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A Party themes Beach is the perfect idea to breathe new life into your party.

Guest's will remember the fun they had for years to come.

W. Devoue
Lansing, MI
Some words to spark your imagination when thinking of party themes beach are:

Bathing suits, surfing, palm trees, shells, inner tubes, waves, Ocean, sun, blue skies, white sands, summer, sand, hawaii.

All of these things bring up the idea of the beach, which in turn gets the creative juices flowing when thinking of ways to throw a
party themes beach.

Lets discuss a few of these words and elaborate on how you can implement them in a party themes beach planning phase. Lets take the first one Bathing suits.

When sending out your guest invitations, let all of your guests know that the attire for the party will be swimming suits and flip flops, this will get the guests in the summer fun mood before they even leave their house. While we are on the subject of invitations, this is a great place to create a first impression of the fun that is to come.

Get real creative with your invitations, how about using real coconuts with a message attached for a hand delivered invitation, or using paper cut outs of mermaids for the background of your invitations. Don't just use the boring piece of paper with the time and place that almost everyone else uses, get creative.

Next we have surfing, how about making your invitations in the shape of a surfboard, or maybe the finger sandwiches in the shape of surfboards. you could even use actual surfboards placed in strategic locations at the party site of your themes beach event.

Palm trees are next on the list, we can also use this graphic to decorate the party cake with, or have you ever seen the blow up palm trees at your local party shop? Place a few of those around the events location for a beach theme.

How about shells placed around the events site for decorations, or even placing the blow up inner tubes around the events location for decoration.

If your party is being held outside, how about placing lit tiki torches around the perimeter, or even wearing grass skirts is sure to get the beach party theme in full swing.

For Back Ground Music how about placing a recording of ocean waves in the stereo with some seagull cries. That is sure to get everyone into the party themes beach mood, some good recommendations for beach themed music are:

1. Rock Lobster / The B-52's
2. Good Vibrations / The Beach Boys
3. Steal My Sunshine / Len
4. California Sun / The Rivieras
5. Wipe Out / The Safaris
6. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini / Brian Hyland
7. Under the Boardwalk / The Drifters
8. Surf City / Jan & Dean
9. Doin' Time / Sublime
10. Beach Blanket Bingo / Donna Loren

Next we want to think about refreshments that remind us of the beach, what drinks come to mind when you think of the beach? Is it Mai Tais, or Hurricanes, strawberry daiquiris, or pina coladas. Just don't forget to put the small umbrellas in the cocktails. When serving alcoholic punch, be sure to mark it as such. You never know who might be pregnant, allergic or in recovery..

If your party is for children or teens then tropical punch with fruit floating in it is always a sure fire winner to create a feeling of being at the beach on a hot summer day.

Some tropical menu items that come to mind are dips and chips, hamburgers cooked on the grill, vegetable tempura, fruit bowls with yogurt dip, or fruit kabobs. How about a cake with beach themed decorations on it or a big bowl of ice cream.

Some entertainment ideas that come to mind are volleyball nets, frisbee's, or sand castles. How about a limbo competition to see "How low you can go", musical chairs is always a fun group activity also.

Depending on the location of your
Beach Theme party see how you can implement fun activities with a Beach theme to keep your guests entertained.

I hope that I have given you many ideas to think about and implement into your
beach party planning process, whether you are having a party at the beach, or having a party with a beach theme, I am sure these hints and tips will get your party or event off to a great start.