17 Unique Mustache Birthday Party Ideas: Themes, Supplies, & Venues To Make It A Smash (2025)

We love the idea of mustache birthday party ideas, where all the decor, the food and drink, the invitations, and everything else about the party has been infused with the whimsical spirit of the handlebar mustache. It’s simple, fun, and a little bit goofy—so what could be better for a birthday party theme? 

To help you start planning your mustache-themed bash, we’ve assembled a list of 17 unique mustache birthday party ideas that’ll get you inspired and provide a bit of guidance during the early stages of the process. 

Speaking of party planning, don’t forget to consider where you’re planning to have this party. A great venue is one of the best ways to take a run-of-the-mill gathering to the next level, impressing your guests and ensuring they don’t stop talking about it for ages after the fact. Peerspace is going to be your best bet for locating high-quality and unique party venues near you, as its selection includes literally tens of thousands of listings in hundreds of cities throughout the US, the UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere. 

Now keep reading for our top mustache birthday party ideas!

1. Have a mustache dress code

When you send out invitations for your party, consider asking your guests to adhere to a simple dress code: everyone must wear a mustache, whether it’s real or fake!

2. Offer your guests stick-on mustaches at the entrance to your party

To ensure guests meet the dress code (having a mustache), buy lots of adhesive mustaches and offer them to your guests as they arrive.

3. Find an awesome Peerspace party venue in your area as the setting for your mustache birthday party

Since the setting of your party can mean the difference between a celebratory gathering and a disappointment, one of our top mustache birthday party ideas is renting a Peerspace venue.

Check out these impressive examples:

• This gorgeous house in St. Louis, Missouri feels like a space where you can truly relax, unwind, and have a blast with friends. It measures 3,500 square feet and can accommodate smaller gatherings with up to 25 people, and it’s quite affordable at only $100 per hour (with a three-hour minimum rental period).
• This beautiful two-story barn venue in Charlotte, North Carolina is another standout example. The 1,800-square-foot space comes with a full kitchen, a portable sound system, large glass garage doors that renters can open/close, flexible table and seating options, and comfortable furniture. It has a larger capacity than our previous example, too, with space for up to 40 people on the large second story of the barn. 
• This brand new event space in Chicago’s idyllic Irving Park neighborhood embodies everything modern, clean, and chic—making it the ideal “blank canvas” for your mustache party decorations. The venue allows guests to bring their own alcohol. It comes with a kitchenette as well as speakers, a 70-inch television, and plenty of comfortable and tasteful furniture. This is another space with a capacity for about 40 people (and possibly more, according to the hosts).
• This open and airy space in downtown Los Angeles’s bustling Arts District has a stunning view of the city skyline and a full working kitchen, as well as rentable folding chairs and tables for seated events (if you decide to plan a mustache dinner party, for example). Measuring about 1,600 square feet, the space can accommodate up to 60 guests without feeling overcrowded.

Are you ready to start finding party venues near you? Then search Peerspace yourself to find spaces that meet your needs. In fact, the platform’s intuitive search filters make it easy to customize your search and only see spaces that’ll work for you.

4. Use free mustache printables for invitations, decor, and more

These cute mustache printables include practically everything you need to decorate for a mustache themed party, including banners, water bottle labels, invitations, and more—saving you from the indignity of wasting money on these items at a party supply store. 

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5. Puns, puns, and more puns

It’s hard to imagine a mustache party without puns, so we recommend embracing this and including puns wherever you can in the decor and other elements of the party. A great example is this sign to indicate where guests should leave their birthday gifts.

6. Play “Name That Mustache”

Keeping your guests entertained with mustache-related activities is one of our top mustache birthday party ideas, and this game of “Name That Mustache” is an excellent choice for thematically appropriate competition.

7. Another mustache game: “Pin the mustache on the Lorax”

One of the most famous aspects of this Dr. Seuss character is his massive, bushy yellow mustache. That’s what makes him the perfect subject for this variation on “Pin the Tail on the Donkey,” which also doubles as thematically appropriate decor.

8. Incorporate origami crafting, too

Another fun activity and mustache birthday party idea is to include a crafting station where guests can fold their own origami mustaches. Here’s a guide to each step of the process.

9. Decorate with mustachioed party balloons

Here’s an especially affordable mustache birthday party idea. All you need is a black Sharpie and some white party balloons to create these hilarious decorations.

10. Toss mustache-shaped confetti

Yes, you can actually buy holographic, mustache-shaped confetti, and it’s one of the cutest things we’ve ever seen. Find an excuse to toss this confetti around (but if you’re renting a venue, make sure that confetti/glitter are allowed, because many venues forbid them).

11. Decorate straws with mustaches

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This is such a simple and easy to execute, yet totally brilliant idea! To make these yourself, simply cut some handlebar mustaches out of black cardstock, punch a hole in the center of each, and slide them onto colorful straws.

12. Create a “photobooth” area at your party

Your guests went to all the trouble of adhering to your requested dress code and wearing a mustache to your party. So provide them with an opportunity to take photos of their fun getups. Consider providing them with fun props, too, to make the photo booth extra fun, and if possible, take the photos with a real digital camera instead of a smartphone so that they’re great quality.

13. Bake and decorate a mustache-shaped cake

This detailed tutorial from the culinary experts at Pampered Chef breaks down the process of decorating a mustache cake from start to finish. Your guests will be delighted as every aspect of your party—including the food—perfectly embodies your mustache theme.

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14. Or make mustache cupcakes for a handheld treat

Perhaps you find the logistics of slicing and serving a cake (on plates and with forks) to be needlessly complicated. If so, individual servings in the form of mustache cupcakes are an excellent handheld alternative that reduces your cleanup effort. Here’s how you can decorate your own mustache cupcakes for an impressive end result.

15. Or allow guests to decorate their own mustache cookies

If you’re in search of more activities to include at your party, then allowing guests to decorate their own mustache-shaped cookies with whatever icing, sprinkles, and other cake-decorating materials they prefer is a great way to keep them engaged.

16. Give out magnetic “Wooly Willy” toys as party favors

Here’s an entertaining and affordable mustache birthday party idea! Do you remember playing with “Wooly Willy,” a card with a clown’s face on it and metal pieces that you could magnetically move around to shape his facial hair? Hand these out to your guests as they leave as a reminder of the fun they had at your party.

17. Make your own mustache crayons with leftover crayons

Do you have tons of leftover crayons lying all around your home—as is often the case for those with young kids in the house? Then consider upcycling them into these adorable and colorful party favors. Every time your guests use these crayons in the future, they’ll think back to your amazing mustache party and all the great memories they made while they were there!

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