These Oscar party ideas will help you be the star of the show during this year’s award season! With tons of great Oscar party food ideas, Oscar party games, and more – it’s a collection of everything you need to host one Oscar worthy evening of fun!
Easy Oscar Party Ideas
I love everything about the Oscars. The gorgeous dresses. The hosts. The surprise of who will win. I love it all. And I’m super excited about this year because unlike previous years, I actually have no idea who is going to win pretty much anything! I’ve seen most of the nominated films and it’s totally up in the air!
We love hosting Oscars viewing parties and this year is no different. I’ve put together this collection of amazing Oscar party ideas you can use for your next Oscar party! There’s everything you could need from Oscar party games to food!
So whether you’re rooting for Timothy and his portrayal of Bob Dylan to win or Ariana Grande as Glinda during this year’s award show, you can still have a great time!
Oscar Party Food ideas
There are two different ways you can go with Oscar party food – either dishes specifically themed to the movies nominated for the year or just generic Oscar themed food.
Movie Themed Food
If you want specific movie themed food, here are some good recipes to start! These are all inspired by movies from last year!
- Any pink or green foods for Wicked – this pink punch, these strawberry brownies, or these green cupcakes would be great!
- Bugles for the snack that Elvis gives Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
- Fruit salad to represent all the different fruits that they enjoy in Flow.
- Pundi rice – make this delicious coconut rice and pretend it’s pundi rice from Dune!
- Anything Italian to represent Conclave – this fettuccini alfredo or this baked ziti would be perfect. And don’t forget the garlic breadsticks!
I could go on and on – just watch a movie and find something that works well with that movie!
Oscar Themed Food
For generic Oscar themed food, go movie night meets glamour! You can either serve these all on one table buffet style or make it fancy and bring them our in courses!
Fancy up cheese and crackers by turning them into these cute tuxedo cheese and crackers instead. Or want to serve something a bit more substantial, use this tutorial to make tuxedo hot dogs instead!
Serve up fancy finger foods like these bacon wrapped dates or these bacon brie bites with little star flags!
Or these spinach artichoke cups are always a bit hit, especially since the cups look kind of like stars! You could also fill them with buffalo chicken dip, but’s a little spicier!
Speaking of stars, these star mini pizza pies would go great with the Hollywood star theme and honestly, who doesn’t love pizza?
No movie is complete without popcorn and this glittery black and white popcorn makes a perfect snack for any Oscar party!
Don’t forget dessert! Use this Academy Award cookie cutter to make these Oscar trophy cookies – yum!
Or stick with the black and white theme and make an Oreo cake like this one!
Want to go with a star theme? These walk of fame ready star brownies are a yummy recipe by one of my favorite party planners Amy Atlas. I actually met her and had her sign her book back when I was just starting out!
Use my homemade brownies recipe and give them a sparkly glitter shine for the ultimate Oscar party treat!
Go with fancy drinks like these strawberry citrus mocktails or this raspberry punch served in fancy glasses!
Or if you want a less colorful vibe, try this New Year’s Eve punch that’s already designed to be fancy! Or you could just serve sparkling cider in champagne glasses too!
These film reel cupcakes are made with little gold colored licorice and gold glitz added on top. The movie reels are easier to make than they may seem using this tutorial.
These old-fashioned 7 layer bars have all sorts of layers, just like a good movie. Plus, they’re just delicious and a favorite for all ages!
These chocolate lava cakes make a super elegant dessert for your party! Prep them ahead of time and add the finishing touches during one of the achievement awards where you can step away for a minute. They’re even better with a little vanilla ice cream!
Oscar Party Games and Activities
I know that the Oscars are mostly about watching the Oscars but it’s a party so I couldn’t help but come up with some entertainment of my own.
Oscar Bingo
My absolute favorite thing to do during the Oscars is a little game of Oscars bingo. Cross off spaces as people are shown, win awards, and more!
You can get the free printable Oscar bingo cards here – all updated with this year’s nominees – and details about how to play here.
Oscar Trivia
See who knows the history and events from the Oscars best! Test them with this fun printable Oscar trivia game that asks questions about things like the first Academy Awards, the biggest winners, and the biggest losers (La La Land!).
You can either put out the games for people to do all together or ask individual trivia questions during commercial breaks! And no, you don’t have to be a film buff to get these ones right!
And the Award Goes to…
If you don’t want to go with any actual games, it’s still fun to have people complete an Oscar voting ballot with their guesses on who wins. The person to get the most correct wins a fun prize!
You can get a free printable Oscar ballot card here.
Say My Name
Before the party, write out name tags for each actor or actress nominated for a major award. Put the name tags in a bowl (or a plastic popcorn bucket).
When people arrive, have them take a name out of the bucket and put the name tag on for the evening. When a name is said or shown on the screen during the Oscars, whoever has that name has to take it off.
The last person with a name tag on wins a prize.
Who Am I Oscars Edition
Using the same name tags I mentioned above (with names of actors/actresses up for major awards), put a name tag on everyone’s back when they walk in.
Guests then have to go up to other people and talk to each other to try and figure out who they are using only yes or no questions.
Since some people don’t necessarily know all of the actors and actresses, make sure to have a printable 2025 Oscar ballot out so they can at least know what movie they are nominated for.
Award Night Skits
This game works best if people come over a bit before the Oscars start. Split into teams and give each team a box of props and the task to create short skit using the box of props.
Give out awards for the most creative, best use of props, etc. Get free printable award cards but the idea is to get people doing their own acting to win awards before the party!
Celebrity
Celebrity is one of my most favorite party games for adults. Play three rounds of games trying to guess famous celebrities – in this case Academy Award nominated celebrities – but each round things change a bit – guessing, speaking, and saying one word.
Get full instructions and more details on how to play celebrity here. You could even mix it up and do both movies and actors that are nominated.
Oscar Party Decorations
When it comes to Oscar party decorations, there are three things to remember.
- Color – black, white, red, and gold are pretty standard colors
- Texture – just like all of the dresses are different, use different textures and fabrics in your decorations.
- Glam – It’s the Oscars after all. Figure out what you want to do then add some glitter and glitz to dress things up and make them as fancy as you’d see at the actual Academy Awards.
Other than that, you can never go wrong using movie themed items, stars, or anything that just screams Hollywood. Here are some fun ideas to get you started!
These Oscar envelope shared by Lonny folded napkins are an elegant way to spruce up the ordinary napkin!
Don’t leave your other paper goods out! Dress up your cups like these DIY tuxedo cups with just a few little snips of the scissors.
Use these Oscar cut files to add glam to plates, chairs, tables, favors, and more!
You can’t let people leave empty handed! Even if they didn’t win one of the games, send them home with these darling “that’s a wrap” party favors!
Or if you want to do something other than treats, these darling the Academy thanks you thank you favors will keep happy even if their favorites didn’t win!
Need more ideas for your Oscar watch party? All of these can be setup quickly and last-minute!
- Add these Academy Award cupcake topper to any of your food
- Drape this star garland or this foil curtain (or both) behind your table for a bit of added glam. Or use them behind a photo booth in your entryway for the feel of the paparazzi!
- Line the entrance to your home with this red carpet to make your guests feel like they’re stars!
- Toss movie themed confetti around to add texture to any surface.
- Send glitzy Oscar party invitations to start the party off right!
Oscar Themed Prize Ideas
Make sure to have some fun prizes on hand for the game winners! Any of these would make great prizes for individuals who win. If you’re playing a team game like Award Night Skits, a bag of gold candy works great!
- Fandango gift card (so people can see the Oscar nominated movies)
- Any of the nominated movies or movie soundtrack (the Wicked soundtrack is especially good)
- Movie theater candy (you know the square boxes that aren’t completely full but still delicious)
- Gold chocolate of some kind – stars, gold coins, Hershey’s almond kisses, Rolos, etc.
- Movie night gift basket
- Plastic Oscar trophies
- Gift card or subscription to a movie streaming service or Redbox
- Movie log book
More Movie Themed Party Ideas
If you’re a fan of the movies, you won’t want to miss these fun movie night ideas!
- Harry Potter games
- Christmas emoji game (guessing Christmas movies)
- Avengers party ideas
- Nutcracker themed party ideas
- Star Wars party games
- Barbie party ideas
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