Hamburgers, hot dogs, and corn on the cob are classics almost everyone will enjoy at your summer block party. If you want to get creative, try making your own grilled pizzas, bell peppers, avocados, or any of the other foods featured on this 27 Unexpected Foods to Grill list.
Add a pop of summer color and sweetness to your block party spread by serving refreshing fruit punch from a hallowed-out watermelon. Check out MarthaStuart. Thirst quenching, healthy and a seasonal summer product, fruit will make a great addition to your summer block party. There are a variety of fun ways to serve fruit at your summer block party. You can create tasty, easy-to-eat fruit kabobs by skewering a variety of fresh fruit onto a stick.
For a Memorial Day or Fourth of July block party, you can use cookie cutters to dice slices of watermelon into stars and add them to a large dish with some blueberries.
You can even fill small, individual wax paper bags with cherries for each guest to grab and snack on as they mix and mingle at your summer block party. Sitting around a campfire is a classic way to celebrate summer.
If any of your neighbors have a fire pit, see if they would be interested in lighting it up for your summer block party. It can act as a means of entertainment for guests, but also provide guests with a way to create classic campfire foods like smores, roasted marshmallows, and pudgy pies.
Prepare a good mix of summer block party activities and games for adults and kids. Since your summer block party will likely take place in the street, try making use of the space that is rarely all yours.
For instance, your younger guests can bring bikes, skateboards, and roller blades to play with. We told stories and sipped cool drinks as it got darker. Your email address will not be published. Sign me up for the newsletter!
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Make sure to visit our resource on Christmas invitations to let the whole neighborhood when and where the party will take place. And when planning the event, make sure to include party games fun for the whole neighborhood such as a white elephant exchange or gingerbread crafting party. Finally, ask neighbors to provide their favorite holiday dish or drink. Food and drink options can be as different as the theme you pick.
A great way to do this is to ask that all neighbors sign up to contribute something. Basics like hamburgers, salads, and soda can be purchased by one person who is then reimbursed by other neighbors.
Also, make sure to accommodate those with special dietary needs like nut-free or gluten intolerance. Consider using personalized cutting boards or plates so that each family takes home the right dishware. Entertain the little ones by planning a range of activities and games. For a full list of ideas, check out our resource on entertaining party games.
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Visit their Website. You can follow on Instagram and Pinterest. The team with the fewest socks in their backyard after one minute is the winner. Adults can sit atop the chair inside the dunk tank and kids will have lots of fun trying to dunk them. Kids throwing balls at the target, which, when hit, will release the chair and dunk whoever sits inside. You have to add this game to your list of block party ideas. Each player that is tagged joins the chain of taggers. If the chain becomes too long, the players can break into groups of two or four but not into groups with an odd number of players.
Divide the players into teams and then assign each team its own plot of ground. Give each team the same word or phrase. One person in each team will then use a piece of chalk to draw a picture that represents the word or phrase. The first team to guess correctly wins. Find a long pole or stick. Decorate it with various colored streamers and use it as a limbo stick.
Everyone loves limbo! Have a game for kids only and another game for adults only. Divide the block into 2 teams, maybe left side of the street vs. These races will get the crowd jumping! Each participant will put both of their legs in a sack or a pillowcase. This sack needs to reach their waist or higher. Everyone in the race will line up next to each other and jump forward and first to the finish line wins!
The apples will float, and the player is tasked to try to get an apple out using only their mouth. This game adds some action to the classic party game of musical chairs. Begin with a circle of chairs that face outward. The number of chairs set up should be one fewer than the number of participants. The players then walk around the circle until the music is turned off.
The player left without a chair picks out a random piece of paper, which has been labeled according to a category of your choosing, from a hat. That player must then act out whatever is written on the paper for the other players to guess. Continue the game by removing another chair from the circle and starting the music. The dance floor is the perfect place for some healthy competition and activities. For the younger children, allow them to draw whatever they would like, but assign themes for older children.
Let toddlers compete by tricycling straight to the finish line, but ask older kids to maneuver around pylons or hold timed relay races. Give each neighbor five shapes cut from construction paper that suit the theme of your block parties, such as suns for a summer gathering or flags for a Fourth of July party. Be creative! Hang them from trees, stuck in windows, on mailboxes, or in flower beds.
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