If you have a backyard swimming pool, you already have the ideal location for the summer party of the season. Invite your family, friends, and neighbors over for fun in the sun around your pool.

But to make your party a smashing success, you need to have all the right ingredients. As one of South Florida’s leading pool service companies, we’ve seen our share of awesome pool parties. So you can take us at our word when we tell you that they all have the same essentials in common: Food and drinks, great music and decor, and the little extras that make your party unique and memorable.

Pool Resurfacing Boca Raton — Food and Drinks

The food you serve and especially the drinks your guests enjoy can make or break your pool party. Make sure to have food people love and the drinks they expect, including water, sodas, and fruit drinks for kids and beer, wine, and liquor for grownups.

Remember to play it smart when serving food and drinks around your pool. Use paper, plastic and cans rather than glass, ceramics, and other breakables.

Pool Resurfacing Boca Raton — Music and Decor

Keeping your guests entertained requires pool party music. This playlist can help get the party started. Add your favorite songs and put your digital music player on shuffle and you are ready to have a great time.

One of the best things about pool parties is that they don’t require a lot of extra decorations. Unlike indoor parties, you usually don’t have to hang banners, lights, and other colorful decorations to convert the room into a party space. Your pool already sets the proper mood!

Pool Resurfacing Boca Raton — Lagniappe

There’s an old Creole term called “lagniappe” that translates into “a little something extra”. Bringing this concept to your pool party can be what brings it over the top and makes it the party of the year.

Things like freshly laundered towels, pool toys, commemorative gifts, or a themed food or drink item can be the extra touch that makes your party memorable.