OUTSIDE DECORATIONS
- Rocket Ship Entryway
- Build or paint a large cardboard rocket around your front door so guests “enter the spaceship” as they arrive.
- Add “NASA”-style or custom mission signage like: Mission Control HQ: Party Base Alpha.
- Planet Pathway
- Line the walkway with planets on stakes or glow-in-the-dark planet cutouts.
- Add signs like “Mars This Way →” or “Caution: Asteroid Field Ahead!”
- Inflatable Aliens or Astronauts
- Place inflatable space figures on the lawn or porch for an eye-catching display.
- Starry Sky Canopy
- Hang string lights or fairy lights above the porch or in trees to mimic stars.
- Use dark navy or black fabric draped like a tent to create a “galaxy dome.”
- Lawn Games Turned Spacey
- Paint cornhole boards like UFOs or planets.
- Use glow-in-the-dark rings for a “Saturn ring toss.”
INSIDE DECORATIONS
- Galaxy Ceiling & Walls
- Hang dark tablecloths, sheets, or space-themed backdrops with stars, planets, and galaxies.
- Use LED star projectors or black lights to create an immersive glow.
- DIY Hanging Planets
- Make paper mache or foam ball planets and suspend them from the ceiling using fishing line.
- Label them with names like “Jupiter,” “Venus,” or funny made-up alien worlds.
- Space Control Panel
- Create a cardboard “mission control” station with buttons, levers, and printed control panels. Add walkie-talkies or “intercoms.”
- Alien Zone or Moon Crater Photo Booth
- Set up a backdrop with craters or alien landscapes and provide astronaut helmets, alien glasses, and ray guns for props.
- Floating Astronauts
- Print out or cut astronaut shapes and suspend them like they’re floating in zero gravity.
- Galactic Tablescape
- Use starry or holographic tablecloths and sprinkle glow stars or confetti.
- Name each table after a planet or space station.