Hosting an outdoor fall party with your BFF? No need to worry, we got you covered. There are so many things that we associate with the fall season. Things like pumpkin spice coffee at our favorite coffee shop, leaves turning shades of reds, oranges and golds and the weather getting colder. However, one of the things we rarely associate with fall is outdoor parties. Even though the weather is chillier than summertime temps, there is no reason you can’t host an outdoor party. In fact, it is the perfect time with the beautiful colors of nature and the fresh, crisp air. Here are some tips for an outdoor fall party.
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Smashing Outdoor Party Ideas
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Comfortable seating
It is important that if you have an outdoor party this fall, you want to provide your guests with comfortable seating. Opt for fall favorites for seating like hammocks and outdoor poufs. You can place a large blanket on the ground with large outdoor pillows for BFF to relax on. The idea is to ensure they are cozy and that they can snuggle up with someone.
Natural foliage decorations
The majority of your outdoor decorations can be made with all that nature has to offer. Take a walk around your backyard or neighborhood, and look for freshly fallen leaves, twigs, branches, acorns, and pinecones. Then, use your creativity to come up with neat ideas to decorate with these items. Some neat ideas are to scatter leaves and pinecones on the tables or place items in a shallow bowl to use as a centerpiece. Other smart ideas would be to use apples and pumpkins to use as table décor.
Seasonal foods
For foods for your outdoor fall party, open up the grill and get grilling. Head to your local Famer’s Market for all the bounty of fall fruits and vegetables. For meat, chicken, steak tips and pork ribs are all great choices and pair them with grilled fall vegetables like artichokes, squash, mushrooms, potatoes, and spinach. For dessert, you can’t go wrong with caramel apples and pumpkin pie. For drinks, you can go with this delicious apple cider recipe. If it is too cold, you can go with warm drinks such as tea, hot apple cider, and hot chocolate.
Fall is my favourite time of the year! All of the beautiful colours and food – yum! These are great tips and those food items you show look great!
Where’s the s’mores? Can’t have a fall party without them!
So many fantastic ideas. I wish I had parties, I would do one in fall with all the beautfiul colors! So nice.
Can I skip right ahead to dessert and hot beverages? We don’t entertain outside often even though fall is one of my favorite two seasons.
Sounds like a great party! We recently had a fall party and had s’mores!
Great ideas! I love the food suggestions, and especially the idea of bringing the outside foliage to the center of it all!
I love Fall, it is my favorite season. I would love to come to any fall party you were hosting, this looks impressive, fun and delicious!
I love all of these ideas – especially the hot drinks. Fall is my favorite time of year, and we usually throw an outdoor party in early October, but skipped it this year…I may have to plan something fast for early November!
I love everything about Fall. These are some great o d ea. I love the candy apple.
I definitely need to consider getting better seating outside. I wish I had more trees so we could set up a hammock.