Academy award party ideas: entertainment
When
planning an academy award party, don't overlook entertainment. Your
choice of party games can make or break your evening, so think
carefully about what your guests are going to play.
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What to do if you're holding the party on Oscar Night
If your Oscar themed party is arranged for the actual night of the academy awards ceremony, should you have the TV on with the awards in the background?
This is a tricky question. On the one hand, a lot of people love the Oscars and want to see it -- and they will assume that you will want them to watch because, well, it IS an Oscar party! On the other hand, it could become the focus for your party and bring down the mood if everybody is staring at the screen.
We recommend a compromise. Have a side room with the TV on and allow people the option of going to watch if they want it, but keep the main party separate. Alternatively, you can make a focus of the awards by playing this great value academy awards predictions printable game!
It lists all the nominations of every category of award (including all the obscure ones). Print a copy for each guest and they must predict which movie or person will win which award. As the Oscars are presented, you can check off the scores and award a prize for the person who gets the most correct. Fun! Because it's a printable, it doesn't matter if more people show up to the party than you originally invited.
For smaller parties, trivia games could be a good addition to the mix of entertainment. Again, we recommend printable games;
There's a great selection of printable
Oscar trivia games
here, including general trivia and games themed to Best Male or Female
Actor or Best Director history. All are reasonably priced and
emailed direct to you. So if you're reading this in a last-minute
panic, relax! You can get your games in a few minutes.
Oscar party ideas: what to do with your statuette
Statuette? What statuette? Well, if you haven't ordered at least one of these yet:
We humbly suggest you go and order them right now! They're amazing value at just $5 a pop and we think are the absolutely best accessory for an Oscar party games night. See more of our academy award party supplies suggestions.
Some ideas for Oscar party games to award these statuettes to guests include Best Male Actor and/or Best Female Actor, Best Dressed Couple and/or Best Dressed Person, Most Outrageous Guest, Silliest Laugh, Worst Hair, or any other categories you can think of. One category per statuette. Download and print out the file below (ensure you have enough copies for your guests and all the categories you are going to include) and ask them to nominate their choice of person or persons for the category.
Collect them together and count the votes. Top five are your nominees! If you're making this a focal point for the evening, you could "do an Academy" and announce the nominees ahead of the actual award.
If you can find a golden envelope, put the results inside them, then when you're ready to make the annoucement, call the party to attention and follow the form they do in the actual awards on TV. Cool! Your guests will LOVE this game.
If you're also looking for red carpets as a background to your Oscar party games to make them even more authentic... this brilliant and great value accessory is totally PERFECT for your Oscar party!
All you do is unroll the fake red carpet (it's fifteen FEET long!) and secure it using the provided tape.
Academy awards party: how-to menu
This page is part of our series on how to organize the perfect Oscar party. Follow each of these links to learn how to organize this most fun of birthday party themes.
- Oscar party ideas: introduction
- Academy award party supplies
- Oscar party food
- Oscar party costumes and accessories