Wednesday, May 26, 2010

About Entertaining: Adding Fun to Outdoor Parties

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From Donna Pilato, your Guide to Entertaining
I'm happy to report that this weekend is the unofficial start to the summer season. That's why this week's newsletter has tips to make your summer parties easier and more fun. After all, summer fun is meant to be easy, don't you think? Have an Entertaining week!

Adding Fun to Outdoor Parties
Now that we're in the outdoor entertaining season, there's an easy way to add more fun to any party - games. Just by putting out a variety of outdoor games you'll bring out the kid in your guests. Instead of simply chatting and eating, they can dig into their competitive spirits by tossing a horseshoe or whacking a ball through the wickets. Here are my favorite outdoor party games.

Create a Patriotic Centerpiece
Put together this festive, patriotic centerpiece for your summer parties. This centerpiece will take you no more than 5 minutes to complete once you have gathered your supplies.

Easy Hors d'Oeuvres for the Holiday Weekend
Traditionally most people plan a cookout of some sort over this long holiday weekend. As your guests are waiting for their first hamburger taste of the season, you'll want a few nibbles to keep the impatience in check. These easy party hors d'oeuvres will take little time and can be prepped before you fire up that grill.

Gift Ideas for the Entertaining Grad
When kids are little, it's very easy to choose birthday presents for them. As they grow older, it becomes a bigger challenge. But then they grow even bigger, graduate from school and move out on their own as adults, not students. Now the task becomes simple again, especially if you know they enjoy entertaining their friends. Here are my picks for gifts for the entertaining graduate.

 


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