaper to make them yourself. Earrings, bases for bracelets and other accessories are sold in handicraft stores.

Letters and numbers

If you are going to decorate the hall with a number symbolizing the age of the birthday person, you can implement these simple options:

You can also make the first letter of the baby’s name or even a whole word in a marine theme:

Fun competitions

A marine-themed party would be boring without fun, interesting competitions for the entire “children’s crew of the ship.” Contests will become more fun if children need to find their task before completing it. Hints, riddles or interesting logic problems will help them do this.

For example, you can tell children that there are warm and cold currents in the oceans and invite them to wander through them in search of their assignment. The note must be hidden in an area of ​​warm current. If the guys are moving in the right direction, the leader tells them “Warm,” and if they are far from the place where the note is kept, then “Cold.”

Fishing

For the competition you will need:

• 2 toy fishing sets: fishing rods and sea creatures with magnets;
• 2 small pools or basins with water.

Children must be divided into 2 teams and have a fishing tournament. You need to choose 1 participant from each team and hold a competition between them to catch fish. You can also involve all the children by giving each 2 participants from different teams 1 minute. time.

Thus, all the children will take turns fishing. The team that has the largest catch should be awarded prizes (stickers, candies, balloons). It is advisable to make awards also on a marine theme.

Fanta or lost chest

Props:

• a casket or box decorated to look like a chest;
• Kinder surprise boxes;
• notes with tasks.

You should prepare notes with different tasks, for example:

The notes need to be rolled into a tube and placed in a Kinder package. Each child must take turns taking a task out of the chest and completing it.

Shark hunt

One participant plays the role of a shark, the others - fish. The shark sleeps during the day and hunts at night. When the presenter says “Day,” all the fish have fun and swim. When children hear “Night,” they immediately stop and do not move.

You can make a shark costume for the competition

The shark goes hunting and whoever moves he takes prisoner. Captured fish no longer participate in the game. If desired, you can change the shark during the game.

gold fish

For fun you need to prepare:

• Balloons;
• fish parts made from colored paper (fins, tail, eyes, eyelashes, lips).

We need to form 2 children's teams. Each of them is allocated 3 balls and mixed paper parts. The team that is the first to glue the required elements wins.

Knot

Tying sea knots is an art that every sailor should master. The host or birthday boy invites the guests to tie a knot from all the participants, and he himself goes into another room.

Children must hold hands tightly and make a closed chain. It must be tied in a sea knot. Without letting go of their hands, the guys can crawl where they need to, twist out, and step over the hands of their neighbor. The main thing is that the chain should not be broken even for a second.

When finishing knitting, sailors must shout “Polundra.” The leader returns to the room and must untangle the knot without breaking the chain. Desperate sailors and the leader can be awarded with commemorative medals.

Clever cook

To complete the task you will need:

• 2 empty buckets;
• 2 buckets filled with water;
• 2 ladles.

Before the competition, children are divided into 2 teams. Each receives one piece of inventory. Participants must take turns using a ladle to transfer all the water from a filled bucket to an empty one. The latter should stand at a distance of 2-3 meters from them. The team that can quickly pour water into an empty bucket without spilling it on the floor wins the challenge.

Messages in bottles

Required details:

• Whatman paper with drawn squares for inserting letters;
• bottles;
• paper scrolls with riddles.

You need to prepare 2 identical sets of bottles with messages inside, on which riddles are written. The first letter of the answer to each riddle is part of the hidden sea-themed word. The winner is the team that guesses the encrypted word faster and writes it into the empty squares.

Sea battle

For the competition you will need:

• rope;
• balloons with phantoms inside.

Mark a boundary on the floor or grass with a rope. There is a group of children on both sides of the border, and after the command “Fight,” the participants begin throwing balls at their opponents. The task of each team is to throw as many air mines as possible onto the opponent’s side.

The team whose side has more balls after the time has elapsed loses. She must complete the task located in one of the “mines”. During the game, the balls often burst, so you can simply pick up one of the lying forfeits and complete the written task. If all the balls remain intact, then one of them should be punched.

Sea riddles

You can offer the guys the following interesting riddles:

• What disease do people not get on land? (Nautical)
• What stones cannot be found in the sea? (Dry)
• Look around - there is water everywhere, but drinking is a problem. Maybe someone can guess where this happens? (In the sea)
• How can you draw water out with a net? (When the water turns to ice)
• If you think about it and think about it, it’s not difficult to name 5 “colored” seas. (Red, Black, Yellow, White, Marble)
• What will happen to a stuffed toy if it falls into the Red Sea? (She'll get wet)
• The drink is not for children, but for robbers of the seas. (Rum)
• Which mast does a seagull land on when it rains? (On wet)
• The situation is not easy: when he is not needed, he is picked up, and when he is needed, he is abandoned. (Anchor)
• Inhabitant of the oceans and seas, feeds children with milk. Happy to meet ships and save drowning people. (Dolphin)

Festive table

We decorate the table itself with shells, stars, netting, and burlap.

We also decorate disposable tableware. Children will be interested in eating from a plate shaped like a turtle or crab.

Since the child’s birthday is planned in a marine style, seafood and fish dishes will be appropriate as treats. But ordinary cold cuts or salad can also be decorated according to the theme of the celebration - laid out in the shape of an anchor, decorated with pepper octopus, crab-shaped toppers. You can also remember a favorite dish of many - fried octopus sausages. Not very useful, but on a holiday you can)

Main features and nuances

You can use several design options. They differ in general content and focus:

• Actually, the “ marine ” option is anchors, ships, sails, steering wheels and other similar details that are present throughout the entire space allocated for the party.
• One of the most popular nautical style options is pirate , including treasure maps, ancient chests, gold coins, the Jolly Roger emblem, and pistols. This option is preferable for a children's party.

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• “ Underwater kingdom ” - an abundance of figurines and images of all kinds of sea inhabitants: crabs, fish, stingrays, algae and much more.
• One of the most interesting ways of design is creating a cartoon sea world . For example, the world of the Little Mermaid with its palaces, Neptune’s trident, colorful fish and pearls. This option is especially good for a women's party.

Each of these areas is completely independent, but at the same time relates to the marine style. They all have a lot in common - these are the main attributes and details. One of these parts will be sand . It’s good if the party takes place outdoors near the sea or lake. And in an ordinary apartment, you can fence off a small area of ​​the hallway at the entrance and pour a little sand, collected on the shore or purchased at a gardening store, onto a piece of blue fabric.

Candy bar

We also decorate the sweet table in a sea theme. To do this, we choose the background and tablecloth in shades of blue, complement it with a fishing net, paper fish figurines, and serve sweets in small aquariums.

Images of lighthouses, boats, anchors, and steering wheels are suitable as toppers. We decorate the tubes with paper skates, stars, and shells. There is a simpler option - we glue small flags onto the tubes.

And of course, at the festival of the sea, we can only have real water from the ocean as a drink) And we decorate the container for it with stickers with octopuses or crabs.

We top the cupcakes with sugar pearls, decorative stars or jelly candy turtles.

The cake can be decorated with a small paper sail, and ordinary macarons are transformed into a shell with a pearl.

And even the usual and not quite festive crackers can be creatively served in buckets with spatulas, and we pour white jelly beans into a small aquarium and call them pearls)

The sweet table will also be decorated with gingerbread cookies in the shape of jellyfish, fish, skates and stars, painted with colored sugar icing.

Menu

Everything edible that swims, runs, crawls and grows in the depths of the sea. Lobster, stew and jellied fish, kelp salad, mussels, squid, octopus. For a budget snack - pizza with seafood, shrimp, sliced ​​fish and ready-made fish snacks for beer. There are no restrictions on drinks - complex cocktails for fairy-tale characters and strong alcohol for sea wolves. Wine glasses and cognac glasses can be decorated with golden sparkles, themed stickers and designs. Desserts, fruit and vegetable dishes are also easy to arrange in accordance with the style.

Photozone

The memory of the holiday is bright and beautiful photos, so we pay due attention to organizing the photo zone. The easiest way to diversify your photographs in a marine theme is photo props in a marine style - anchors, lifebuoys, scuba diver masks.

A more interesting, but also more difficult to make on your own option is a photo stand. On it you can depict a mermaid with a sailor or with a seahorse, and the most original photo stand is in the shape of a shark’s mouth, with which you are guaranteed bright and unusual photos!

Here are the ideas for a photo zone in a marine style:

Decor

Start your design by choosing a color scheme. The combination of white and delicate blue shades is an airy, elegant decor. Red color is ideal for creating bright accents. To liven up your interior, add blue, turquoise and traditional stripes. Beige decorations and attributes for a marine-themed party - sand and shells, green - algae, palm trees.

Use textiles - drapery on windows, walls, ceilings and furniture. For example, light white fabric – sails, blue – sky, sea. Burlap, unbleached linen, and fishing nets will fit in. The drapery will serve as a backdrop for thematic decorations and will hide inappropriate interior details.

It is better to fix the material in waves, a little carelessly - the vagaries of the elements. The net looks very nice on top of blue fabric or stretched out to dry on the wall. When attaching decor to textiles, take into account its total weight.

Stock up on pebbles, shells, corals, starfish, decorative fish, seagulls , etc. – they are useful for decorating literally everything. You can do something with your own hands - cut it out of paper, print it, draw it. Something to buy in a store for aquarists.

Decide on the main idea: beach, tropical island, underwater world, on board a ship. If you mix everything together, it won't be very stylish. This design is ideal for children, and for adults, the subdued ambience of a seaside party, without an excess of details, is more suitable.

This does not mean that anchors and steering wheels are inappropriate on the “beach”, and that there cannot be fish and algae on the “board of the ship”. Just create an emphasis on the main idea, and use other attributes in moderation, as a festive addition.

• decorate chandeliers so that they do not violate the integrity of the picture. The easiest option is to replace the lampshades with round paper lampshades (a penny at Ikea). If you cut it in half and add decorations, you get charming jellyfish.

• Sisal and ropes fit organically into the theme - use them in compositions, for table decoration, instead of napkin rings. If the chandelier shades are not removable, you can wrap the horns and the central part with rope. It’s easy to attach decorations such as “pearls”, shells, small pebbles to ropes and rope with a glue gun.

• if you are planning to throw a nautical themed party for a wedding or anniversary, use simple decorations to decorate the ceiling. For example, paper lanterns, pom-poms, silhouettes of seagulls on transparent fishing line. Do you want colors and fun? Make garlands of triangles - striped, red and blue, with drawings or a birthday message.

The party can go... down the drain! Surrounded by wonderful corals, graceful algae and scatterings of underwater treasures. Then let seahorses, fish, dolphins, octopuses, squids and other bright living creatures “swim” (the same transparent fishing line) on the ceiling and walls:

• hang captain's wheels, lifebuoys, anchors, boats, portholes on the walls, doors, backs of chairs. They are easy to make with your own hands from scrap materials;

• You can write jokes and congratulations on anchors and lifebuoys. And with the help of portholes, you can visually expand the space and make the interior more realistic. Print it out, stick it on a piece of cardboard, hang it along the walls;

• arrange miniature compositions around the hall, place sailor attributes here and there:

• jars/bottles decorated with shells with sand, pebbles and other decorations inside. Do-it-yourself corals: carelessly stick glue from a gun around the wire blanks, paint them, assemble them into a “bush,” and stick them to the stand with the same gun.

• treasures in chests, caskets (in a craft store you can buy cheap beads, rhinestones, “emeralds-diamonds”);

• underwater gardens in jars or small aquariums (you can add a couple of live fish), model ships, sextants, compasses, telescopes, maps. Pirate paraphernalia will also fit in, but don’t overdo it - this is a separate topic. (for reference if necessary)

• blue, red and white hydrangeas, reminiscent of tropical corals, are the most suitable flowers for a sea themed party. Lilies and alstroemeria will fit in. Instead of flowers, you can put crooked decorative branches in bottles;

• you can hang signs “galley” at the entrance to the kitchen, “wardroom” above the table with refreshments, “radio room” above the musical equipment, “latrine” in a well-known place.

Entertainment

A children's holiday cannot be complete without games and competitions. Here is a small selection of activities that will make a child's nautical themed birthday party fun.

Attach your tail

We draw a mermaid or a whale on a sheet of whatman paper, draw and cut out the tail separately. The child's task is to try to attach the tail while blindfolded.

Fishing

For this game you will need a children's pool or a large basin of water, as well as a toy fisherman set with fishing rods and magnetic fish.

The most accurate

Props - a stand with fish and with cut out holes, as well as balls or balls. The point of the game is to get the balls into the holes.

Creative activities

Types of calm, creative activities for children on the theme of the sea:

• decorating cardboard fish with pieces of foil, colored paper, beads, stones;
• coloring shells with paints. Children will be able to take these shells with them as a souvenir;
• face painting in a marine theme. It is advisable to invite specialists who will professionally paint children's faces.

Marine style competitions

All entertainment during the scenario of such a party should also be themed. Most of them are mobile or require some kind of physical activity.

One of the few competitions that can be held right at the table is called the “Marine Knowledge Auction”. All participants are divided into two teams. If there are many guests, the number of teams can be increased. The presenter names one of the marine terms , for example, waterline, half-hull, pilot, galley, and so on. Teams must decipher this term . The delegate of the team that first reported a ready answer answers. If no one gives an answer right away, you can give one minute of time to think about it. The team that gives the most correct answers wins.

Rescue of drowning people

Depending on the total number of guests, they are divided into teams of 5–6 people. All players in turn must throw a lifebuoy (this can be the leader or his assistant) . Instead of a circle, a regular gymnastic hoop, preferably a lightweight plastic one, is suitable for the competition. If the circle is cast accurately, it is considered a “save” and the team receives one point. They win on points.

The board is broken!

Teams of 3–4 people participate. Each receives a fairly large open container of water. It represents the hold into which water entered through the resulting hole. The second container, which has the same volume, is empty. It needs to be filled with water from the first one using spoons . This is called "bailing out the bilge." The competition continues until one of the teams completes the task first.

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We are not afraid of the storm!

All guests are divided equally into two teams. The more players in each, the more interesting it will be. Participants stand in two lines opposite each other. The leader gives the first person in the line a very long narrow ribbon. Instead, you can use thin synthetic rope. After the whistle or bell rings, the participants must "tie" the entire team using a makeshift rope . To do this, everyone must thread the ribbon through some part of their wardrobe - a button hole, a belt strap, a bracelet or something similar.

Let's lay a fairway

After the middle of the party, guests will greet such a competition with a bang. Teams have 4–5 players. In front of each is a winding line of reefs, for example, made from water bottles. The first participant, who is also the team captain or navigator, receives a “steering wheel” (a hoop, plate or other round object) and, blindfolded, according to the prompts of his team, must chart a safe route . His comrades remember the route and turns. The rest of the team must “swim” along the same path after the navigator.

One-legged pirate

The One-Legged Pirate competition may be held around the same time as the previous one . This competition is a relay race, so teams must consist of only pairs of people (4, 6, 8). The distance and route are planned in advance. It may not be direct, but anything, even reciprocal (that is, each pair will return to the beginning to pass the baton), depending on where the party is held. All couples stand next to each other, their two legs are tied together - the left one of one to the right of the other. This is how the rest of the route should follow. The group whose members complete the task faster wins.