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You don't have to 'head to the beach' to feel like you are there!  The best time to plan a beach party is in the summer months when its warmer to host outside. Here are some ideas for a great beach party!  Scroll down for great Party Invitations, decorations, menu ideas, and more!

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Invitations

Cut out wavy ovals out of blue posterboard. Then write in  your party info, including "don't forget your swimsuit!".
or-- Inflate a beach ball and write in permanent marker, "Join us for a pool party!" - and the rest of the beach party info. Deflate and mail or hand deliver to guests. 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!). You can also serve potato or macaroni salads in kid's sand pails.>of course use only new pails, and sterilize completely.
Fill big galvanized 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.

You can also make your own sno cones. See Sno-Cone Maker by Rival - to the left.

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 mosquitos 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...

Check out this great watermelon pinata!  Sure to be a hit at your beach party!

Party favors

Fill a plastic or metal sand pail for each guest with the following:  beach ball, squirt gun, fun sunglasses, goldfish crackers, etc.

 

Beach-Themed Cake


Just make a sheet cake, and frost all with blue-green frosting. On one side, make 'waves' with your knife or spatula. On the other side, break up graham crackers into 'sand' and sprinkle on for the 'beach'. Next, add palm trees, beach balls, etc.. You can also add Teddy Graham cookies and dress them in bathing suits using small gel frosting. Lay them on the sand - to 'sunbathe'. Palm trees, beach balls, etc. can be found at your local cake decorating shop.
We also made blue-green jello in a big clear glass bowl and added gummy fish-- the only drawback on that one is that the fish didn't taste as good -but some people still did like it and it was too cute! --
Another idea that we did was make chocolate candy seashells out of the candy molds and white and peach chocolate discs- we then melted and swirled the colors around to look marble-y and stuck in the fridge-- the result was realistic looking seashells-- and you can either put in cellophane bags for party favors or stuck in frosting on top of cupcakes.

beachy themed cake, fishy jello, and seashell cupcakes

Beach Cake, Fishy Jello, and Seashell cupcakes

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Decorate the yard with tiki torches, big pots of flowers, and lots of big beach balls in the pool ($3.95/dz at Oriental Trading Co..)- you can also add floating flowers in the pool.

Set up pool volleyball, or other pool games for a group.

-----and don't forget:
Practice safe pool fun-- make sure an adult is on 'lifeguard duty' at all times.

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