Canada Day Party quick and easy

July 1st is Canada Day and you can celebrate it Big or Small.  I have a few tips to have a small get together on a dollar store budget.   A couple of years ago we blew the budget at work but this year was scaled way back and it still worked out.

First thing to do is scope out your local Dollar store and pick up anything you can find with Canadian Flags on it or Maple Leafs or even Beavers or Moose if you like.


Must have:

Plates- If you can find Canada Day plates great, but if not just get red and white or just red even.
Cups - I found Maple Leaf cups at Party City
Cutlery - Just get clear or white to keep it simple.
Tablecloth *optional - you can use a Canadian Flag or just use a white tablecloth and add a big paper Maple Leaf on it if you like.

Food and Drinks:  There are lots of options including these things:

• Coffee Crisp chocolates
• Maple Leaf Cookies
• Tim Horton's coffee and donuts
• Crush drink
• Caesar drinks are Canadian
• Canadian Flag Cake
• Ketchup Chips
• Butter Tarts
• Canadian Craft Beer
• Wine from the Niagara Region

Make a simple dessert in a snap with fresh local strawberries and whipped cream by layering them in little mason jars.  Who doesn't love strawberries in cream when the berries are at their peak at the end of June.  Recipe for the butter tarts is in a previous Canada Day blog post.

Props and Decor:

This is where the budget goes from small to big.  You can go nuts on props and decor and here are some ideas if you can't think of what to get.

• Canadian Flag,  large, small, medium, hand held
• Hats with Canadian flags, from caps to headbands
• Signs,  you can use a lightbox or a DIY bristol board sign that says Happy Canada Day
• Canadian symbols,  you can get things like statues or stuffed toys of Moose, beaver.
• Canadian pillows with whatever designs inspire a Canadian Vibe.  I have a Sorry Pillow from Colin and Justin designs
• Maple syrup bottles.

Games:

• Canadian Trivia - Music, Famous People, Geography
• Word Search games
• Jeopardy like questions, someone can be Alex Trebek who is Canadian.
• Justin Bieber or Drake Trivia, that could take a while.
• Basketball games because now that we are the Champions and the Basket was invented in Canada it's the perfect game.

Music:  Pick your vibe, 80's, country, current, chill etc.

• Shania Twain
• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Michael Buble
• Sarah McLaughlin
• Tragically Hip
• Honeymoon Suite
• Loverboy
• Platinum Blonde
• Glass Tiger
• Jann Arden
• on an on .... you get the picture.

Whether you have a party or just get together with friends you can still celebrate Canada Day in little and big ways or however you choose to do it.

Here are some past Canada Day fun with friends.

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!