How to Throw a Friends Themed Party in 8 Easy Steps

Friends themed thanksgiving party
Friends themed dessert table
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  1. Costume Ideas
  2. Party Decorations
  3. Focus Point
  4. Party Drinks
  5. Party Food
  6. Music
  7. Games and Activities
  8. Party Favours

1. Friends Themed Costumes

  • Pink bunny
  • In a box
  • Santa Clause
  • College look – guitar top, blazer and hair horns
  • Porsche owner
  • Wearing Chandler’s clothes
  • Black leather jacket
  • Superman
  • Dr. Drake Ramoray
  • Vegas Gladiator
  • Barbados (ping pong paddle, basketball cap, fuzzy hair)
  • 1950s diner girl
  • Catwoman
  • Turkey head
  • Red school prom dress (fat suit)
  • Supergirl
  • Boho style with guitar
  • Pregnant with triplets
  • Pink bicycle with flower basket, tassels and matching safety helmet
  • Bright orange furry coat
  • Cheerleader
  • Princess Leia
  • Waitress with short skirt and apron
  • Blue school prom dress
  • Red jumper
  • Two name tags
  • The Holiday Armadillo
  • Frankie Says Relax t-shirt
  • Leather trousers
  • Spud-Nik
  • College look – curly hair and moustache
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  • Crap Bag
  • Little Harmonica
  • Regina Phalange
  • Mr Heckles
  • LaPooh
  • Neat Guy
  • Miss Chanandler Bong
  • Dr. Drake Ramoray
  • Chloe the Copy-Girl
  • Cutie McPretty
  • Princess Consuela Banana Hammock
  • Tag
  • Officer Goodbody
  • Science Boy
  • Gladys / Glynnis
  • Paul the Wine Guy
  • Ken Adams
  • Dr. Richard Burke
  • Ugly Naked Guy
  • Mrs Whiskerson
  • Ursula
  • The Ultimate Fighting Champion

2. Friends Party Decorations

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  • I have everything I’m ever going to need. You are my family – Phoebe
  • It’s you and me, alright? This is it – Rachel
  • He’s her lobster! – Phoebe
  • I’ve never loved as much as I love you – Monica
  • It’s a four – Chandler
  • I got off the plane – Rachel 
  • I take thee, Rachel – Ross
  • I’ll be there for you – The Rembrandts
  • I’m hopeless and awkward and desperate for love – Chandler
  • I never thought I would be so lucky as to fall in love with my best friend – Monica
  • It’s always been you – Ross
  • We only ordered one – Monica
  • I don’t want my child’s first words to be how you doin’? – Rachel
  • No uterus, no opinion – Rachel
  • Why is my boy playing with a Barbie? – Ross
  • If it’s a girl Phoebe, if it’s a boy Phoebo – Phoebe
  • My boss wants to buy my baby – Rachel
  • That’s a really pretty name for an industrial solvent – Ross
  • You know, the baby can’t read Mike – Joey
  • I’m curvy and I like it – Joey
  • That sandwich was the only good thing in my life – Ross
  • Bagels and doughnuts. Round food for every mood – Chandler
  • Joey doesn’t share food – Joey
  • What’s not to like? Custard, good. Jam, good. Meat, good! – Joey
  • Cheese. It’s milk that you chew – Chandler
  • It tastes like feet! – Ross
  • The fridge broke, so I had to eat everything – Joey
  • A grape. Because who can get a water melon in your mouth? – Chandler
  • That’s a great story. Can I eat it? – Joey
  • My sandwich?!!! – Ross
  • Alright where’s that turkey – Joey
  • Here’s to a lousy Christmas… – Ross
  • …And a crappy New Year – Rachel
  • Oh my God, you should see the size of his Christmas balls! – Phoebe
  • I guess, what I’m trying to say is, I’m very thankful that all your Thanksgivings sucked – Chandler
  • Don’t you put words in people’s mouths. You put turkey in people’s mouths – Joey
  • But I didn’t get to shake my belly like a bowl full of jelly – Chandler
  • It’s Thanksgiving. Not truth day – Ross
  • Turkey makes me sleepy – Rachel
  • Happy Christmas Eve Eve – Phoebe
  • These are my Thanksgiving pants – Joey
  • Welcome to the real world. It sucks – you’re gonna love it! – Monica
  • Unagi – Ross
  • Oh… my… god! – Janice
  • This is brand new information! – Phoebe
  • Could I BE wearing any more clothes? – Joey
  • He’s a Transpondster! – Rachel
  • Well, I guess I’m going to Yemen! I’m going to Yemen! – Chandler
  • It’s a moo point – Joey
  • I’m not great at the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment? – Chandler
  • Isn’t that just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic – Rachel
  • Smelly cat, smelly cat – Phoebe
  • I know! – Monica
  • You don’t own a TV? What’s all your furniture pointed at? – Joey
  • Pivot! – Ross
  • I got off the plane – Rachel
  • How you doin’? – Joey
  • Paper. Snow. A ghost – Joey
  • We were ON A BREAK!!! – Ross
  • 7, 7, 7, 7, Seven – Monica
  • They don’t know that we know they know we know – Phoebe
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  • Oversized coffee mugs and a reserved sign
  • Dinosaur bones and fossils
  • Boarding passes to London, Paris or Vegas
  • Giant poking device made out of chopsticks
  • Chick and duck
  • Opening credit umbrellas
  • Ross’ sandwich (with a note attached)
  • Vegas chapel sign
  • Poker chips and playing cards
  • Pat the dog
  • Peephole frames
  • TV Guide (with Days of Our Lives on the front cover)
  • Hugsy the stuffed penguin
  • Central Perk menu board
  • Rachel’s Be Your Own Windkeeper book
  • Lobsters
  • Turkey with glasses and red fez hat
  • Richard’s moustaches
  • Science Boy comic book
  • Holiday candy basket
  • Birthday crown
  • New York memorabilia
  • Director’s clapperboard
  • Big Brown Bag
  • Phoebe’s guitar
  • Ross’ freebie list – laminated of course
  • Monica’s vintage cookie time clock
  • Magna doodle magnetic drawing board
  • Magic 8 ball
  • The Shining book hidden in the freezer
  • Toy taxi cab
  • Gladiator helmet
  • Marcel with a remote control
  • Cup hats
  • Cup necklaces
  • Cup bunting
  • Cup chandeliers
  • Cup garlands and bunting
  • Cup towers
  • Cup pots to serve appetisers
  • Cup themed party games

3. Friends Party Focus Point

  • New York City skyline
  • Central Perk logo with exposed brickwork
  • Vegas chapel
  • Prom: Class of 1988
  • Monica’s apartment door
  • Water fountain
  • Plain black backdrop with Friends font

4. Friends Themed Party Drinks

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5. Friends Themed Party Food

  • Ross’ Fajitas
  • Joey’s Meatball Subs
  • Joey’s Sandwiches
  • Ross’ Holiday Armajello
  • Monica’s Dirty Salad
  • Monica’s Mocklate (chocolate)
  • Ross’ Spudnik Salad (potato salad)
  • Ross’ Basket of Mini Muffins
  • Monica’s Dozen Lasagnas
  • Rachel’s English Trifle
  • Monica’s Little Drops of Heaven (sweets)
  • Phoebe’s Grandma’s Cookies (nestle toulouse chocolate chip cookies)
  • Phoebe’s Hummus
  • Chandler’s Mac and Cheese
  • Chandler’s Stolen Cheesecake
  • Joey’s Special (2 pizzas)
  • Monica’s Finger Nail Quiche
  • Monica’s Holiday Candy

6. Music

  1. The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You (The original theme song)
  2. Carpenters – Top Of The World S1 E7 (Joey, Monica and Phoebe sing during a blackout whilst Ross fights with a cat)
  3. The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight S1 E18 (The song played non-stop by Ross’ monkey Marcel)
  4. Hootie & the Blowfish – I Go Blind S2 E5 (At the concert)
  5. U2 – With or Without You S2 E7 (Rachel and Ross kiss at the coffee shop)
  6. Eric Carmen – All By Myself S2 E17 (Chandler and Joey in their apartments missing each other)
  7. Nelly – Ride With Me S5 E22 (The policeman stops Rachel)
  8. Donna Summer – Love to Love You Baby S5 E23 (Rachel dances naked)
  9. Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas S5 E23 (Chandler and Monica see Rachel and Ross coming out of a Vegas chapel, married!)
  10. Loreta – Trouble With Boys S6 E10 (Monica and Ross dance to ‘The Routine’)
  11. Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight S6 E25 (Chandler and Monica dance after their engagement)
  12. Semisonic – Closing Time S8 E5 (The song plays at the end of the series when Rachel walks into the coffee shop)
  13. The Police – Roxanne S8 E10 (Phoebe sings to Ross the song of Sting by making a change to the lyrics)
  14. Sir Mix-a-Lot – Baby Got Back S9 E7 (Rachel and Ross sing to Emma to make her laugh)
  15. Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun S10 (Montage of Phoebe, Monica and Rachel’s moments together)
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7. Friends Themed Games and Activities

  • Put on all of Chandler’s clothes
  • Walk down the aisle
  • Make a poking device out of chopsticks
  • Pivot the couch
  • Line up stuffed animals in size order (chick, duck, Pat the dog, Marcel the monkey, Hugsy the penguin, Smelly cat, lobster, Eddie’s goldfish)
  • Write down as many 50 states as you can in 3 minutes
  • Crawl like a lobster 
  • Drink a gallon of milk in 10 seconds
  • Make Ross’ sandwich  
  • Figure out which cookie is a Nestlé Toll House chocolate chip cookie 
  • Play catch (but don’t be the dropper!) 
  • Race a couple of wind-up toy race
  • Put nappies on the triplet dolls
  • Draw a picture on a Magna doodle
  • Don’t spill the coffee (like an egg and spoon race)
  • Finalise the course with a trivia question – What is Chandler Bing’s job?

8. Friends Themed Party Favours

  • We were on a break Kit Kat
  • Lottery ticket (from when the gang pitched in to buy lottery tickets)
  • Lobster keyring
  • Mini magna doodle – I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them in the pound shop
  • I love NY t-shirt or badge
  • Bar of Monica’s Mockolate
  • Faux massage voucher from your beauty therapist Phoebe
  • Toblerone
  • Toy dinosaur figures
  • Teeth whitener
  • Coffee sachet
  • London Union Jack fridge magnet or hat
  • Sneeze muffin
  • Magic 8 ball

4 responses to “How to Throw a Friends Themed Party in 8 Easy Steps”

  1. This is the best website I have ever been on. It tells you everything!

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  2. I loved this, it was so informative! As a die hard friends fan I shall certainly be using this when planning hen dos and parties! Thankyou so much!

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