Summer party ideas for a great experience in the countryside

Warm summer time, cool drinks and delicious food as well as your friends around you – the best combination for a great summer party. There is nothing better at this time of year. We will tell you what you need to consider so that your next outdoor party is a complete success with happy guests, using a few tips. Garden party Ideas and tips.

This turns the garden into the perfect party location in summer

Preparing for an outdoor summer party

First of all, you should think carefully about where you want to place things and how you can best set up different areas. For example, next to the usual dining area, you can set up a separate area for the buffet, as well as a campfire area or a children’s play area with a tent, which will definitely provide some peace and quiet for the parents.

Tips:

• Think early about how many guests you will invite
• Don’t forget to check the garden furniture in advance and mow the lawn.
• Also consider a solution for bad and very hot weather. Awnings, large parasols or gazebos provide plenty of shade and rain protection

If your garden party takes place during the day, you should provide plenty of sun protection

Create a cozy atmosphere

Comfortable seating for eating and entertaining should be the focal point of your garden party. In addition to a suitably and stylishly set dining table, you can also spread blankets and cushions on the lawn. This way you can create an inviting entertainment area as well as additional seating.

To ensure that guests have fun and enjoy themselves at your summer party, music and party games are a must. For the goal, you can set up a dance floor, a table football table, a darts table or a table tennis table.

Tip: Prepare a playlist full of upbeat tunes, choosing a mix of classic hits and current favorites, and make sure the music is loud enough to get people dancing, but not so loud that it’s overwhelming.

With music and games you will definitely create a good atmosphere at your summer party

The fireplace – all-rounder and centrepiece of the garden party

In the evening it gets dark and sometimes cooler. That doesn’t mean that your summer party has to end. Quite the opposite! It’s time for a nice campfire, with which you can transform the garden into a cozy outdoor area. All you need is a few comfortable chairs and maybe a small buffet with campfire snacks, such as stick bread. or S’MoresThis way you will be sure to have long, comfortable hours long after sunset. In addition, the Fireplace also as lighting.

Tips:

• If you have not built a fire pit in your garden, you can also have a nice campfire in a suitable Fire bowl The classic fire bowl is actually the all-rounder among fire pits and offers a simple but effective way to create warmth and ambience. It is also ideal for smaller spaces and can easily be moved to different places in the garden.
• For the cooler evenings, you can also stylishly place a few blankets in the garden.

A campfire with S’Mores would be the perfect end to the evening

The small details make the difference

At the Organizing a party It’s the small details that matter. In addition to comfortable seating and an inviting ambience, you can also ensure the full comfort of your guests with a few small details. And since it is a Outdoor party A pair of sunglasses, a fan or flip-flops as well as small cosmetic products for sunburn or mosquito bites and a few blankets for the cool evening are just the right details for a perfectly planned summer party.

Depending on the time of day and duration of the garden party, the host has to think about different things

Create the right ambience with suitable party decorations

A suitable decoration for your outdoor summer party is a must. It is best to use subtle decorative accessories and simple colors so that the outdoor feeling is not lost. For the destination, it is better to place a few real eye-catchers, such as a mirror, a DIY flower chandelier or an iron bucket with floating flowers and candles.

With a few real eye-catchers you are sure to score points with your guests

For the right lighting and the ideal atmosphere in the late evening, you can use a few beautiful fairy lights in trees, creatively arranged candles on the table and a few outdoor lanterns that you can place on the ground as light accents or hang in the trees. So the garden party lighting not only has practical purposes, but also serves as pretty Garden decoration.

A decent garden party must have the right lighting

Food & Drinks

Delicious food and cool drinks make every summer party better. That’s why you should plan enough of everything and consider whether you will provide everything yourself at your summer party, hire a catering service or ask the guests to bring something. Here are some tips and great ideas:

• With a Lemonade bar Another highlight and a delicious selection of drinks is quickly provided. A wheelbarrow or birdbath filled with ice is also a great eye-catcher and ensures that drinks are chilled and always within reach.

Store the drinks for the summer party in buckets, paddling pools or tubs with ice in a cool and close place

• One Pimp my Prosecco Bar is also a great idea, because guests can help themselves to a self-mixed drink. All you need is a suitable surface on which you can place the Prosecco bottles, champagne glasses, drinking straws, napkins, ice cubes, citrus fruits and a few jars with different fruits, different types of syrup and various herbs. It would be even more creative if you put up various recipe suggestions right near the Prosecco bar to better inspire your guests.

Tips:

• Ice cubes with fruit and flowers are easy to make and look great! For an outdoor summer party, place them in a cooling container so they don’t melt so quickly.
• Also prepare additional alcoholic beverages such as Aperol or Cassis liqueur as well as syrups such as elderflower syrup, rhubarb syrup or raspberry syrup.
• Fresh herbs such as mint, basil, rosemary or lemon balm are ideal for mixing different drinks

Let your guests refine their Prosecco as they wish

• In addition to a variety of cool drinks, small snackssavory snacks, light summer dishessalads, refreshing desserts and delicious barbecue recipes for a successful summer party – and it is best arranged on a BuffetIf it is outside, it should definitely be placed in the shade. Salads with mayo or similar perishable foods should be avoided. If some foods need to be kept cool, you can serve them in small bowls that are also placed in larger bowls of ice water.

Celebrate stress-free with clever party planning and early preparation

• You also have to decide whether you want to use good porcelain dishes or paper plates. Especially if you have invited a lot of guests and there are some children among them, it is better to use cardboard or plastic. The cutlery can be taken from the kitchen or put in suitable containers such as cans or jars.

• Covers for glasses and bottles also make sense to avoid encountering a wasp swimming in the drink.