rag your hair up high , rest the bright dismal eyeshadow on thick and bring out out the leg heater , because you ’re about to throw the ultimate cocktail - fueled Ladies of the ‘ 80 party . Just for the occasion , we come up with three fun and light themed cocktail stations inspired by three ‘ 80s great : Pat Benatar , Cyndi Lauper and Madonna . Here ’s how to set up your own boozy blast from the past times ( mixtape not included ) .
Cocktail Station #1: Hit Me With Your Best Shot
This Pat Benatar - inspire station is all about a 1980s ducky : hit man . These neon - hued , mini miscellaneous drinks are complete for knock back between songs before returning to the dancing storey .
The Set Up
Before the party , develop three pitchers of gun without ice rink for your guest to choose from . While pretty much any cocktail can be scaled down to crap-shooter - size , some of the most democratic and most fluorescent options include the Purple Hooter ( 2 partsvodka , 1 part lime juice , 1 partChambord ) , the Melon Ball ( 2 parts vodka , 1 partMidori , 1 part pineapple succus ) and the Alabama Slammer ( adequate parts sloe gin , Southern Comfort , amaretto and orange juice ) . Refrigerate the pitchers .
The Presentation
Just before your client arrive , set the pitchers out along with marvelous , skinny shooter glasses , mover and shaker , jiggers and a big pail of ice . Instruct your guests to measure out two ounces of a intermixture into a shaker , shakewith ice andstraininto a shooter glass . Or , if you ’d rather swarm the shots for your Edgar Albert Guest , do your dependable Tom Cruise inCocktailimpression by mixing two service of process at once in the shaker , setting two glasses side by side , and aligning the two thin slot on a Hawthorne strainer with the the glasses . As you pour , two separate flow of liquid will take both glasses simultaneously . Cue the hoots and holla .
Cocktail Station #2: Girls Just Want to Have Fun
“ When the working Clarence Shepard Day Jr. is done , oh girls , they require to have fun . ” There ’s no better way to toast the end of the working day like a on-key Cyndi Lauper fan than with a sweet , fruity , suggestively namedSex on the Beach — except with a full - shove along gender on the Beach bar .
Made with vodka , peach schnapps , orange juice , cranberry juice and Chambord , the Sex on the Beach is a round-eyed , tasty tipple and easy for anyone to make — even after a couple of shooters . Before the company , fix all of your constituent ( as well as a bottle of white rum as an alternative to vodka ) , and cook garnish bowls of orangish slash , maraschino cerise and quicklime slices .
Set out the Chambord , peach schnaps , vodka and white rum , along with pitchers full of the juice , shot glass , shakers , highball glasses , frosting and garnish bowls . Not only can your invitee make a authoritative sexual practice on the Beach ( 1.5 oz vodka , .5 oz peach schnapps , 1.5 oz orange juice , 1.5 oz cranberry juice and .5 oz Chambord ) but also aFuzzy Navel(3 oz peach schnapps and 3 oz orange juice ) and a Woo Woo ( 1 oz vodka , 1 oz peach schnapps and 2 oz cranberry juice ) .
Cocktail Station #3: Material Girl
Our Madonna - inspired place is all about the glitz and glamour . Here , your guests will be able-bodied to make their own Au - blot sparkling spritzer worthy of the Material Girl herself .
cool a few nursing bottle of sparkling wine — Champagne if you really want to splurge , but domesticated sparkling , cava or prosecco will also work — buy some raspberry and blackberries , and get a feeding bottle of Goldschlager , that gold flake - flecked cinnamon liqueur . educate a little jar ofsimple syrupand grease one’s palms edible gold glitter or sprinkles .
Set out Champagne flutes , jiggers , Goldschlager , bowl full of the berries , a shallow dish of simple syrup and another of edible gold sprinkling . Pop a feeding bottle of bubbly and have your guest rim their Champagne transverse flute — first in the uncomplicated syrup , then in the sparge . Then , pour .5 oz of Goldschlager into the flute glass , top with Champagne and drop in a few berries . You ’ll be go forth with a sparkly drinking that ’s set for Instagram , but , since this is an ‘ 80s party , opt for a Polaroid instead .
