redneck party ideas
By an Award-Winning Professional Party Planner
Get ideas for redneck / white trash / hillbilly party invitations, party food, decoration, games, and party supplies
If this is the first page you've landed on, let me give you a quick introduction. I'm Matt James, a professional party planner, and the purpose of this site is to show you the most creative way you can use regular, shop-bought party supplies that can be found in most stores.
Not everyone has the craft skills of Martha Stewart or the time to spend several days with a glue gun making things from scratch. It's fine to use shop-bought decoration and
supplies—as long as you choose them carefully and know the best way to put them all together. So I'll share a few simple tips and trade secrets that anyone can use to add
some creative touches to your party—whatever your budget.
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Below are my redneck party ideas with tips and suggestions for redneck party invitations, redneck party food, decorations, and party games. I've also included some hillbilly party ideas, white trash party ideas, and trailer trash party ideas to broaden the theme a little.
Below are some suggestions for invitations to go with these redneck party ideas:
I think it’s important to create a big first impression, so I always try to incorporate some sort of object with the invitations—rather than just relying on a traditional printed card (see examples here). This is a little trick that’s often used by professional party planners to make invitations stand out. People just love to receive unusual invitations. It really captures their imagination and gets them excited about the party.
To create 3D invitations to compliment these redneck party ideas, pick up a pack of 'Billy Bob' redneck teeth. To use these as invitations for your trailer trash party just write or print all your redneck / hillbilly party details onto a small tag and tie this onto the teeth (see Using Tags on the Create Invitations page for examples). Buying the teeth in individual packs doesn't work out very cost effective, so pick up the economy packs of 12 for around $7 from supplier 6.
Check out this site for some hillbilly / white trash / redneck party invitations, such as the ones below, which you can have personalized. (More designs available).
There's also this redneck party invitation, available here.
There's also this site, which has some of my favorite redneck party invitations, such as these personalized white trash beer can invitations (below left) and these white trash bachelorette invitations (below right).
For the invitation wording, include plenty of redneck / hillbilly words and phrases into your redneck party ideas, ex:
Here are some drinks suggestions to go with these redneck party ideas.
Always create a signature drink for your party—it’s one of the easiest things you can do to make your party unique. If your party has a theme, think about what flavors you can use in your signature drink that will convey it. Don’t forget about styling and presentation too. You could serve drinks in individual bottles or jars, add your own labels, use themed ice cubes, straws, drinks picks, or add a simple garnish. A sprig of berries or a single flower head on the rim of a glass can make a simple cocktail look really stylish.
No redneck / white trash party would be complete without cans of cheap beer. Pabst Blue Ribbon, Busch, and Bud Light are probably the most obvious redneck brands. Or go one step further and get a keg of beer for your trailer trash party.
Wine should be from a box, or serve fruit-flavored, screw top, sweet wine coolers such as Boones Farm. Serve them in these 'Redneck Stemware' styrofoam party cups.
If you're a real fancy redneck and want to serve cocktails just mix Southern Comfort and Mountain Dew over ice. Serve in Mason jars for a real white trash party feel, which you can pick up cheaply here. Alternatively, you can get shot glass sized mason jars or personalized red Solo cups from supplier 4.
These red, white, and blue shooters, below left by Annie Marie Helmenstine on about.com could be renamed 'Rebel Flag' shooters, as could this layered patriotic drink, below center by Kristyn at L'il Luna. Alternatively, make red, white, and blue Jell-o shots.
Alternatively, just stick with a classic Beertini aka Redneck Martini (below left, from Sofa King Drunk). Pour light beer in a cold Martini glass, throw in a couple of Martini olives and a little of the olive juice.
Check out Supplier 4 for these printable labels to give regular water bottles a redneck makeover.
Below are some food suggestions to go with my redneck party ideas. A lot of these white trash party foods are pretty disgusting junk foods and some of your guests may not actually want to eat them (think of them more as decorations that just happen to be edible!). So be sure to get the balance right between joke dishes and ones that people will actually eat.
As a professional party planner, I’m lucky enough to be able to collaborate with some amazing chefs to create menus for my events. As I’m no chef myself and cannot create dishesfrom scratch, I’ve searched the web for recipes that I think would work well for this party theme. All credit goes to the talented people that have created these recipes - so please click through to their site for full details, methods, and in some cases step-by-step tutorials.
Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Moon pies, Sno Balls and Ho Ho's are hillbilly / redneck party staples, but if you're going to throw a white trash party you might as well go the whole hog and serve them deep fried. Check out this recipe for Deep Fried Twinkies (below right, from Deep Frying for the Brave) or Deep Fried Ding Dongs (below left, from Dunkin Cooking the Semi-Homemade Way).
Who knew Cheez Whiz was so versatile? Check out the Kraft Recipes site for a whole list of Cheez Whiz recipes that are perfect for a trailer trash party. These include Cheesy Beer Dip (below left) made from err...Cheez Whiz and Beer, or Cheez Whiz and Tater Bake (below right). You could also serve hot dogs with a selection of different Cheez Whiz on the side.
Buy small cans of Beans and Wieners, heat them up, then serve them back in the individual cans with a fork sticking out. A row of mini cans lined up on a tray or buffet table will look pretty funny. Or serve some classic Redneck 'Tater Tot' Casserole (below left, from food.com) at your hillbilly / white trash / redneck party.
Another site that's useful for redneck party ideas is the Spam recipe pages, which includes the Spam Casserole (below left), Spam Hawaiian Pizza (below center), and Spam French Fries (below right).
The same site also has some funny recipes, which are perfect for a white trash / redneck party, including 'Redneck Sushi' (below left), Spam cupcakes (below center), and Spam Nachos (below right).
Spam sandwiches using thick white bread are also perfect for a trailer trash party. Or if you're prepared to try something a bit more unusual check out this recipe for Pepsi Spam Wraps (below left, from food.com) or even Savory Spam Cupcakes with Mash Potato 'Frosting' (below right, from food.com). Did someone say white trash party?
BBQ ribs, catfish, beef jerky, pork rinds, pigs feet, corn dogs, mac and cheese with hot dogs, watermelon, pimento cheese sandwiches on white bread, and jars of pickled eggs are also good foods for a hillbilly / white trash / redneck party. You can pick up things like Pig's Feet from supplier 3.
This recipe for Beer Can Chicken with Cola Barbecue Sauce (below left, from Food Network) sounds like the perfect recipe to go with these redneck party ideas. For dessert, serve a Jell-O ring (below right, from Recipe) preferably in red, white, and blue.
Don't forget to include some food that's actually edible. You can serve regular cupcakes and make them a little more trailer trash buy using these beer can candles from supplier's 3 or 4, as toppers.
Check out supplier 4 for lots of hunting and shooting cupcake toppers to make your cakes a little more redneck.
Supplier 4 also has lots of camouflage cupcake toppers and wrappers, such as the ones below.
Again, supplier 4, also has various gun, monster truck, and deer hunting themed cupcake toppers that are perfect for a redneck party.
Check out supplier 4 for various rifle, bullet, and shotgun cookie cutters. Remember that you can also use these to shape other party snacks, such as cheese, fruit, and sandwiches for your white trash / redneck party.
Alteratively, you can buy hunting, fishing and shooting themed cookies from supplier 4.
These edible redneck / hillbilly teeth are just apple slices, peanut butter, and mini marshmallows. Genius!
Below are styling and decoration tips to create a themed buffet / dessert table to go with these redneck party ideas.
I always think it’s a good idea to concentrate the majority of your decoration around a buffet/dessert table. This will create a focal point in the room. decoration often have to compete with existing room decor so they can get a bit lost if spread too thinly. I think you’re far better off creating one really well themed feature wall that everyone’s eye will be drawn to. You can then use a few general decoration around the rest of the room to tie everything together.
To dress a buffet table like this one, follow the step by step instructions below.
Use this rustic barn wall scene setter to create a backdrop. It's 30ft long so you can probably cover several walls. It's a really cheap and easy way to transform your room. There's also an outhouse door add-on. Alternatively, you coud use these rolls of wood effect background paper. All available from supplier 2.
Hang 2nd amendment-style flags on top of the backdrop above the table, then create swags above it with this camouflage pennant banner. Both available from supplier 3.
Alternatively, you could use these Bud can string lights instead of the camouflage pennant banner - they come in both Bud and Bud light. Or you could string these around the front of the table. See supplier 3.
Then hang a couple of toy rifles beneath it. Alternatively, for a cheaper option you could use this inflatable gun (below right). Both are available from supplier 3.
Make a buffet table for your white trash / redneck party by stacking up plastic milk crates and laying a sheet of plywood on top. Alternatively, cut a whole in the bottom of the milk crates, stack a few on top of each other, then slide the leg of your normal table through the hole so it looks like the table top is supported by stacked up milk crates. If you want to throw a really fancy redneck / hillbilly party, use a red and white check tablecloth (paper, of course). Alternatively, you could go for a camouflage tablecover. See supplier 3 for crates and tablecovers.
Create different levels on the food table by raising serving dishes up on pizza boxes or beer boxes / crates / cans.
Scatter the table top with different trailer trash party props such as shotgun shells, small rebel flags, beer cans / bottles as candle holders, anything Nascar, or road kill plush toys such as the ones below available here. (Note: the smaller cheap ones, below left and center, are actually dog toys, whereas the more delux ones, below right, are regular plush toys).
Use plastic flowers as a centerpiece with beer bottles as vases. Then hang some of these beer can danglers, from supplier 3, from the ceiling either side of the table. See if you can pick up an old dryer or similar appliance that's been left for junk and use it as a redneck drinks cooler (see below). Alternatively fill a wheelbarrow with ice and bottles of beer—or your bath.
Below are some food styling and presentation tips to go with these redneck party ideas.
Serve drinks in Mason jars, or cups made out of soda bottles cut in half. You can pick up cheap mason jars here, including the mug style ones.
Alternatively, check out supplier 3 for lots of redneck stemware, including red Solo cup and mason jar wine glasses, mason jar champagne flutes, and mason jar margarita glasses.
These 12 gauge shot glasses are also perfect for a redneck party, while this AK47 bullets ice cube tray is a easy way to give your drinks a Redneck look and feel. Both from supplier 3.
Serve foods such as mac & cheese, tater tot casserole, span casserole, or beans and wienies in individual tin cans with a fork sticking out. Label burgers, hot dogs, kebabs, and casseroles as different types of road kill, eg raccoon casserole, squirrel burger, fox and badger kebabs. Use these camouflage food picks to style the food.
You can also give your guests these plastic Go Plates that fit over the top of a beer can, bottle, or plastic cup.
Supplier's 1 and 2 have a number of different camouflage party plates, or alternatively check out supplier 3 for these Duck Dynasty party plates (note: these were recently discontinued so once the current stocks sells, out there wont be anymore).
Alternatively, check out supplier 7 for a range of different redneck, hillbilly, and trailer trash themed party plates.
Below are tips and recommendations for general decoration to go with these redneck party ideas:
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For an authentic redneck / white trash party, start your party decorations in your front yard. Move your sofa and an arm chair into your front yard, hang old laundry on a clothesline, and put up a few of these redneck signs.
Make redneck wind chimes out of beer cans or Mountain Dew cans, oe you can buy them from supplier 3 or 4.
Put a 'Beware of the Dog' sign in the yard and scatter car parts (tires, hubcaps etc) and random junk (shopping trollies, toilet seats etc). Alternatively, use a couple of these inflatable tires. Hang Christmas lights around the front of the house—regardless of what time of year it is. Alternatively, use these shotgun shell string lights from supplier 3. Hang a confederate flag on the front door, or use this outhouse door cover from supplier 2.
Move your dryer out onto the front yard, pick up an old toilet and use it as a planter, use a large refrigerator box to create an outhouse, set up plastic pink flamingos from supplier 3 on your front lawn, or check out supplier 4 for lots of redneck decorations such as this redneck bird bath.
If you know anyone who has a truck, get them to park it on your front lawn (or turn it into your very own redneck jacuzzi like the one below). If you're really prepared to make the effort for your trailer trash party decorations, take the wheels off your car and jack it up on bricks in the front yard!
For redneck party decorations inside, use toilet paper as streamers, thread beer cans onto string to hang as garlands, set up lawn chairs and tables inside the house, drape this camouflage netting from supplier 3 over furniture or hang it on walls, or use this camouflage backdrop (below right) from supplier 2.
Hang rebel flags, pop a Nascar DVD on—or if you have a projector show it over an entire wall. Hang Nascar / Monster Truck posters. You can get the posters and flags from supplier 3.
Supplier 3 also has lots of 'Make America Great Again' flags which are good for decorating larger areas.
Check out supplier 4 for more decorative pieces to go with these redneck party ideas, such as these letters made from shotgun shells or these camouflage mason jar centerpieces.
Supplier 4 also has these fun red Solo cup string lights which would make great redneck party decorations.
You can also pick up empty shotgun shell cases from supplier 4 to scatter around as party decorations.
A white trash party is a great opportunity to get everyone to dress up (or should that be dress down?). Here are some redneck / trailer trash party costume tips to go with these redneck party ideas:
There are lots of great redneck, hillbilly and trailer trash party costumes and wigs available online such as the ones below. Check out supplier's 8, 9 and 3 for the best range (each has different options).
Here are some hillbilly / trailer trash party games to go with these redneck party ideas:
Hold a competition to see who can spit a watermelon seed the furthest.
Like apple bobbing but with delicious pig's feet (mmmmm!). See how many pig's feet people can fish out of a tub of water in 1 minute using only their teeth. (You can can pick up Pig's Feet from supplier 3).
Like regular bowling but with a frozen turkey. Oh, and use Mountain Dew bottles as pins.
See who can eat the most Twinkies in 2 minutes.
Hold a Spam sculpting competition and see who can come up with the most creative sculpture, such as this 'Spamhenge' below. Give the winner a Spam cookbook.
Set up a shooting range by balancing beer cans on a wall and have people use a Nerf gun from supplier 3 to knock them off.
See who can produce the longest or loudest belch
Use this life-size cardboard stand-in to create a hillbilly party photo op for your guests to have their photo taken with.
If you can't get hold of two lawn mowers, use wheelbarrows instead.
See who can toss a toilet seat the furthest. Alternatively stick a pole into the grass and see who can ring the toilet seat around it.
Guess the song being played with armpit farts.
There are also several Redneck games available from supplier 3, such as this Jeff Foxworthy 'You Might Be a Redneck If....'.
Check out supplier 4 for these redneck / hillbilly / white trash photo booth props.
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Matt James is a professional event planner and owner of event agency Left Field Productions, which has produced events for Elton John, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Spacey, Stella McCartney, David LaChapelle, John Waters, and Elvis Costello & Diana Krall. Since 2004, Left Field Productions has won 30 industry awards for excellence including Production Company of the Year.
redneck party ideas
by an award-winning professional party planner
