Reasons to Celebrate This April

With Easter coming early this year and summer still a couple months away it may not seem like there’s much reason to party this April. There’s always something to celebrate though! Here’s a couple of our favorite reasons to celebrate this April.

April 10th is Golfer’s Day, the perfect day for a company, family, or neighborhood golf outing! ShindigZ has plenty of fantastic decorating items for making your golfing day a real party. For example, place a golf bag mylar balloon on each table or tie them to the backs of chairs or golf carts for a fun, festive look. The Golf Ensemble makes your tables look fantastic, especially when you cover them with green tablecovers or grass mats for a putting green look. The ensemble includes tons of tableware items including plates and napkins. Package party favors in the small golf favor box and fill it up with green shred for a great doorprize or parting gift. Check out our Golf Party TipZ for more ideas.

April 23rd is National Picnic Day. For this holiday, we suggest hosting a picnic. This is a perfect party for an office lunch-break, classroom, or family outing. Stock up on picnic supplies like tablecovers you can spread out on tables or the ground (gingham patterned is a classic!), plastic tableware or the tableware ensemble in our fun BBQ theme pattern, and, to make the party extra-special, create bunches of latex balloons and attach them to balloon weights. You can place them on the ground around your picnic area to bring a fun touch to the event. Remember, balloons look best in bunches of odd numbers. Check out our BBQ Party TipZ for more ideas!

Another wonderful reason to celebrate this April is Red Hat Society Day on April 25th. This is a national day to celebrate women, specifically women in the Red Hat Society. Host a chapter party or a small gathering for friends. ShindigZ has tons of red and purple decorations perfect for setting the tone of the event—tableware, streamers, balloons, confetti, feathers and lush gossamer perfect for swags and other accents. Plus, your guests will love our Red Hat-themed accents like the Red Hat Society boa, purple snifter glasses (which make fabulous favors), tiaras and pearl beaded necklaces. You just can’t go over the top with this event, so have fun with it! We’d love to hear about how you decorate for your Red Hat Society party.

There’s something to celebrate every day. Tell us about your favorite reasons to celebrate this April!

* Passover * 1- April Fool’s Day * 1- U.S. Air Force Day * 1- School Principal’s Day * 1- Mother Goose Day * 4- Professional Appreciation Day * 5- National Fun at Work Day * 10- Golfer’s Day * 10- Siblings Day * 11- Eight-track Tape Day (Host a retro party!) * 12- Look Up at the Sky Day * 15- Husband Appreciation Day * 19- High Five Day * 10- Oklahoma City Bombing Remembrance Day * 22- National Jelly Bean Day * 22- Earth Day * 23- Administrative Professional’s Day * 23- National Picnic Day * 25- Red Hat Society Day * 26- Take your Son/Daughter to Work Day * 27- Arbor Day * 27- Tell a Story Day * 28- Costume Day * 29- National Dance Day * 30- National Honesty Day * 30- Hairstylists Appreciation Day *

This Golf Party’s a Hole in One

The lazy days of summer are here, full of many of our favorite activities—like golf! There are party supplies perfect for hosting a father-son golf party, golf birthday party, company golf outing and more!

Start your party off with golf themed invitations. Send your invitations out 4-6 weeks in advance and expect approximately 25% to be regrets. This is especially important during the summer or near holidays as many people will be traveling.

Make your own golf invitations by cutting green construction paper into the shape of a putting green, adding the flag and hole. You can use a sandy colored paper to add a sand strap. Then, write your party slogan and party information on the putting green. Or, design your invitation to look like a golf score card. The front could read “Stephens Country Club” (or whatever the host family’s name is); inside put the party information.

If you’d rather, try party invitations that can be customized with your party information.

Your golf party will look tee-rific with these fun golf themed decorations. Collect old photos of guests golfing and have them enlarged at a local copy store. Mount them on a poster board and place them around the room.

Hang a personalized banner as a focal point to greet your guests and announce the big day. Hang a couple of Golf Bag Mylar Balloons on either side of the banner for a nice finishing touch.

Use some grass mats to create a practice putting green or to create a “green carpet” welcoming guests.

Decorate your food tables to match the sporting theme. Put a golf flag in the middle of each table. If your party is celebrating someone’s birthday, or a specific event, write that number or name on the flag. Surround the base of the flag with some green shred to create a grassy base. Glue placecards to two upside down golf tees for a cool accent.

Use grass mats to cut out putting greens to use as placemats. Shape each one a little different to represent different greens. Cover tables with green plastic tablecovers. Cut white golf ball shapes out of paper and glue them to the tablecovers.

Set your table with a golf ensemble, the perfect finishing touch that coordinates the whole look.

If holding your party at a golf course is not possible, try bringing the fun of the course to your party. Here are a few ideas:

• Encourage guests to wear golf attire. Provide guests with prizes for the most outrageous golf outfit, the shirt with a logo from a golf course the furthest away, etc.
• Create a fun and playful mini golf course inside your party site with nine holes. Divide everyone into teams and keep score. Go down staircases, under chairs, around furniture, etc.
• Fill a clear jar with golf tees. Have guests guess how many tees are in the jar when they arrive at the party. The closest to the correct number wins the tees and a sleeve of golf balls!
• Get a hole-in-one! Cut a large “green” out of green flat paper. Draw a hole on the green and attach to a wall. Give each guest a white tack or a round, white sticker (the kind used at yard sales). Blindfold the guest, spin around and see who comes closest to getting their “ball” in the hole!
• Purchase several dozen plastic golf balls and have a chipping contest outside! Place a flag 10-15 yards away and see who can hit closest to the pin.

Send your guests home with a party favor they’ll love! Imprint a green stadium cup with your party information! Fill a Golf Box with lots of goodies your golfing friends will enjoy on the course. Include a ball marker, imprinted golf ball, golf tees, and divot repair tool. Have one of our glassware styles filled with green wax and specify fun wording for the imprint. Attach a tag that reads, “A Spark for Your Golf Game.” Give the guest of honor, or the guest with the best score a golf cap and tie for a hilarious prize.