Parade parties for kids usually involve clowns, balloons, candies and a variety of fun and games.
A parade party for everyone can take place in the backyard of your home or on your block.
Participants dress up in costumes, ride in floats (wagons, toy cars or automobiles) and music is played.
If you are organizing a parade party for an entire block, you may need a block party participant.
You will need to let your neighbors know because they might want to come.
Besides your own yard, you could even arrange a parade party at your local park, a school or rented public place.
The more people show up the merrier your party will be, so maybe you might even want to make it a community-wide celebration.
Preparing the invites could be fun.
If the party is for people on your block, you can make invites that look just like a street sign.
Another idea would be to print invites on the map of your neighborhood.
The next thing to do on the agenda is the decorations.
Mailboxes, lamp posts, fences and porches can be decorated with streamers and balloons.
Signs to welcome your guests can be displayed.
If food is served at your parade party, decorate the tables with colorful tablecloths and set them with an attractive array of napkins, cups, plates, bowls and utensils.
It might be convenient to serve food such as hot dogs, burgers and other finger foods Drinks like soda and juice and water should be served too.
You can also arrange game activities for our parade party.
Draw hopscotch fields for the older children.
Another very popular activity that takes place is giving out face paintings.
Children absolutely love face painting.
Additional activity ideas include skateboarding, marbles, jump rope, kickball or dodge ball.
Enjoyable activities for adults and children include water balloon fights, limbo contests and relay races.
It would be wonderful if you can find a volunteer or professional band to play some popular music or songs that everyone will enjoy.
See if you can set up a good audio system.
People can dance, sing and clown around having a good time.
To give yourself ideas on how to organize your block party, think of other block celebrations that you have attended.
What did people do? What food was served? What about the drinks? What kind of music was played? Since this type of parties can cost a lot, you might want to find people who are willing to help in both time and money, especially if it is going to be a block parade party.
If you have an expansive budget, you might want to engage a professional party planner who will take care of everything from invitations to location to decorations and even food caterers.
However if you intend to organize it yourself then all these ideas will help to get you started.
Your party will be so successful that it will be the talk of the 'street' for a long time.