Post #88820 by freddiefreelance on Wed, Apr 28, 2004 9:00 PM

I went to Michaels this afternoon, & besides floats & netting they had:

• Bags of shells & starfish (large net bags of craft shells, smaller poly-wrapped bags of finer shells),
• 5' Tiki torches,
• tabletop Tiki torches,
• "Luau Party Bright Lights" a 10 light string with Tiki heads, grass skirts, palm trees & coconut drinks,
• Tiki head & pineapple confetti,
• glass bottle tabletop oil lamps tied with string (like a glass float, but bottle shaped) with tiny shells @ the knots,
• decorative plates with palm trees that say "Hawaii, the World's Island Paradise,"
• 6' lengths of bamboo.

Plus, less Tiki & more tacky:

• luminaria with cutouts in the shapes of parrots, flamingos, fish & drinks,
• typical party store leis, plates, cups & napkins with tiki/tropical themes,
• hanging paper lanterns with Hibiscus & flamingos,
• plastic flower covered hair bands,
• various ticky-tacky with images of palm trees or pineapples.