Ensure children use pool toys safely to ensure a mishap-free party.
Splish-splash, make your next party a fun pool bash! A pool party gives kids a chance to take a swim, get some exercise and enjoy all the treats of a celebration, from cake to games. For safety's sake, a pool party requires a few extra adults on hand to supervise and a warning about roughhousing. When decorating for a pool party, keep anything not water-friendly, like crepe streamers, a safe distance from the water. Does this Spark an idea?
Favors
Create a centerpiece for the party by creating a table of attractive looking favors for guests to enjoy. Take small plastic beach buckets and fill them with pool-friendly items, like sunglasses, squirt guns and sunblock, as suggested by Purple Trail. Choose a variety of colors for the items to make the table of treats an eye-catching centerpiece for the party and welcome guests to grab a bucket before changing into their suits.
Inflatable Fun
Inflatable pool toys find a second life as decorations at a pool party. Purchase a selection of blow-up pool toys, like beach balls and arm flotation devices, and place them around the party area as decorations. Put bowls of snacks inside life preservers and toss beach balls into the pool, where they will bob about invitingly before guests climb in and begin to play. If the party is at a rented location, check beforehand to ensure such items are allowed.
Mini Beach Scene
Add to the sun and water setting by creating a miniature beach scene near the pool. Put down a piece of tarp and cover it with sand, which can be purchased from most hardware stores, according to Purple Trail. Add a small children's swimming pool, shells and a couple pairs of flip-flops. Make a small sandcastle by adding a little water to the sand and place an inflatable palm tree in the background. Have guests poses at the beach backdrop for photos.
Commercially Produced Decorations
Though many common items, from beach balls to towels, can double as pool party decorations, there are also plenty of commercially produced items as well. Colorful centerpieces shaped like everything from pineapples to palm trees, which lend a tropical air to the party, can be placed on snack tables. Frilly table-trims and balloons shaped like summer sandals are offered by party supply companies and can be placed here and there to fill things out. Decorative paper plates can double as decorations if you attach them to a fence with string.
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