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Black and White New Year’s Eve Party Ideas

By:

Britni Vigil

03/14/2025

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Need a fun theme for this year’s New Year’s Eve party? Try a black and white party filled with black and white treats, black and white party games, and even some awesome black and white New Year’s Eve party decorations! This guide will give you everything you need to host one incredible black and white New Year’s Eve!

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Black and White Party Ideas

There is only one rule when it comes to hosting a black and white party – it needs to be black and white including the dress code! We did a black and white party with our friends a few years ago and this year are doing it again for New Year’s Eve.

A black and white party makes the perfect party theme for an adult game night, a dinner party with friends, or this case a New Year’s Eve Party. It actually works perfect for New Year’s Eve because black and white tends to lean itself to a more adult and sophisticated vibe, although you could easily do all of these things with kids as well!

Black and white party ideas and dress code

Black and White Party Food

When I first came up with the idea of doing a black and white party for New Year’s Eve, I was a little worried trying to come up with food to serve that would fit the theme. That was before I realized the Shindigz has an entire selection of candy you can order by color, and we’re not just talking about gum balls and Sixlets, we’re talking black and white Dum Dums, black and white Hershey kisses, and even black and white rock candy. Perfect for filling these smaller apothecary jars.

A great black and white party table
Black and white candy buffer ideas
Black and white candy buffer ideas
Black and white Hersey kisses in a plate
Black and white candy buffer ideas

On top of the candy they actually offer themselves, you can also make printable wrappers for other candy like the labels I made for these mini chocolate bars, the big chocolate suckers, and even these 2018 candy tubes. It definitely made putting together this black and white dessert table so much easier.

Black and white candy buffer ideas
Black and white candy buffer ideas
Black and white themed cookies on a stick

In addition to the candy, I just grabbed a couple of other desserts – Oreos, black and white cookies (of course), a white cake decorated with black sprinkles and Sixlets, chocolate and white powdered donuts, and Devil’s Food Cupcakes with white frosting. Who knew black and white food could be so sweet?

Simple black and white cake
Great black and white cookies
Black and white themed cupcakes
Black and white donuts for New Year' Eve
Cute black and white party favors

While I did a dessert table, you could also go the more savory route with some of these instead:

  • Olive and mozzarella cheese crostinis
  • Sushi rolls
  • Popcorn with black sprinkles
  • Blackberries with a cream cheese drizzle
  • White tortilla chips with black bean dip
  • Black bean soup with crumbled white cheese
  • Black eyed peas with forbidden rice (the black eyed peas are great for New Year’s Eve)

Black and White Party Decorations

I kept it pretty simple with our party decorations because I like things simple. I used a piece of black and white striped fabric as a tablecloth on the table highlighted by an awesome black and white tissue paper garland. And I incorporated some of the hats and leis from a black and white New Year’s Eve Collection in my center cake stand to tie everything all together.

For my table backdrop, I ordered a set of black 2018 Megaloon balloons (and only used the 18 because the balloons are pretty big) and used these balloon weights tied with clear string to hold them down. And last but not least, I tied some black and white happy New Year’s Eve balloons to our mailbox.

Black and white party decorations
Great black and white new year's eve party ideas

These other decorations would also be perfect, they just didn’t really work with our party setup!

  • Black Chandelier
  • White (or black) 3-Tier Ruffled Skirt
  • Black and White Chain Link Garland
  • Black and White Striped Party Bags
  • Black 2018 Confetti

Black and White New Year’s Eve Games & Activities

Black and White Printable Games

The beauty of the black and white theme is that it’s so easy to make any printable games fit the theme – simply print out games like these New Year’s Eve trivia games in black and white and voila, you have a themed game! Here’s an entire collection of New Year’s Eve games that you could just print out in black and white.

Black and White Gift Exchange

Have everyone bring a black and white gift wrapped in black and white (a pop of color is okay), print out these gift exchange cards in black and white, and order this big black and white foam dice to play one of the most fun gift exchange games ever.

Luckily black and white is a pretty popular color combo so finding black and white gifts should be a breeze. If you can’t come up with anything, a pack of Oreos with a gift card taped to the bottom if a good failsafe option.

A great new year's eve game ideea
Black and white gift exchange games
Fun black and white party games

Black and White New Year’s Eve Name that Tune

Name that tune is one of my all-time favorite games to play at parties. You split the team in two, play a short clip of a song, and see which team can guess the song first. One point for the song title and one point for the artist. Detailed instructions for playing name that tune can be found here.

For a black and white New Year’s Eve party, there are two different ways you could play this one. You could either do a list of songs that have the word black or white in the title or just do a playlist of the top songs from the year. You can get the black and white playlist below here or get my New Year’s Eve name that tune playlist here.

Black and White Reverse Charades

Another one of my favorite party games is reverse charades, and I love it because you really can make it fit any theme. The general idea is that instead of in traditional charades where one person is acting something out while the team guesses, in reverse charades, one person guesses while the entire team works together to act out their item. It’s one of the funniest games I’ve ever seen.

I put together a list of black and white words that would work well for this that you can get by clicking the big pink button below. You could also put together a list of hot terms from the past year and have people act those out as well! Those may be a bit harder to guess, but it would be hilarious to watch someone act out say the battle scene between Thor and Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok, one of this year’s top movies.

Get the full instructions here and a printable list of black and white charades cards here. Here’s a little sampling of the list.

  • Shaun White (Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding)
  • Baa Baa Black Sheep
  • White Men Can’t Jump (movie)
  • White blood cells
  • White and Nerdy (Weird Al song)
  • Ebony and Ivory
  • Albino
  • Crossword
  • Panda Bear
  • Black Hills of South Dakota
Play charades with black and white items
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Fun New Year's Eve games

Hilarious black and white party games

Face the Cookie

One of my favorite minute to win it games is face the cookie. Since Oreos are black and white, this is a hilarious game that works perfectly with the theme. Give everyone a cookie and see who can get it from their forehead to their mouth first without their hands! You could try any of these other New Year’s Eve minute to win it games as well.

Face the cookie is a hilarious party game
Best black and white party games ever
Great black and white party ideas

Get the Printable Song & Charade Card List

Enter your first name and email address in the form below to get the free printable black and white game cards and song list. If you can’t see the form, click here to get to it.

A Black and White New Year’s Eve Photo Booth

No need to setup an elaborate photo booth for the party. Simply purchase one or two sets of these awesome black cardboard frames and set them up with hats, noisemakers, and leis from this black and white New Year’s Eve party kit to create an impromptu photo booth. And instead of doing color photos, have a printer setup to print out black and white photos.

Could there be any better party favor for a black and white party than a black and white photo?

A photo booth is a fantastic New Year's Eve ideas
Great photos from black and white party
Great black and white party games and activities
Try a black and white photo booth this year

What’s your favorite part of this black and white New Year’s Eve Party?

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  1. Jillian @ Hi! It’s Jilly
    11/19/2013

    That is so fun! I love throwing themed parties, too. What inspired you to come up with this theme? Was it celebrating something, or just for fun?

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  2. Trisha D
    10/22/2013

    Black and white anything is right up my alley so these games are perfect for a themed party I’d throw in the future!

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  3. Katelin
    03/09/2010

    what a great party! love how much detail you put into it, can i come to the next one please? 🙂

    Reply

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