The Rose Table: Add a little punch to your party

Rockwall, TX (June 25, 2024) – Planning your 4^th of July celebration? The Rose Table’s Patriotic Pool Party has tons of festive ideas. Adorned with flags and patriotic touches, a firework tablecloth adds excitement to any table. For the flowers, style white roses, blue hydrangeas, and red carnations for a gorgeous red-white-and-blue arrangement.

For the menu, make family-friendly crowd pleasers like easy sliders, potato salad, Firework Fruit Wands, and the best blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream. Get all of Katie Rose Watson’s patriotic recipes on therosetable.com and make this easy, adorable Star Spangled Punch. Alcoholic or not, it’s the perfect party punch for the 4^th of July!

Star Spangled Punch

2 bottles lemonade
2 bottles cranberry juice
3 slices watermelon, cut into stars
Blueberries
Optional: ginger ale
Optional: vodka or gin

1. Use a star cookie cutter to cut out watermelon stars.
2. Combine lemonade and cranberry juice in a punch bowl or drink dispenser. If you’d like, add vodka or gin to spike and/or ginger ale for a sparkling punch.
3. Add watermelon stars and blueberries to the punch and serve.

Katie Rose Watson is a cookbook author and food blogger who often covers Rockwall on therosetable.com, from the Farmers Market to Founder’s Day Festival. The Rose Table has over 220,000 fans on Facebook (fb.com/therosetable), over 40,000,000 video views, and can be found on TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube @therosetable. The Rose Table’s Fairytale Collection is now available on shoptherosetable.com.

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