Party Themes for Sorority/Fraternity Mixers/Switches

[socialite]

Punk rock parties are really fun i think because people go ALL OUT when it comes to dressing up for these... love it...

Taking a cue from Bridget Jones' Diary (I assume) I went to a Vics and Vicars party once that was...interesting

And since I'm from good ole missourah a favorite is always the cowboy themed party and the redneck party...

[socialite]

Oh god I forgot about my favorite ever...

"Revenge of the Nerds"- Pocket protectors, flannel, pants hawked up to here, glasses with tape around them, etc etc, and one of the girls came with toilet paper duct taped to her shoe it was AWESOMELY fun.

[aggieadpi]

Hi! I'm having a late birthday party and I really want everyone, or at least the guys to frat hard. I love it when they where polos, button downs, and sperrys and stuff. But it's not really directly related to my sorority or a fraternity, I'm just using it for my birthday party theme. However, some of my friends, guys and girls don't really like frats. So is there a way to theme it where the guys and some girls if they wanted to, could frat hard, but it wouldn't be obvious. Like I think frat hard or go home might be like offending to some (which is crazy), but I don't want a group to not come because of it.

So, any ideas for fratty themes/names for the party, that isn't like frat hard or go home?
Thanks

[moonstruck66]

An annual social we do with one of the fraternities is Boxer Bash. One year, we buy boxers, the guys buy pizza and drinks. The next year, we switch the responsibilities. If it's our turn to buy boxers, our social chair gets a list from the frat's social chair with the size of boxers each guy wants. The two chairs pair us up, and we get only the size of boxers. We buy matching boxers for us and the guy, and give the guy's to our social chair, who gives the boxers to their social chair (with the guys' names on the corresponding boxers). The night of the social, everyone keeps their boxers covered until the revealing. You do a little strip show to find out who you boxer buddy is, and you're with that person through the rest of the social. We get divided up into relay teams, and the losing team(s) pay for the alcohol. Sounds complicated, but always a lot of fun. We've even done to the bars in our boxers afterwards too.

Another we did with a fraternity and sorority at another campus was a Halloween mixer. Our Social chairs grouped us so there was one member from each house in a group, and since we were from different schools, all we got was a name and phone number. As a group, you had to have a theme to your Halloween costumes: nerds, TJ, superheroes, exterminator&insects (that was my group, and we won). Winning group got a handle that they didnt have to share, everyone else had only the keg. Then as a group, we all went out into Isla Vista in our costumes.

Also:
-Speed "Getting to Know You"
-Mafia
-Black&White Ladies Night
-Black&Red Ladies Night
-Scarlet Night
-White Affair
-Masquerade Ball (gotta wear a mask... could even make them as you're coming in)
-Ghetto Drive In (get a projector, set it up on the side of the house, pull your trucks up with the beds facing the wall. bring out a few couches too)
-Movie Night (rent a movie where they say one word repeatedly, last one to raise their hands has to take a shot. sober version: last one to raise their hands gets a truth or dare. Surf's Up [Big Z] and 300 [Sparta] work well. works best with smaller groups)

[APhiAnna]

Obviously the original poster is no longer looking for suggestions, but here are my favorites from years past (some of them were from other sororities and I was just jealous of their themes):
* It Used To Be Cool
* I Got if for $10 (Your whole outfit had to total $10)
* Party Animals (everybody was an animal...some of the guys were hilarious and picked the most obscure animals)
* New Years (nice dresses and everybody went crazy at midnight)
* P is for Party (everybody dresses up as something with the letter P)
* You Are What You Drink (interpret drinks into costumes)
* Sin City (everybody interpreted Vegas hotels)
* I Love the 90s
* Get In The Game (boardgames, sports, whatever)

[33girl]

Originally Posted by APhiAnna

Obviously the original poster is no longer looking for suggestions, but here are my favorites from years past (some of them were from other sororities and I was just jealous of their themes):
* It Used To Be Cool
* Party Animals (everybody was an animal...some of the guys were hilarious and picked the most obscure animals)
* P is for Party (everybody dresses up as something with the letter P)
* You Are What You Drink (interpret drinks into costumes)

These are excellent.

[DUMFBU56]

we did a "rescue me" party, where you can be a nurse, cop, firefighter, or even a super hero... pretty sweet

[aeal121]

Ok, so this one is kinda weird, but it turned out hysterical. Last year, we had a mixer with a fraternity and they suggested we do a Noah's Ark party. The fraternity prez dresses up as Noah and the sorority prez dresses up as mrs. Noah and then all the rest of the members dress up as animals. If you want, you can coordinate to be in pairs with someone from the opposite house, this turned out really funny, the pictures are great!
Other ideas:
-Represent your state
-Famous Lovers
-Flash 'n Trash (flashy/trashy)
-Tacky Wedding

[OhTheAlphaTau]

we recently had a Headbanger's Ball with ΘΞ. it was a lot of fun, we played rock band. we all seperated off into "bands" and we tried to see what band could get the highest score. we wore band t-shirts and "rocker" gear. we all listened to rock music and it was a lot of fun!

[SeXi~Fuzzy~F.06]

We've had a Mathletes vs Athletes party :-) We all dressed up as jocks or nerds, and then we had different competitions (like nerds vs jocks in flip cup, shot gun races, etc.)... At the end of the night the "team" (nerds or jocks) that won, got something... Our "prize" was to not clean up :-) It definately got everyone comptetive considering we had upwards of 150 people between our sorority and their fraternity...

Robots was one we just had last Friday (8 days ago)... You dress like a robot! Some guys donned cardboard boxes with horizontal glow sticks on their chest... I personally went as a FemBot from Austin Powers... One guy dressed up as Arnold Schwartenager (Terminator)... A girl went as Rosie from the Jestons cartoon... A ton of people went out and bought a roll of aluminum foil...

Lets see, we've also had the regular socials: toga, gangsta, biker/trashy wedding, 70s, Guys&Dolls, GolfPros and Tennis Hoes, Heaven and Hell, Luau, Stop Light, Beer Pong in your PJs (Beer pong championship w/ brackets), WTF are you Wearing? (mismatch), Cocktail, Black and White TV (some one wore a black and white smoking robe), Fast Times at _____ High (We used McComas since its the name of our greek row), In the Army, Cowboys and Indians, Ugly Sweater, Famous Couples...

There's more, I just can't think of them right now... I'm a junior (finally) and we have consistantly had 1 every other friday since I signed my bid back in Fall of 2006... We have had a TON of them, and we haven't repeated any themes... except 80s I think...

[ariadrew]

im not in a greek system but thought i would add since i own a club type establishment and throw themed parties

This one only really work at sor/frats

RUBICS CUBE everyone wears different color clothes like a red shirt blue pants yellow shoes etc then tries to swap clothes with others by doing things. its a tough thing to leave in a solid color clothes and a lot of fun
let me know if anybody does it

[LXAGuy08]

The best social theme we have had so far this year has been the Village People. its was alot of fun and you definitely can get creative with it.

[Magmar]

These are some really good ideas, as we may have a theme coming up.
So far, we just did anything but clothes...

[tenev]

Yea guys, really good ideas.

Here is what we did at my house (Sigma Pi at MSU)

80`s party - Huge Success
Martini Monday - Became a tradition, once per semester
WTF Party - wear something that people would say WTF
Monster Party - sponsored by monster

We had many more but those were the parties that really turned our to be very successful

[sc316sgrl]

Originally Posted by SeXi~Fuzzy~F.06

We've had a Mathletes vs Athletes party :-) We all dressed up as jocks or nerds, and then we had different competitions (like nerds vs jocks in flip cup, shot gun races, etc.)... At the end of the night the "team" (nerds or jocks) that won, got something... Our "prize" was to not clean up :-) It definately got everyone comptetive considering we had upwards of 150 people between our sorority and their fraternity...

Robots was one we just had last Friday (8 days ago)... You dress like a robot! Some guys donned cardboard boxes with horizontal glow sticks on their chest... I personally went as a FemBot from Austin Powers... One guy dressed up as Arnold Schwartenager (Terminator)... A girl went as Rosie from the Jestons cartoon... A ton of people went out and bought a roll of aluminum foil...

Lets see, we've also had the regular socials: toga, gangsta, biker/trashy wedding, 70s, Guys&Dolls, GolfPros and Tennis Hoes, Heaven and Hell, Luau, Stop Light, Beer Pong in your PJs (Beer pong championship w/ brackets), WTF are you Wearing? (mismatch), Cocktail, Black and White TV (some one wore a black and white smoking robe), Fast Times at _____ High (We used McComas since its the name of our greek row), In the Army, Cowboys and Indians, Ugly Sweater, Famous Couples...

There's more, I just can't think of them right now... I'm a junior (finally) and we have consistantly had 1 every other friday since I signed my bid back in Fall of 2006... We have had a TON of them, and we haven't repeated any themes... except 80s I think...

Are you a Alpha Xi Delta by any change lol?? I just saw ur sn