Theme - Outer Space

Monday, 20 July 2009 (AU time) is the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. 2009 is also the International year of Astronomy so celebrate with an outer space party! Browse the shops below for ideas.

Party Supplies and Decorations

Make stars, planets and moons from cardboard, foil, styrofoam balls and glow-in-the dark paint and hang them on the walls and ceiling. Or get some ready-made glow-in-the-dark stars. Use a black light bulb to for bring out the glow.

• Cool Things - Specialise in stocking products that are simply cool. They are based in Launceston, Tasmania and deliver Australia wide and internationally. Orders can be gift wrapped complete with a message to the lucky recipient. Cool Things have a remote control solar system mobile. All nine planets orbit around a light up sun! They also have a hanging remote control moon that lights up. 
   
• Parties Online - Sydney-based party products store in operation since 1991, they specialise in tableware, balloons, costumes and more.
   
• Party Products Australia - Brisbane-based Online Party Products Superstore.
  Any size order delivered Australia-wide for only $9.95. Party Products have alien themed balloons.
   
• PictureStore.com.au - Choose your favourite print from the large selection and have it laminated, block mounted, transferred to canvas or framed. They are based in NSW with Australia-wide and some international delivery. See Astronomy & Astrology prints.
   
• Blue Dog Posters in Sydney is Australia's largest online poster shop. From the latest and greatest to the bizarre and obscure, choose from over 7000 posters and prints. Get your poster laminated or delivered as is. Search for prints of outer space, the moon, the solar system and the Earth.

Costumes

Dress like an astronaut, a planet or star, an alien or recreate the era when man first landed on the moon - see our 50s party page. Popular characters from related to space include members from Star Trek, Lost in Space, Men in Black, as well as Buzz Lightyear and Marvin the Martian. Also check out our Star Wars party page.

• Costume Box - Thousands of Fancy Dress costumes for adults and kids for all occasions. Sydney-based online store with delivery to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Flat fee delivery within Australia. Most costumes are dispatched within 24 hours. All costumes displayed are in stock. Search for outer space.
   
• See more party costumes for children and adults.

Outer Space food ideas

• Bake star shaped cookies and to make them shiny, wrap them in foil.
   
• Eat real astronaut food! Cool Things have some astronaut ice-cream!
   
  • Astronaut Ice Cream (from Coolthings)
    Yes, each official astronaut ice cream pack contains a slice of freeze-dried edible Neapolitan ice cream, ready for eating straight out of the packet!
     
  • Astronaut Ice-Cream Sandwich (from Coolthings)
    This delicious out-of-this-world snack is real Vanilla Ice-Cream that has been freeze dried, placed in between two delicious chocolate wafers and is ready to melt in your mouth.