Hawaiian Days At PENN DUTCH! With all the major holidays finished for the summer, why not plan your own holiday event. We at Penn Dutch know that these times require some help to replace vacations with “Staycations” Stay home and create a Hawaiian Luau family reunion. It’s a great fun way to get your friends to come together with an Hawaiian theme. We at Penn Dutch work very hard to give the best prices on all the items that you can use for your Hawaiian days event. Look for our Hawaiian Days ad as we will promote many of the items needed to make your event Fun and affordable!. Join us at the store for samplings of exotic fruits and Pineapple, Pork, Cheeses, Hawaiian style juices and wines. Join in the fun as we play Hawaiian style music, decorate and dress for the occasion So grab your most colorful Hawaiian Shirt and join in the fun, here at Penn Dutch Hollywood and Margate. Below are some great ideas to help you plan your “Staycation” Hawaiian Luau!

Hawaiian Luau Party Ideas

Often Luau's are held in the backyard under tents, with palm fronds woven together to make windbreak walls. The tent poles are decorated with ti leaves, ferns, heleconia and red ginger. Entertainment is usually provided by friends with guitars and ukuleles and impromptu hulas abound

CENTERPIECES

• Place a few real whole pineapples along the center of the table. You can also set out candles in real coconut shells or bamboo stalks.

• For a Hawaiian themed party, wherein you plan for a candlelight dinner, you can very well fit in a pineapple centerpiece. Take a pineapple and carve out small, oval shapes on three sides of the fruit. Scoop out the excess of fruit and let it dry. You can place small light lamps in these openings and place them at the center of the table.

• Another interesting pineapple centerpiece that can be easily made is Pineapple Appetizer Centerpiece. For this, take a pineapple and peel it off. Do not remove its crown. After this, chop other fruits into small cubes or take small fruit items such as grapes, cherry tomatoes, apricots, olives, chunk cheese etc. Now, take toothpicks and prick the fruits, tucking them onto the pineapple. Cover the whole pineapple with fruits and place it at the table. Your guests can pick different fruits with the help of the toothpicks and once they are finished, you can chop the pineapple for dessert.

• You can even make Pineapple Fruit Boat as your centerpiece. Take a pineapple and remove the skin from one of the sides. After this place the pineapple on a table, with the flesh side facing upwards. Scoop out the pulp of the fruit by cutting it into cubes. After you have removed the pulp, it will look like a hollow bowl. You can fill this with other tropical fruits, cut into small cubes. Set it at the table and enjoy the fruit salad. 

• Fill up large shells with macadamia nuts, and use a child's beach pail to hold potato chips. Place the shells and buckets on the table. 

• With the Hawaiian party theme, you do not have to spend a lot on decorations. You can make the buffet table your Hawaiian centrepiece. Decorate this with a Hawaiian party table centre or table runner and hey presto you have your party theme almost covered.

SPECIAL TOUCHES AND FAVORS AND ENTERTAINMENT

• Be sure to greet your guests with a shell or flower lei and a big "Aloha" and have them leave their shoes at the door! You can also have loose flowers on hand for your guests to tuck behind their ears. If you're available romantically, put the flower behind your right ear. If you're taken, put it closest to your heart, behind your left ear. 

• If you also ask your guests to come dressed up in a Hawaiian outfit. This also helps to carry the theme into other rooms, without much in the way of party decoration. This fancy dress approach adds color to the room with you having too.
• You might want to contact a dance school or hula halau in your area to have professional hula lessons or professional hula performers at your luau.
• Make Hawaii themed cookies to use as place cards. Make a batch of sugar cookies and shape them in the form of flowers. Use icing and write each guest's name on a cookie. Lay it in front of the plate corresponding to the seating chart.
• You could pack little take out cartons of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for party favors or check out Hawaiian Luau Party Supply for a variety of fun kitsch items (like our favorite - the wiggling hula girl sculpture shown here).
  
  A Suggested Menu (for an authentic meal)
  Kalua Pig
  Poi
  Sweet potatoes
  Luau or laulau
  Lomi salmon
  Tropical fruit such as pineapple, mango and papaya
  Haupia
  Mai Tai Drinks
  
  A Suggested Menu (for a more casual meal)
  Skewered marinated meats
  Grilled Veggies
  Tropical Fruit
  Smoothies