1970s

The 70s is a fun theme. The costumes and music alone are enough to make a party.  Another plus is that it was recent enough to have plenty of artifacts you can use to set the mood.  Browse down the page for food and party game ideas. 

70s Clothing and Costumes

• Australia's Online Party Costumes Superstore - lots of party costumes and dress-ups delivered anywhere in Australia for $9.95.  They stock Rock n Roll themed costumes and accessories. 
   
• Costume Box - Thousands of Fancy Dress costumes for adults and kids for all occasions. Most costumes dispatched within 24 hours. All costumes displayed are in stock. See their Historical costumes.

70s Party Products

• Party Products Australia - your one-stop shop for party supplies, based in Brisbane, Queensland.  Party Products Australia stocks over 6000 items including invitations, balloons, napkins, plates, cups, hats, goody/loot bags, temporary tattoos, banner flags, piñatas, and a lot more! Themes include Rock n Roll.
   

70s Themed Music and Entertainment

• Picture Store - Offers an extensive range of Movie and TV Show posters, including animation posters and movie & TV stars posters. Design your own frame onlineand have it delivered to anywhere in Australia.
   
• Time Life Australia - The Australian branch of Time Life offers a wide range of DVDs, VHS videos and Music CDs including 70s and 80s collections. Also search for their disco collections.

70s Party Ideas

When you think of the 70s, the disco era is an obvious theme.  But there were plenty of other fashion and music disaster areas you can spice up your 70s party with.

• Decor - To create the mood, clear space for a dance floor and hang a mirror ball from the roof.  Other 70s-tastic decor could include: Brown, orange and green shades; wood veneer; Beanbags; shag rugs; Lavalamps; and 70s glassware from op shops.
• Themes - Screen characters/celebrities of the 70s, Disco,  70s fashion and Roller-Disco (this is best outsourced to a rollerskating rink)
• Celebrities  - Sports stars with moustaches, Farrah Fawcett, Aretha Franklin, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Nixon, David Bowie, ABBA, Bee Gees, ACDC
• Activities - Disco dancing competition, Biggest afro/platforms/bellbottoms competition. 70s trivia.

70s party food

The 70s was never known for its good taste, and the food was no exception. The craze for fondue (and the related put-everything-on-toothpicks fad) makes an obvious food theme. Keep in mind that some of this food may be more fun to make (and laugh at) than eat.

• Fondues, both sweet and savoury
• Skewer any of the following on a toothpick: cabannossi, gherkins, cocktail onions, cheese and pineapple, mini frankfurts.  For extra tackiness you could stick the toothpicks in a grapefruit
• Quiche, miniature or otherwise
• Punch
• Prawn Cocktails
• Pigs in a Blanket
• For more 1970s foods see Food Timeline