Pack a basket to picnic in style. Select a Fourth of July hotspot, vibrant with colors
and loaded with variety of events. Spend the day under the sun viewing parades,
outdoor concerts, or plays.

Or, you can also pick up a less crowded beach, if you stay in the coastal belt.
A nature park is also a great picnic spot, even for those who are a little laid back types.

Well, if you are sporty, you can always pick up the spot offering facilities
according to your choice. For instance, a facility to swim, or snorkeling,
horse ride through the shady terrain.
Or, just drift in a paddle boat.

If you just don't like these, no problem. Go for a trek through the wilderness
and enjoy the beauty of the leaf fringed slices of the sky, and the chirping of the birds.
Or, just take a walk along a quiet dirt road, may be, leading to a cool lake front.

And, if, trekking or walking is no fun to you, chill out with your favorite book,
or, with a harmonica - under a shady tree, smelling the green that surrounds you.
Or, just go frolicking with your friends on the lush green natural carpet.
Or, hop or idle around.

Fly colors, if you can - red, white and blue. They are the best theme colors of the Day.

Picnic pack up:

Try to keep requirements to a minimum.

Menu reminder:
Irrespective of the sight you select, make sure you provide a varied enough selection of food. And that too in sufficient quantities to support the lunch and afternoon snacks as well. No need to go in for a gorgeous pack up.
Even, simple foods can make the most elegant picnics. For instance, the smoked salmon sandwiches, a pot of lumpfish roe, smoked fish pate, some special cold meat pie, spicy meatballs, a pizza slice that cuts into fingers neatly, bowls of dip and bought chips to dunk.

You can go liberal in filling your basket with cold fried chicken, individual pies, spicy meatballs,
pizza slice.

Summer Fruit cup:
A fruit cup always goes down well at any daylight feast. Served in a large glass or punch bowl it also looks wonderfully festive. Slice an orange, a lemon, whole strawberries, seedless green grapes and finely sliced cucumber into the bowl and add 4 mint sprigs, and 4 lemon balm sprigs, if liked. Base this on grape juice, or exotic fruit juice flavors. Such as mango, pineapple, and passion fruit juice. Top the fruit punch with seltzer for a better effect.


Simple cloth idea:
For a large picnic, decorate an old sheet with lots of simple appliqué flower shapes in different colors.

Stitch ribbons of red, white and blue on the corners and halfway along the sides, then tie these to meat skewers ortent pegs and hammer them into the ground to prevent the cloth flying away.

You can also paint some gravels in red white and blue. It's a nice timepass before getting started with the food. Lay them on all corners to weight down the cloth.

Post picnic wrap up: