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<\/a><\/p>\nThe location that you choose to have your reunion might influence the theme you choose for your reunion. A campground with lots of trees and foliage makes for a great \u201cjungle\u201d theme and a lake or swimming pool is a wonderful \u201cbeach\u201d reunion theme. <\/p>\n
If you will be spending a day at an amusement park you might what to choose your reunion theme around one or the popular rides. Plan your reunion around a \u201ccolor\u201d, a decade such as the Roaring twenties, 50’s Sock Hop, 70’s Disco, 80’s New wave, 90’s Grunge, or even \u201cThe Future\u201d theme.<\/p>\n
The size of your family may also influence your reunion theme. For an \u201cAll-sport\u201d reunion you may need a lot of people for softball, Human Foosball and football games. <\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be afraid to repeat a family reunion theme that was successful in the past. All you have to do is update the old ideas and refine the details. Our western reunion is so popular we\u2019ve done it several times and it just keeps getting better and better.<\/p>\n
Below are just a few family reunion themes that you may want to consider for your next family event.<\/p>\n
All- Sport or Olympic Themed Reunion <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n Get away from a boring sit around and just visit family reunion and jump into some action packed fun with an All-sport or Olympic themed family reunion.<\/p>\n Activities- <\/b>Soccer, volleyball, \u201cwhiffle\u201d ball, Whacky miniature golf. Hold a cheerleader camp for the girls in your family and a sports camp for the boys. Go bowling or hold a family 5K. Give a family reunion MVP award. For fun variations of these favorite sports- whiffle ball, soccer, bowling, swimming and volleyball plus lots of great ideas for your sports themed reunion check out www.familyreunionhelper.com.<\/a><\/p>\n Food-<\/b> Smoothies, \u201cBreakfast of Champions\u201d or \u201cLong Jump\u201d lunch hoagies.<\/p>\n Wear<\/b>– favorite team jerseys and t-shirt. Make a family t-shirt fashioned after a sports jersey.<\/p>\n Decorations:<\/b> Pom, poms, pennants, sports balls, sports posters.<\/p>\n Family History or Family Heritage Reunion<\/font><\/b> <\/p>\n If your family reunion is held near where the family originated, then schedule a trip to the old family homestead, church or cemetery. You can use this as an opportunity to share family memories, or go a step further and recruit the clan to clean up the ancestral cemetery plots or research the family in old church records. Hold your reunion at the family home if available or in the town where one of your ancestors were born, raised, married or buried. You can find more Family History ideas for your family reunion at www.familyreunionhelper.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Food <\/b>\u2013 Use an ancestor\u2019s home country as theme for your meals. Use recipes from that county and set tables with a centerpiece of memorabilia and a picture of your ancestor. If your people come from Italy, serve a spaghetti dinner, from Mexico, serve tacos, enchiladas or tamales.<\/p>\n Activities <\/b>\u2013 Play \u201cclassic\u201d games at your reunion such as \u201c3-legged race, gunny sack race, Annie I Over. Create a huge wall chart of your family so everyone can see how they are related. Take \u201cold-time\u201d photos and have everyone dress up. Make a family \u201ctime capsule\u201d.<\/p>\n Dress <\/b>\u2013 In the ethnic costume of your ancestors.<\/p>\n Decorations <\/b>\u2013 Display historical memorabilia from your family and ancestors. <\/p>\n Hawaiian Luau<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n Grandma will love passing out multi-colored leis (along with a kiss on the cheek) as people arrive at this family reunion.<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Food <\/b>\u2013 Pig roast, anything pineapple<\/p>\n Activities <\/b>\u2013 Tinikling- Tinikling means "bamboo dance" in English. Hula hoops, bubbles and Frisbees, volleyball, swimming, Limbo and of course, hula dancing. Make Hawaiian leis from paper flowers and don\u2019t forget to spend some time in the pool at your Hawaiian reunion.<\/p>\n Dress <\/b>\u2013 Hawaiian shirts, Bermuda shorts and grass skirts. <\/p>\n Decorations <\/b>\u2013 Hawaiian travel posters, flowers, straw skirt table.<\/p>\n Sun, Sand and Surf Reunion Theme<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n It’s summertime and the perfect time for a Sun, Sand & Surf family reunion. Merge your beach reunion ideas with your Hawaiian reunion ideas for double the fun.<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Invitations:<\/strong> Consider sending \u201cMessage in a Bottle\u201d invitations to encourage family members to attend your family reunion or write out your reunion invitation on a beach ball with a permanent marker.<\/p>\n Activities<\/b>: Sand candles and castles, sand art, volleyball variations and swimming pool games. Aquatic Obstacle Course<\/b>: Use sprinklers, Slip-N-Slides, baby pools, limbo sticks and hula hoops to create an obstacle course for wet and wild reunion fun!<\/p>\n Food: <\/b>Sub sandwiches, fruit trays, shish kabobs, fruit kabobs, gold fish crackers.<\/p>\n Decorations<\/b> are easy for a beach themed family reunion. Use beach umbrellas, Beach towels, Beach balls, Paper party lanterns, Paper Palm trees and party lights on a string. Don\u2019t forget to use pink flamingos in your decorating and be sure to include music from the Beach Boys to round out your reunion theme.<\/p>\n Wedding Anniversary or Significant Birthday Reunion Theme<\/font><\/b> Invitation <\/b>\u2013 Put two photos of the honored couple on the invitation: their original wedding photo and a current photo.<\/p>\n Food <\/b>\u2013 Finger foods and a \u201cwedding\u201d cake.<\/p>\n Activities- \u201cWhen You Were My Age\u201d <\/b>A Celebration of Life\u2019s Memorable Moments. This is such a fun program, fashioned after a Bill Cosby Show episode and was called, "When Mom Was my Age." We have done variations of the program for 70th and 80th birthdays and 50th wedding anniversaries. Each time we do "When You Were My Age" everyone is a good sport and excited to be a part of the celebration. Everyone has a part on the program and an opportunity to highlight world events and significant family happenings throughout the life of your loved one. Download the \u201cWhen You Were My Age\u201d<\/a> from Family Reunion Helper or write a "This Is Your Life" program for your reunion celebration.<\/p>\n Decorations <\/b>\u2013 Photos and other various memorabilia of the couple\u2019s life together.<\/p>\n Three Ring Circus and Carnival<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n Begin your reunion with a circus parade and invite everyone to dress in fun costumes and march around your reunion site.<\/p>\n Food <\/b>\u2013Circus food- corn dogs, cotton candy and popcorn<\/p>\n Activities <\/b>\u2013 As your family arrives, have then guess how many circus animal cookies are in a jar. The person who guesses closest to the actual number wins the jar full of circus animal cookies. Have a carnival. Assign 6- 10 family members a carnival booth. Children earn prizes at each booth. Face painting, fishing booth, fortune teller, Plinko, Dart Throw etc. Consider renting a bounce house for the little ones in your family. For more ideas check out the family reunion \u201ccircus\u201d theme at www.familyreunionhelpercom\/<\/a><\/p>\n Decorations <\/b>\u2013 Balloons, tents and circus animal cutouts.<\/p>\n Whatever your family reunion theme you can count on Family Reunion Helper<\/a> for step by step, proven family reunion help that really works, not just "ideas", but actual planning advice, schedules, activities, games, recipes and templates to make your next reunion memorable. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A family reunion doesn\u2019t have to have a theme to be successful but creating a theme for a family reunion is a great way to interest people and make them more likely to attend. A reunion invitation that invites you … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n
Planning a family reunion around an important wedding anniversary or milestone birthday makes for an easy but important family reunion.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n