Seahorse Theme

I've been visualizing a pretty, soft, natural look beach or water themed party that incorporates natural shells, sand dollars, seahorses, starfish, soft blue-green glass , and maybe a little navy blue or red thrown in for accents. The great thing about decorating for a party in this manner is that the items could serve as decor in your home or garden afterwards if like the coastal, shabby chic, or cottage looks. The items could also be multi-purposed for family and adult parties and cook outs.

Watermelon Themed Party

I've been inspired by one of my favorite tablecloths that I use for family cookouts on our picnic table. It's a bright , summery, green on green stripe that screams SUMMERTIME to me! This is the basis for the creation of my watermelon themed party. This is a messy party that requires a good amount a space, but it is a simple , down home feeling type party. Decorations can include watermelon cut out strung as garland,red and green streamers, solid red and green balloons, red balloons with watermelon seeds drawn on them, red checkered table cloths and napkins and striped green as well. This will require the purchase of a lot of watermelon, but that and other food items will be the bulk of your costs. Activities: lawn bowling: fill empty 2 liter or smaller soda bottles with colored water. Use was small watermelons as the bowling ball. Ring Toss: use the rinds of the watermelon to replace the horseshoe in a game of horseshoes. Pinata: make or buy a watermelon shaped pinata. If that cannot be found a sun shaped pinata would be great too! Seed Spitting Contest Guess the weight of the watermelon Various themed crafts: one example is to cut watermelon shapes from colored paper and glue on black pom poms or sequins as seeds.

Lady Bug Themed Party

I was at a party today that had a lady bug theme. The mother of the birthday girl made the most amazing cupcakes with chocolate ladybugs nestled in grass and flowers made of frosting. Wonderful touch!

Memorial Day/Americana Party Supplies

Remember to look for Memorial Day sale items for future parties. Bunting, flags, colored outdoor lighting, red, white,and blue decor could lend itself to a variety of themes as well as Flag Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day.