I downloaded various 80's images from the internet of arcade games and screens and printed them off to have laying around. I used my Cricut to cut out pacman and ghost shapes, as well as a few 80's slang phrases. I scrounged up some old cassette tapes and spray painted them red and yellow and had some on the cake table, and other places. I cut out two guitar shapes from corrugated cardboard and painted them and had my dad draw the strings and frets on them. The cake was pacman. I made a sheet cake and cut it into a circle, then removed a pie-shaped wedge for the mouth. The cupcakes are to look like the "food" pacman ate on the arcade game. A little yellow icing and a single black candy melt, and voila!
For the tablecloth, I used a Dollar Store black disposable tablecloth, and purchased square napkins in bright colors and used glue dots to adhere to the front for a rubix cube look. Since I am no good at writing with icig, I printed a sign to display behind the cake with the "Happy Birthday" on it.
I used beads from leftover projects to create several really gaudy necklaces for the girls to wear. I scored 144 jelly bracelets off ebay for like $2.00. A package of hideous blue sparkly eye shadow completed the ensembles! And I also got two disco light bulbs from ebay for around $6 each to add to the ambiance. I managed to find submersible, battery-operated lights (again from ebay) and added them to our punch!
