How To Throw The Ultimate 90s Themed Party

This past Friday my friends and I threw the niftiest nineties party this decade has ever seen for my roommate and good friend's 20th birthday's. We were all born in the early nineties so the theme was perfect.  Britney Spears, Zack Morris and even Tommy Pickles made an appearance at the party. The playlist was bumpin' (thanks to moi) and the guest list  only included the hottest celebrities. Since the party was a hugesuccess I thought I would share with the blogosphere how you too can throw the ultimate 90s party.

Pictures from the party:

I dressed up as Courtney Love for the evening. I wore a black baby doll dress, combat boots, smeared red lipstick and a lot of black eyeliner. I also made sure to have at least ONE picture with my man Kurt. I also stayed in character the entire night (screaming curse words at Kurt, telling people to get the F out of my way and making sure my beer was always full) 

The two boys are my roommates while the one on the right was the birthday boy and the middle is his lovely girlfriend. The three of them went as the Rugrats (Chuckie, Angelica and Tommy Pickles) Tommy Pickles also made sure to carry around a screwdriver and Angelica was carrying around her dolls. 

In this photo we have the female version of Kurt Cobain kissing angry Courtney on the cheek. Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski on the right and Britney Spears (birthday girl) from her first major hit Hit Me Baby One More Time in the front. 

Britney and Courtney. 

Denim on denim on denim on denim. 

Classic Salt n Peppa in the middle. 

Those are just a few of the million pictures that were taken. 

Costume Ideas:

Single Costumes:

Will Smith as Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
MC Hammer
Marilyn Manson
Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
Cher from Clueless
Gwen Stefani
Tupac

Group Costumes:
Destiny’s Child
Spice Girls
Sex and the City
S Club 7
Backstreet Boys
Lou Benga and the girls from Mambo No. 5 (Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary, Jessica) (girls can wear Hi my name is ____ tags)
Rugrats 
Recess 

Couple Costumes: 

Harry & Lloyd from Dumb & Dumber

Courtney Love & Kurt Cobain

Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake

Salt N Peppa

Jay & Silent Bob

Zack Morris & Kelly Kapowski 

Steve & Doug Butabi from A Night at the Roxbury

If you don't want to dress like anybody make sure you wear a ton of denim, splash pants and plaid. 

Now that you have picked out your costume you need to find the perfect jams for the evening...

The 30 songs that were the biggest hit of the night (I had over 90 songs on the playlist):

1. I Want it That Way - Backstreet Boys

2. Hit Me Baby One More Time - Britney Spears

3. Barbie Girl - Aqua

4. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

5. Spice Up Your Life - Spice Girls

6. Tubhumping - ChumbaWamba

7. It Wasn't Me - Shaggy

8. The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang

9. Blue - Eiffel 65

10. S Club Party - S Club 7 

11. Thong Song - Sisquo 

12. What I Got - Sublime

13. House of Pain - Jump Around

14. Wonderwall - Oasis

15. You Can't Touch This - MC Hammer

16. Hypnotize - Biggie Smalls

17. Say My Name - Destiny's Child

18. What's My Age Again - Blink 182

19. What Is Love - Haddaway

20. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix a Lot

21. My Name Is - Eminem

22. MMMBop - Hanson

23. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

24. Getting' Jiggy Wid It - Will Smith

25. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Benga

26. I See You Baby - Groove Amanda

27. We Like To Party - Vengaboys

28. No Scrubs - TLC

29. Saturday Night - Whigfield

30. Informer - Snow 

If you are planning to do some karaoke and want to give away some prizes:

1. The Best Creed Impression

2. The Best Shania Karaoke

3. Whoever can sing the FULL version of The Fresh Prince (not just mini version for the show)

4. Whoever knows the ACTUAL words to Informer by Snow

5. Whoever knows the order of the Lou Benga Mambo No. 5 girl names.

If you are planning to do some trivia here are some sample questions:

1. Q: What is the date of Tupac's death? 

A: September 13, 1996

2. Q: Name all the occupation's of each Friend's character.

A: Joey: Actor, Rachel: Works for Ralph Lauren, Monica: Chef, Chandler: IT, Ross: Palaeontologist, Phoebe: Musician (or Masseuse) 

3. Q: Name three one hit wonders from the 90's 

A: "What's Up?" 4 Non-Blondes, "I Wish" Skee Lo, "Tubhumping" ChumbaWamba (also a hundred other options)

4. Q: What were the names of the two original Destiny Child's 

A: LaTavia Roberson and LaToya Luckett

5. Q: What year did "Ginger Spice" leave the Spice Girls?

A: 1998

For decor our house already had a bunch of posters that fit the theme. We had a huge Friends poster as well as a Red Hot Chilli Pepper's poster in the basement. We decorated it more for a birthday party then anything but I think you could throw in a bunch of glow sticks since raving was big back in the 90s (and unfortunately again now) also if you have left over pogs throw them around and lots and lots and lots of happy faces!

Now you are ready to party like S Club 7!