{GUEST POST} diy summer party decorations

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DIY summer party decorations

i am so excited to introduce you to maria

who is here today sharing her ideas on how to make easy

and adorable summer party decorations!

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Summer Party Decorations Made Easy

 by Maria Hammel

If you are planning a party or two before summer ends and the kids head back to school, here are some great ideas to make your party special, and your decorations even more special.  Have no worries if you are planning a cookout or pool party and have concerns about your outdoor decorations.  With a few pieces of wood, some paint and a few tools, you can make pieces of art that can remain in the yard long after the last hot dog is eaten.

One easy idea is to make a “Pool Party” sign for your front yard.  This will help newcomers find your house, while getting guests into the party mood before they even get to the pool.  

To make the sign, use a flat piece of wood, about 8 ½ x 11 in size, and a stick.  You can put the sign on the stick using strong glue, or by securing the sign to the stick using screws and a torque screw driver, or nails and a hammer.

  With some paint from the nearest hardware store, you can paint the words “Pool Party” on the wood, and use your imagination to paint summer colors to decorate the rest of the sign.  Even if you aren’t artistically inclined, you can paint the background light blue and add some clouds with white paint.  Or you can paint very basic flowers on the board.  

Once the pool party is over, you can move the sign to the pool area where it can remain for the rest of the swimming season.  And don’t forget to pull that sign back out in subsequent years to decorate your pool area! 

If you discover that making one sign is easy, you can use the same materials to make other signs marking the barbeque area, the volleyball court, etc.  You can also attach balloons to each sign to make it even easier to designate different entertainment areas in a large yard.  

And as with any party, the addition of the balloons will make the area even more festive.

If you have already planted your summer garden beds, you can clip some flowers and place them around your patio, deck or pool area.  You can place the flowers in clear glass bowls with water to have a floating floral display.  Does anything say summer more than bright colors and water!  This is a great, economical way to add pops of color to your outside living space.  To really add some pop, be sure to coordinate your flowers with your furniture cushion colors and umbrellas you have in your yard. 

And don’t forget, when you are busy picking flowers for the floating bouquets, don’t forget to add a fresh layer of mulch to the flower beds.  A yard looks fresh, well manicured, and ready for a party with a fresh layer of mulch on the beds.

This can be the beginning of creating decorations for your yard that can be used throughout the year.  And remember that outdoor decorations don’t have to stop adorning your yard once the leaves begin to change.  You can make wooden signs for your yard in the winter too.  The sign can contain holiday messages or winter scenes as simple as several falling snowflakes.  So happy decorating!

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thanks maria!

i have a few fun parties around the corner and i just 

got a great idea for a

wooden sign for one of them!

happy entertaining

mindy starr