You know how much fun a beach party can be, if you are among the lucky ones to have access to a beach outside your door. You know how inviting beach parties are, and how much fun can be had among the sand and the surf. What are you to do if you have no beach nearby, and the closest thing you have to a body of water, is the above ground pool in your back yard? Can you still have a Beach Party of your own in your own back yard environment? Sure you can! A little planning, and the right ambiance, and you are on your way to the best beach party ever!

If your children want a beach party before fall ushers summer out for good this year, you can buy inexpensive kiddy pools; fill some with water, and some with sand, pails, and scoops. Add a slip and slide, and a sprinkler, and you have a beach party, extraordinary!

To begin, you will want to send invitations to your children's friends, let them know to bring a swim suit, and enlist the aid of some of the parents who are willing to help out. Have plenty of colorful beach balls and beach towels handy, and why not have one giant cooler full of icy cold lemonade or water, and throw away cups, so the kids can help themselves by simply pushing a button, when they are thirsty? Just be sure to have trash cans nearby, so they can throw them away when they are through.

A picnic laden with watermelon, seasonal fruit, hamburgers, hot dogs, and chips to feed the masses, and your backyard beach party is bound to elicit as many smiles as the rush of the waves, and the sound of the surf at any beach party, on any beach, anywhere!