pool/beach party

[mum of two pirates]

MY soon to be 7 year old next week is going to have his party at the pool. I need ideas for fun food and things to do. I thought maybe water balloon baseball, candy bar bingo, then we have about 13 sets of sandpails, castle theamed to put all the food in on the table. We will have one snall pail for each kid and they will get snowcones in them to eat with a shovel. We will have chips, grapes, crackers &chesse. I would like to have some more fun healthy foods also. Thanks for the help. Mum of two pirates

 

[PA Princess]

Watermelon is always a great food at a pool party My Family Fun magazine just arrived for July and they have a bunch of fun pool party type games in there, and they also have a great web site for fun party planning from food to games, etc.

 

[MayMom]

My DS had an end of the year pool party for his Kindergarten class. Some things we did ( in addition to swimming). Played Limbo, had a tug of war contest (they LOVED this), blew bubbles, played with sidewalk chalk, and played on the slip and slide. We also served Goldfish crackers, swedish fish, gummy worms, and life savers. We had a make your own (with my help) sundae bar which they also loved......
PS I ordered a bunch of stuff for goody bags from Oriental Trading online. They had a TON of beach/fish/swimming items....

 

[FSUDisneyGirl]

ants on a log are a goodkand healthy snack... celery with peanut butter on the inside and raisins on top!

also maybe banana chips and nuts?

as far as fruit, i love cutting a little basket out of a watermelon. use a big butcher type knife and cut a handle in the top of the watermelon, attached to a base around the middle...i like to zig-zag the edge. if you cut far enough into the melon, the two top sides will come out in 2 big chunks, which you can wrap and save to eat later. i used a melon baller to cut out a bunch of the rest of the watermelon, which i mixed into the fruit salad i filled the melon with for the party...and it looks so cute!