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Summer is supposed to be carefree and relaxing and so is summer entertaining!
I’ve learned the best summer parties are the ones where you have good friends and good things to eat and drink. The rest doesn’t matter as much! But I normally like to have a little extra fun when I’m hosting summer parties so I have a running list of really easy ideas to make any summer gathering awesome! 
Here are my ten {easy} summer party ideas:
1. Appetizer Party! Have you ever noticed that people get just as excited for the appetizers as they do for all the other courses? Why not just offer a bunch of appetizers for your next party? Most can be made ahead so there is more time for being with friends than stuck in the kitchen too! My favorite and the easiest appetizer I make it to cover a block of cream cheese with salsa and serve with tortilla chips!
2. Water Party! Have a pool? Great! If not turn on the sprinklers! One year we set up the whole lawn with water tools and the kids had a great time! Don’t forget the water balloons too! 
3. Pizza Party! Buy a bunch of pizzas with all sorts of toppings. Place napkins and plates next to them and you are done!
4. Dessert Party! This is one of my favorites. Invite everyone over after dinner and serve up a bunch of different desserts. Your parties will be the talk of the town after this summer party.
5. Hawaiian Island Party. Hawaii and summer are practically the same thing right? Give your guest what they want… a tropical vacation. Buy some decorations and Hawaiian style food and make it a new summer tradition. Save the decorations so that next years party is even easier. 
6. Pajama Party. Have everyone come over in their pajamas and serve a breakfast buffet. Don’t forget to add TruMoo to the menu too! Chocolate TruMoo makes a great cold drink… but also is awesome warmed up as hot chocolate. You can even create a hot chocolate bar and let the guests add whipped cream, or marshmallows, or both! Sprinkles are fun too!
7. Movie Party. Serve movie foods like popcorn and have a few movies ready to play. Let everyone vote on what to watch.
8. Sleepover Party. Summer gets warm out. Let the kids have a sleepover so that they can play when it’s a bit cooler at night! Give them flashlights and “missions” to accomplish. After all the fun they can come back inside for some ice cold Chocolate TruMoo!
9. Italian, Mexican, Irish etc. party. Pick a type of food and let that dictate the planning around it.
10. BBQ. We still love a good traditional BBQ or cookout as Pete calls them. Everyone brings their own side dish and you supply the protein, drinks and s’more supplies. 
And since we are talking about the beverages, don’t forget the TruMoo! I like to grab the individual bottles when I see them for parties or a few larger containers for everyone to share. We had the TruMoo Chocolate, but the TruMoo Strawberry is also great for parties!
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We have lots of small cookouts , but our boys also both have August birthday, so we throw a huge bash in August.
Water parties are so fun – even if you just have sprinklers and a kiddie pool. I also love pizza parties!
I don’t anyone who doesn’t love a good pizza party. These are all great ideas.
Great party ideas. I love throwing summer parties
These are fun ideas. I’ll be sure to fit a few more parties into my schedule this summer. I’d love to do a Hawaiian theme.
Those are great ideas. I need to have a summer party at our house soon.
These are some great ideas! Time to plan some parties in our home and invite some friends.
Great ideas for grown ups, I have no kids! Love these ideas/
I love a good summer party. My kids always love to have TruMoo whenever they can.
I have yet to try TruMoo, it looks delicious, and my kids would love it. I need to invite some of my son’s friends over to play, I’ll be the hit house if I’m serving up TruMoo .
I am not sure this is available in Canada but I like that it is low fructose. That’s great. I had no idea. Good tips too. I would buy it if it was available in Canada.
We like to camp out in the yard a few times over the summer. The kids love having pool parties and BBQs.
Serving the right food is such an important part of hosting a successful summer party. I think having kid-friendly food is the way to go at all times.
These are all fun parties. An appetizer party sounds like a fun idea. We love appetizers, so why not?
These are all wonderful parry ideas. Most kids enjoy anything that’s fun and food related. 🙂
These look like really fun ideas. Summer is great but kids do get bored quick!
water parties are always fun in the summer
I’m glad you shared this, We really need this tips for the weekend. Summer is super fun!
Ah! I always do cream cheese salsa! It’s so good! There’s a homemade salsa that’s slightly sweet that you can get at Kroger’s that goes amazing with cream cheese. Kids look like they just have so much fun, don’t they?
All these are amazing summer party ideas that we would love to engage with. I would love that delicious Pizza party with those awesome toppings on any given day. Dessert Party is something my kids would love so much.