Best Tips & Last-Minute Ideas For Throwing A St. Patrick’s Day Party

st-patricks-day-party-by-Sister72.jpg Here’s a collection of the best tips for throwing a St. Patrick’s Day party.

There are helpful videos, and lots of fun tips which highlight everything you need to do to make your St. Paddy’s Day party extra special.

The topics include:

  • invitations
  • food
  • drinks
  • decorations
  • games & music

 

Step 1: Unless this is a last-minute St. Patrick’s Day party that you’re planning, then you’ll want to send out the invitations about 10 days in advance. You can:

 

Step 2: Plan a fun St. Patrick’s Day menu. Try these recipes on for size:

 

Step 3: Serve fun St. Patrick’s Day desserts like:

 

 

Step 4: Use green, white, and orange for your St. Patrick’s Day party decorations, since those are the colors in the Irish flag. Some fun ideas:

  • Balloons
  • Tablecloths
  • Streamers
  • Floating candles
  • Confetti
  • Fruits
  • Light bulbs

 

Step 5: Make fun green drinks for your St. Patrick’s Day party. Some ideas:

 

Step 6: Sing Irish drinking songs or play music by Irish artists. Some examples:

  • U2
  • Boomtown Rats
  • Van Morrison
  • Skid Row
  • Gilbert O’Sullivan
  • Enya
  • Sinead O’Connor

 

 

Step 7: Hold an Irish step dancing contest, with a Riverdance CD or DVD playing in the background. Or play some other St. Patrick’s Day party games.

 

Step 8: End with a night cap: Irish coffee with whipped cream.

Many of the above tips are discussed in this video:

 

 

Didn’t plan far enough ahead? This video provides some fun last-minute ideas for an impromptu St. Patrick’s Day party:

 

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Lynnette

I like to help people find unique ways to do things in order to save time & money -- so I frequently write about "outside the box" ideas that most wouldn't think of. As a lifelong dog owner, I often share my best tips for living with and training dogs. I worked in Higher Ed several years until switching gears to pursue things I was more passionate about. I've worked at a vet, in a photo lab, and at a zoo -- to name a few. I enjoy the outdoors via bicycle, motorcycle, Jeep, or RV. You can always find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun websites).

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