"Blossom into Spring" with these beautiful floral party ideas.

Bloom into Spring with this Springtime party celebration. "Bee" a flower in a beautiful bouquet with our party ideas. "Spring" a party on your friends and have a fun filled afternoon filled with laughter, family and memories.

Decorations
Decoration Supplies
When choosing your colors for your party, match your partyware to the flowers you will display.
• Fill a small vase with water and place floating candles in the center. Light candles when guest arrive.
• A small bouquet of flowers makes a pretty and elegant center piece for your table.
• Glue silk flowers, mini flowerpots, mini bird houses and mini seed packets to a wreath or wide brimmed hat. Hang on the front door.
• Fill mini wheelbarrows with silk flowers. Use as centerpieces.
• Place gardening books on a coffee table for your guest to enjoy.
• Decorate watering cans with acrylic paints. Place flowers inside each can. This is a wonderful centerpiece for your main table.
• Decorate your tables with elegant flower sachets.
• Use flower decorated tablecloths, napkins, cups, and plates.
• If your using cloth napkins, choose a flower napkin ring for each one.
• Use a group of flower colored balloons for the corners of your serving table.

CALENDAR OF FLOWERS

• January: Carnation/Snowdrop • February: Violet/Primrose • March: Jonquil/Violet • April: Sweet Pea/Daisy • May: Lily of the Valley/Hawthorne • June: Rose/Honeysuckle • July: Delphinium/Larkspur • August: Gladiola/Waterlily • September: Aster/Poppy • October: Marigold/Calendula • November: Chrysanthemum/Hop blooms • December: Daffodil/Holly/Narcissus

ACTIVITIES

GARDEN STONES Materials: Small stones, acrylic paints, paint brushes, stencils, pencil. Have each guest paint designs on each stone for their garden. Some examples: ducks, flowers, ladybugs, or names.

FLOWER POTS Materials: Small flower pots, acrylic paints, paint brushes, stencils, pencil. Have each guest stencil a design on the flower pot. Paint with acrylic paints.

POT A PLANT Materials: Decorated flower pots, variety of flowers, soil. Use your decorated flower pots to plant impatiens, pansies, marigolds, or any flower of your choice.

FLOWER ARRANGING Materials: Small vase, foam sized to fit inside vase, variety of silk flowers, ribbon. Before the party, prepare each vase with fitted foam. Have guest arrange a variety of stemmed silk flowers into foam to make an arrangement. Tie ribbon bow on outside of vase. Have guest take it home.

WREATH ARRANGEMENTS Materials: Wreaths, glue, variety of silk flowers, ribbons, any small gardening tools. Give each guest one wreath. Arrange items on wreath to get a feel of how it will look. Once your happy with the results, glue with glue gun. Tie ribbon on top of wreath. Have guest take it home.

FOOD AND DRINKS • Mini fruit kabobs: Use colorful plastic toothpicks and include strawberries, cantelope, honeydew melon, grapes, watermelon, and berries.

• Vegetable platter: Arrange green pepper slices, red pepper slices, carrot sticks, celery sticks, zucchini slices and red cherry tomatoes. Serve with your favorite dip.

• Garden salad

• Vegetable stir fry

• Fruit flowers: For this platter, you will need bananas, kiwis, strawberries, and raspberries. Use a slice of banana for the center of your flower. Arrange raspberries around the banana slice. Use a slice of kiwi for the center of your flower. Arrange strawberry slices around the kiwi slice. For the stem you may use a licorice stem.

Finger Sandwiches
Vegetable Sandwich Spread
Goat Cheese and Watercress Sandwiches
Vegetable Soup
Watercress and Potato Soup
Black Bean Soup
Corn Chowder

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Salad
Avocado and Tomato Salad
Summer Fruit Salad
Waldorf Salad
Marinated Pasta Salad
Fresh Spinach Salad


Sparkling Punch
Champagne Punch

CAKES

SUNFLOWER CAKE

For this cake, you will need 1 baked 9 inch round cake, 5 cups yellow icing, 16 twinkies, mini Hershey kisses.

Place the round cake on the center of a flower serving dish. Frost the 9 inch cake with yellow frosting. For the petals, frost each twinkie and place them individually along the outer edges of your cake. Use the mini Hershey kisses to top the 9 inch cake. This will create the sunflower seeds. Serves 8-10.

DAISY CAKE

For this cake, you will need 1 baked 9 inch round cake, 2 cups yellow icing, 16 twinkies, 3 cups white icing.

Place the round cake in the center of a flower serving dish. Frost 9 inch cake with yellow icing. For the petals, frost each twinkie with the white icing and place them individually along the outer edges of your cake. Serves 8-10.

PARTY FAVORS • Floral potpourri • Floral stickers • Flower pots • Flower sachet • Gardening tools • Garden gloves • Planting apron • Plant stakes • Rock garden art • Seed packets

PARTY GIFTS AND PRIZES

In a garden tote or flower pot include the following gifts:

• Flower picture frames • Flower photo books • Gardening gloves • Gardening tools • Gift card to your favorite plant nursery • Planting apron • Plant stakes • Seed packets • Small gardening book