Greetings Party People!

March is a great party month. In addition to your standard weddings, birthdays, showers, anniversaries, and christenings you have ST PATRICK’S DAY! When everyone is either throwing or going to a St. Paddy’s celebration you can use these tips, most including 1-800 PARTYSHop products, that will add fun and festivity to your green theme scheme. The items written in bolded and underlined are found in the 1-800 PARTYSHop catalog, supplement or on-line. Visit the catalog.

WHAT TO SAY: The top of the morning to you! This is the traditional Irish greeting. Do you know what the proper response is? You should respond: ... and the rest of the day to you!

Some popular festive drink and snack ideas for your St. Pat’s Party.

• A 1-800 St. Pat’s pitcher of beer or sparkling cider/ginger ale punch tinted with green liquid food coloring.
• Garnish drinks with a slice of green lime.
• A delicious punch is made by simply placing a half gallon of lime sherbet in a punchbowl and pouring in the 7-up.
• Cupcakes or cookies with white frosting and green sprinkles
• Lime Jell-O jigglers in shamrock shapes
• Green angelfood cake with mint ice cream and non-dairy whipped topping
• Gold foil-covered candies in a black plastic cauldron pot
• Green Jelly Beans or Lucky Charms cereal in Acrylic Containers (Beverage or luncheon holder)
• Crudités: green olives, pickles, celery, broccoli, green peppers and green onions (on Shamrock plastic tray)
• A natural: Guacamole dip with white tortilla chips (on Shamrock plastic tray)
• Potato chips and French fries to salute the Irish Potato
• A few drops of green food coloring will turn your popcorn into St.Patscorn.

DID YOU KNOW??? There are 40 shades of green?

Imaginative Irish Room and Table Decorations

• Invite your guests to wear green and white and they will be a big part of your decoration scheme.
• Hosts don Shamrock Vests and plastic derby hats.
• Greet guests with gala Giant Banner
• Place fresh shamrock plants in pots encircling a large white candle or a luminary (treat) bag of green or white with candle for a fitting centerpiece. Plants can go home as party favors or prizes.
• Green and white bandannas serve as festive place mats.
• Get plain white paper mats and let children decorate theirs with green crayons or markers, stickers and potato art.
• Write guests names on plain green cups (from Mardi Gras) to conserve on unfinished beverages.
• Plain greens and white table ware become Irish when you sprinkle shamrock confetti or foil cutouts over them.
• Mix and match green and white cutlery
• Find a beautiful, large stone and paint it green. Guests must kiss it to gain entry.
• Inverted derby hats will hold snacks, table ware, napkins, gold coin favors.
• Create dozens of your own decorative touches with Serpentine Streamers, Metallic Tissue, Shreds, Gift Boxes and Pull Bows in Green, White and Gold
• Shamrock cookie cutters make nifty napkin holders.
• You can even serve St. Patty’s meals on Shamrock Plastic Tray
• Use hefty raw potatoes and cabbage in your table decorations.

ABOUT SHAMROCKS: One leaf for Hope, One leaf for Faith, one leaf for Love and one leaf for Luck. That is the shamrock.

Party Favors and Gifts for Young and Old

Whether you are hosting a party or not, St. Patrick’s gifts will bring you luck with your families, work mates, students or those with whom you do business.

• Arrange cookies and candies on a Shamrock Tray, wrap with cellophane and present to some lucky
• Gold coin candies or green and white jelly beans in a Plastic Margarita Glass, wrapped in cellophane. ( You can write guests name on base of glass in gold ink)
• Okay, not much green for the kidlets….except anything Alien! Tons of options that will thrill and amuse them.
• Green Treat Bags with Veggie Tales toys
• Balloons, balloons, balloons, every size in Green and White
• How about some play money…the best green!

Websites to visit for St. Patrick’s Party Pointers  (Origins, Customs, Activities, Recipes and Free Stuff)

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1886/spd.htmlThe best St. Patrick's Day links site.   

http://www.angelfire.com/ma/1stGrade/pages.html Great kids activities and recipes for St. Patrick's favorites <   

Print out the lyrics to the most popular Irish Songs for your party sing-along. http://www.partyplansplus.com/stpats.htm  

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