Party Ideas for August
MONTH LONG OBSERVANCES IN AUGUST
Admit You’re Happy Month
Family Fun Month
National Golf Month
Peach Month
Romance Awareness Month
National Picnic Month
Foot Health Month
Home Business Month
National Catfish Month
National Inventor’s Month
WEEK LONG OBSERVANCES IN AUGUST
Week 1 National Simplify your Life Week
National Clown Week
Week 2 National Smile Week
Elvis Week
National Apple Week
Week 3 Friendship Week
Week 4 Be Kind to Humankind Week
American Dance Week
SPECIAL DAYS IN AUGUST
August 1 – National Raspberry Cream Pie
Respect For Parents Day
Picnic Day in Australia
Respect For Parent’s Day
Sports Day
Switzerland founded in 1291
August 2 – National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
August 3 – National Watermelon Day
August 4 – National Coast Guard Day
National Chocolate Chip Day
August 5 – National Waffle Day
Work Like A Dog Day
August 6 – National Mustard Day
August 7 – Friendship Day
International Forgiveness Day
Sisters Day
American Family Day
August 8 – Dollar Day – the U.S. Dollar was created
August 9 – Book Lover’s Day
National Rice Pudding Day
August 10 – National S’Mores Day
Lazy Day
First Steam Locomotive
August 11 – Son & Daughter Day
Play In The Sand Day
August 12 – Middle Child’s Day
August 13 – Left Hander’s Day
Filet Mignon Day
August 14 – National Creamsicle Day
V-J Day (marks the end of WWII)
August 15 – Relaxation day
Julia Child's Birthday in 1912
August 16 – National Tell A Joke Day
Roller Coaster Day
August 17 – National Thriftshop Day
August 18 – Wizard of Oz premiered in 1939
August 19 – Potato Day
National Aviation Day
August 20 – National Radio Day
August 21 – Senior Citizen’s Day
August 23 – National Sponge Cake Day
August 24 – National Peach Pie Day
August 25 – Kiss and Make Up Day
National Banana Split Day
August 26 – National Dog Day
August 27 – Global forgiveness Day
Mother Teresa's Birthday, 1910
August 28 – Dream Day (Martin Luther King gave the
"I Have a Dream” speech in 1963)
August 29 – More Herbs, Less Salt Day
August 30 – Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31 – National Trail Mix Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/august.htm
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/blaugdayslong.htm
Here are just a few ideas if fun things you can do with family, friends or for others. Just look at the dates above. Most kind or fun things you can do with or for others are pretty simple, but they go a long way.
August is Romance Awareness Month. Think of some romantic things you can do with your spouse. Make it a goal to do something as many days as possible, no matter how big or small it may seem. You may want to babysit for someone else so they can have a romantic evening.
It is also Family Fun Month. Go out of your way to do some fun things with your family. Perhaps you can have each member take a day to think of something fun for everyone to do together. Remember having fun does not have to be expensive. The simplest things, like playing a game or cards, coloring, or going for a walk can be fun. Doing something together for someone else can be fun too.
August 3 grab a watermelon, cut it up in small pieces and feast on it. Get a seeded watermelon and have a seed spitting contest. Have a prize for the person who can spit it the farthest.
It’s National Golf Month. Buy your favorite golfer some new golf balls or go to a golf course and give away some balls.
Have an Elvis Party since the second week of August is Elvis week. Just for fun have an Elvis impersonating contest with family or friends after dinner, even if you do not have a party.
Make s’mores with your family on August 10.
Have BBQ and serve filet mignon on August 14 or send someone some filets. Also, if you are right-handed, try to do things with your left hand today, since it is left-handers
Since WWII ended on August 14, 1945 go to a local nursing home or retirement center and visit or do something special for men that served during the war.
August 18 watch The Wizard of Oz with some friends, family or neighbors to mark its premiere in 1939.
August 21 is Senior Citizen Day. Do something nice for a senior. Go to a nursing home. Visit your grandparents or other elderly people you know. Send flowers. Call. Let them know how special they are and how much value they give.
Make banana splits or go out for some on August 25.
August 28 have a dinner with your family ask everyone what kind of dreams they have in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Elvis Party
Invitation
Send invitations with Elvis on it or 50’s memorabilia. Ask guests to dress in 50’s attire or in Elvis costumes.
Decorations
Find old Elvis records or just find old records and put pictures of Elvis on them. Find old Elvis album covers.
Hang pictures of Elvis all over.
Purchase inflatable guitars and hang them or place them all over.
Hang or set out Elvis-style sunglasses, red scarves, & ornate belts.
Purchase an Elvis stand-up and let your guests take pictures with “the King”.
Food
Serve Elvis’ favorites: fried chicken, BBQ pizza, Sloppy Joe, sweet potato pie, French fries, popcorn, pork rinds, sweet potato chips, sweet iced tea and his favorite peanut butter and banana sandwich.
Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich
• 3 tablespoons soft, creamy peanut butter
• 2 slices light bread
• 1 banana, mashed
• 2 tablespoons margarine
Mix the peanut butter and mashed banana together. Lightly toast the bread and spread with the peanut butter and mashed banana mixture. Put the bread together and coat bread with margarine. Put into a frying pan and cook on medium heat until both sides of the sandwich is browned. (If you want to offer these as hors d'oeuvres, cut into triangles and serve.)
Activities
Have an Elvis impersonating contest.
Do karaoke to his songs.
Have a hip swiveling contest.
Invitation
Try to find or make an invitation with a dog or dogs on it and a big sun. it could even be a funny picture of you and your dog. Included in the invited put BYOB (bring your own bone).
Decorations
Of course, pictures of dogs, doggie bones, doggie bowls, doggie balls, doggie stuffed animals. Place them around, inside and out.
Have a sign by the front door that says, “Wipe Yer Paws”.
Food
Cut out sandwiches in the shape of a bone. Make cookies in a bone shape.
Make a meat hash and serve it in doggie bowls.
Cook steak on the grill and cut it up into cubes to make it look like chunky dog food.
Cook hot dogs.
Make a cake in the shape of a bone.
Activities
Play pin the tail on the dog.
Hide bones around the yard or in the house and see who can find the most bones.
Divide the group into teams and play catch. Have each team form a line. Designate one person to throw the ball to a team member. The first person in line catches it and brings it to the person who threw it. Continue until each member of the team has caught and returned the ball. (You can also do this game with a Frisbee.)
If you have a pool, divide into teams and race across the pool doing the dog paddle.
Divide into teams and have races on all fours. Everyone will crawl to a specified spot and back to the team then the next person will do it. This continues until each member has raced on all fours. The first team to finish wins. (Do this on the grass or on carpeting.)
Since fruits and vegetables are in abundance, have a fruit and vegetable party.
Invitations
Find a card or use a picture that has one or more fruits or vegetables on it. You may see if VeggieTales has any. In the invitation ask people to wear something fruity or to look fruity.
Decorations
Fruits and vegetables are the décor for the day. Put out as many as you can and give them away when the party is over for favors.
Use any VeggieTales decorations you can find.
Look for balloons in the shape of different vegetables.
Use a table, wagon or cart and make it look like a Farmer’s Market stand.
Make signs that say, “Fresh Fruit and Vegetables”; “Orange you glad you came?”; “You are the apple of God’s eye.”
Food
Any dish that includes fruit and or vegetables will be great. Check our recipe section for some fabulous ideas.
Activities
Bob for apples.
Have a watermelon seed spitting contest.
Have a target with a bull’s eye and throw tomatoes at it. People who hit the bull’s eye will receive a prize.
Have a fruit pie baking contest.
Have a prize for the person who looks the fruitiest.
World War II Party
Invitation
Ask people to wear fatigues, uniforms or clothing from the 40’s.
Invite some veterans over and honor them. Celebrate the war being over just like they did back then.
Decorations
Play 40’s music.
Have a WWII war movie playing.
Food
For treats serve Girl Scout cookies, Oreos, Cracker Jack’s, Krispy Kremes, Fritos Corn Chips, Jell-O and Twinkies.
Serve fish sticks, alphabet soup, Kraft macaroni and cheese, Spam, Oscar Mayer Bologna and Wonder bread.
Activities
Have a swing dance contest or dance instruction from dances of the era.
Invitations
Invitations can be done on notebook paper or penmanship paper. The writing should be in perfect cursive on notebook paper and perfect printing on penmanship paper. Of course, invitations with school supplies, chalkboards, etc. will work well, too. Use school lingo in the invitations. For example, Class begins at 7:00 PM.
Decorations
Decorations will be pretty easy. Go to a dollar store, Walmart, or wherever you can find school supplies at a good price. Buy paper, pencils, pens, sharpeners, markers, crayons, notebooks, folders, etcetera. Set them around your house. Make centerpieces with them for the tables. If you have old school uniforms, put them up. Have a whiteboard or chalkboard on an easel welcoming everyone to your school. Put the name of the school, (for example, Thompson Preparatory School) on the chalkboard.
Food
Prepare sack lunches or make what may be served in a school cafeteria line. For example, a sack lunch might include a sandwich, chips, an apple and a drink.
A school cafeteria line may have macaroni and cheese, fried chicken, meatloaf, pizza, French fries, salad, pop, water, candy bars, dessert……
Activities
- Make up games according to the ages of the people present.
- Make up a word find or word scramble.
- Have a spelling test.
- Put together a matching game.
The left column might have a definition or a question.
The right column could have the word or answer.
This will be good for history or science.
- Have a math bee on paper. Make up some problems and the first person to answer them right wins a prize.
- Divide everyone into two teams and play relay games you might play in gym class ( if space permits).
Prizes and favors can be school supplies you used as decorations.
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