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Today I’m excited to share with you not only some ideas for a Backyard Flamingo Pool Party, but also my favorite recipe for Virgin Pina Coladas!


Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

The school year is almost over. I swear it feels like it just began. My twins have finished their first year of high school and I’m dumbfounded as to where the time has gone.  When people tell you that childhood goes by fast they are NOT kidding.

End of the Year Pool Party Ideas:

To celebrate the end of such a momentous year I thought I’d throw a little backyard pool party for my kids and a few of their friends. I wanted to keep the party simple but still cute. Even though they are now older, I still think they appreciate it when I put a little bit of “extra” into occasions every once in a while. When they were little we used to throw big, themed parties, and even though they were a lot of work, I kinda miss them.

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

Flamingo Party Details:

I thought a tropical themed flamingo party would be a cute idea.  Ever since a certain celebrity showed up on Instagram with a giant swan pool floatie, my kids have been begging me to get something similar for our pool. I am convinced that they don’t really want to swim with it just take pictures with it. I finally caved but went with a giant flamingo instead, just to be a bit different.

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas
Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

Party Idea 1: Create Disposable Silverware Pockets

Since the kids would be outside by the pool I kept the serving system pretty simple. A few days before the party I created silverware pockets using double-sided cardstock and a printable that I designed (you can download the printable for free just keep reading).

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

How to Make Silverware Pockets:

To make the pockets, just start with a 5″ x 10″ piece of cardstock. Then glue the cut out printable onto the bottom of the paper and fold up the cardstock to create a pocket.  

To secure the pocket, just use a couple of staples on the sides. (download the printable for free in the Printables Library).

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

Now just fill the pocket with utensils, straws and napkins.

Party Idea : Create a Central Serving Station

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

The kids then can just grab a plate and a silverware pocket, and fill up their plate with food. I chose to fill mine with 2 straws because they were just so dang cute and I couldn’t decide which one I liked better.

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas
Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

Party Food Details:

For the food, I wanted to keep it fresh and simple, I wasn’t planning to serve an entire meal, just provide some things for them to munch on poolside.  We went with fresh fruit and simple little sandwiches.  

Virgin Mango Pineapple Pina Colada Recipe:

No pool party is complete without some type of tropical iced beverage, so we decided to make some Tropical Virgin Piña Coladas.  Since they only have 3 ingredients they are easy to make and are quite tasty if I do say so myself. The trick to making them with only 3 ingredients is to start with a great juice drink as the base.

I used Simply Tropical™ Juice Drink because it has no added preservatives, colors or artificial flavors and its refreshing blend of mango AND pineapple gives the coladas a great (and unique) flavor.

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas
Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

Mango Pineapple Virgin Pina Coladas

Melissa Mortenson
These Virgin Pina Coloadas are a cinch to make since the only have 3 ingredients! They are the perfect icy sweet drink to serve at a backyard pool party.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Drinks, non-alcoholic
Cuisine American
Servings 4 Glasses

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Simply Tropical
  • 3/4 Cups Cream of Coconut make sure you buy it in the drink section, you need one specifically made for frozen drinks.
  • 4 C Ice

Instructions
 

  • Place the Simply Tropical and Cream of Coconut in a blender.
  • Fill the blender with ice 1/2- to 3/4 way full (you do not need to use all 4 cups of ice).
  • Blend
  • Serve in Chilled Glasses
Keyword pina colada, summer, pool
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

We also served extra of the Simply Tropical Juice Drink cold and in glasses so the kids would have something to sip on during the party.

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas
Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

After I planned this event I realized that I’ve been doing this kind of thing on a far too limited basis.  I tend to wait for “big” holidays or events and I realized that some of life’s simple moments and milestones (like finishing your first year of high school) are perfect excuses to celebrate with friends and family.

Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas
Lots of fun ideas to throw a backyard flamingo themed pool party, including free printable silverware containers and a recipe for pineapple and mango virgin pina coladas

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127 Comments

  1. Wow, everything is so cute, but still very doable! Believe it or not, I have flamingo straws in my pantry along with with containers of cute little plastic animals that hang on drink glasses (and do double duty as cupcake toppers).

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  2. I am going to celebrate 4th of July by having a pool party in my house. I will serve lemonade and BBQ

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  4. We are going to be having ice cold drinks by the pool with snacks for the kids. I will be having my daughter’s birthday by the Pool. I am going to try your ice cold drink. It looks yummy!

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  11. No pool to celebrate with, but a nice creek on our campsite does just fine! It’s nice and cool and we set up hammocks right by it. It’s heaven!!

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  12. I will celebrate with a iced glass of lemonade, and seating under a shaded tree in my backyard.

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  14. I will go to the waterpark with my daughter often this summer because we have season passes! I will be drinking lemonade by the pool!

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  16. Love your ideas. We have a above ground pool and often have people over. We’ll be celebrating by drinking Simply Lemonade. Thanks so much.

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  19. We going to celebrate with fruit punch and iced tea by the pool this summer.
    tcarolinep at gmail dot com

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  23. I am going to celebrate by taking the kids to the local pool and enjoying lots of sweet tea.
    jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

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  24. tweet-https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/740149869931696130
    jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

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  26. We will be spending july 4 th in New mexico on Cannon Air force Base celebrating our granddaughters 4th
    birthday. Iced tea and Cold beer!

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  27. Well, first I have to find myself a pool. Barring that, I suppose I’m going to have a BBQ or two or more with lots of non-virgin cold drinks!

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  31. My daughter gave me the giant cupcake pool float for Mother’s Day and I love it. They are so fun! We will be hosting lots of pool parties this summer with family and friends! Your party looks fabulous!

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  33. No pool in my backyard. I try to avoid the summer sun here in Orlando. However, I’m a HUGE fan of Simply Orange already, it’s part of my breakfast routine every morning. Delicious!

    Loved that flamingo pool float…good choice!

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  34. My children, grands, and great grands will come over to swim and BBQ. I have made all the great-granddaughters gathered skirts using red, white, and blue bandanas and a T-shirt top with an applique on the chest of blue background with white stars. We enjoy being together.

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  35. Loved the idea; not everyone has a pool but there are very grand sprinklers that could be set out for even the older children! Great ideas!

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  39. Unfortunately, no pool, but we will have cook outs with sprinklers for the kids and the kids at heart.

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  40. Your pool party looks amazing. Even though I do not have a pool I will definitely be trying your frozen drinks at my daughters birthday in July. Thanks for the great post

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  41. Love your Virgin Pina Colada recipe! Will be using it to celebrate my 1 year as a Kentuckian at the end of the month. 🙂

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  42. I will be celebrating but it won’t be by the pool LOL….we don’t have one! But….i will be taking my kids to the local soft service ice cream store (still only takes cash) around the corner and we get a LARGE vanilla cone trimmed with their pick of the fruit flavors they drizzle real pretty down the sides….and that is my party! Doesn’t take much to make the last day of school a thing to celebrate! Happy to be back at no crazy a.m. schedules and have some good family fun with my kids (mind you they are 19 and 16!)

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  43. I’m going to celebrate the last day of school with my Grands at the condo pool. We’ll be having ice cream.

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  46. My family will be celebrating summer all summer long by sitting our “giant glass of cool bubbly champagne” — our hot tub set at 80 degrees — and reading lots of books!!

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  47. I’m a fan of Simply, not a fan of summer time in the south though. Those strawberries look delicious!

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  49. Cute idea Melissa. My grandchildren love flamingos. I plan to spend as much time as possible this summer with my grandchildren and most of it by the pool. I love following your blog. Thank you. You are an inspiration.

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  52. We don’t have a pool or membership but we’ll celebrate BBQs on our patio with a water mister to keep cool!

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  60. We always throw birthday parties for our kids and also have their baseball teams over at the end of the season. Other than that, its the usual family and friends on the weekends, swimming and grilling!

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  66. Essentials by the pool include a chaise lounge, sunscreen (and some shade!), and a cool drink.

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  70. Haven’t made it to the pool yet but I’ve been aching to go! Hopefully will get to lounge by the pool this weekend and celebrate my cousin’s birthday!

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  71. This year I was in the Midway Airport with 2 of my granddaughts. I was glorious we watch fieworks from 5 or 6 different sites in the city. The only downside was we could not here them. But the little children watch without the noise scaring them.

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  75. I don’t have a pool – counting down until vacation next month – already had called to see the hotel pool hours – looking forward to swimming and chilling out.

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  79. We’re going to celebrate every chance we get–with icy cool drinks and hot sunshine! And definitely with anything flamingo we find.

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  81. We plan to do lots of swimming and fishing this summer. Drinking ice cold lemonade is always delicious too!

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  117. With a glass of sweet tea, a book in my hand and watching my kids play in the pool

    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

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  122. First, I’d have to find a pool! but THEN I would have to ship up one of these drinks to sip by it ’cause they look delicious!!! 🙂

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  124. I’m so over winter and already to celebrate by the pool next summer! In the meantime we are planning a trip to Florida where I plan to drink lots of girly drinks and read several good books in between dips in the pool!

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  125. Carleigh is beautiful. I am so glad you got these pictures they are amazing. You took such gokd care of her while you had her. You are a example to me!!!

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  126. Yesterday, while I was at work, my sister stole my apple ipad and tested
    to see if it can survive a twenty five foot drop, just so
    she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now
    broken and she has 83 views. I know this is entirely off
    topic but I had to share it with someone!

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