Planning a beach party, or pool party may take a little extra pre-planning since you’ll have to keep everything cool, until you get to your destination. Cake Icings and ice cream don’t do well in the heat of summer. Make sure you have plenty of coolers, and ice on hand.

Keep decorations to a minimum, make sure you have a sign or two directing people to your party location, especially if it’s a large beach or pool.

Have plenty of adult supervision, or encourage parents to stay and keep an eye on their children. Don’t rely on the lifeguards in a busy swimming area to see what every child is doing.

Plan some fun water games:

• Play hot potato with a beach ball.
• Simon says in the water.
• Have relay races where the children run or swim out around an adult and back to the start to tap another player.
• If the pool or beach will allow it have a water balloon toss.
• Have a set of rubber rings, and have a couple teams try to see who can pass the ring over all their players the fastest.
• Set up a water obstacle course.
• Set up a water volleyball, or basketball game.
• Don’t forget to just let the kids have their own time to swim, and just have fun.

Pool or beach parties can be really fun in the heat of summer. You can use a beach or luau theme, pirate and mermaid themes also work well, or any theme you choose, just have fun with it!

Surf’s Up Deluxe Party image via Birthday in a Box

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I recently had the opportunity to sample Geoff and Drew’s Cookies.

To say they were wonderful is an understatement. They were melt in your mouth delicious. If you’re looking for made at home cookie taste, without baking them yourself these cookies would be an excellent replacement.

I love chocolate, so I sampled the chocolate-chocolate chip, and the white chocolate-cranberry cookies. I wasn’t sure I would like the cranberry, but in the end they were my favorite.

 

They have a wonderful selection, and several options, from individually wrapped cookies, to large gift baskets.

Geoff and Drew’s Cookies would make excellent birthday party favors, birthday gifts, holiday party treats, or thank you gifts.

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I hope you are all having a wonderful 4th of July holiday weekend if you’re in the US. If you’re in the rest of the world, have a wonderful weekend with plenty of good food .

Here are a couple fun foodie links for your weekend browsing.

13 Foods Children Can Make & Learn About Cookbooks has some great ideas for encouraging your children to enjoy cooking.

Fun Watermelon Cupcakes- These would make a really fun summer birthday party treat.

A Healthy Cocktail for the 4th of July Weekend

Mediterranean Potato Salad, a delicious alternative to the mayonnaise version.

Chris’ Original Shrimp or Chicken with Roasted Red Peppers- Jean shares one of her hubby’s original recipes. This one combines some of the latest fat-fighting-food-finds from recent scientific research.

I Can’t Make Vinegar, But I Can Make Ricotta- I’ve never tried to make ricotta cheese, but it sounds interesting.

Cookerati’s giving away Roseda beef, check it out if you’re looking for high quality beef, without chemicals additives or hormones.

Dark Knight hits theatres in a couple weeks, here are some Dark Knight Batman Cake ideas.

Dark Knight Batman Party Ideas

 

Image via Istockphoto

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Have a safe and wonderful 4th of July. Stop back here later and let us know how your 4th of July celebration went.

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