Labor Day Party – How to Throw an All White Party

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White is a crisp color that can create an elegant yet soothing, homey vibe at the same time. So, an all-white party will be a great occasion to pay tribute a holiday like Labor Day without ruining the fun.

White-Themed Invitations to Set the Mood for an All White Party

The invitation for a white-party should be white too, right? A white themed invitation card will place your party on the right track. Different types of invitation cards are available and you can pick one that will suit your needs. In the case of online invitation, you will have the options to customize the cards according to your needs. Plus, request the guests to wear white to keep up with the spirit of the party.

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Coordinate the Decorations for a Labor Day All White Party

Coordination of décor items for a white party is not a tough task like arranging for other parties. White flowers like lilies, white roses, daisies, mums, and stargazers are available this time. So, you will basically have no problem in making centerpieces and flower arrangements with these fresh flowers. Finish the table decoration by arranging for white linen, napkins, platters, cups, and cutlery.

Decorate with Outdoor Lighting

If you are throwing the party at the evening, you should think about the lighting arrangements too. Use floating water candles and white pillar candles for the tables. They will fill your evening party with a soft romance. Place white hurricanes on the ground to line a walkway or on the tables as centerpieces to create a plantation-like atmosphere. Make regular and Chinese lanterns with white paper and hang them on your patio and backyard. Light up the shrubbery and fences with strings of tiny white lights. It will bring a Christmas-like festive mood in your party!

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Double the Fun with Mixed-Colored Foods

Entertaining your guests with delicious white food items is not a problem but you can serve foods of different colors in case everything white seems a bit monochromatic. Serve them mouthwatering items like pasta with white sauce, seafood salad, chicken kabobs, scallops, mushrooms in cream sauce, white cheese, sour cream, etc. For desserts, you can serve marshmallows, bananas, or angel food cake dipped in white chocolate. However, two or three colorful items and colorful beverages will look great amidst all white.

See Brit & Co. All white dessert ideas for a yummy treat during your festivities.

Need more creative All White Party Ideas – take a look at Kara’s ideas on her blog.

Arranging the party at the evening will best catch the warm, sultry vibe of summer nights. These ideas will give you head start and help you put your creative ideas on how to arrange a not-so-typical party during the Labor Day weekend. Wow, your friends and guests with this all-white Labor Day party and welcome the fall in a cool way.

Looking for yummy desserts to serve at your party? Take a look at our dessert recipes here.

How to Make Delicious Grilled Vegetables

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Many people stay traditional and others try new things in the menu of their Labor Day party. Whatever you try, a veggie menu will be a great choice given that the abundance of summer produces at this time. Check out some recipes for vegetables for your Labor Day party or dinner.

Grilled Vegetables Main Dishes:

Roasted vegetables are both mouthwatering and good for health. Grilled green beans, peppers, and other garden produce can be served beside the main dish. Alongside this grilled recipe, you can opt for grilled eggplant Panini for your party. This end-of-summer yummy treat is simple to make. You will need sliced eggplant, mayonnaise, bread, mozzarella cheese, roasted red peppers, red onion, basil olive oil, and garlic salt to make this rich and creamy delicacy

If you are not too strict with the word ‘veggie’, you can make a mix of vegetables and delicious shrimps for a relishing main dish. Make kebabs with juicy plums, shrimps, fresh jalapenos, lime juice, chopped cilantro, lime zest, sesame oil, and salt. You will be happy to know that this deluxe meal will not take more than 35-40 minutes to be prepared.

Need tips for grilling your vegetables perfectly? Take a look at these 5 tips from Eating Well.

Roasted Vegetables Side Dishes:

At this time of the year, you will have a number of options for healthy veggie side dishes. Corn is probably the most available option for a party or dinner menu. Grilled sweet corn with smoky chipotles and fresh lime will make a juicy, mouth-watering, and wonderful side dish. Pesto-tossed roasted zucchini or a grilled salad made of a mix of grilled bell peppers, sweet tomatoes, and salty olives can make its place to your table too. The great thing about the grilled salad is that you can easily turn this dish into an appetizer by topping it with crostini mixed with goat cheese.

We love these Top 10 grilled vegetable recipes from Taste of Home

Accompany your Vegetables with a Dessert

A fruit pie, especially a raspberry-peach pie, will be the best choice to complement a Labor Day meal. A sweet and sour combination of raspberries and peaches coupled with a lightened piecrust will make a healthy, winning dessert. The same raspberries can be used to make delicious drinks. Use frozen raspberries, raspberry-flavored syrup, fresh mint, seltzer, and ice cubes to make this super easy and refreshing drinks. It will serve as a low-calorie alternative to sugar-laden sodas normally served in parties.

These delicious but easy end-of-summer recipes served on a casual table decorated with flags and red, blue, and white colors will rock your party and take care of your health at the same time.

For more healthy grilled vegetables recipes on Stagetecture, click here.

4 Labor Day Party Ideas

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1. Trade Party

What better way is there to honor Labor Day than by throwing a trade party? Incorporate the tools of the trade for different professions to celebrate them. For instance, you can decorate your tool box and use it as a centerpiece. For food, serve something professionals carry for lunch like sandwiches. You’ll be sure to wow your guests.

2. Beach Party

Labor Day is the day you officially say goodbye to summer. Many months will pass before you can enjoy the warm sun and stick your feet in the sand, so why not do it one more time? If you don’t live near the beach, turn your exterior into one. Install tropical inflatables and organize beach games for kids and adults. Create a beach atmosphere with colorful beach towels, seashells and sand. You can buy sand and seashells at your local craft store.

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3. Blue Jean Party

Throwing a blue jean party is a great way to pay homage to hardworking Americans. People wear blue jeans every day as they go to their jobs and offices. Blue jeans are the quintessential American clothing and are loved by all and sundry. Gather your family’s old jeans and get creative. You can use jean pockets for banners and create jean patchwork for tables. Serve barbeque and ensure you have lots of it so all the hungry workers can sate their appetite.

4. All White Party

All white parties became popular back in the day because it was considered improper to wear white after Labor Day. While this fashion rule is no longer applicable, you can still say goodbye to summer dressed in white. Throw an all white party and tell your guests to adhere to the dress code. Use white tablescape, food, and dessert.

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Whether you are throwing a Labor Day party indoors or out, be sure to have a backup plan. Sometimes, the weather can change suddenly and ruin all your plans. If your party is outdoors, rent a tent or canopy to ensure your guests are well protected.

Which of these parties are you throwing this year?

People start observing the Labor Day holiday since 1880s to show honor to the workers for their contributions to the society. Like other holidays, people celebrate the day with parties, outdoor activities, traveling, cooking, and enjoying time with their family. Throwing a party is a very common Labor Day activity. Check out these theme ideas for your Labor Day party:

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Southern States Theme

Southern states can be the theme of your party that will celebrate the trends and culture of the country’s southern states and Hawaii. You can create a combination of exotic Hawaiian and typical southern atmosphere by decorating your yard with tiki torches and red, white, and blue Christmas lights. Fill the air with some compilation of Hawaiian music alongside scores of jazz and blues. Choose a menu that includes southern recipes along with a few traditional items.

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Old-Fashioned Block Party

An old-fashioned block party is a great way to know your neighbors, especially if you have newly shifted into a neighborhood. Without arranging for everything, ask the guests to bring games, music, and food to share. To make the party interesting, you can throw an old-fashioned dance party that can be enjoyed in the warm night. Dancing under the stars with retro dress up and swing music or big band will be a treat to everyone.

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Back-to-School Theme

Many people miss their crazy school days and rear a secret wish to relive those days sometimes. So, recreate the school spirit into your backyard with plenty of cheap eats, rocking music, and your old pals from those raging days. Apart from that, you can enjoy the party by playing softball, volleyball, flag football, and some lawn games like croquet, horseshoes, bocce, etc. Instead of the backyard, such a party can be arranged in a beach too. The warm sand and bonfire will allow you people to squeeze the most out of the fleeting summer days.

Carnival Theme

You can decorate your Labor Day party after the summer carnival theme too. In this case, the decorations and necessary accessories should be colorful and music should be loud to bring the carnival feeling. Multiply the enjoyment by setting up booths for the guests to play games and win prizes. Arrange for easy but competitive games. Set up bottles and see who can knock down the highest number of bottles with a single strike of baseball or set up a dartboard and watch who can hit the bull’s eye. In such a party, you can serve typical carnival foods like hamburgers, corn dogs, soft pretzels, and lemonade.

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While many people like to concentrate on patriotic themes, you can include a unique mix of decorations and foods representing cultures around the world because Labor Day has a universal appeal that appreciates the hard effort of all the working people around the world.

For more Labor Day ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

Labor Day is here and it’s time to celebrate!  Time for BBQ’s, back yard cook outs, and maybe the last pool party of the year. How about we get creative by adding a punch of the good’ol red, white and blue to our homes? The best way to really add the ‘wow’ factor to your décor is via the front yard, after all isn’t that the place that everyone sees first? Here are some great ways to turn the front of your house into the most patriotic on the block:

How to Add Patriotic Red, White and Blue to your Front Yard

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Dress Your Door

Why not turn your door into a huge American flag! It is super easy and makes a big impact to neighbors passing by.  Before long the entire neighborhood will be gathered at your door to admire your handiwork.

Simply cover the door with a long panel of craft paper and adhere with double-stick tape. Then paint on your flag! If you dare to get messy, then let the kids get involved. You could even use scrunched up tissue paper for the stars for a cool 3D effect.

Make a Yard Flag

This is one for the kids, but Mom’s be warned it will get messy! Use an old piece of plywood (whatever size you want your flag to be, but remember you will need to hang it, so you won’t want it too heavy). Then have the kids dip their hands in either red, white or blue paint. Direct the kids to use their handprints to create the stars and stripes of the flag as in the image below. Allow to dry and then you can add chain and eyehooks to hang from your front porch or tree in your front yard.

Voila, your home is fully Americanized and ready to greet all your Labor day guests. The great thing about these decorations? You can save them and reuse them again next year for your July 4th or Memorial Day celebrations!

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As Labor Day weekend is just knocking at your door, most of the people have become busy planning barbecue party or weekend camping. Others may have been concentrating on decorating their home and yards with blue, white, and red and cooking up feasts. Check out some food and fun ideas for your Labor Day party:

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1. Celebrate with a Cook Out

Labor Day party is a good occasion to say a proper goodbye to the bounty of fresh vegetables and fruits of the summer season. Throw on the grill whatever you can – juicy berries, sweet corn, sun-kissed tomatoes, and summertime favorites like ribs, steaks, lobster, or anything else.

Bratwurst – The German heritage food is an all-time hit and tastes even more delicious when hot off the grill. Bratwursts, fresh buns, various toppings, and ketchup will make a killer combination. You can spice up the dish by serving it with pickles, savory mustard sauce, and caramelized onions.

Fruits & Vegetable – Grilled fruits and vegetable will make great Labor Day menu items. You can use them for making salads, desserts, and drinks too. For example, you can use the most popular tropical fruits banana to make a tasty salad item. Prepare this item by mixing up mashed bananas, chopped cherries, drained pineapple, sour cream, lemon juice, sugar, and whipped topping.

Try the Red Berry Sangria Recipe on Stagetecture, here.

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2. Fun Activities

A Labor Day party will remain incomplete without some gaming activities for both adults and kids. Letting the kids to choose their own games will be most fun and less stressful. However, organized group activities will not be a bad idea too.

Games – Games are a very good way to create a festive mood. Any type of games like horseshoes, badminton, scrabble puzzle, softball, volleyball, making bubbles, or just playing with balls will allow everyone to have great summertime fun.

Camping & Hiking – Camping trips and day hikes are popular Labor Day activities. Pile the necessary stuffs into a few cars and take your guests to the desired place. Everyone should bring their own food and drinks in such trips. However, each of the hikers can bring a separate item and share with others.

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3. Arts & Crafts – You can ask every guest to show off his/her hobbies. They can display whatever they are good at – dancing, singing, rapping, acting, mimicking, miming, etc. You can also arrange for small competitions like a drawing competition in which the best drawing will be rewarded. The Labor Day is often considered as the last chance to say goodbye to the long and lazy days of summer by partying out or making any outdoor activity. Make your last minute summer memories fun and pleasurable so that you can wind up the season with a smile on your face.

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The last holiday of the season Labor Day weekend will be here soon. A final summertime entertainment is a great way to bring together friends and family for fun, food, and fellowship. While adults can keep themselves entertained by cooking out, drinking, and spending time with guests, children often feel left out in such gatherings. We point you many different Labor Day activities for kids that will keep them occupied at the party and give adults some time to have fun.

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Patriotic scavenger hunt

Gather patriotic items or pieces related to Labor Day such as flags, steamers, festive color balloons and hide them throughout the yard. Make a list of items and handover a copy to each child or group of children if they will be working as a team. Let them know that everything on the list is hidden and they have until the end of the day to find these items. Plan fun prizes for the winners. This patriotic scavenger hunt is sure to keep the kids busy throughout the day.

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Cookie decorating

If you are hosting an outdoor party, cookie decorating can be a fantastic activity for kids. Buy ready made cookie dough and cut it into fun shapes such as flowers, flags, geometrical shapes and more. Bake them a day before your Labor Day bash. On the celebration day, set up a cookie-decorating table, and provide kids with items like edible stars, colored frosting, candy bits and any other desired toppings. They will have a fun time decorating and eating their yummy Labor Day treats.

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Crafts and games

Depending on the age group, you can give children coloring sheets, vocabulary worksheets, and word finds related to Labor Day and various jobs. Coloring printables with big, simple images are great for preschool kids, while word finds and vocabulary activities are perfect for elementary school kids. You can easily find these Labor Day printables online. Alternatively, you can handover old magazines to young kids and ask them to cut out pictures of people doing different work and stick them to construction paper.

When planning a Labor Day party, do remember to plan any of these fun activities for kids. These are sure to keep them entertained throughout the day and everyone in attendance will have a great time.

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