Purple party themes

If you’re a fan of purple, check out our ideas for great purple themes

Purple is a colour with many personalities. The most obvious association is with royalty, but purple is also representative of adventure and mysticism. 

You can make purple the signature colour for different types of themed parties. It also accessorises well with gold.

Medieval theme

Invites

• send invites with purple and gold confetti spilling out
• use purple wax and a stamp to seal envelopes

Decorations

• toss purple and gold-wrapped chocolate around the tables
• decorate tables with chunky church candles
• use metallic purple streamers to reflect the candlelight
• use purple satin cording as napkin holders
• use a family crest or use heraldic designs in your decorations

Food

• serve bowls of rich purple and dark red fruit -- blackberries, cherries, red pears, purple grapes
• have a buffet with a carvery station -- a roast leg of lamb or spit pig would be perfect!

Jungle theme

Invitations

• write on banana leaves with a gold pen
• send brightly coloured cards with purple metallic confetti spilling out
• use exotic purple paper lilies to adorn hand-made invitations

Decorations

• sprinkle purple and green confetti on tables
• serve island punch jelly belly favours
• decorate with purple balloon bundles with green crepe paper leaves
• drape green and purple streamers around to look like jungle vines

Food

• serve lots of colourful salads and bowls of vegetables
• for a kid's party -- make a mud pit! That’s chocolate pudding with purple and green jellybeans
• serve spicy chicken skewers
• serve fruit punch and call it 'jungle juice'
• Spring blossom theme

Invitations

• send invites with lavender-hued delphinium petals sprinkled inside
• send Victorian floral postcards
• include packets of spring seeds with invites

Decorations

• sprinkle lilac petal-shaped paper confetti on the garden lawn
• give purple chocolate foil ball favours
• provide flutterflicker -- wands of colourful confetti for guests to play with
• tie purple balloons and streamers to guests’ chairs
• decorate with jelly jars filled with lily of the valley or wild flowers. You could even tint the water purple with food colouring!

Food

Serve:

• tea and sandwiches
• canapés
• crunchy waldorf salad
• crudités and dip