The Best Oktoberfest Party Ideas, Recipes, and Games
It’s Oktoberfest! Thus, it’s only natural to throw our own Oktoberfest party and join in on the fun.
You will find the best Oktoberfest
- recipes,
- decorations,
- beer recommendations,
- and games.
Let’s get into the party planning!
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Oktoberfest Party Decorations
Decorating for Oktoberfest is a lot of fun! Think blue and white diamonds for the Bavarian flag and black, red, and gold for the German flag.
You can add in lots of beer decorations as Germany is a top producer of hops, used to flavor beer, in the world.
First, make sure that you have an on-trend invitation. Wild Arugula Press has a beautiful instant download Oktoberfest invitation.
I am in love with this adorable Oktoberfest banner by Homemade Heartfelt!
This is another great Oktoberfest banner by En Fete that would look great with sitting over a beer tasting table!
Speaking of a beer tasting table, make sure to direct your party guests with this beautiful Biergarten sign by Pink Lemonade Designs.
You will surely have lots of food at your Oktoberfest party, make sure to grab these fun food cards by Redline CS.
These Oktoberfest cocktail napkins by Playful Stitches 901 are embroidered on linen and are quite possibly one of the best napkins I’ve ever seen!
We all love a good photo backdrop and Yang Dream Designs has this beautiful Oktoberfest inspired photo backdrop you’ll need at your Oktoberfest party.
Oktoberfest Party Outfits
This is a great alternative to wearing full lederhosen – a lederhosen graphic tee made by Megatee LLC.
If you don’t want to wear the traditional lederhosen, check out this cute shirt by Presley and Cash!
Here’s another Oktoberfest graphic tee option by Madison Foundry.
The ladies need these super cute handmade beer and pretzel earrings by Simply By Sunshine!
How fun is this Oktoberfest nail art design by Nailodia Art?!
I love everything about these Oktoberfest themed bows by Maggie Makes Bows Co!
Oktoberfest Party Drinks
For Oktoberfest your focus is going to be on supplying the beer for the party. You will want to serve German beer, if possible. Here are some German beers you may want to consider:
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Hofbrau
- Warsteiner
- Bitburger
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Hacker Pschorr
- Koenig Ludwig
- Spaten
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Radeberger
- Ayinger
- Weihenstephan
- Franziskaner
- St. Pauli Girl
- Clausthaler
- Beck’s
Oktoberfest Party Main Dishes
An Oktoberfest favorite – jägerschnitzel! The Forked Spoon has a mouthwatering pork schnitzel and mushroom gravy you will have to serve at your party.
If you’d rather serve chicken than pork, you’ll want to prepare Organically Addison’s delicious and super quick chicken schnitzel!
Pizza is a popular party food so serving Flammkuchen, German pizza, is a must! Somebody Fed Seb has a great recipe for Flammkuchen that you will need to try out.
You can’t forget the brats! Chicken Fried Kitchen has an amazing homemade, from scratch, bratwurst recipe that’s way better than anything you can find in the stores!
For the perfect hearty and warm entree, you will want to serve The Fresh Cooky’s authentic gulaschsuppe, or German goulash.
Oktoberfest Party Side Dishes & Appetizers
Perfect for an Oktoberfest party, this beer cheese soup by Champagne Tastes will warm you up and keep you full.
We can’t go wrong with a Bavarian pretzel at your Oktoberfest party! The Foodolic has a delicious homemade Bavarian pretzel recipe you will love.
Of course we have to have some more pretzels and these pretzel bites by Healing Tomato are made with beer and just a little kick of spice.
A popular German dish is spaetzle and The Peasant’s Daughter has an easy spaetzle recipe that is perfect as a side.
Strength and Sunshine has a delicious and refreshing old fashioned Gurkensalat recipe that your party guests will love!
You don’t want to miss this beer mac and cheese stuffed in a mini pretzel by xoxoBella – it’s everything we love all in one dish!
This red cabbage recipe by The Jam Jar Kitchen is an easy slow cooker must-have side dish for an Oktoberfest party.
Masala Herb has an easy at-home version of Wurstsalat, or sausage salad recipe, traditionally seen at Oktoberfest celebrations.
Served warm or room temperature, you must prepare Cooking with Carlee’s German potato salad recipe, so good!
This hot beer cheese dip by Mixin’ Mamas is the perfect pretzel dip for your Oktoberfest party!
You’ll want lots of cabbage at your party and this braised cabbage and onions recipe by Flavorful Eats will have everyone suddenly loving cabbage!
Emily Fabulous has a beautiful pretzel ring dish that has a stone ground mustard cream cheese dip, sooo good!
Oktoberfest Party Desserts
You will absolutely love this malted chocolate stout cake by Dizzy Busy and Hungry. It even has a homemade stout syrup!
These highly-rated cupcakes by Ann’s Entitled Life are seriously made for an Oktoberfest party – chocolate, stout beer, and sauerkraut all in one mini cake.
A deliciously flaky mini dessert perfect for party attendees is this apfelstrudel recipe by Peanut Butter and Julie.
Oktoberfest Party Games
Oktoberfest is all about having fun. Here are some great games you will want to play at your party:
Masskrugstemmen (Stein Holding)
Masskrugstemmen involves filling a liter of beer into a beer stein and holding the stein out directly in front of you, making sure your arms stay straight.
This is quite heavy in this position, the last person still holding their beer correctly (90 degrees) wins. Oh yeah, and if you spill, you’re out!
Keg Rolling
This one is pretty self-explanatory. You’ll want two filled kegs (you can use water) and a long stretch of grass.
Two participants will race against each other by rolling their keg with their hands to the finish line.
Those at the actual Oktoberfest celebration will use large kegs. Save money by using the small kegs – it’s still a fun game and you can use the kegs to start making your own brews at home!
Mini Golf
Head out for a trip to the nearest mini golf course in your lederhosen and dirndls! The mini golf course by my house even serves beer!
Brezelwerfen (Pretzel Tossing Game)
Brezelwerfen involves pairing off and throwing large pretzels onto a Bavarian walking stick. Have the pairs stand about eight feet apart from each other.
One person throws the pretzels while the other person keeps the stick horizontal.
The pair with the most points wins!
Stein Racing
Another straightforward game, participants race from a starting line to a finish line with a full stein of beer (or water). If you spill, you’re out!
The game is challenging enough on it’s own but you can up the difficulty by adding in some obstacles!
Digital Download Games
Plan Print and Party has an easy icebreaker game to get your Oktoberfest party guests in the party mood.
I love a good game of trivia. Cenzerely Printables has a great instant download Oktoberfest trivia game that you can grab here!
For even more fun Oktoberfest party games, check out Eden Bliss World’s Oktoberfest instant download party games.
Adults only for this one! Redline CS has a fun Oktoberfest drinking game for all responsible 21 and over adults!
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