Pinatas
Pink Poodle 

Invitations
Glue your Fifties party invitation to the front of a record label. Write: Come to the party. We’re going to Rock Around the Clock. Also include date, time and location for the party.

Cakes
Turn a round cake into a black vinyl record – lightly drag a fork around the black frosting to make the grooves in the record 

Decorations
Decorate with a black and pink color scheme. Twist pink crepe paper streamers and put out lots of pink and black balloons. 

Put vinyl records up on the wall. You can often find these at a thrift store. You can even paste pictures of Elvis or other classic 1950s images to cover the original label.

You may also want to put up:

Old Coca Cola advertisements

Juke box

Cut outs of oversized music notes and a guitar

Elvis pictures 

Costumes/Dress up
Bowties or ascots for the boys

Pink scarf for the girls

Cat eye glasses or horn rim glasses

Games and Activities
Drag Races (ages 3-10)
Provide each of your guests with a small toy car, Hot Wheels or Match Box or another similar car. Then race them. You can make an incline with a board on the edge of a chair or large cardboard mailing tubes.

Hula Hoop Contest (ages 3-16)
Provide each of your guests with a hula hoop. Allow a little practice time for them to learn how to use the hoop. Then play some fun 50s music while they hula. Any guest whose hoop stops spinning must sit down. The last guest to remain standing, and hula-ing, wins.

Bowling (ages 3-16)
Bowling was popular through the 50s, and it’s still a fun game for a 50s party. Set up your own bowling lanes with a soccer ball and clean, empty 2 liter soda bottles for bowling pins.

Sock Hop (ages 3-16)
Play classic music from the 1950s and dance. A few classics from that decade include: Rock Around the Clock, All Shook Up, At the Hop, Chantilly Lace, Peggy Sue, Blueberry Hill, La Bamba, Great Balls of Fire, Johnny B. Goode, Earth Angel and so many more. You could also play music from the musical “Grease.” It wouldn't really be a 50s party without some dancing.

Slinky Races (ages 4-16)
The Slinky was first developed in the early 1940s but still very popular in the 1950s. Hold races to get your slinky to walk down stairs. Whoever can get down the stairs first, wins. Or, whoever can get down the most stairs with a single push, wins. 

Bubble Gum Contest (ages 6-16)
Give everyone a piece of gum and allow a minute to chew and get it soft. Then have a contest to see who can blow the biggest bubble from bubble gum. Things could get a little sticky at your 50s party with this game.

Yo-Yo Contest (ages 6-16)
Provide each of your guests with a yo-yo, and a little practice time. Then hold a contest to see who can keep their yo-yo going up and down the longest, or who can do the most tricks with their yo-yo.

Juke Box Surprise (ages 8-16)
It’s time for Guess That Tune! Play portions of classic tunes from the 50s and have your guests guess the name of the song, or the name of the performing artists.

Crafts
Macaroni Art (ages 3-8)
Frugality ruled the day in most households in the 50s. Cheap and common items were used in creative ways like in Macaroni Art. Give each of your guests a sheet of construction paper and let them glue different shapes of noodles to the paper to make a picture.

Pink Poodle (ages 3-8)
Print out a poodle coloring page and let your guests color and glue pink cotton balls to the picture.

Juice Lid Magnet Doll (ages 5-10)
The 50s were still an age of reuse and recycle items. Continue that practice with this 50s party game craft. Save your lids from frozen juice concentrate. Clean them. Then let your guests turn them into doll faces with googly eyes, pipe cleaners and yarn to be twisted and shaped into hair, eyes, lips, etc. Glue a magnet on the back of the lid.

Take Home Gift Ideas
Bubble gum

Baseball cards

Yo-yos

Lip gloss and pink finger nail polish

Soda shop mugs/cups filled with bubble gum or jelly beans (soda flavored)