Out with the old and in with the New Year!! Well that applies to novelties as well.  This year when you celebrate the ball dropping, do it in style with one of our festive 2009 New Years Glasses.  We have tons to choose from, including our Silver Glitter Glasses, Gold Glitter Glasses, and even LIGHT UP GLASSES!  They’re totally cool.

Looking for something else to really spice up your party and mark it as different compared to all the others?  Well how bout light up balloons (we call them our Lumi-loons)

Today’s kids love CARS, and racing inspired parties! But whether they be a Porsche 911 turbo or Mom’s Volvo station wagon they still have to abide by safety laws!  What better way to symbolize this then by putting an inflatable stop light in the middle of your next Daytona or NASCAR party!

Or if you want you can decorate your home in the ultimate of fan’s street signs, those of the cherished raceways and famous landmarks that define racing for what it is.

Lastly in this post if you love your car and love to make people smile when you drive by then this car decoration is the perfect fit for you.

Simply attach Rudolph’s nose and antlers to any car to make Santa’s sleigh look like a thing of the past.  Now your Jetta or Ford Taurus can be delivering holiday gifts and cheer faster then you could sing “Silent Night”

Want more NASCAR and racing themed party items? Then click this link to see a preview of what we offer!

All of these were brought to you by Windy City Novelties, Inc.

Want to plan a great Halloween Party… It’s easy, all you need is…

Start with the spider frenzy invitations, and then choose a custom banner with tons of Halloween themes to get everyone in the spooooky mood.

There are several different patterns for paper flat wear and place settings from pumpkins, to skulls, to a playful devil.  Don’t forget the tablecloths, plastic silverware, napkins and cups to match!

Decorations are key to throwing a theme party.  We’ve got all you need to set the scene and transform any room into Halloween town.  A great way to change any boring room into a Halloween Haven is with our Scene Setters.

Pick from our array of table confetti, table skirts, hanging spiders, dangling lights in ghost, pumpkin, or spider shapes.  There are even wall hangings to easily tape up for an instant room transformation.  Then jazz it up with stick on fake foot prints, safe and realistic battery operated tea lights… best of all, these are all reusable!

Don’t forget we started in the glow business, so get some party favors and light up necklaces, drinkware glasses, earings, bracelets, and hundreds of other glow in the dark products.

Don’t take my word for it, check it all out yourself.  Click here to reach Windy City Noveltie’s vast collection of Halloween items right at your fingetips!

Glow Martini Glasses are a great way to dress up your Cocktail event while still keeping it fun and lively!

Simply Activate and then fill with your favorite concoction, my poison of choice is a Gibson made with Stoli or Kettle One (a very under appreciated vodka).  Don’t get me wrong Grey Goose and the likes are fantastic, but not every occasion calls for that level when another almost as great, and a heck of a lot cheaper, will do the job!

We also have Martini Glowing cocktail picks and hors d’oeuvre picks that glow in the dark, either to hold an olive or make that cheese platter really shine.

Anyways back to the Glowing Martini Glasses, they Glow for 6-8 hours and come in a variety of colors, each with a black stem base.  To learn how to activate a Glowing Martini Glass  view our article here on Glow Cups

Visit our online store to see these and other great ietms, Windy City Novelties, Inc.

To learn how Glow sticks work click here.

So you’re in the Hawaiian mood? Want to throw an awesome Luau party?  Well follow these tips below on how to plan for one and you’ll be on a good start.

Start with TIKI STRIPE PRINTABLE INVITATIONS, get your guests in the luau mind set with fun and perky invitations. They’re printable to add your own words and flare to them with no extra cost to you. Just type them up and slide them through any normal printer. TIP: to make sure the wording is aligned first print on a normal piece of computer paper, and then put the invitation behind it to view the precision.

Choose from hundreds of customizable banners to decorate the party. Several banners follow the theme, such as the TIKI PARTY BANNER, OCEAN VIEW BANNER, TIKI TIME BANNER, and SURF’S UP BANNER, there are also door size banners, that way the guests know once they come to the door that they are entering a Luau.                                                                                                

There are several different patterns for luau paper goods, Theme everything from cups, to napkins, plates and table covers. Then choose from the multiple colors offered of plastic utensils.

Don’t for get about the HULA SKIRT DRINK DRESS UPS, whether it’s for a childs drink, to add flare, or simply to jazz up your beer they serve as decoration and drink.  An added benefit is the different skirts remind you whose is whose.

Get all of your guests in the Hawaiian mood with our tie dye t-shirts. This could be a great party favor, and also fold it on their plates as table place cards.

No matter the age group of the luau have fun with it, by choosing from some of our great themed decorations ranging from, grass skirt table fringe, plastic tropical fruit drink cups, fun and bright table center pieces, inflatable coolers, flip flop coasters, to decorated with palm trees drinking straws.

Enjoy your luau and don’t forget to have fun with the theme!

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Children love to dress up and pretend (the benefits of which can be read about here), sometimes even taking some of their Mom’s jewelry or make up to help their imaginations. And this is great, except for the fact that sometimes you don’t want them playing with your heirloom ring or even your own costume jewelry because it could hurt them.

Well what if you could give them light-up jewelry that not only lets them make pretend, but also is a cool accessory for just going out with the other kids? Well now you can!

Windy City Novelties, Inc. has tons of great LED light up items in the form of rings, necklaces, bracelets, hair pins and much much more. Its always amazing to me when I see the local neighborhood children running around at night with our light up jewelry adorned everywhere.

And don’t think these are just for little kids, teens and even college aged love light up jewelry too, they wear it for parties, to the club, or even just when its the girls going out!

Ever wondered how and LED works?  Click here to read an article on just that!

The main ingredient to hosting a successful house party is three simple words: Planning Planning Planning! No seriously, a party can succeed or fail before even the first guest arrives.

Whenever a birthday comes around I find that there are two types of banners:

1. Plain old “Happy Birthday” and,
2. The overused classic “Over the Hill”

But what if you wanted to say “Hey Brian it’s just a number like Uncle Mike always said”, or “Jen at least you’re always going to be 5 years older then me!” Or some other crazy personalized message. That’s where our Personalized Banners make all the difference.

At your local party store or grocery center you’re pretty much limited to the first two, with no way to say what you want unless you buy poster board and are REALLY artistic.

But now at Windy City Novelties you can choose from hundreds of pre-themed banners where you can put the exact message you want to convey. Among the most popular are themed banners for: Disco , Birthdays , and Patriotic

“Support our Troops”, “Elect Steven Colbert“, or even “Welcome home Jim, we’ve missed you!” And the best thing is that they’re printed on high quality vinyl, so they can be used once and kept as a keep sake or used hundreds of times over.

We even now make Personalized Door Banners so your guests can be greeted with the message as they enter the party.