Summer Backyard Flamingo Pool Party Ideas
Today I’m excited to share with you not only some ideas for a Backyardย Flamingo Pool Party, but also my favorite recipe for 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. ย 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 occasionsย 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.
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.
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 cardstockย and a printable that I designed (you can download the printable for free just keep reading).
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. ย
To secure the pocket, just use a couple of staples on the sides. (download the printable for free in the Printables Library).
Now just fill the pocket with utensils, straws and napkins.
Party Idea : Create a Central Serving Station
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.
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 Piรฑa Coladas. ย Since they only haveย 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 Tropicalโข Juice Drinkย because it has no added preservatives, colors or artificial flavors and itsย refreshing blend of mangoย AND pineapple gives the coladas a great (and unique) flavor.
Mango Pineapple Virgin Pina Coladas
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
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.
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.
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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).
I am going to celebrate 4th of July by having a pool party in my house. I will serve lemonade and BBQ
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/739829475701968896
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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We will have my granddaughters 6th birthday by the pool.
I will celebrate with a beer.
https://twitter.com/willgriesmer/status/739920136887537665
I’d celebrate with iced tea.
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/739928071533367296
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!!
I will celebrate with a iced glass of lemonade, and seating under a shaded tree in my backyard.
I want to celebrate with a grilled cheeseburger and iced tea.
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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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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Thanks so much.
I will celebrate with cupcakes by the pool.
We going to celebrate with fruit punch and iced tea by the pool this summer.
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were going to have punch here in texas and sweet tea
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I am going to celebrate by taking the kids to the local pool and enjoying lots of sweet tea.
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We are going to find a giant blow up something now for our pool!
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!
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!
Floating in my pool chair with a big glass of lemon water and a good book.
We’re going with the swan and throwing in some Dory themed items.
My Twitter post: https://twitter.com/YvetteRenee/status/740154120380809216
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!
I tweeted about your adorable party! https://twitter.com/mypinkmixerblog/status/740160709275832320
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!
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.
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!
We don’t have a pool but we love going to the beach and can have fun celebrating summer there.
We are going to celebrate with fruit punch and iced tea by the pool.
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Unfortunately, no pool, but we will have cook outs with sprinklers for the kids and the kids at heart.
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
Love your Virgin Pina Colada recipe! Will be using it to celebrate my 1 year as a Kentuckian at the end of the month. ๐
I will be celebrating but it won’t be by the pool LOLโฆ.we don’t have one! Butโฆ.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 sidesโฆ.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!)
I’m going to celebrate the last day of school with my Grands at the condo pool. We’ll be having ice cream.
How lovely! I would celebrate by the pool with friends and family, along with cocktails and BBQ! ๐
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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!!
I’m a fan of Simply, not a fan of summer time in the south though. Those strawberries look delicious!
We are going to celebrate by the pool this summer with friends and pets and have lots of BBQs.
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.
I will celebrate with cold drinks and a bbq.
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We don’t have a pool or membership but we’ll celebrate BBQs on our patio with a water mister to keep cool!
Tweet link: https://twitter.com/shala_darkstone/status/742030421446168576
I’ll celebrate by having a 4th of July party with our family.
https://twitter.com/RachelGriesmer/status/743139246362468352
We watch the fireworks and bbq every year.
https://twitter.com/Natashalamoreu1/status/743178319449960448
Hanging out with my daughter during swim lessons!
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This is such an adorable party!! Love the flamingos!
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!
I posted a tweet: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/745349313962905600.
https://twitter.com/OneFrugalGirl/status/746076320824721409
We’ll eat lots of fun snacks and tons of fruit and veggies.
I plan on having plenty of friends/family over every weekend to enjoy our pool!
I will be having a bbq by the pool this summer, I can’t wait!
Essentials by the pool include a chaise lounge, sunscreen (and some shade!), and a cool drink.
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I have an ice cold glass of lemonade, ready to celebrate time spent at the pool!
https://mobile.twitter.com/arress83/status/749762463441231872
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!
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.
https://twitter.com/sodahoney/status/752581645295689728
We celebrate my going to the Lake and BBQ’ing and having fun as a family
tweeted https://twitter.com/pittsy82/status/753352999448121344
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.
Headed to the pool for my son’s bday!
I’ll celebrate by floating in my flamingo float all summer long!
We’ll be celebrating by having friends and family over for bbq’s and drinks.
We’re going to celebrate every chance we get–with icy cool drinks and hot sunshine! And definitely with anything flamingo we find.
A pool BBQ party with friends.
We plan to do lots of swimming and fishing this summer. Drinking ice cold lemonade is always delicious too!
No pools here, but I spend time reading on my deck while enjoying iced tea or lemonade.
We are going to celebrate by the pool with talking smart and enjoying cocktails.
thank you
Do not see my tweet
https://twitter.com/JalapenoMama/status/767976973352054784
Having bbq’s all summer.
I would celebrate by serving cocktails and BBQing.
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/768564833637666816
I am going to celebrate next to the pool with ice tea with lemon!
I will have a party by the pool with friends.
I celebrated by sipping on sweet iced tea and watched my granddaughter splash around the pool.
NO pool but we will picnic by the creek on our farm
https://twitter.com/mkjmc/status/771293537166123008
with lots of sweet tea
No pool for me, but will be drinking iced tea while watching my granddaughter play in her little pool.
Tweet – https://twitter.com/willitara/status/772042543940837376
Having lots of BBQ’s and pool parties with the neighbors!
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I just like to relax by the pool and have a drink.
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Going to celebrate with orange juice and coconut rum – one of my favorites!
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/772610219163709440
With a cold mint iced lemonade drink under a shade!
https://twitter.com/SeymaShabbir/status/772647252204589056
i posted a tweet here:
https://twitter.com/purplepanda1966/status/772651612703645696
We just enjoyed relaxing in the pool while it was so hot this summer
we do not have pool but if i did i would grill and have a nice end of the summer pool party
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/772817008060686336
I keep cool by drinking lemonade! truckedford(at)gmail(Dot)com
https://twitter.com/eliza_elliott/status/772824031615520770
i will celebrate by drinking my iced coffee poolside
https://twitter.com/raggammuffin/status/772830478504263680
I celebrated by the pool this summer by doing a lot of nice swimming to stay cool.
I publicly Tweeted this giveaway: https://twitter.com/versatileer/status/772861809283903489
I will celebrate without a pool by drinking some fresh squeezed lemonade.
https://twitter.com/myfolly/status/772868992331644933
https://twitter.com/QueenB_Tammy/status/772887605700661248
With a glass of sweet tea, a book in my hand and watching my kids play in the pool
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We live near the beach so we spend most of our time there.
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well no pool here but I celebrated summer by visiting the beach as much as I could or relaxing in my hammock in a shady spot in the backyard
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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!!! ๐
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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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