Boogie down on the dance floor as you watch the ball drop in festive style with 10 snazzy New Year’s Eve party theme ideas that anyone can pull off for the perfect year end soirée!
1. Elegant Great Gatsby Roaring 20s NYE Party
The roaring twenties era is a perfect way to celebrate the end of the holiday season. This is a popular and always recurring New Year’s party theme. Flapper girls and lots of fringe made this time period famous… Think lots of sequins, pearls, and fringe mixed with gold tones. Put out antique inspired etched coupe cocktail glasses instead of champagne flutes. Pair the look with tall and exaggerated feathery floral arrangements that almost give the feel of fluffy palm trees. Serve an elegant gin cocktail and pair with refreshing cold appetizers for a simple but classy affair.
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2. 80s Retro New Year’s Party
An 80s themed party always makes for a super fun theme with vivid colors! Decorate in high contrast with fun neon colors and other neon decorations. You can even have a glow party complete with glow sticks and black light bulbs that make all the neon colors pop in the dark. Ask everyone on your guest list to dress in neon colors so they can glow in the black light. There’s so much great music to pick from for a fun dance party, and 80s fashion? So much fun to dress up from Cindy Lauper to Madonna… It’s another great excuse to serve up favorite retro recipes along with any of these iconic 80s cocktails.
3. Simple Elegant Black and Gold New Year’s Eve Party Theme
Black and gold is another elegant and classy color scheme to use for a New Year’s party. You can find black and gold color combination New Year’s Eve party decor at just about every party supply store because it is a popular combination. Pair with festive gold party hats like this host did in the photo above and maybe a black and gold balloon arch!
4. Alice in Wonderland New Year’s Eve Party Theme
I can’t think of a more fitting theme for New Year’s Eve parties than Alice in Wonderland! This is a simple theme to draw so much colorful inspiration from! Just imagine how perfectly the White Rabbit and his clock make the perfect statement for a New Year’s party! The hands of time slowly ticking, inching ever closer until the clock strikes midnight! This is a beautiful and elegant theme that will tie in seamlessly with the New Year! Perfect for those of you planning a more intimate event with your closest friends or a fun dinner party for a handful of guests.
5. Breakfast At Tiffany’s New Year’s Eve Party
A film that needs no introduction also makes a dazzling inspiration for a fabulous NYE cocktail party. Incorporate shades of mesmerizing Tiffany blue throughout your party by decorating in shades of turquoise and aquamarine. You can even serve a teal blue champagne cocktail!
6. Super 70s Disco Party
Let that glittering disco ball turn a tad longer with a festive 70s disco inspired New Years Eve theme party. Bring on the beats with funky disco music. A great way to get everyone in a festive disco dancing mood is to pass out groovy party glasses for all your guests (and serve up some far-out retro recipes to really tie everything together)!
7. Fortune Teller Party THEME
What will the new year bring you? Love? Fame? Fortune? What better way to celebrate the year’s end than a festive fortune teller themed party with tarot card decor! The future year ahead is just a few ticks away! Celebrate this festive fortune teller’s theme with elegant bright tones and crystal balls like they did in the beautiful tablescape pictured above. A deck of tarot cards makes a curious and interesting party favor for guests to take home.
8. Blushing Rose Gold New Year’s Eve Party
This, along with the black and gold theme, is another super simple NYE party idea for adults because the colors are so elegant and so easy to find. Stores like Etsy, Party City, and even Target carry an abundance of rose gold party decorations in this stunning color. Consider when doing rose gold that you can even match it with other tones like nude, beige, and copper which all tie in really well together with rosy colored party decor. You can even serve a bubbly rosé pink champagne New Year’s Eve cocktail and make this easy rose gold diy pink and gold New Year’s Eve centerpiece for your tables!
9. White Winter Woods Party
This easy New Year’s Eve party theme idea is an easy way to transition from Christmas to New Year, especially with the decor! If you already have some manner of winter woods or white woods theme Christmas decor, this would serve the purpose nicely for a white winter woods party! You can put down sparkling table linens is glittering silver and white. Pair these easy New Year’s Eve party ideas with lots of rustic natural decor like painted white branches or birch branches. Serve snowflake themed desserts and how about a festive Jack Frost cocktail? Perfection!
10. Masquerade Ball New Year’s Eve Party Idea
Nothing beats an elegant and mysterious masquerade inspired party! You can even provide festive masquerade masks for your guests to wear as they arrive to the party. These can double as party favors since they will get to keep the accessory as a part of their costume for the elegant ball! You can often find inexpensive party masks like this by looking up Mardi Gras decor as well. Get inspired with rich vintage and antique Parisian style decor that will add lots of character to set the scene!
