Beach Party Ideas To Create The Perfect Beach Party Bash!

If you hold your party at a beach, then you will obviously, have an automatic beach theme backdrop. All you need to do is add the little extras that will keep your theme alive around the food table, under the canopy, and the like.

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BEACH PARTY IDEAS FOR INVITATIONS

Dive into the following invitation ideas to help you entice your guests to attend your summertime bash.

BOTTLE INVITATION - Put party details on piece of torn paper and insert into a bottle with a little sand and seashells. Cork it with a wadded piece of paper. Cut 8 1/2" x 11" card stock into 8 pieces with decorative scissors. Type or write, "Come Splash The Day Away", "Dive Right In For A Beach Party, or "Dive In For Some Beach Party Fun". Laminate and hole punch upper left corner. Thread curling ribbon through hole and tie around neck. Hand-deliver invitations.

BEACH BALL INVITATION - Blow-up beach ball and write party details on ball with permanent marker and hand-deliver invitations. As an alternative, deflate the ball, place it in an envelope, and mail it to your guests instructing them to blow-up ball and read.

SUNBLOCK INVITATION - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" card stock into 4 pieces with decorative scissors. Type or write party details. Laminate and hole punch upper left corner. Thread curling ribbon through hole and tie to small sunblock bottle neck. Hand-deliver invitations.

SUNGLASSES INVITATION - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" card stock into 4 pieces with decorative scissors. Type or write party details. Laminate and hole punch upper left corner. Thread curling ribbon through hole and tie to sunglasses nose piece. Hand-deliver invitations.

FRISBEE INVITATION - Write party details on frisbee and hand-deliver invitations.

FLIP-FLOP INVITATION - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" card stock into 4 pieces with decorative scissors. Type or write party details. Laminate and hole punch upper left corner. Thread curling ribbon through hole and tie to a flip-flop. Hand-deliver invitations.

BOARD SHORTS, TROPICAL FLOWER, OR FLIP-FLOP INVITATION - Cut board shorts, a tropical flower, or flip-flops from card stock. Type or write party details. Put in envelope and mail or hand-deliver invitations.


BEACH PARTY IDEAS FOR COSTUMES

Primary beach party ideas for guests' beachwear are bathing suits, board shorts, Hawaiian shirts, sarongs, sundresses, etc. If the party lasts into the evening, suggest guests bring a change of clothes, sweatshirts, sweatpants, etc. as it does get cool at the beach, even in the summertime.

For added fun you guys might like to invest in a beach bum dreadlock type of wig to go with your board shorts. The perfect add-on for this type of party. Also, a beach party lends itself nicely to handout floral leis as they arrive.


BEACH PARTY IDEAS FOR DECORATIONS

Although the beach provides its own natural decoration, you will probably want to add a few items to create and define your party location. If you're not able to go to a beach, then select from the following beach party ideas to bring the beach to your home:

• Let your guests know where the party is being held with a beach themed yard sign.

• To define your space, line the party area with bamboo tiki torches.

• Cover your party room walls or fence with a beach theme wall cover. It will instantly bring the beach to the great indoors or into your backyard.

• Decorate your party area with fun mylar beach balloons.

• Another fun decorating option would be to use inflatable flip flops and inflatable palm trees. You can place them throughout the party room to bring your theme to life.

• Hang colorful beach signs on the walls or fence that point the direction to various beach communities. Examples: Venice Beach, North shore, South Beach, Laguna Beach, Waikiki, Maui, Malibu, etc.

• Another idea to transform your walls or fence is to hang a tropical wall border on those surfaces.

• Have plenty of colorful beach towels available for people to sit on.

• Have plenty of lounge chairs or beach chairs with umbrellas to help protect those who want to get out of the sun.

• Hang palm tree and surfboard wall decorations on your party room walls or fence.

• Put up a few canopies to define party area and provide shade.

• Hang paper lantern garland that has a beach theme or beach colors. This would be perfect for decorating the edges of your canopies.

• Hang some cool beach-themed lights around your party room, fences, canopies, etc. to illuminate the party area, while adding a little more beach theme to your party.

• Keep food table under a canopy with net "walls" to keep food bug-free.

• Put food tables under the canopies.

• Add some jumbo mylar beach themed balloons throughout your party area. Look for balloons shaped in sand castles, girls and boys swimming, crabs, seahorses, and flip flops, just to name a few.

• Sprinkle beach themed confetti on your tables.

• Place citronella candles on tables and citronella yard stakes throughout party area to keep bugs away.

• Have beach balls, floats, and water guns available for use by your guests.

• Fill wading pool with water balloons.

• Use tropical party plates, cups, and napkins.

• For a fun beach cooler to keep your drinks chillin' you might want to use an inflatable beach ball cooler. If you prefer palm trees, there's an option for that one also which could hold your drinks nicely, while adding beach ambiance to the party. Last but not least, there's a cute inflatable tiki bar that you might consider incorporating into your party atmosphere.

PRINTABLE GAMES - Here's a great site for some fun print and play teen party games that would be a perfect party game add-on!

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If you're scratching your head as to what you might want to incorporate into your day of fun in the sun, here's an entire page with nothing but Beach Party Games and Activities. Just click on the link for all the how to's.

• Volleyball
• 3-Way Volleyball
• Badminton
• Fling Toss
• Paddle Ball
• Wham-O-Trac
• Limbo
• Pool Noodles, Squirt Guns & Super Soakers
• Water Balloon Toss

Finger Foods and munchies are best for a teen beach party. Create a buffet style table, which allows teens to select what they like and leave behind that which they do not care for. Select from the following beach party ideas for party food:

HAMBURGERS & HOTDOGS - A BBQ is always the perfect compliment to a beach party. This can also give mom or dad a "legitimate" opportunity to be with the teens and keep an eye on things.

BAKED POTATO BAR - Provide bowls of butter, sour cream, bacon bits, shredded cheese, chives, cooked broccoli, etc. You can cook the broccoli and potatoes on a BBQ or cook them ahead of time and just use the BBQ to heat them up.

PRE-MADE SALAD - Make your favorite potato, macaroni or pasta salad and use shell-shaped noodles

MEAT & FRUIT KABOBS - Cook various sausages, cut them into bite-size pieces and skewer. Do the same with various fruits like grapes, pineapple, strawberries, orange, and banana chunks (soaked in lemon juice so they don't brown).

MUNCHIES - Fill beach buckets with Goldfish crackers, Sandie cookies, dried pineapple slices, chips and dips, nuts, Skittles, etc.

SNOW CONES - Buy a small snow cone machine that doesn't require electricity to run. This will be a hit throughout the day. Just be sure to bring plenty of ice or have close access to buy more.

DRINKS - Provide lots of water bottles, along with sodas and juice boxes.

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Just because you're at the beach doesn't mean you can't have a birthday cake. Select from the following beach party ideas for birthday cakes:

SUN ON SHEET CAKE - Make or buy a sheet cake and frost it blue. Draw a big, smiling sun on top of the cake with a toothpick. Use 2 different shades of orange or yellow to color the head and points on the sun. Make sunglasses outlined in green with black centers around eye area. Add a big, white, toothy smile.

FLIP-FLOP CAKES - Make or buy a sheet cake. Cut out 2 flip-flops. Frost them white. Either pipe out frosting or use icing in various colors to create a thin stripe design on top of them. Edge the top of each flip flop with a small candy like a Red Hot or Skittle. Create toe thong with sugared strips of red candy.

FLIP FLOP SHEET CAKE - Make or buy a sheet cake and add a beach-themed edible sugar art image on top to instantly achieve a professional-looking cake.

SAND CAKE - This is not only a tasty treat for a hot day at the beach, but very easy to make.

What you will need:

2 pkgs. (3.5 or 4-oz) vanilla instant pudding
4 cups milk
1 container (8-oz.) Cool Whip
2 cups Vanilla Wafer cookie, crushed
Pebble candies and paper umbrellas

How to make it:

Prepare pudding with milk, according to package directions. Fold in Cool Whip. Spoon half the pudding into plastic beach bucket. Sprinkle with half of the Vanilla Wafer crumbs. Repeat layers. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours. Decorate with pebble candies and opened paper umbrellas.

BEACH BEAR CUPCAKES #1 - Make or buy cupcakes and cover with tan frosting. Top with tan frosted coconut. Add any kind of thin, flat candy on top that could look like a towel. Then place a Teddy Graham in the middle of each towel, along with a paper drink umbrella.

BEACH BEAR CUPCAKES #2 - Make or buy cupcakes and cover with blue frosting. Create a life preserver by piping on a circle of white frosting on each cupcake. Decorate with red icing stripes. Pipe on a face on a Teddy Graham, along with a bikini or swim trunks and place one in the center of each life preserver.

BEACH CUPCAKES #1 - Make or buy cupcakes and cover with a swirl of blue and white frosting to create the look of water. Top each of them off with a plastic beach sand toy pic.

BEACH CUPCAKES #2 - Make or buy cupcakes and frost them white. Then add beach-related pics to the top, along with decorative sprinkles.

FISH-SHAPED CAKE - Make a fish cake using a fish-shaped cake pan and decorate according to the pan's directions or design your own fun fish.

Add some cute flip flop candles or other beach themed candles to any of the above cakes.


BEACH PARTY IDEAS FOR PARTY FAVORS

Select from the following beach party ideas for party favors: Sunglasses, visors, beach towels, beach CD, sunscreen, squirt gun, or after-sun lotion.


BEACH PARTY IDEAS FOR PARTY SUPPLIES

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