
Schaffer’s Genuine Foods' "Bathing Bears” cupcakes made with butter cake and topped with vanilla buttercream, graham cracker “sand,” and Teddy Grahams snacks with frosting bikinis and cocktail umbrellas were fun, easy to eat bites at the Huggies event.
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Instead of glassware, consider festive, non-breakable acrylic or plastic cups like the colorful pineapple ones from Oriental Trading ($20.50 per dozen).
Photo: Courtesy of Oriental Trading

For a Huggies “Little Swimmers” launch event at the Annenberg Community Beach House, Schaffer’s Genuine Foods created a watermelon "shark" filled with fruit salad, featuring blueberries for eyes and kale “seaweed” with swedish fish and chocolate shells.
Photo: Lisa Reilly/Pinky Blue Photography

Simple pool decor like inflatables makes an impact without the mess. Colorful, papery decor can bleed when wet and items like small beads could gum up the works on the deck area or in the pool, warns Friedman.
Photo: Courtesy of Annenberg Community Beach House

For a Patrón industry party at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, branded towels were laid out on lounge chairs and the pool umbrellas were changed out to match the Patrón theme. Guests snacked on a create-your-own-nacho bar and Café Patrón mini cupcakes and traditional churros for dessert.
Photo: Michael Brewer

Perfect for pool parties and resort events is L.A. Photo Party's underwater photo booth. The self-contained unit includes a DSLR camera, strobe flash, preview monitor, and an underwater trigger button. The booths are available globally; pricing is available upon request.
Photo: Courtesy of L.A. Photo Party

Visit Florida handed out nonalcoholic orange slushies from a bar made of ice and fronted with hashtags for Florida cities and regions.
Photo: Courtesy of Visit Florida