420 is the national cannabis culture holiday for marijuana consumers. It occurs every 20th of April (get it? 4 as in April and 20 as the date). 

While we don’t need an excuse to enjoy weed, 420 is an extra special celebration for stoners. It’s a fun-filled day of parties, smoking sessions with friends, and occasionally an epic battle of joint-rolling competitions. 

Need help on how to celebrate 420? Go all out with 42 of our most impressive 420 party ideas, where the rules are only about getting high and having fun. 

What to Do on 420? Summary of 42 420 Party Ideas 🎉🌿 1. Plan an Elaborate Weed Olympics 2. Hatch a Murder Mystery Plot Party 3. Design a Cannabis Escape Room 4. Roll Into a 420 Board Game Tournament 5. Go through Popular Cannabis Card Games 6. Play Weed Roulette 7. Initiate a Cannabis-Themed Bingo Night 8. Summon the Courage to Ghost Hunt  9. Hit a Cannabis-Filled Piñata to Bonkers 10. Take the Party Out in Nature 11. Hold a Blunt and Brunch Potluck 12. Indulge in a CBD Yoga Retreat  13. Binge Watch a Line-up of Cannabis Film/Series Favorites 14. Set Up a Couple of Hotbox Tents 15. Rent a Log Cabin Furnished With a Hot Tub 16. Host a Yard-Chella 17. Recreate a Cannabis/Burning Man Backyard Party 18. Throw a Cannabis Greenhouse Party 19. Participate in a Campfire Singalong 20. Go Bowling 21. Introduce a Cook-off Featuring Cannabis Edibles 22. Set Up a Cannabis-Themed Beauty and Spa Bar 23. Dedicate a Cannabis-Infused Mocktail Bar 24. Erect Dry Herb Salad Smoke Bar 25. Get Fancy With a Charcuterie Board 26. Set up a Photobooth With 420 Accessories 27. Designate a Graffiti Station 28. Arrange a Paint-off Cannabis Party 29. Curate a Collaborative Spotify 420 Playlist 30. Sing Your Heart Out to a Karaoke Night 31. Throw a Silent-Music Cannabis Party 32. Book a Bob-Marley Type of Band 33. Set Up a 420 Battle of Comedic Roasting 34. Do a Poetry Slam Night: Try Not to Laugh 35. Challenge Your Friends to an Impersonation Night 36. Hold a Talent Show For Stoned Contestants 37. Organize a Glow-In-The-Dark 420 Black Light Party 38. Host A 420 Costume Party 39. Organize a Speed-Dating Event for Like-Minded Stoners 40. Crash Another 420 Party With Your Party Group 41. Swap Stoner Gifts 42. Dare to Do a Do-Nothing but Smoke 420 Party

Idea #1: Plan an Elaborate Weed Olympics🏅

We’ve all heard about the Beer Olympics, but what about the Weed Olympics? Organizing a series of active 420 party games will be epic, especially since most of your participants will be funny stoners. 

Plan a series of games testing your guests’ coordinating skills. Some great challenges to do are obstacle courses, weed relays, weed pong, and the like. Make sure to award the winners and do a closing ceremony for good measure.

Idea #2: Hatch a Murder Mystery Plot Party

Some things pair well together, like weed and a murder mystery dinner party. There are multiple ways on how to go about it. You can DIY your way through it, buy a digital download of a virtual murder mystery, or hire real-life actors from organizing agencies like the Murder Mystery Co.  

Idea #3: Design a Cannabis Escape Room

There’s something hilarious about trapping your stoned friends in a situation, or rather, an escape room. With their rising popularity, escape rooms have now evolved into different themes. Do you want them to get away from a psycho killer or watch them solve a jigsaw puzzle?

Whatever the case, escape rooms are part of the new 420 celebration ideas to explore. It’s a fun experience to organize your house into an escape room and see your guests have a good time at the same time. 

Idea #4: Roll Into a 420 Board Game Tournament

The internet never runs out of board games. So it’s pretty easy to find a board game you’ll like, such as Potheads Against Sanity, Lords of Cannabis, and more. 

If you want this 420 party to be a full-on board game tournament, you better prepare multiple board games (yes, even non-cannabis related) and create a tournament bracket. You would also need to prepare gaming stations for each board game, a scorekeeping sheet, clear rules, and prizes to top it off. 

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Idea #5: Go through Popular Cannabis Card Games

Go High or Go Home! A twist to your standard drinking game, let the cards decide your fate! Remember all those crazy moments with friends when someone had to drink shots in succession during a drinking game? Imagine that but with weed!

It’s easy as 1-2-3! Just look for specialized cannabis stores and ask if they have card games in store so your 420 celebration can have an exciting twist. Couldn’t find any? That’s alright because any pack of cards will do. Simply assign rules on the cards with your friends and watch as fun mayhem ensues!

Idea #6: Play Weed Roulette

Get a touch of luck from Diosa Verde with a weed roulette to celebrate 420. 

Roulette is a game of chance, spice it up with strains you and your friends have never tried before. Assign a strain for every color or number combination in that roulette and watch as luck lands you the biggest buzz or the weirdest high.

Idea #7: Initiate a Cannabis-Themed Bingo Night

This isn’t your grandma’s bingo, this is bingo even Bob Marley would approve. 

Everyone makes a bingo card of things they think someone would do during a greenhouse binge. Or, list down inside jokes your friends would enjoy! The first one to check all the boxes wins a prize!

Idea #8: Summon the Courage to Ghost Hunt

Okay, this might not be the best idea to subject your highly anxious friends, but for the rest of us, ghost-hunting while high might just be the next great thing to do for a 420 party. Plus, it’s easy to set up. 

Look for potentially haunted but public locations (no to trespassing). Set some ground rules to ensure the safety of participants, debrief, and continue to party afterward.

Idea #9: Hit a Cannabis-Filled Piñata to Bonkers

Piñatas are always going to be fun for kids and adults. Once one broke, all manner of exciting party favors drop and our wee little selves would have the time of their lives. For your next 420 themed party, why not add an adult-sized cannabis-themed piñata?

Fill up the Piñata with various types of edibles, and different strains in rollups, then watch as the adults in your party rediscover their inner child. The piñata is your oyster, get creative with its contents! 

Idea #10: Take the Party Out in Nature 

Sometimes, a change of scenery is what’s needed to shake up a 420 party. Plus, it’s spring! April showers grow flowers of great variety and vivid colors. You don’t need a large budget for flyers and decorations. Nature is your backdrop. 

Some of the ideal nature activities to try include hiking, outdoor yoga, camping, or a picnic. Just make sure to bring food and water for the munchies.

Idea #11: Hold a Blunt and Brunch Potluck

Have you ever thought if waffles taste great with cannabis-infused maple syrup? Well here’s your chance! Call your friends over and have the highest brunch of your life. A blunt and brunch potluck means everyone brings something of their own and shares a blunt at the end.

Idea #12: Indulge in a CBD Yoga Retreat

Not a fan of complex and loud 420 plans? If your idea of a 420 party is relaxation and minimal music, a CBD yoga retreat might just do the trick. Here’s a checklist of the things to consider when planning one:

• Set the budget
• Choose the location
• Make the itinerary
• Hire a CBD yoga instructor
• Purchase a set of CBD products enough for the session and take home party favors
• Prepare some food
• Coordinate accommodations 

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Idea #13: Binge Watch a Line-up of Cannabis Film/Series Favorites

Movie-watching outdoors is coming back. Hence, it’s easy to imagine how renting projectors and binge-watching a lineup of 420-friendly movies/TV series will be a huge hit to your party. After all, cinema is a general favorite. Throw in a couple of movies, pillows, mats, snacks, and pre-rolls. Thank us later.

Idea #14: Set Up a Couple of Hotbox Tents

Tents can go from small and intimate sizes to large ones that can fit a whole troupe.

Count your friends and buy a tent that will fit your group. Winter hot tents are great and if you stake hotbox tents outdoors, you’ll enjoy the buzz inside while appreciating the views or stars in the skies as the effects mellow.

Idea #15: Rent a Log Cabin Furnished With a Hot Tub

There’s always a chill vibe when going back to nature and enjoying the simplicity of it all. Relaxation goes exponential. Soothe the body with the tub and soothe the soul with a blunt.

Rent a log cabin with a hot tub. Ease yourself into the tub, have a delicious drink in hand, and smoke the stickiest blunt you can find. Relish in the experience of your body instantly relaxing while your mind broadens its horizons. 

Idea #16: Host a Yard-Chella

Coachella is one helluva party, no doubt. Replicate the experience at home with friends, music, vibes, and some good weed.

To try out this 420 party idea, you must decorate your yard to get that Coachella vibe. Of course, the best 420 music for the best vibe must accompany your Yard-Chella so get that collaborative 420 playlist going. Lastly, pick a cannabis strain that you and your friends will enjoy!

Idea #17: Recreate a Cannabis/Burning Man Backyard Party

Have you ever seen the Burning Man event? Imagine what it would be like if they used good kush on that big straw man. Yeah… why not try it at home?

Creating this unique 420-themed party should be taken with a bit of caution! A big fire in your backyard can cause big problems so be generous but err on the side of safety. Use durable wire to create the skeleton of your burning man. Fill the spaces with good timber and the strongest doobies. Then, light it with your friends and watch the burn of your life.

Idea #18: Throw a Cannabis Greenhouse Party

Put the “green” in the greenhouse. Your run-of-the-mill greenhouse brunches or tea parties are already a great time to spend with friends. Now add a pot session there and you’ve got a topping on an already splendid cake.

Greenhouse parties are known to be brunches or tea and cake parties. Simply adding or replacing some food with edibles will add another dimension of fun for you and your friends.

Idea #19: Participate in a Campfire Singalong

Singalong’s are fun and all but have you tried spiking the campfire? Now that’s a twist when you say “Let’s gather ‘round the campfire”.

There are many creative ways to do it like mixing a whole batch of the stickiest flowers in the campfire and blasting everyone into space. But sometimes just passing a blunt around the campfire circle while singing to Nirvana is enough to make memories of a lifetime.

Idea #20: Go Bowling

Strike… that match into the biggest bowl of kush you ever made. What? Did you think that kind of bowling?

Arguably, it is one of the oldest but coolest tricks in the book of 420 party ideas with your friends. It’s as simple as pooling your favorite strain of weed into a large heat-proof mixing bowl, setting it alight, and gathering ‘round with your friends.

Idea #21: Introduce a Cook-off Featuring Cannabis Edibles

Everybody loves a cook-off, everyone gets to show their prowess in making delicious food. Imagine deliciousness cranked up to eleven when they’re infused with cannabis. You’ll be reaching flavors and highs only astronauts have experienced.

Invite your friends over and ask them to bring their own ingredients and cannabis strains. It’ll be a convenient day as everyone gets to work on something that will fill your belly and then get buzzed later when the weed kicks in.

Idea #22: Set Up a Cannabis-Themed Beauty and Spa Bar

Not all 420 parties are supposed to be loud. Add a spa element to your 420 celebrations by setting up a cannabis station where cannabis topicals are laid out and several masseuses and facialists are waiting to serve. Naturally, cannabis beauty bars don’t have to be this fancy. Also, your friends will happily share the cost if it gets too much.

Idea #23: Dedicate a Cannabis-Infused Mocktail Bar

If you have been organizing 420 parties for a while, you probably know by now that there’s a huge difference between a weed and alcohol hangover the next morning. Most of you will agree that a weed hangover is the preferred situation. 

As a potential hit in your 420 party, make sure to pre-plan your mocktail menu of non-alcoholic base ingredients. Provide garnishes and enhancements or better yet, hire a trained THC drink bartender. Of course, a mocktail corner wouldn’t be complete without a bar station. 

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Idea #24: Erect Dry Herb Salad Smoke Bar

Salad bars are fun additions to food tables because they add a little creativity to your plate. Now imagine that choice with your weed rollups. Instead of which sauce goes with lettuce, try loading your marijuana with the root of angelica. 

To get that 420 party idea started, gather your favorite herbs and plate them across a table. Like a salad bar, your herb salad smoke bar will come with rolling paper, some weed, and your herbs. Now enjoy with your friends as you roll the joint of your creation and smoke the most fragrant blunt of your lives.

Idea #25: Get Fancy With a Charcuterie Board

Wanna try something fancy? Get creative with smoked meats and smoked weed with charcuterie! These fancy cheese boards are a parade of flavors and you betcha that cannabis can be that herb your board needs.

Charcuterie is a personal creation. Fill it up with smoked meats like prosciutto, pancetta, or guanciale and strong cheese like blue cheese, cheddar, and such! Now, instead of regular toasted baguettes, why not bake your weed edibles and you can get baked with your friends!

Idea #26: Set up a Photobooth With 420 Accessories

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what happens if you make it with a touch of green? Create memories with a rent-a-photo booth or your setup with marijuana paraphernalia. 

While it sounds like a simple 420 party idea, photo booths allow people to show their quirky side. Sprinkle in everyone’s favorite giggle weed as accessories and watch everyone have their photo taken. 

Idea #27: Designate a Graffiti Station

Unleash your guests’ inner creativity by designating a wide mural wall where everyone (including you) can spray paint their hearts out.

To successfully erect a graffiti station, choose a suitable location, gather your art supplies, and prepare chairs & tables, protective gear, and cleaning materials.

Idea #28: Arrange a Paint-off Cannabis Party

We all know a little bit of green magic helps unlock the imagination. Why not put the imagination into a medium everyone can enjoy for years to come and hang it on a wall? Do it with friends!

To start this 420 party idea, just take some of the dankest kush you have with your friends. Smoke or edible, doesn’t matter! Now once it kicks in, get to painting!

Idea #29: Curate a Collaborative Spotify 420 Playlist

The Collaborative Playlist is a Spotify feature that lets multiple people add their song of choice to one unifying playlist. This is a great party idea to add to make sure everyone’s enjoying the music you put out on blast.

Here’s a video tutorial detailing how you can invite your friends to contribute music to your 420 party playlist. 

Idea #30: Sing Your Heart Out to a Karaoke Night

Who says you can’t sing? Everybody can belt a tune once that bud of sativa hits. 

Karaoke is an interactive entertainment where a random individual sings along to an instrumental track with the lyrics displayed on the karaoke machine or screen. 

Hosting a 420 karaoke night is all about curating the perfect set of familiar instrumental track favorites. Ensure that everyone gets a go at the mic, or else only one person will keep it to themselves all through the night.

Idea #31: Throw a Silent-Music Cannabis Party

One of the best 420 event ideas to try is silent music or silent discos. They are a sweet trend that lets you enjoy a rave without disturbing your neighbors. The concept is everyone wears headphones that are synced up to a sound system. So it sounds quiet from the outside, but a helluva party for everyone participating.

Now the fun part is integrating weed into the party. As everyone enters your home and syncs to the music, let them pick their high with a selection of various weed strains.

Idea #32: Book a Bob-Marley Type of Band

Nothing beats going back to the roots of the cannabis culture. There’s no doubt that Bob Marley had a massive impact on cannabis as a whole – pining for its legality and acceptance as a recreational drug.

Book a Bob Marley-inspired band to fill your 420 party with music that will fit the vibe and raise a thick blunt in his honor! 

Idea #33: Set Up a 420 Battle of Comedic Roasting

Forget about celebrity roasts. Why not try roasting your friends and make it the core of your 420 party? As a form of American humor, the roast battle pits comics against each other, gladiatorial style (in this case, friend against friend). 

Here are some things to consider when setting up a little roasting show:

• Invite guests who’ll appreciate a good roast and are comfortable with a little tease. 
• Arrange the seating in a circle where roasters can stand in the middle. 
• Establish some ground rules at the start of the show. 
• Prepare food and refreshments.
• Select the roastmaster among your friends. 
• Advise your roasters to prepare a material. 
• Rotate the roasters. 
• Snap pictures and record videos. 
• Award roasters and roastees with cannabis goods and titles like “Best Roast.”

✏️ Note Check out Comedy Central Roast to get an idea of how this type of show unfolds.

Idea #34: Do a Poetry Slam Night: Try Not to Laugh

Unlike other forms of literary pieces, poems are read aloud in public. Whether your lot involves professional writers or accountants trying to get a hang of haiku, a poetry slam at your 420 party will be a hilarious addition to the chaos. 

Here are some things to consider when hosting a poetry slam night among a bunch of stoners:

• Choose cannabis as your theme 
• Recruit two to four judges among party-goers
• Set the rules
• Give ample time for the participants to prepare 
• Give prizes to the winners

Idea #35: Challenge Your Friends to an Impersonation Night

Celebrate talent and creativity by challenging your friends to impersonate a celebrity or your old high school teacher. Add spark to the fun by letting partygoers guess who the talent is impersonating and awarding prizes to successful guesses. 

You don’t need an elevated stage to mount a show. You just need a powerful light, a curtain, a banner, some party balloons, and a mic to create a successful 420 impression night.

Idea #36: Hold a Talent Show For Stoned Contestants

Showcase your stoned guests’ hidden talents by setting up a corner where musical instruments and microphones are in plain sight. Clear a space in your living room or backyard to build the makeshift stage. 

Add gravitas to your event by arranging a judging panel and awarding cannabis products to the winners. You would also want to let your guests know about this portion of your party so they can prepare if they want to join.  

Idea #37: Organize a Glow-In-The-Dark 420 Black Light Party

Host a visually stunning black light 420 party complete with glow-in-the-dark posters, glowing bracelets, and lit weed. Make sure to put up UV black lights, as they’re essential in making white and neon-colored objects glow. 

As the name implies, black light parties always happen at night. Also, don’t forget to adorn the place by placing neon hanging decors, banners, and other eye-catching party decorations within the 420 theme.

Idea #38: Host A 420 Costume Party

If there’s one thing to look forward to at a cannabis party, it is to see your friends dressed up in a giant weed or joint. You can follow the usual tradition of notifying everyone to come in a 420-themed costume. But if you want to add fun to your party, tell each of your guests a different theme for their costumes.

Idea #39: Organize a Speed-Dating Event for Like-Minded Stoners

They say birds of the same feather flock together, what about like-minded stoners? For fun things to do on 420, try out and organize a speed-dating event for weed enthusiasts such as yourself.

On 420, it’s all about you and weed. While everyone is paired up, let each pair answer questions about themselves alongside facts about their kush favorites. Who knows, maybe romance will bud while sharing a bud.

Idea #40: Crash Another 420 Party With Your Party Group

Got the guts to crash a party? This coming April, everyone’s got their ideas to celebrate 420. Instead of coming up with one, why not pay a little visit to someone else’s 420 party?

Don’t forget to be gracious! You may be crashing but let’s get a little weed etiquette in there. Bring your weed to share, and everyone will be happy you’re there!

Idea #41: Swap Stoner Gifts

Weed lovers just get the passion of other weed lovers. Swap gifts, ala White Elephant style, and discover stoner things you never knew you wanted.

How does it work? Write each other’s names on pieces of paper and place them in a bowl. Then take turns drawing one name each until everyone has one – make sure no one draws themselves! 

Now, the fun part is writing down your marijuana-themed wish on a list and waiting for the magic. Another fun tip is to make your wish a little vague so the gifter can have some leeway to get creative!  

Idea #42: Dare to Do a Do-Nothing but Smoke 420 Party

Maybe this isn’t as outrageous as the other party ideas but sometimes, doing nothing but smoking is itself a party. You’ll be surprised at the amount and richness of the conversation with only a couch, blunts, good music, food, and company.

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