How to Decorate for a Backyard BBQ Reception

Adding decorations to your BBQ reception will give life and atmosphere to your event.

Whether you are planning a BBQ function for your workplace or having a family gathering at your own home, hosting a backyard BBQ reception is possible with the proper preparation and backyard decorations to complete the atmosphere. Decorating your yard for a BBQ reception only requires simple party supplies and a bit of creative planning, depending on whether or not you would like to implement a theme into your BBQ event.

Things You'll Need

• Plastic tablecloths
• Mason jars
• Assorted flowers
• Sand
• Craft marbles
• String lighting
• Votive candles
• Tiki torches

Instructions

1. Choose a color scheme or theme for your backyard BBQ reception by selecting a few solid colors or a pattern of your choice. For a summer barbecue gathering, bright blues, turquoises, yellows and oranges can highlight the celebration of the heat and summer months. If you are having an end of the summer barbecue reception, choose dark reds, yellows, oranges and browns to help bring in the fall season while still having the ability to dine comfortable outdoors.

2. Purchase outdoor plastic tablecloths to decorate and cover each of the tables you have set up for guests to eat on. Use a solid color tablecloth on each table and alternate the colors to add variations of decorations throughout your yard.

3. Create centerpieces for each one of your backyard tables using Mason jars with fake (or real) sunflowers, daisies and other summer flowers. Fill the jars halfway with sand and craft marbles to hold the flowers in place if you are using fake material.

4. Hang string lighting along the fence in your backyard using outdoor outlets and set votive candles on each table for when the evening and nighttime arrives. Add Tiki torches around your fence to add additional decorative lighting while helping to keep bugs and mosquitoes away (depending on the type of torches you purchase).

Tips & Warnings

• Get creative by designing your own menu including the type of foods you are serving at the barbecue reception for your guests to choose from at the grill.

References

• Party 411: Outdoor BBQ Ideas. BBQ Party Ideas