Backyard Fun Party Supplies
Here we are, Thursday, November 5th and it’s National Men Make Dinner day.
OK, so who came up with this celebration? The rules are apparently that men cannot have any outside assistance and grilling does not count. Oh c’mon! This is patently unfair. I can’t use our Backyard Fun party supplies.
Since it is also Kevin Jonas’ 22nd birthday today, I will play the Jonas Brothers and cook dinner tonight. Make sure you pass this holiday ladies!
Shep
Memorial Day is coming up on May 25th. It’s the perfect day for having a fun backyard barbeque with your family and friends. ShindigZ has a huge selection of backyard fun party supplies with a mix of patriotic, luau, and BBQ themed decorations and tableware, perfect for celebrating late spring and summer holidays.
Invite guests to your party using our Hot Off the Grill Invitation. The invitation features a cool grill design with space on the inside to write your party details.
Welcome friends to the party using our BBQ Bonanza Personalized Vinyl Banner. The banner features a classic gingham banner with a picture of a big burger, fries, and soda, perfect for getting guests hungry! Plus, we’ll print the banner with your own custom wording. Each of our banners is printed on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl and can be used time and again.
If you’re worried about the weather, try one of our Easy-Up Canopies. The canopy stands 10’10” tall and is perfect for all your outdoor events. Plus, you can add a personalized imprint too. The white polyester canopy includes sturdy steel framework and folds away for easy storage in the included nylon carrying case.
Set a fun, summery scene with our Tiki Hut Topper over your buffet table or bar. The 55″ high x 56″ wide x 22″ deep hut is great for all your summer events. The metal framed hut comes with artificial thatching, hibiscus flowers, decorative garland, and hardware designed to attach the topper to tables or bars.
Add some patriotic style with the 2’ and 4’ USA Letter Set! The letters make a fantastic focal point for your party.
Use a Beach Ball Personalized Yard Sign to direct people to the party in your back yard. The fun, colorful sign looks great with your wording on it and comes with an H-stake for securing it in your yard.
The Shaded Elegance Umbrellas are a fantastic and lovely way to add some shade to the dining area of your party. The cloth umbrellas are 6 feet in diameter and are attached to a 7 foot wooden pole. They fit perfectly into the 11 inch by 2 foot high metal base. They’re available in an assortment of colors perfect for coordinating with your party decorations. Plus, you can use them throughout the season.
Add some luau flair to your Memorial Day party with our Bamboo and Seashell Tiki Torches. They are fun and stylish and if you add citronella candle to them they’ll keep unwanted flying guests away!
Decorate your tables with BBQ party table decorations. Cover the tables with red gingham plastic tablecovers. Use black or red bandannas for napkins/favors and wrap them around coordinating plastic cutlery to create cutlery bundles. Secure the bundles with barbed-wire garland. Spread a black bandanna over the middle of the table and add some beer mug gel candles to the middle as a centerpiece.
For tableware, use our BBQ Tableware Ensemble, which features a fun BBQ themed print and includes all the tableware and decorations you need for eight guests.
Socializing and playing simple games like cards and catch are a perfect way to spend time at your Memorial Day barbeque. We have some fun backyard carnival games that would be lots of fun too.
Kids will love the Duck Fishing Game and the Can Toss Game, which you can use at all your family events.
As a door prize or party favor, hand out toss games which are harder than they look and will make for hours of fun!
Check out all of our Backyard Fun Party Supplies and our Memorial Day TipZ for more ideas and tell us about your Memorial Day traditions!
Food and conversation make great activities for your BBQ party, but here are some other games perfect for the backyard.
Balloon Popping Contest
Divide guests into two equal groups. About 25 yards away, place two bags of inflated balloons in colors to match your theme colors. These balloons should be overinflated to make popping easier. At the sound of a ringing bell or whistle, the first two relay contestants, one from each team, run to the bag and remove one balloon. Each must sit on it until it pops. Once the balloon pops, the player runs back to the starting line, and tags the next player in line. The first team to complete the course wins. Not a quiet game…but a guaranteed favorite! This one may sound like it is just for kids, but your party will live on in your guests’ memories forever if you play this game!
Limbo
The young and the young at heart always enjoy the classic beach game of “limbo.” Try using a string of twinkle lights, a strand of sparkly garland, a bamboo pole, a flashlight (lights out), or any item to match your theme for your limbo stick. For a fun variation on the game, make it a little more challenging by adding a “Super Stomach” to guests as they take their turn. Have a couple of oversized shirts, and some fluffy pillows on hand. Get ready for some howling laughter!
Hula Hoopla
Hula hooping isn’t just for kids or 50’s Sock Hops…but it will make grown-ups feel young again! Purchase or borrow a couple of hula-hoops. They are available at discount chains for about $3.99 each. Let guests know that at a specified time there will be a “hula” contest, and encourage them to practice during the party if the mood strikes.
Name Game
Provide each guest with 5 small pieces of paper, and a pencil. Ask them to write down the names of 5 famous people…leaders, movie stars, authors, sports figures, politicians, artists, inventors, scientists, etc. Fold the papers, and put them into a hat. Seat guests in a large circle. Each round is limited to 30 seconds, so have a watch with a second hand available. The first player pulls out a name, and tries to get the person beside them to guess the name. After the name is guessed, the clue giver can continue pulling names out of the hat for the full 30 seconds. Here are the rules: They can talk, but can’t point to items. They can’t spell out the name, but can say the letter the name starts with. They can reference just about anything, but the person’s name. As an example, if the name is “Sammy Sosa”, the clue giver might say…”The guy who had almost as many homeruns as Mark McGuire in the 1998 baseball season.” “He plays for the Chicago Cubs”, etc. Both the clue “giver” and the clue “guesser” get points for as many names as they guess in the 30-second time frame. Have each participant track his/her own points. The turn then passes to the guesser, who now becomes the clue giver, and his/her neighbor becomes the new guesser. This game is a blast to play, and really is not as difficult as these instructions would make it seem! Give it a try!
Other ideas include watermelon seed spitting, decorating chef’s hats or waterballoons! Tell us about your BBQ party ideas.
Memorial Day is the kick off of summer and a perfect reason to party! This year Memorial Day is May 25th. Celebrate with your friends and family with a Memorial Day barbeque with a patriotic flair.
Invite guests to the party with the festive invitations from the BBQ Party Tableware Ensemble. It features a cow dressed up as a BBQ chef and space for you to write in your own party details. Plus, it matches the plates, cups and two sizes of napkins included in the ensemble, perfect for serving all your Memorial Day grilling.
Welcome guests to your party with a personalized BBQ Memories Custom Banner or a Festive Flag Custom Banner. These banners can be personalized with your own wording and are made of heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl with or without metal grommets and come in seven different sizes to fit you decorating needs.
Decorate for your party with festive patriotic decorations—streamers, garland, cutouts, and flags! (Check out our Patriotic Party TipZ for tons of ideas). Create a fantastic focal point with a Statue of Liberty and Uncle Sam standees. Large USA Patriotic Letters are also a fun way to spruce up your party room. For tons of fun, set up an Americana Photo Op Stand In. Guests can put their faces in the cutouts and take their picture like the famous American Gothic painting. It makes for fantastic keepsakes from the party.
Party wearables are a great way to brighten up the party and get guests in the fun-loving mood. For the patriotic, try American flag funtoos temporary tattoos, patriotic buttons and red white and blue star beads. Guests will crack up if you greet them at the door in a hamburger hat or giant chef hat.
Wearables make great favors but there’s other favors you can send guests home with so they’ll remember the fun of Memorial Day long after your party is over. For the BBQ theme, we suggest Beer Mug Candles or make-your-own aprons. For a more patriotic bent, try a jewel flag dog tag neckelace craft kit, patriotic bubbles, flag pins or patriotic votive candles.
Check out our Patriotic Party TipZ or BBQ Party TipZ for tons of ideas and have a Happy Memorial Day!
Summer means cooking out! It’s a fun summer tradition to get family and friends together for food and games outside and ShindigZ has wonderful summer tableware and table decorations to make your cookouts look as good as they taste.
If you’re planning a party, sending out invitations is a great way to gather everyone together. Send out invitations four to six weeks in advance and expect about a quarter to come back as regrets. We have fun cookout themed invitations, such as our Hot Off the Grill Invitation, shaped like a grill and including spaces for you to write your party information.
Cover your tables with bright colored plastic tablecovers or red gingham checked tablecovers. The tablecovers are reusable and perfect for taking outdoors. You can even spread them out to have a picnic!
Add a decoration to your tables with a summery centerpiece. Our Glimmering Elegance Parasol Centerpiece is a lovely accent perfect for summer tea parties or reunions. For a barbeque try Tabletop Tiki Lights or Metallic Palm Tree Centerpiece.
If you’re having a buffet, our Sweet Station Centerpiece makes a great focal point of the table. The Sweet Station makes a lovely decorative piece out of your desserts by displaying them in tiers. It’s decorative and functional!
Save yourself from clean up by using paper or plastic tableware for your cookout food. ShindigZ has a huge selection of party tableware to choose from. Keep it basic by coordinating your favorite colors of plastic tableware or select one of our summer themed tableware ensembles. The BBQ Party Ensemble features a black and red BBQ pattern with flames for a masculine look while the Fun in the Sun Ensemble has bright colors and a cute pool party print. Each ensemble includes cups, plates, napkins, and cutlery and has coordinating decorations too!
Serve fruit or veggies and dip in summer style with our Beach Ball Serving Platters and keep drinks cool with an Inflatable Beach Ball Cooler. They’re adorable and fun to use again and again during your summer activities.
Check out our BBQ Party Decorations or Luau Table Decorations for more ideas!
