Backyard Or Pool Side Party - Here Are Some Affordable Ideas for Party Planning Decor

You're backyard party is planned, but your patio looks - well, plain...

Keep reading to find some affordable party planning décor ideas that can give your backyard a festive feel and not empty your wallet!

Summer calls for backyard and pool side parties and in some climates they are popular all year long.

Start with a party theme that fits in the out-of-doors

Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day barbecues are obvious ideas. But, if you want to throw a party on some other beautiful spring, summer, or fall day or balmy night, consider one of these themes for your outside fest:

• Italian piazza party
• Garden party
• Astronomy star gazing party

Be unique in your party planning décor

Each of the above themes lends themselves to some interesting and fun décor ideas that your guests may not have seen before.

That's Italian!

Take your guests to an outdoor Italian piazza. Set your tables with white crockery and heavy plastic wine glasses or short tumblers. Place small platters of colorful antipasto and bowls of olives and roasted almonds on each table.

String Italian bulb lights across the yard from trees and house eaves. Seat guests at borrowed or rented small tables topped with white table cloths and bottles of Italian wine. Use white flower sack towels for napkins.

Play arias from Italian operas and your guests will be whisked away to sunny Naples.

Bountiful not regal...

The typical "garden party" conjures images of the Queen of England entertaining with tea and crumpets. Not this garden party.

If you are an avid or a beginner gardener and want to share the joy of your efforts with friends, plan a party to show it off. Vegetable or flower gardens are beautiful for different reasons.

Get your gardening tools and equipment out and use them as party décor. Use the bounty from your garden and arrange the items attractively as your party décor. Bunches of fresh picked lettuce nestled with freshly harvested carrots, melons, zucchini, tomatoes, and hands full of green beans can make a pretty table centerpiece.

Fresh picked flowers in whimsical containers found lurking in your cupboards or garage are obvious party planning décor ideas. Have a bag of fresh vegetables or a bunch of fresh flowers for each guest to take home as a party favor. They'll remember your fun party and pretty garden for days after it's over.

Look to the stars...

Go heavenly and astronomically with this idea. For an astronomical touch set rented or borrowed telescopes around the patio or pool. Get out the Christmas twinkle lights and string them through your shrubbery, along fences, and in your tree tops.

Ask your guests to bring binoculars. The "One Minute Astronomer" can be found on the internet and is a great resource for how to use binoculars to tour the sky.

Dress like an angel if you want to add a "heavenly" aspect to your party.

Combine these party planning décor ideas and create your own unique party theme that will have your guests talking for weeks about how clever and fun your parties are. Your imagination is your only limit.

E. Ann Hill is a successful party planning expert and hospitality professional with many years of personal and professional party and event planning experience.

She wants to share the easy and challenging lessons she has learned with eager novice and seasoned hosts. Her goal is to instill the #1 objective for entertaining - the host should enjoy planning the party and the party itself as much as his or her guests.

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