20+ Ultimate Ideas for a Porch Party

Porch Living another term for “Let’s have a Porch Party”

Ideas for a porch party. What? Am I thinking of partying all the time? Yes and no. I believe a spell on the porch or patio is special. Whether it is a moment for ourselves, a special afternoon catching up with our spouse or fun with a group of friends, time on the porch elevates everything. I love the term “spell” as in “come in and sit a spell” a favorite of my Grandmother’s to say. Part of the wonder of a porch is that we use it during a good spell – Summer. (From the Free Dictionary ~ Spell can mean a period of some particular kind of weather. ie: warm or hot summer weather.) It is summer so then let’s plan on some porch sitting ~ or patio. I have Alan Jackson’s song, “Where I come from lotta front porch sittin’…” rolling through my head. So I’ll just continue using the term ‘porch’ for both the porch and the patio.

A newer term for it is ‘Porch Living’. Another great idea. Living on the porch while the weather is good. Think about sitting there during a light rain enjoying some tea and not getting wet. Then my mind went a whirl on all the ideas possible for a party on the porch. Parties for one or a crowd. So here are the first porch party ideas I came up with – I made myself stop at 20 plus. Otherwise I would keep thinking and not doing. So I am calling them “The Ultimate”, why not? 

My Ultimate Porch Party Ideas:

1. “I just baked pie, cupcakes, cookies, coffeecake,…please come over”
2. Similarly “I just purchased from the bakery, a pie, cupcakes, cookies, coffeecake, …come over”
3. Cocktail or Mock-tail Happy Hour
4. Sunday Potluck DInner
5. Meet your neighbors – new and/or old
6. Host your Book Club, Garden Club, Bible Study, what’s your group?
7. Board Game Night
8. Plant/Seed Exchange with a friend or a group
9. Hold a weekly or monthly ‘Let’s Get Together Because We Can’ coffee hour
10. Root beer Float Night, have everyone bring their favorite root beer
11. Listen to the Ballgame on the radio and serve Cracker Jack
12. Family Book Night – read a classic like ‘Swiss Family Robinson’
13. Use the porch as a Starting & Ending Spot for a Scavenger Hunt
14. Music Jam Session or your Instrument Solo
15. Watch the Olympics or a weekly TV show
16. Host a Macrame/Painting/Knitting/Embroidery party
17. Outdoor Movie Night, popcorn and box candy
18. Star/Meteor Watch Night, complete with blankets to lay on the ground
19. Old Fashion BBQ: takeout, home-cooked, or food truck
20. Corn hole or Horseshoe Game Night
21. Ice Cream Social have everyone bring their favorite ice cream or topping
22. Bonfire & S’mores Night
23. It’s Hump Day ~ Wednesday ~ let’s sit on the porch!
24. Host an End-of-the-Bike Ride/Hike Get-together
25. Celebrate Anything/Everything

In addition, see what you can come up with ~

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Are you ready for some Porch Parties?

Wow! Look at all the ways we can party on the porch. There are plenty of ‘lotta front porch sittin’ ideas. Yes, I am having fun with the puns but that is the point. We have a spell of wonderful warm weather. Moreover it is time for some porch living. Therefore, let’s plan some summer fun. For instance take a moment alone to listen to a ballgame or audible book and enjoy an afternoon. On the other hand, invite someone special to “come over and sit a spell” and catch up on each other’s lives. Further more, bake a strawberry rhubarb pie (my family’s favorite) and invite the neighbors over. In short, choose any other idea, you don’t need a reason, to enjoy a moment on the porch. 

Now if you are wanting to freshen up your porch before inviting others to join you, I have a couple of blogs that may help. Here is one with plenty of inspirational ideas. And here is one with some Porch/Patio Design 101 information. But please do not let having a picture perfect porch stop you from inviting others over. Now if you liked this list, copy it and use washi tape to put it in your summer curated life journal then add more ideas as you think of them through the summer. Here is a blog post talking about the Summer Journal. Or if you wish, join my 100 Days of Summer Fun for more ideas, downloads, and adventure. Here is the link.