Moana Themed Party -Dinner, Movie Night & Food Ideas

There's something magical about turning a favorite movie into a full celebration. This Moana themed party has the complete dinner menu, DIY decorations, free printables, and a cocktail twist for a grown up version, everything you need to bring the island to your living room.

Moana themed party ideas and menu with food.

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🍽️ Menu: Coconut Shrimp, Sweet and Sour Pork Kebabs, Rice, Coconut Milkshakes, Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes
🌴 Decor: tropical fruit, painted coconut Kakamora, seashells, macrame bunting
🎟️ Free Printables: movie ticket invite, poster, food labels, cupcake toppers, drink flags
🥥 Grown Up Twist: turn the coconut milkshake into a Moana cocktail with a shot of rum

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Why We Love Moana
Party Decorations
Moana Themed Free Party Printables
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Moana Themed Dinner Menu
Turn It Into a Grown-Up Movie Night -Coconut Cocktail

With the new live action Moana movie now out, there has never been a better time to throw a Moana themed party. This Moana themed party has a full dinner menu, food ideas, and DIY party decorations perfect for movie night with family, friends, or for a Disney date night. You will love the fun ideas for Moana party decorations and printables, plus a grown up twist below to turn the whole night into an adult movie night too, with a cocktail.

This party is our final Disney Princess Dinner and A Movie Night. Check out the whole series for lots more fun ideas.

Why We Love Moana

This party is our final Disney Princess Dinner and A Movie Night. Moana is Disney's most popular princess for a reason, she's strong, independent, and charts her own course without needing a prince to get there, and her island setting made for one of our favorite menus in the whole series. We set up our party as a family movie night, but it would also make an amazing Disney date night, or a really fun girls' night too. Our post is also full of Moana birthday party ideas if you're planning a Moana themed birthday party and looking for some creative ideas!

Moana party table with themed food and decorations.

Party Decorations

We had so much fun setting up our Moana-themed party movie night. Keeping things casual, we set everything up in the living room around the coffee table so we could enjoy dinner together while we watched the movie. Here's how we brought the island to life:

🌿 Jungle Vibe: lots of house plants set the tropical scene, inspired by the movie's beautiful island setting. Use real or faux plants, or a mix like we did.
🐚 Seashells: large conch shells for that beachy, palm tree, sun and sand feel. Tip: check thrift stores or second hand sites, they're much cheaper there than at the craft store.
🧵 Macrame bunting: inspired by the macrame on Moana's skirt, added along the front of the table. You can read how I made the macrame bunting here.
🍍 Tropical fruit: a fresh pineapple and three coconuts for the table, or add a full tropical fruit tray to the dessert table.
🥥 DIY Kakamora coconuts: painted faces on our coconuts, inspired by the coconut pirates in the film. Simple craft paints work great, just free hand some scary faces. Fun activity to do with kids at a Moana birthday party too. These were everyone's favorite!

Moana food on a party table with decorations.

Moana party with food table decorations.

Moana Themed Free Party Printables

We made some really cute printables to go with our Moana party theme. I love the color scheme of pink, orange and red, inspired by tropical leaves and flowers.

Drink flags: add to paper straws for an easy finishing touch, perfect in the coconut milkshakes
Movie ticket: the perfect invitation to movie night for family or friends, or use it as a birthday party invitation
Moana poster: palm leaf design, framed for the party or as bedroom decor for a Moana fan afterward
Food labels: styled labels plus blank ones you can customize, also great as place cards
Cupcake toppers: little sail picks for desserts, just cut out and hot glue onto a toothpick

Printable Moana movie night ticket party invitations.

Printable Moana party decoration sign with sea shells.

Moana themed desserts with printable cupcake picks.

Moana party table with themed desserts and coconut milkshakes.

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Moana Themed Dinner Menu

Since Moana takes place in the tropics, we went with a tropical menu for the evening.

Moana party table with themed food and party decorations.

Coconut Shrimp

We love the song "Where You Are" from the film, which talks all about the coconut, and how the islanders use every part of the tree. It inspired us to make some coconut shrimp for our movie night. These were so yummy, and felt like a special treat for movie night. Get the Coconut Shrimp recipe here.

Moana party food coconut fried shrimp on a plate with dip.

Sweet and Sour Pork Kebabs and Rice

There's a sweet scene in the movie where Moana eats some pork in front of Pua the pig. After saying "Mmmm, that's good pork" she notices Pua, and makes an excuse to leave. We wanted to make some good pork for the evening too, just don't tell Pua. ;). We put together some Sweet and Sour Pork Kebabs, that we cooked on the bbq. The sweet and sour sauce is easy to make and so good. You'll love the Sweet and Sour Pork Kebas, find the recipe here.

We also made some simple rice to go with our meal.

Moana themed party food sweet and sour pork skewers on a plate.

Moana themed party table with Moana themed food and party decorations.

Coconut Milkshakes

For drinks we made our Coconut Milkshakes. They're a real favourite around here. They only have three ingredients, so they're really simple to make, and so delicious. Get our coconut milkshake recipe here. Another idea would be to serve these in coconut cups. You'll want to make these last minute right before serving so that they don't melt.

Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

Lastly, we finished our dinner with individual pineapple upside down cakes. These are a family favourite too, and a fun alternative to a Moana cake even for a birthday. Get the individual pineapple upside down cake recipe here. These awesome cakes were simple to make as individual servings cupcake pans to bake them in. We used our printable cupcake picks in each cake to make our own Moana boat!

Moana themed party dinner and movie night

Turn It Into a Grown-Up Movie Night -Coconut Cocktail

If you're hosting this as a Disney date night or a girls' night instead of a family movie night, it's easy to give the whole menu a grown up twist. The easiest place to start is the coconut milkshake. Just add a shot of dark or spiced rum to each glass before serving and you've got an instant Moana cocktail, no extra ingredients or planning required. It keeps all that tropical coconut flavor but turns movie night into something a little more special for the adults at the table.

Party table for Moana movie night with decorations and Moana themed food.

We had a lot of fun putting this movie night together, and I've been singing the songs from the Moana soundtrack for days! I love the messages of this movie, and really enjoyed this movie night.