My 2-year-old loves ping pong. It's kind of an odd obsession, but I wanted to do a ping pong party for his birthday. Here are the details. This could work well as an adult beer-pong party, too
Party favors were personalized team t-shirts for each kid, matching sweatbands and headbands, and ping pong paddles. T-shirts were made by printing onto iron-on paper and cutting out the letters and then ironing onto the shirts. I found some great deals online for the headbands/sweatbands and paddles.
All of the food was shaped in balls-chicken balls (with creamy dip!), melon balls, and a salad with cherry tomatoes, olives and marinated mozzarella balls. Any party where the guests get to say "balls" several times an hour is sure to be a hit!
mini-pita bread "paddles." We also had some hummus on the side.
ping-pong ball cake (cake balls-made by crumbling cake and mixing it with frosting and foming balls. Freeze overnight, then stick onto a toothpick and dip in melted white chocolate. I had a piece of Styrofoam to hold up the cakeballs as the white chocolate dried (it happens fast because the cakeball is frozen) so that it was coated all over and didn't have a flat bottom)
We also had a tournament for the adults with the following rules:
1. Tournament participation is required of all adults over the age of 4 ½. Non-participation will result in being sent home without any cake.
2. Scoring will be based on the referee’s discretion, rather than actual points scored or “rules of fairness.”
3. Rotating referees will be selected from a pool of non-adults under the age of 4 ½.
4. Smack talk is highly encouraged, and points may be awarded for style.
5. Bribing, tickling and verbally influencing the referees is likewise encouraged. A match will continue until one or more participants is sick of it and/or needs to use the restroom, at which point a referee will call the winner.
Uncle Tony proved best at manipulating the referees.
More pics in my Flickr if you want food details, etc.:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sadsilver/sets/72157624265930820/
