Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday is the perfect theme for a fun Party or you could celebrate on January 20th which is Martin Luther King's Day. The invitations for this event could have a picture of Mr. King on them and you could say something like "I have a dream" and that is the theme for your party. Decorate with blown up pictures of Mr. King and have party favors with a copy of his famous speech. Some fun activities for this party could include a water balloon relay race, a water balloon toss contest, a speech contest involving facts about Mr. King, or a word contest where you make as many words as possible out of the letters in Martiin Luther King Jr. 3-4 letter words get 1 point, 5 letter words 2, 6-3, 7-5 and 8 or more letter words get 11 points. The food for this party should reflect the African American culture and could include some of the following: cornbread, southern snapper, fried chicken, grits, black-eyed peas and rice. For dessert you could serve pecan pie and other treasures such as cookies, cup cakes, brownies, cheesecake and pastries.