Come summer, all that kids want is to have some water-splashing fun! Whether it is a sleepover or a summer birthday, pool parties can add that extra zing to your kids’ holidays and celebrations! To help you get started, we have gathered together a few popular pool party themes, along with attractive decorations and food ideas! Dive right in to let the fun begin!
Exciting Pool Party Themes for Kids
When you decide to have a pool party, choosing a theme that your child relates to would make it even more delightful! It could be any of their favourite characters, any games they are keen on, or anything that has just begun to catch their imagination as per their age, you can get as creative as you can! We have here listed a few fun themes to help you get started!
- Beach Theme
- Nautical Theme
- Pirate Theme
- Lego Theme
- Disney Theme
- Fiesta Theme
When it comes to summer and water, nothing is more fun than replicating a beach vacation right by the side of your pool! You can arrange for colourful DIY sand projects, beach balls, floaties, and food and decorations in shells and corals. Sticking to shades of blue, white, and aqua, would bring the whole vibe together!
Take it a niche higher, if you have the time and bandwidth, and opt for a nautical theme pool party. This would especially be a hit for older kids who are just getting introduced to the adventures and fantasies of movies like Finding Nemo, Little Mermaid, or Moana.
How can we forget the ocean and its hidden treasures? Not only can you plan the costume with the comfort of little pirates in mind, but you can also plan a treasure hunt all around the pool as well! Throw in some foam swords, pirate caps, ropes, and anchors to bring the whole theme to life!
Building blocks and Legos make for a fun, engaging, and colourful theme for pool parties! You can have Lego theme inflatables and decor, alongside big Lego pieces for the kids to build first and castles by the side of the pool! Throw in some square-shaped pool noodles and be ready to witness some creative ideas take shape in Lego bricks!
Boys or girls, young or old, Disney has a favourite character for everyone! Whether it is one of the Disney princesses, Mickey and Minnie, Tom and Jerry, Disney Pixar cars, Simba or Nemo and Dory, take into account your child’s favourite shows and movies and you will have a plethora of options to choose from!
Large paper fans, lanterns, huge tropical flowers, and tiki houses, along with fruits, drinks, and taco bars, can all add to the whole fun and fervour of this theme! You can also arrange for private pool loungers, big hats, inflatable cacti, and some barbeque fun to make it a fun and happening party!
Starting from the invitations, and the decor, to the food and games, you would need to plan everything in order and per the theme, to make it all come together beautifully!
Pool Party Ideas For Kids
Whether you want to keep it simple or go creative with your theme, here are the important elements you would need to plan for!
- Pool-party Invitation Ideas
- Lego-themed postcard invitation
- Beach ball invite with party details and a note to inflate it on arrival
- Disney-themed character cutouts mentioning the details
- Pirate hats with costume and event details
- Flip-flop cutout invitation cards
- Shell and corals with little notes
- Monoculars, anchor, and rope for a nautical theme invite
- Pool-party Decoration Ideas
- You can arrange for colourful balloons to match the theme. You can let the kids fill in water balloons to throw and splash around some fun colours. Make sure you keep some air in the balloons to make them stay afloat in the pool.
- Try and get as many inflatables based on the different characters of movies, or in different sizes and colours, to add variety to the pool!
- Jellyfish lanterns, shell-shaped cushions, nautical striped beach towels, and crepe paper streamers can all combine beautifully for an ocean or nautical theme.
- Add in some glow stickers to the bottom of the pool, and get the kids Star Wars-themed swords, to take the evening pool party to the next level!
- Beach balls, shovels, buckets, and toys can make for a simple beach-themed pool party.
- Add a trunk and chests of treasure all around the deck and plan a treasure hunt!
- Arrange for matching flip-flops, towels, hats, and sunglasses, for all kids to jam in the theme fun together!
- Pool-party Food Ideas
- Fresh fruit platter and salads
- Chips, pretzels, popcorn, and salty treats
- Bite-sized appetisers like lemon chicken skewers, sandwich cubes, grilled zucchini, salsa and dips, chicken nuggets, and fish chips
- Watermelon, pineapple, lemon, strawberry and other fruit-flavoured ice pops and juice bar
- Mini waffles, cupcakes, ice cream sandwiches, and softy cream cones
- Slider bars with mini veg and non-veg burgers
- Juice bottles, drinks, and water bottles floating in a kiddie pool filled with ice
- Pool Party Games for Kids
- Squirt guns, water balloons, and hose fights.
- Collecting the most number of balls, balloons, or rings from the water
- Emptying most buckets of water
- Pool volleyball
- Freeze Tag, Sharks and Minnows, Marco Polo and other fun games
- Sandcastle or Lego castle-building competition
- Pass the parcel with a beach ball
Any party invitation would carry the details of the venue, time, day etc, by default. But what makes a pool party invitation more exciting for the kids, is to see their names, the list of their friends invited, the games planned, and the costume or dress code! Once you have decided on the theme, you can frame the invitations as uniquely and creatively as possible. Here are a few exciting examples to help you get started!
Along with the many ideas for the invite, you have a multitude of decor options to match the theme as well!
The party decor around the pool deck is what makes it all come together! You can keep it very simple with a few theme-based cutouts, or you can go overboard with oversized theme-based floats, beach balls, towels, scoreboard, photo set-ups etc. Let’s summarise a few fun ideas for you!
No party is complete without food and drinks! Nicely laid out food and drinks counters arranged as per the theme add that extra zing to the pool parties! Since it’s an outside party, it’s okay for things to get messy. With some time and effort, you can have a well-planned menu in place with quick-to-eat bite-sized snacks and refreshing drinks to keep the kids going!
A pool party for kids is unimaginable without a bunch of games linkedin! While the pool itself is a source of joy, the games add further to the excitement of it all! Here are some easy to play pool party game ideas to keep the party going!
While games are a fun part of any pool party, make sure that basic safety and precautions are taken care of, and the are under continuous adult supervision.
Whether it is a birthday celebration, a school graduation party, a sleepover, or any occasion for that matter, a pool party for kids is a great idea to make it memorable for everyone! Irrespective of the theme of the party or the size of the pool, if you have a few yummy snacks, refreshing drinks, exciting games, and basic safety in place, your kids and their friends are sure to have a splash of fun!
