Reasons to Celebrate this May

Summer is on the way and you can start the summer fun early with plenty of reasons to party this May. The obvious causes for celebration are Mother’s Day, Cinco de Mayo and Memorial Day but there are tons of other great reasons to host a party.

If you missed hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party, you have a second chance on May 13th, Leprechaun Day. Decorate your party space with green balloons, streamers and other St. Patrick’s Day décor. Check out our St. Patrick’s Day TipZ for more ideas.

May 18th is National Pizza Party Day. Everyone loves pizza, so why not host a pizza party on this day. Decorate with the tableware and decorations in the Pizza Party Tableware Ensemble. There’s even a craft kit providing the supplies for making your own pizza chef aprons. The Pizza Pary Favor Kit is great for sending guests home with tons of fun gifts. Plus, there’s tons of other pizza themed decorations for you to spruce your party space up with.

Similarly, May 28th is National Hamburger Day. Celebrate by hosting a barbeque! Check out our BBQ TipZ for ideas. Serve your delicious barbeque food on the BBQ Party Ensemble. This party is perfect for a potluck. Your guests will really be in the party mood when you greet them at the door with a hamburger hat or a giant chef hat. A BBQ Memories Banner is also perfect for greeting your guests.

Check out these other reasons to celebrate in May:

* Mother’s Day * Memorial Day * Kentucky Derby * Indianapolis 500 * 1- May Day * 1- Stepmother’s Day * 1- Lei Day (Great for a Luau party) * 3- National Day of Prayer * 3- National Anxiety Disorder Screening Day * 3- World Press Freedom Day * 5- Cinco de Mayo * 5- Pilates Day * 6- Nurses’ Day * 7- Unity in Diversity Day * 7- Melanoma Monday (Awareness Day) * 8- World Red Cross Day * 9- National School Nurse Day * 9- Lost Sock Memorial Day * 11- Child Care Provider Day * 12- Native American Rights Day * 13- Leprechaun Day * 14- Receptionist’s Day * 16- Wear Purple for Peace Day * 18- National Pizza Party Day * 19- Armed Forces Day * 21- National Waitress/Waitor Day * 24- Brother’s Day * 24- Tiara Day * 28- National Hamburger Day * 29- International Jazz Music Day * 31- World No Tobacco Day *

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 *

Reasons to Celebrate in March

March is a fun month of the year. The weather’s starting to turn toward spring, lots of schools have their spring vacations, and there’s a lot of good sporting events. There’s no shortage of reasons to celebrate in March. Here’s some of our favorites:

Celebrate International Working Women’s Day at your place of employment with a party for the ladies in your office. Vote on a fun theme, such as a luau or barn bash or decorate the office with garden accessories like floral garlands, paper lanterns and streamers, for a festive look. Have all the men in the office bring in desserts or snacks to share and serve them on a tableware ensemble in a festive color scheme or that matches your theme.

“Beware the Ides of March!” The Ides of March is on the 15th and famous thanks to Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar. Get in the spirit by hosting a toga party. Decorate your party space with columns, ivy garland, vines and personalized vinyl banners with a Toga Party design. Have guests arrive in their togas and hand out sunglasses or laurel wreathes at the door. This is a classic party idea and a ton of fun. Check out our Toga Party TipZ for more ideas.

March 30th marks the anniversary of the Eiffel Tower opening in 1889. Celebrate the landmark with a Parisian themed party. There are tons of Eiffel Tower decorations including standees, wire towers, candles, garlands and backdrops perfect for this event. You can transform your party space into a Parisian scene in a snap, just check out our Parisian Party TipZ for more ideas.

Don’t forget St. Patrick’s Day and March Maddness. There are party tips and supplies for any occasion. Tell us your favorite reasons to party in March.

* Women’s History Month * National Craft Month * 1- World Book Day * 2- World Day of Prayer * 2- Dr. Suess’s Birthday * 6- Dentist’s Day * 8- International Working Women’s Day * 9- Barbie’s Birthday * 11- Johnny Appleseed Day * 12- First Library Opened * 13- Good Samaritan Day * 14- National Potato Chip Day * 14- Pi Day * 15- Ides of March * 17- St. Patrick’s Day * 20- Proposal Day * 20- Big Bird’s Birthday * 21- Children’s Poetry Day * 21- World Down Syndrome Day * 22- National Goof-off Day * 22- World Day for Water * 24- Yo-Yo Day * 25- Greek and American Democracy Day * 26- Make up Your Own Holiday Day * 27- Diabetes Association Awareness Day * 30- Doctors’ Day * 31- Eiffel Tower Opened (1889) *

Reasons to Celebrate in February

There’s more than Valentine’s Day in February. ShindigZ has tons of ideas for your Valentine’s party, but if you’re looking for a different reason to celebrate, we have you covered too.

Host a party for Elmo’s Birthday on February 3rd! This is a great party idea for schools, day cares or households that don’t have any birthdays during February. Everyone loves Elmo—adults and kids alike—and this party is sure to be tons of cuddly fun! Host an Elmo party using the Elmo Birthday Party Kit-N-Kaboodle. It includes tons of tableware items, decorations and a piñata for one great price. Add a third dimension to your decorations with Elmo mylar balloons, an airblown Elmo decoration or an Elmo’s World play house. Send guests home from this party with fun favors; pass out the Elmo Birthday Party Packs which can be personalized with each guests name on their own red tote bag.

President’s Day is February 18th this year and it’s another great reason to celebrate—especially if you don’t have work or school that day. This party is great for a patriotic theme. Check out our Patriotic Party TipZ for ideas on how to decorate. Entertain guests with a fun President’s Trivia Contest and award fun prizes such as flags, patriotic beads, red white and blue poms or personalized votives for the winner or the top competitor in each trivia category. Include things like funny moments in presidential history, which states presidents came from, how many terms each president had or when they were president. Because this is an election year, you can spice up your President’s Day party by adding a political twist. Check out our Super Tuesday TipZ for more ideas.

2008 is a Leap Year. Celebrate that extra day with a Leap Day Party. This party doesn’t have any natural theme, so you can pair it up with any theme you like! Just make it a day of fun with your family and friends. Rest up or play games or have a huge blow-out of a party, really it’s up to you, but for any theme or size you choose, there are tons of party supplies and Party TipZ to help you make it a Leap Day to remember.

Tell us your reasons to celebrate this February. Here are more of our ideas:

* Mardi Gras * Ash Wednesday* President’s Day* Chinese New Year* Black History Month * 2- Groundhog Day * 2- Wear Red Day * 7- Women (Girls) in Sports Day * 11- World Marriage Day * 12- Lincoln’s Birthday * 12- Man Day * 14- Valentine’s Day * 16- Do a Grouch a Favor Day * 17- Random Acts of Kindness Day * 22- Washington’s Birthday * 24- National Tortilla Chip Day * 27- International Polar Bear Day * 28- National Tooth Fairy’s Day * 29- Leap Day *