beach table confetti image
Kaitlyn Gr
I am turning 19 in august and i am doing a lunch for family, then going out with friends that night. For the lunch i want it to be beach themed, not like luau or something cheap like that but like a nice "grown up" lunch with a beach-y inspiration. I tried to google ideas but i didnt have any luck. If anyone has any ideas or site suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!
Answer
To go in a different direction than the luau theme....try doing a Nautical theme:
...it can be fun and somewhat sophisticated at the same time. Make your colors blue and white...accent with yellow (I like the yellow, adds more sunshine.)
Ideas for foods: shrimp cocktail, clam dip, shrimp scampi or even something as simple as fish sticks, or crab cakes or tuna on rolls.
Salads: tossed salad or cucumber, tomato and red onion salad or tomato-mozzarella bites on picks>>
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/tomato-andâ¦
any kind of cold pasta salad or a shrimp salad or mac or potato salad
Or a pasta with pesto and shrimp
Serve a Blue Ocean Punch -- Dissolve a packet of blue Jell-o in two cups of hot water. Mix in two cups each of sugar, cold water and pineapple juice. Freeze until just before use, then mix with Sprite or ginger ale for a bubbly ocean-blue treat.
Can also float tiny boats in a punch
Serve "Chips Ahoy!" cookies...:D......set out bowls of "goldfish" crackers...add some Dips and "Ships"
Dress the table with a white cloth...add a runner in navy blue...add things like seashells and sand in jars with candles. Tie a piece of rope (or heavy twine) around the lip of the jar or just keep wrapping it around several times. Scatter little confetti anchors. You can also add the color brown to the table to tie in with the ropes of nautical theme. Alternate small candle jars with small vases of different shapes filled with 3 low flowers along the table. Colored sea glass marbles (from dollar store) can also fill the candle jars. Fill with water: float a tea light candle.
Fold linen napkins into the shape of a Sailboat for your guests (you can buy inexpensive material and cut 12inch squares to make them instead of purchasing pre-made linen napkins)..here's how>>
http://www.foldnapkins.com/fold-sail-boats.php
Hang a life preserver over a doorway or entryway to party welcoming guests--find driftwood to put around, use miniature lighthouses as decoration, hang up nautical flags in different colors. If you have a place, hang white sheets to pull back to have the effect of a curtain (it resembles a sail) for more ambiance.
Send invites out in a message in a bottle filled with little bit of sand and tiny shells--write it on white or ecru paper..singe the edges...add a cork and hand deliver...address your guests as Shipmates..invite them to having "oceans of fun in the sun".
Play music like Jimmy Buffet or reggae, "Sailing", "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay", etc.
To go in a different direction than the luau theme....try doing a Nautical theme:
...it can be fun and somewhat sophisticated at the same time. Make your colors blue and white...accent with yellow (I like the yellow, adds more sunshine.)
Ideas for foods: shrimp cocktail, clam dip, shrimp scampi or even something as simple as fish sticks, or crab cakes or tuna on rolls.
Salads: tossed salad or cucumber, tomato and red onion salad or tomato-mozzarella bites on picks>>
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/tomato-andâ¦
any kind of cold pasta salad or a shrimp salad or mac or potato salad
Or a pasta with pesto and shrimp
Serve a Blue Ocean Punch -- Dissolve a packet of blue Jell-o in two cups of hot water. Mix in two cups each of sugar, cold water and pineapple juice. Freeze until just before use, then mix with Sprite or ginger ale for a bubbly ocean-blue treat.
Can also float tiny boats in a punch
Serve "Chips Ahoy!" cookies...:D......set out bowls of "goldfish" crackers...add some Dips and "Ships"
Dress the table with a white cloth...add a runner in navy blue...add things like seashells and sand in jars with candles. Tie a piece of rope (or heavy twine) around the lip of the jar or just keep wrapping it around several times. Scatter little confetti anchors. You can also add the color brown to the table to tie in with the ropes of nautical theme. Alternate small candle jars with small vases of different shapes filled with 3 low flowers along the table. Colored sea glass marbles (from dollar store) can also fill the candle jars. Fill with water: float a tea light candle.
Fold linen napkins into the shape of a Sailboat for your guests (you can buy inexpensive material and cut 12inch squares to make them instead of purchasing pre-made linen napkins)..here's how>>
http://www.foldnapkins.com/fold-sail-boats.php
Hang a life preserver over a doorway or entryway to party welcoming guests--find driftwood to put around, use miniature lighthouses as decoration, hang up nautical flags in different colors. If you have a place, hang white sheets to pull back to have the effect of a curtain (it resembles a sail) for more ambiance.
Send invites out in a message in a bottle filled with little bit of sand and tiny shells--write it on white or ecru paper..singe the edges...add a cork and hand deliver...address your guests as Shipmates..invite them to having "oceans of fun in the sun".
Play music like Jimmy Buffet or reggae, "Sailing", "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay", etc.
What to do for a Sweet Sixteen Pool Party?
jenna
i need some party ideas for my sweet sixteen, which is in March. It is going to be at a hotel so i need so ideas for that. Also before the party starts i am going to pick everyone up in a limo(8 girls,7 guys) And i dont really have a theme but im thinking alomg the lines of Beach/Tropical. Pool Games? Decorations? Theme? Food? THANKS!
Answer
Water Games:
Beach Ball Balance Race
Beach Ball Bumper Pool
Dolphin Relay
Fill the Bottle
Greased Watermelon Polo
Hole In The Bucket
Jump Rope Water Splash
Over/Under Game
Poison Pool Toss
Shaving Cream Shoot Off
Sponge Toss Contest
The Shark & The Mermaids
Trash Target
Tugboat Relay Race
Directions:
http://www.funattic.com/game_water.htm#anchor9
Blind Squirt
Duck, Duck, Squirt
Ping Pong Target Game
http://www.funattic.com/game_tag.htm#anchor11
http://www.funattic.com/game_circle.htm#anchor1
http://www.funattic.com/game_carnival.htm#anchor10
Theme:
Tropical / Beach / Hawaiin
Decorations:
-streamers
-balloons
-confetti (ask the hotel front desk if you can sprinkle confetti all over the room floor, otherwise just put it on the tables)
-banners (Happy Birthday, 16, Happy 16th Birthday, Happy Birthday [your name], etc)
-silly string (again, ask the front desk if you can, otherwise don't do it) (if you can, buy at least 1 can for each person and go wild!)
-some palm banners for the walls
-coconut posters for walls
-anything beachy
-go to a party store and just look around, if you see anything cute, buy it!
Colors:
-light blue
-light teal
-pink
-yellow
-think colors of the sunset kinda
Food:
-fruit salad
-veggies and dip
-crackers and cheese and sausage
-chips: plain and your favorite flavor
-snacks like pretzels, Cheetos, your fave snakcs
-candy (have bowls / dishes of candy sitting around the room for people to grab whenever)
-cheesecake/cookies
-CAKE! (get a custom-made cake with your tropical theme)
-Subs (get a party sub from a place like Cousin's and have them deliver, you want light foods since you'll be swimming, plus subs are the kind of food people would bring for a picnic on the beach)
Do you know what hotel it is going to be at? Have you booked the room yet? Is everyone sleeping over at the hotel? Are just the girls staying?
- Pick the nicest hotel that your parents will let you
- Get a big suite
- Book 2 rooms ( 1 for girls and 1 for guys )
- Make the 2nd room a suite
- Have boys and girls sleep over
- Have the party in the room that you will be staying in with the other girls
- Decorate a little and put some snacks in the guys room
- Ask for 16 keys (1 for each of you ) (if they say no, ask for 8, so you can have 1 key per 2 people)
- MAKE you parents get a seperate room and do NOT give them a key to either of yours
- Get to the hotel early and decorate. Set up your stuff and ask the front desk about anything that you were wondering or unsure about. Ask the hotel if they will keep the pool open 1 hour longer for only you and your friends. Most hotels will allow you to. Right before you leave to pick everyone up, put out the snacks.
-Wear a cute mini dress even if it is cold. Wear your swim suit under the dress. If it is cold, wear a cute cropped sweater until you get inside.
-Get your nails and hair done.
-Have goodie bags, even though it could be kiddish. Make them NOT kiddish.
-Girls Bags:
-lip gloss
-make up
-sample size body sprays
-gift card to a cute store like AF or HCO
Water Games:
Beach Ball Balance Race
Beach Ball Bumper Pool
Dolphin Relay
Fill the Bottle
Greased Watermelon Polo
Hole In The Bucket
Jump Rope Water Splash
Over/Under Game
Poison Pool Toss
Shaving Cream Shoot Off
Sponge Toss Contest
The Shark & The Mermaids
Trash Target
Tugboat Relay Race
Directions:
http://www.funattic.com/game_water.htm#anchor9
Blind Squirt
Duck, Duck, Squirt
Ping Pong Target Game
http://www.funattic.com/game_tag.htm#anchor11
http://www.funattic.com/game_circle.htm#anchor1
http://www.funattic.com/game_carnival.htm#anchor10
Theme:
Tropical / Beach / Hawaiin
Decorations:
-streamers
-balloons
-confetti (ask the hotel front desk if you can sprinkle confetti all over the room floor, otherwise just put it on the tables)
-banners (Happy Birthday, 16, Happy 16th Birthday, Happy Birthday [your name], etc)
-silly string (again, ask the front desk if you can, otherwise don't do it) (if you can, buy at least 1 can for each person and go wild!)
-some palm banners for the walls
-coconut posters for walls
-anything beachy
-go to a party store and just look around, if you see anything cute, buy it!
Colors:
-light blue
-light teal
-pink
-yellow
-think colors of the sunset kinda
Food:
-fruit salad
-veggies and dip
-crackers and cheese and sausage
-chips: plain and your favorite flavor
-snacks like pretzels, Cheetos, your fave snakcs
-candy (have bowls / dishes of candy sitting around the room for people to grab whenever)
-cheesecake/cookies
-CAKE! (get a custom-made cake with your tropical theme)
-Subs (get a party sub from a place like Cousin's and have them deliver, you want light foods since you'll be swimming, plus subs are the kind of food people would bring for a picnic on the beach)
Do you know what hotel it is going to be at? Have you booked the room yet? Is everyone sleeping over at the hotel? Are just the girls staying?
- Pick the nicest hotel that your parents will let you
- Get a big suite
- Book 2 rooms ( 1 for girls and 1 for guys )
- Make the 2nd room a suite
- Have boys and girls sleep over
- Have the party in the room that you will be staying in with the other girls
- Decorate a little and put some snacks in the guys room
- Ask for 16 keys (1 for each of you ) (if they say no, ask for 8, so you can have 1 key per 2 people)
- MAKE you parents get a seperate room and do NOT give them a key to either of yours
- Get to the hotel early and decorate. Set up your stuff and ask the front desk about anything that you were wondering or unsure about. Ask the hotel if they will keep the pool open 1 hour longer for only you and your friends. Most hotels will allow you to. Right before you leave to pick everyone up, put out the snacks.
-Wear a cute mini dress even if it is cold. Wear your swim suit under the dress. If it is cold, wear a cute cropped sweater until you get inside.
-Get your nails and hair done.
-Have goodie bags, even though it could be kiddish. Make them NOT kiddish.
-Girls Bags:
-lip gloss
-make up
-sample size body sprays
-gift card to a cute store like AF or HCO
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