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Restaurant and Bar Owners'
St. Patrick's Day Party Decorations and More!

It doesn't take much to get Saint Patrick's Day revelers in the mood—and the more they are in the "mood," the more they will eat and drink. You might think it's expensive to decorate your establishment with shamrocks and leprechauns but it really isn't. If I've said it once, I've said it 1,000 times…decorating your guests (in your case, "patrons") is as important as decorating the room!

For a great selection of St. Patrick's Day decorations, favors, wearables and more, visit St. Patrick's Day Decorating411.

Promoting the Event

Personalize an invitation with St. Patrick’s Day invitations from Party411.com.  If you don’t want to give these out consider using them as table tents to promote the day of blarney as part of your normal promotion package. 

Hand out green tickets to your patrons during the month leading up to your St. Pat's Day festivities.  Put them in mailers, menus and have them out on the bar.   You can choose your own wording and let your patrons know they can expect an amazing time at your celebration.

Our St. Patrick’s Day candy bar wrappers are also a great promotional tool. Think about giving these out to your best customers before the big day.  Or if you make a habit of giving deserts to guests having a birthday, think about using these to lower costs and promote your St. Patrick’s Day party.

Finally we have added St. Patrick’s Day beer bottle labels you can personalize with your name and logo. What a great way to promote the day or make that St. Pat’s Day libation a little more special.  Talk to your local distributor about putting these labels on his product and he may help you at with your promotion.

Party Supplies and Decorations

You can buy the usual decorations like shamrock glitter cutouts, and green and gold balloons for bouquets here and there or you can "paint the town green," so to speak, by adding just a few touches, making your competitors green with envy!

At the door, I would have a Lucky Leprechaun with a speech bubble welcoming all.  Of course, we can customize him so that he's wearing a t-shirt with your restaurant/bar name on the front (reuse him every year…why not?). Next to him in a big basket, I'd have a huge amount of green leis or shamrock beads... so cheap and so much fun! Or make your ordering easier and get and Irish magic hat kit.  If you are using a DJ he can give out these hats and favors when he works the crowd.

Scene setter kits are a fabulous, inexpensive way to decorate a wall.  There’s a St. Pat’s scene setter, a Leprechaun scene, and a clover scene setter. Use the one that fits your room best.  And don't stop at the walls, decorate the ceiling using shamrock 3D garland or Irish clover swirls. 

Put green carnations on each table (they won’t be there long), and sprinkle tabletops with shamrock confetti (only if you want to clean it up).  If your wait staff will stand for it, ask them to tie off your napkins with shamrock tinsel garland as a fun touch.  Shamrock cascade columns and gold metallic columns fill a big space nicely.

Don’t forget to decorate your waiters, waitresses, bartenders and other staff.  Shamrock vests are inexpensive as are green derbies and beer glasses…add a green carnation boutonniere and you’re done!  Well…maybe a green boa for the ladies… 

Hostesses look great in green sequin hats and blinking shamrock beads. Give them all personalized St. Patrick's Day cameras with your logo to take pictures of your guests.

Party Items (The Important Part!)

If you want your restaurant/bar to be the only stop for St. Patrick's Day next year, then do it up right this year. Besides the green leis at the door, make sure you make plenty of fun stuff available for anyone and everyone to become the leprechaun they always dreamed they'd be.

Choose from a long list…first come, first served!

• Irish Magic Hat
• Shamrock Vest
• Shamrock Velvet Hat
• St. Patrick's Sequin Hat
• Shamrock Beads
• Blinking Shamrock Beads
• St. Pat's Derby Necklace
• Shamrock Bracelet
• Green Hair Spray
• Green Tinsel Maracas
• Green Glow Jewelry

Okay. That's it for now. Just remember…when marketing your business, you need to spend money to make money. Do some or all of the above, and I promise you a big return on your investment.