Backyard BBQ and Summer Party Ideas!!

This weekend was the kick off to summer time fun!  Weekends full of family and friends.  BBQ's and camp fires. 

Having kids and entertaining is always fun.  We love to have friends over and love spending time with the family.

Whether at the cottage or at home, there are great ways to have fun with your summer time entertaining!!

The decorations, when entertaining in the backyard.

Go simple.  Kids will get into things, it gets hot and you don't need to be fancy, the summer time offer lots of natural beauty.

A basket with some hand held fans for the hot weather is a great idea for guests to use to cool off with.  Halved lemons with cloves on a table will help to keep pesky bees at bay and they look cool.  Colourful buckets make great recycling bins!

Food is given with any backyard entertaining.  You always need to be BBQ'ing.  When cooking for a crowd, make it simple to remember what you have cooked!  Line trays with waxed paper and label them. ie rare, ,medium, hot, mild, chicken, pork. etc.  This way when guests are helping themselves they know what they are getting!

Use food as part of your decoration!  Hollow out a halved watermelon and use that as a punch bowl.  Dice up the melon and freeze to float in your bowl as ice cubes, or just feed the melon to the kids!

You have to have dessert after any good meal.  What would be better than ice cream after some delicious bbq?

Be the dessert hero at your party with some prepared cones dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, coconut or chocolate chips!   It won't just be the kids enjoying this dessert!  Have fun with it!  I think I see a momstown Jr. Chef here!!

Enjoy your summer entertaining.  Our summers are short, so we have to make the best of them!