You don't have to go to the beach to feel like you are there! Here are some ideas for a great beach party!
The greatest time to plan a beach party is in the summer months when it’s warmer to host outside. Invitations
Cut out wavy ovals out of blue pasteboard. Write in your party info, including "don't forget your swimsuit!"
Inflate a beach ball and write in permanent marker.
Deflate and mail or deliver to guests by hand. Use wording such as, "Life is a Beach", or "Calling all beach bums!!".
Or they have super-cute beach themed invites at Fine Stationery. Menu
Serve hot dogs, hamburgers, watermelon, etc. (easy stuff that you can prepare outdoors -so you don't miss any of the fun!).
Also you can serve potato or macaroni salads in kid's sand pails.>of course use only new pails, and sterilize completely.
Fill big steel tubs full of ice and hide frozen 'Pop Ice' in the bottom to keep frozen for cooling off later, and put cans of tea, lemonade, and soda sticking in the ice on the top. Decorations
Decorate using beach towels as tablecovers...
Then for an inexpensive centerpiece - the bottom dish of a terra cotta flower pot, filled with sand and small pebbles and a votive candle (preferably a citronella candle (to keep the mosquitoes away)...or just fresh flowers in a simple mason jar.
Fill a wicker basket of extra sunglasses, sunscreen, aloe, and visors to make your guest more comfortable.
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