I'd like to host an '80s-themed party for ~25 guests. What are some good ideas?

For the games, I'd go with Trivial Pursuit (the blue or yellow box). I don't know how old you are, but Mountain Dew, Pepsi, cheap beer, Boones Farm wine, wine coolers, for drinks. For food, frozen pizzas, Doritos, classic junk food from high school. Think cafeteria food. For decorations I'd go with those novelty strings of lights (like chili pepper lights), maybe a lava lamp. Hrm, all I can think of right now. Have a blast!

I think using neon colors/bright colors would be good for decorations; geometric shapes - lots of squares, circles, etc. There is a web site called The 80's Server - maybe they'd have some pictures and whatnot. Actually, I bet if you put 80's clothes or party into Google images, you can get some great ideas, too. Have a wonderful party!

In the 80's I remember my friends and I having Eddie Murphy's Delirious video on. It was hilarious.

Can you find any jelly bracelets? you can use them scattered over your table cloth just as some people scatter glitter or confetti. Drink TAB. Can you find some Crystal Pepsi or was it Pepsi Clear? Smurfs, Carebears, GIJoe Of course you have already bought the Totally 80's version of Trivial Pursuit. http://www.inthe80s.com/

There are a number of 80s trivia games and books on the market now. Also, there are ready-made quizzes, lyrics trivia, etc., but if you're feeling creative or want to personalize it, you can find crossword or wordsearch generators online. Food: Salty: Combos, Bugles, Pringles, Doritos, Dominos Pizza (Avoid the Noid) Sweet: Pez (with cheesy dispensers -- check ebay for specific ones, but you can usually find various superheroes and cartoon characters), Twinkies, I liked the Reese's Pieces suggestion someone else gave, also visit one of those candy stores at the mall where they have everything and buy up a bunch of the old stuff for prizes. Drinks: Coca-Cola (in glass bottles, if you can find it!), Tab diet soda (still available in some areas), and do they still make Snapple? Or Yoo-hoo? Or Jolt Cola? :) Evian for sure. I'd also suggest a DVD or two with music videos from that era. Tivo "I Love the 80s" off VH1 or something.

The movie "wedding singer " has tons of 80's themes in it, check it out for more ideas. As far as food and drinks ,you gotta have bartles and james wine coolers , they were so popular in the 80's . so were all the foo-foo drinks like pina coladas . Zima would be funny too. For games you could put stickers on the back of everyone with 80's musicians or songs on them and have everyone ask yes or no questions only to figure out who they are. There should also be a prize for best 80's hair , since we wre fanatic about our hair .. think flock of seagulls . or maybe a best version of maddonna prize. Fast food was big in the 80's but so was sushi .. so any fun finger stuff would be cool . sounds like fun :)

You could play 7 degrees of Bacon (7 people between another person & Kevin Bacon). Ouija Board is ver 80s Light as a Feather, Stiff as a board

Some board games have 80s editions now such as Trivial Pursuit and Name that Tune. This site has lots of popular foods from the 80s http://www.inthe80s.com/food/g.shtml

check out the movies for decore,see what was popular in the 80s for drinks,party food is about the same as today,pizza,dips,chips,buffaloe wings were big then also swedish meat balls..dont forget ice cream,they started coming out with crazy names and flavors back then..gl n have fun