Patriotic Party Ideas

Our Patriotic Theme Section includes paper goods, decorations and colorful wearables as you celebrate the USA. From Memorial Day to the 4th of July use Red, White & Blue for your colorful Patriotic Day events.


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Patriotic Party Ideas

The key to pulling off a coordinated event: Evoke your theme throughout the affair. Whether that theme is as general as a season or a feeling, or as specific as a special flower, it should be the subtle thread that ties everything together. Your location, invitations, flowers, menu, cake, and favors should all cleverly reflect one common concept. Then, get as creative as you can!

July 4th Party Slogans & Invitations

Whether your patriotic celebration is directly related to a national holiday or used as a theme for a birthday party or retirement bash, it is sure to be a meaningful and fun gathering.

Slogan Ideas:

Patriotic Pizzazz! Celebrate America!
Happy Birthday Uncle Sam! Flyin' Free!
Celebrating those Stars & Stripes! Let Freedom Ring!
Shooting for a July 4th Celebration! Proud to be an American!
Born in the USA!
Hat's off to the Red, White, and Blue!

Invitation Ideas:

Start the affair in style by sending out America Invitations or Us Pride Invitation

If you are inviting a large group, imprinted invitations may be more appropriate! Visit our Carlson Craft website for a nice selection of invitations that can be imprinted with your party details. Just do a search for "Patriotic".

Send out a small Flag with a red, white, and blue note attached explaining the celebration!

Place some Patriotic Confetti into envelopes before mailing.

Fourth of July Decorations

Create a sea of red, white, and blue everywhere - inside and around your party location.

Outdoor Decorations:

Inflate with helium or air and place our 52" Patriotic Yard Sign at your front door!

Line your driveway and sidewalk with Flags and red, white and blue lights.

Hang a Patriotic Personalized Banners across the front of your house or event room.
Cover your door with a Metallic American Flag Door Cover, makes a great entrance to any event.

Indoor Decorations:

How to install:

1. Choose your space. Decorations can be hung with 2.1 Oz Sticky Tack (sold separately)
2. At the top of the wall hang the Waving Flags Border.
3. Place the Fireworks Scene Setter in the center of the wall.
4. Finish off your scene with the National Treasures ad-ons.

Create this scene

1 Waving Flags Border Roll

1 Fireworks Scene Setter

1 5' National Treasures

Statue of Liberty no longer available

5' Liberty Bell

Sing along with our "Proud To Be American Cd " CD.

Great for all of your Patriotic Events. Our Red, White and Blue Patriotic Kit is perfect for 25. Includes: 13 - Top Hats, 12 - Glittered Tiaras, 25 - 9" Horns, 12 - Leis and 100 Serpentines. Scatter some Serpentines across tables for a great look!

Celebrate the Red, White and Blue, when you decorate with this festive Patriotic Decorama
or Patriotic Decor Kit .

The Patriotic Bunting Border
can be used to add a border to a table, across the front of a stage or as a table runner.

Add to your decorations with a star topped Red 7' Metallic Column , Blue Metallic 7' Column
, or Silver 7' Shimmer Column Hung from the ceiling, each column is 8" wide.

Show your pride by wrapping your posts, railing, and light fixtures with red, white and blue streamers.

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Table Decorations:

Start out with our Us Pride Tableware as the focal point for your festive tables.

Place red, white and blue latex balloon bouquets on tables or around the party room.

This Red Star Centerpiece will look great on your red, white and blue table.

Place Patriotic Skimmer Hats upside down around the room and on your tables and fill with candy or snacks.

More Patriotic Hats

Place a Flag Folding Fan at each guest setting and keep your guests cool at your Patriotic Events.

Add mood lighting to your tables with red, white & blue votive candles.

Stars & Stripes Bandana make great napkins or use them to overlay a table. Place favors in them for cute favor holders and tie closed with red, white and blue curling ribbon.

This Inflatable Patriotic Cooler in red, white and blue is 25" x 19" and makes a great decorating item too. .

You can also find a nice selection of patriotic centerpieces at shindigz.com

If you want more of a unique approach to your decorating, use All-American items rather than traditional red, white, and blue. Incorporate baseball, home-style cooking, old cars, and Wild West heroes. Whatever you associate with America can make a perfect starting point for a one-of-a-kind party!

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July 4th Party Activities

Many Independence Day celebrations start in the afternoon and continue on into the evening hours with the grand finale being an awesome fireworks display! Since the celebration can last for several hours, here are some fantastic ideas to keep all of your guests lively even in the summer heat.

Organize a good old-fashioned game of baseball. For those guests that insist on sitting in the stands, have them sing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" and serve them Cracker Jack and Coke while they watch the game. After the game, have fun making and eating snow cones and cotton candy. Rent from your local party rental company.

Create your own Fourth of July parade by having everyone decorate a bike or wagon! Vote for the best float and present the winner a Gold Medal.

Make two large copies of a map of America. Cover up the state's names and have a competition between the boys and girls to see who can identify all 50 states the fastest.

For a meaningful activity, have the older generation pass on stories about America when they were growing up. Ask each guest to share what they like the most about living in the USA.

Plan a trivia contest with fun facts about American presidents, history, inventions, and folklore.

Select a Patriotic King and Queen each hour of the party. Crown them with a Patriotic Light Up Tiara and a Royal Kings Crown . Provide the king and queen with a few special privileges such as the prime seat (shade or sun), position on the winning team, or first "dibs" in line. Selections can be made randomly, through competitions, or based on a simple vote among the guests!

Pass out our Red, white or blue Pom Poms to all the kids and have them create a fun patriotic cheer for our Land of the Free!

To pass the time between the cookout and fireworks, have the older kids paint the younger girl's fingernails red, white, and blue.

If you don't have access to a professional fireworks display, create your own show by passing out sparklers and balloons. Let everyone take a turn twirling the sparklers and popping the balloons - it's sure to inspire lots of "oooh's and aaaah's"!

July 4th Party Favors

Add to the festive mood by giving guests one of these favor ideas to wear the entire day!

We offer a complete Red, White and Blue Patriotic Kit For 25, that provides you with everything your guests need to go wild with patriotism! It includes hats, tiaras, leis, noisemakers, and more!

Brighten your party with our Blue Tinsel Maracas, LED Patriotic Wand .

More fun party items

For another special touch, personalize your July 4th bash. Create a simple slogan and have it printed on Napkins. Use a simple slogan with a flag, star, or fireworks patriotic design. Add your event date too.

A few simple slogans include:

Patriotic Pizzazz!
Celebrate America!
Happy Birthday Uncle Sam!
Celebrating those Stars & Stripes!
Let Freedom Ring!
Shooting for a July 4th Celebration!
Proud to be an American!
Born in the USA!
Hat's off to the Red, White, and Blue!

July 4th Food & Cake Ideas

For this party, you definitely want to plan a simple menu. Don't get stuck in the kitchen preparing and cooking while everyone else is relaxing and enjoying the day! Once the menu is planned, accept the offers of friends and family to bring something.

Start by having an old-fashioned Fourth of July picnic, with fried chicken or grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, corn-on-the-cob, watermelon, baked beans, various salads, and, of course - apple pie and brownies for dessert! Be sure to stick a few flag food picks in your dishes for a proud American touch!

Prepare red and blue Jell-O Jigglers and cut them into the shape of stars using a cookie cutter.

Serve pretzels, popcorn, potato chips, or nuts in our Skimmer Hat placed upside down on the table or use a Patriotic Snack Server and Patriotic Chip/dip Tray

Prepare plenty of fresh red and blue fruit and place them on flag-topped skewers. Include strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and watermelon and serve with a white fruit dip!

Cook up a special red bean salad using dark red beans.

Make great memories by serving up snow cones and cotton candy! Rent a Snow Cone or Cotton Candy Machines from a local party rental company.

Serve the children this mini kiddy cocktail:

Before the 4th, freeze blue juice and red fruit punch in star-shaped ice cube trays. Just before serving, pour 7-up in individual clear glasses. Add a few of the fun shaped ice cubes to each glass along with a straw for stirring.

For the adults, have plenty of pop, water, and beer on hand. Use a Patriotic Cooler to keep your drinks cold. Don't forget tons of ice, as the weather is certain to be hot and dry! For a special favor give guests a Patriotic Shirt Shaped foam drink holder.

Our assorted Patriotic Snack Server or Patriotic Round Bowl are a great way to serve all of your favorite American munchies at your party!

If homemade ice cream is in your plans, serve it up in red, white and blue plastic bowls.

Lemonade is also a fun and festive summer drink to serve at this All-American party.

Here is a recipe for a fantastic homemade lemonade:

10-12 lemons - slice one for garnish
2 C. sugar
4 C. water
3 C. crushed ice
Mix together for a delicious and refreshing thirst quencher!

Finish the day with a patriotic July 4th Firecracker Cake! Here's how you make it:

Bake three 8" or 9" round cakes in any flavor. Once they are cooled, layer them on top of each other with frosting in between layers. Frost the top of the cake white, and stripe the sides with red, white, and blue frosting. Using a decorator's tip, pipe the top edge of the cake with a line of white frosting. On the top of the cake, stick a small bunch of Milky Way Garland in the center to finish the firecracker! This cake is sure to make an explosion of fun at your party!

Recipes

You'll also want to check out these Patriotic Recipes

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