Hosting a 4th of July Party {Virtually}

June 21, 2012 By 4 Comments

We always spend the week of the 4th of July at the beach vacationing with my in-loves. Though I enjoy my time relaxing and eating a whole bunch of food, I sometimes day dream about having a really festive 4th of July party with neighborhood friends. Not that we really have neighborhood friends yet since we decided to uproot our lives and move 1,500 miles across the country, but that’s neither here nor there.

I love theme parties, and I love hospitality. I especially love the details of hospitality. Since I won’t be doing this myself, I thought I’d live vicariously, and plan a pretend virtual 4th of July party by consulting my favorite friend, Pinterest. You’re invited, okay?

The Food

Source: www.hwtm.com via Leigh Ann on Pinterest

We will have my Best Homemade Hamburgers and Homemade Hamburger Buns from Stacy Makes Cents. I love the little pinwheels on top.

Source: www.wenderly.com via Lucy Lulu on Pinterest

Watermelon Feta Flag looks incredibly yummy and would no doubt be at my party along with this really easy, yummy Red, White, and Blue Fruit salad from Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy.

Source: Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy

For dessert, I’d totally piggy back off of Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy again with this healthy Red White and Blue Jello!

Source: Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy

This festive trifle looks really yummy, especially since I have a lot of grain-free friends.

Source: www.homemakerschallenge.com via Leigh Ann on Pinterest

The Decorations

Source: www.twoshadesofpink.blogspot.com via Jaci Pietrzak on Pinterest

I would definitely go with a bandana theme. Bandanas scream summer and remind me so much of childhood summer camp. I’m a huge fan of twine so the silverware would definitely be wrapped just like this.

Source: www.everycreativeendeavor.com via Leigh Ann on Pinterest

As an Army sister, this one really hits home. I love this simple decoration to remind people why we have our freedom in this country.

The Activities

We’d celebrate and beat the heat with one big huge water balloon fight.

My 4th of July party sounds like so much fun, doesn’t it? I thought so too. Are you coming?

What are your plans for the 4th of July?

This post is linked to Fun Summer, The Better Mom, Time Warp Wife, Homemakers Challenge and Works for Me.

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Filed Under: Holidays, Homemaking, Hospitality
About Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann Dutton is co-founder of Butterfly Ministries, LLC, which is home to Intentional By Grace , Christian Mommy Blogger, and Intentional Homeschool. She is the wife to the man of her prayers, Mark, and mama to a loveable little boy, Samuel. She takes joy in spending her days creating memorable moments with her husband, conducting kitchen experiments, researching every natural alternative known to man, and making her little boy laugh. She does it all by the grace of God.

Comments

  1. quickeasycheaphealthy says:
    June 21, 2012 at 9:09 am

    Thanks for inviting me to the party – I had fun! I hope everyone enjoyed my fruit salad and jello :)

    Reply
    • Leigh Ann says:
      June 21, 2012 at 9:16 am

      Excellent! I’m going to make some today for our bike ride/picnic! The fruit salad that is. The jello would be a little more interesting to carry along. ;) Thanks for coming, Anne!

      Reply
  2. Mary@The Encouraging Home says:
    June 21, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    That was fun!! Everything looked yummy and fun! Have a good time at the beach!

    Reply
  3. Grammy D says:
    June 23, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    I think you can be in charge of Wednesday night dinner at the beach!!!!

    Reply

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