How to make a theme party from the 60s

The 60s have been recorded in the collective imagination as a colorful and colorful, which is familiar to us today thanks to music, film and television. Therefore, having a party inspired by that time can be a good reason to organize a celebration full of color, joy and great music. That's why in .com we give you some tips on how to make a theme party of the 60s .

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The first step we have to take into account before organizing theme parties is to know a little about the subject in question and deepen its characteristics: what music was heard? What was the fashion of the time? What artists or public figures were the best known?

In the case of the 60s it is interesting that you bear in mind that it is a time of opening to new experiences. Make the psychedelia, the bright colors and the kaleidoscopic designs well present and the guests will immediately associate it with pop culture and the emergence of hippies.

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Adorn the walls with images and phrases alluding to that time and you will have in your living room a minimuseo of the popular image that you have of the 60's. You can search the Internet and print photos of newspaper and magazine covers of the time that speak of events that They marked that decade: the arrival of man on the moon, the Beatle phenomenon, the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, Martin Luther King phrases, photos of the Woodstock festival, etc.

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The costumes are always important: flared trousers, colorful or floral prints, high boots, miniskirts ... If you are not sure about the stereotype you want to inspire, you only need to see a couple of scenes from the Austin Powers movies, that pay tribute to the aesthetics that we remember from that time. Any chapter of the Mad Men series will also help you to take ideas.

In this article we tell you how to dress like a hippie.

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If you want your hairstyle to be part of your attire "sixties", you have it easy to get a look 'vintage' style. If you have long hair, straighten it and put on a flower ornament, and if you have it short, you can curl it a lot. Other useful complements can be hair bands, sunglasses with round and colored lenses and pendants with hippy symbols.

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Lava lamps are a good idea to automatically give a "sixty" touch to your living room. You can find them in many decoration stores or on the Internet.

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Another simple and economical idea is to place door curtains and hand-made pendants in the doorways. Keep in mind that the most prominent symbols of the time are those of signs of peace, the ying yang or hiptonitizadoras spirals .

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To serve the food and drink you can arrange everything on a table and each one is served to your liking sandwiches, canapés or a punch. If the plates and napkins are also inspired by motifs from that era, it can be a good touch.

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And of course music can not be absent . What would a 60's-inspired party be without a playlist that includes artists like The Beatles, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, The Birds, Rolling Stones, Bod Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, The Animals, The Mamas and the Popes ...

If we look at Spain we can use songs from mythical groups such as Los Brincos, Los Canarios, Formula V, Raphael, Lone Star, Miguel Rios, Los Pekenikes or Los Bravos, among others.