Winter Beach Party

Burrrr…its so cold out and many just don’t feel like going out. Having a Winter Luau/Indoor Beach Party is a fun alternative to the brisk outdoors. This party is fun for adults and children.

::::Invites::: Since most of us separate our winter and summer clothes, give your guests at least a two week notice when inviting them out, so they can pull out their bathing suits and flip flops.

:::::Dress Code:::: Beach Attire, Shell Bra, Coconut bra, Hawaiian shirts, Hula skirts, Sarong, Muumuu’s, flip flops or water shoes.

::::Décor:::: Fun fun fun…bright colors to mimic the sunshine and flowers that we are missing thins time of year. Hang up beach balls, pool floats, and beach umbrellas, around the house. Use beach towels as table covers. Bring out your plastic outdoor furniture if there’s room. Unroll beach mats for extra seating. Place fishbowls around the house with Beta fish. They usually range from $2 to $7 and you can always give these away as favors. Wine glasses serve as great chic fishbowls ;-) You could save the fish bowls to serve snacks.

If hardwood floors, you can put a plastic paint tarp down and fill a few plastic children’s pool with water or sand. Or just use a blue tarp to look like the ocean water.

Turn the heat up to about 75-80 degrees in the house, to make a warm weather atmosphere. Use heat lamps too, if you have them. Provide a private dressing area for your guests to change into their beach attire. 

Have a bowl with party favors of flip flops, sunglasses, leis, beach hats, beach buckets and shovels, swimming glasses, Frisbees, bubbles…so that your guests will be able to engage in beach fun upon arrival.

 ::Possible Menu:: Hawaiian pizza, fruit salad, ice cream cake. (luau theme) Or fire up the grill with hotdogs and hamburgers to side with baked beans, potato salad, pasta salad, finger sandwiches, corn on the cob, and an ice cream cake. Seafood always works. (Make sure to check if any guests have seafood allergies.) Goldfish crackers out of a beach bucket. Nothing says summer like ice cream. You could even create a sundae bar with various ice creams and toppings (sliced fruit, nuts, flavored sauces, whipped cream, and candy.

Vanilla Ice cream sprinkled with graham crackers can be designed delicately into an edible sand castle.

Add frozen fruit to juice and serve with parasol umbrella sticks.

Serve guests out of picnic baskets or have a buffet style set up.

Activities for the minors:

·      Painting sea shells

·      Decorating sun visors (always in stock at $1 Tree)

·      Water balloons in a heated garage

·      Sand building contest using play-doh

·      Limbo contest

·      Hula hoop contest

·      Gone fishing

o    Have the kids fish for gummy worms with fishing poles (tooth brushes with floss tied around with a paper clip attached)

*Minors at heart…should try these activities too =)

The ideas are endless…this party could stem into a theme party of Spongebob, Little Mermaid, Nautical, and Pirates and lost treasure.