It is only May but the sun is here and hopefully here to stay. If you are celebrating your own or your partners birthday during spring or summer than organise a party in the outdoors. Just locate a park, beach or forest near your house and organise your own birthday picnic. It takes a little bit of planning on beforehand but will be more than worth it in the end. All you need is an outdoor venue that allows group gatherings, a blanket, great food, the sun and a handful of your best friends. The following tips will surely make it easier to start organising it.
Plan the venue well in advance.
You want to have the best location for the party. Although you might think it doesn’t make a difference: outdoors is outdoors right? You are wrong, everything is in the detail. When you’re planning a day in the park or the forest make sure that the place is easy to find and near a public toilet facility. Obviously not too near because you don’t want any party crashers or nasty smells wafting over. Also make sure that there are enough trees around for shelter from the sun or the rain (you never know, we live in Britain). When you are planning a day at the beach, the same pretty much applies but you should also consider that it might be harder to retain a specific spot that is free of sunbathers.
When you have a venue in mind it is time to start thinking about decorations. When you’re planning your birthday in the park, make use of the trees around you. Decorate the branches with balloons, fairy lights and lanterns. Always make sure nothing touches each other. You don’t want to start a fire. Don’t arrange any chairs or tables unless your grandma is visiting. Keep everything nice and simple by dotting around some colourful cushions and blankets. It will make the place look festive and cosy whilst also providing you with a well-defined party area.
What to bring
To keep everything nice and simple suggests that everyone brings food and drinks instead of birthday presents. This will save you lodging food and drinks around whilst also ensuring you of enough food and drinks to go round.
You could make a list with different foods for everyone to bring. You could go as far as describing who should bring what. Dig out your favourite recipe cook book and browse through the summer salad section. You will find some gems to let people bring a long for sure. You could also make it a themed afternoon: a Spanish Siesta, A Greek Lunch or an English afternoon tea. Everything goes.
If you suspect your friends are hopeless in the kitchen and will not be able to bring anything along then ask them for birthday present hampers instead. There are several gastronomic websites and delis that prepare food and drink hampers for any occasion. Everything in the hamper will be prepared on the day and delivered to your door. This way you can ensure yourself from the best tasting food and drinks whilst your friends have still bought you something nice.
Have I inspired you by now? Well than, get yourself planning ☺
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