How to Plan a Memorial Day Party
Memorial Day is a time for remembrance and observance, it's also a time for socializing, relaxing and having fun. Plan this year's Memorial Day party with ease. Ask your guests for a little help when it comes to the menu, and reward them with some fun games and party favors. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Internet access
- Patriotic stickers
- Carnations
- Vases
- Small flags
- Grill
- Crayons
- Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Modeling clay
- Small table
- Frisbee
- Bocce ball set
- Horseshoe set
- Balloons
- Favors
Instructions
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Send invitations to your Memorial Day party. Make a guest list. Use a service like Evite to send email invitations to all the guests you can. This saves time and money. For other guests, use a heavy card stock paper and write out invitations. Decorate invitations with a simple American Flag sticker or other red, white and blue decorations or photos.
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Make and buy decorations for your party. If your hosting the party in your home, you can keep decorations simple and patriotic. Make some red, white and blue floral arrangements using simple carnations put in glass vases. Add a small flag to each vase, and place them around your home.
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Plan a simple meal. Make it a barbecue event, ask guests to bring their own meats and you'll provide the side dishes, or you can keep it simple and make it a potluck party asking for a dish to pass. Plan on grilling up hot dogs, chicken or hamburgers if you want.
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Prepare a few activities to keep your guests occupied. Kids love crafts in the house or a shaded area of the yard. Set up a table with paper, crayons, glue and scissors. Put a table up with modeling clay, or you could even set up a sand or water activities table. For adults, plan games like horseshoes, bocce ball, frisbee or a water balloon toss for all.
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Ask for donations to a local veterans organization. Memorial Day parties are a great time to get together with friends, but remember what you're celebrating. Honor those who have served the country by asking for contributions that you can donate after the party.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep decorations you make and buy for the Fourth of July or even Labor Day parties. They'll do double duty and save you time and money.
Ask your guests to bring their own drinks, but provide plenty of cooler space stocked with ice to keep the drinks in. Have a few coolers of pop and beer on hand for anyone who doesn't bring their own.
Make favor bags for the kids with balloons, colors and fun patriotic jewellery. You could even make each adult guest a favor by putting together a small bag of summer essentials like sunscreen and bug spray. They might even need them the day of the party.
Buy patriotic confetti to decorate tables, but plan on doing a lot of clean up because confetti never stays in one place.
If you're planning a water balloon toss, you might want to warn guests ahead of time so they can prepare by bringing dry clothes.
