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Planning a summer birthday for your 7-year-old? A Palm Springs pool party is a fun, stylish way to celebrate with sun, color, and splashy fun. Using a dreamy mix of pink, aqua, and yellow, this theme brings retro-cool vibes to your backyard and keeps kids entertained with water play and cool pool floats. It’s easy to set up, perfect for warm weather, and totally photo-ready, making it a go-to idea for any summer birthday or pastel pool party.
Palm Springs Pastel Dessert Table
This Palm Springs pool party dessert table is full of sunshine, sweets, and stylish details. A bold aqua backdrop sets the tone with playful lettering and palm leaves, while a three-tier birthday cake by My Petite Sweets steals the show. Designed with cookie cutouts of cacti, hearts, a retro camper, and topped with two pink flamingos, it perfectly matches the party’s pastel palette of pink, aqua, and yellow.
Surrounding the cake, you’ll find charming themed treats—macaron cacti, flamingo cake pops, and sugar cookies shaped like palm leaves and pool floats. Pops of gold and tropical greenery pull the whole look together. It’s a dream setup for a summer birthday that feels sweet and special.
Pastel Palm Springs themed birthday cake
The birthday cake was the true showstopper—a three-tier creation that brought the entire Palm Springs pool party theme to life. Decorated with hand-cut cookie designs featuring a retro camper, cacti, hearts, and topped with two playful pink flamingos, it was as fun as it was beautiful. The soft pastel palette of pink, aqua, and yellow tied in perfectly with the rest of the party, making the cake both a centerpiece and a sweet treat for a stylish summer birthday.
Palm Springs-inspired tablescape
This Palm Springs-inspired party tablescape is all about playful elegance. A bold aqua and white palm leaf table runner sets the scene, paired with blush pink accents and clear acrylic chairs that give the space a modern, airy feel. The table is styled with tropical touches—gold pineapples, palm fronds, mini cacti, and retro-inspired décor—bringing that Palm Springs charm to life.
Palm Springs pool party mocktails
Mocktails were the perfect match for this chic Palm Springs pool party. Favor Lane Party Boutique served up fun, colorful drinks complete with pineapple straws and cactus stirrers—just right for a stylish summer birthday by the pool. With all the thoughtful details, the girls felt like VIPs at their own mini Hollywood party.
The signature pink mocktail was as pretty as it was refreshing. Served in retro cups and topped with pink flamingo straws, it added the perfect splash of color to this Palm Springs pool party and kept the birthday girls feeling fancy and festive all afternoon.
Palm Spring pool party desserts
These pink flamingo lollipops were a sweet standout on the dessert table. With their bright color and fun shape, they added a playful pop to the Palm Springs pool party and made the perfect party favor for a summer birthday.
The custom sugar cookies were almost too cute to eat. Shaped like pink and white pool floats, a heart shaped pool, and pastel retro cars, each cookie matched the Palm Springs pool party theme perfectly. With soft pastel icing and playful details, they doubled as décor and dessert—just right for a stylish summer birthday.
The cupcakes were a total hit—topped with cactus-shaped macarons that added the perfect touch of Palm Springs flair. Each one was beautifully detailed, making them a sweet treat for this summer birthday celebration. Fun, festive, and totally photo-worthy.
Palm Springs Pool Party Favors
The favor bags were packed with fun, pool-ready goodies the girls loved. Each one included a pink flamingo pin, colorful sunglasses, chapstick, goggles, and even a mini pool float—perfect for keeping the Palm Springs pool party vibes going long after the celebration ended.
This Palm Springs pool party was full of color, sunshine, and thoughtful details that made it unforgettable from start to finish. From the pastel-perfect desserts to the playful party favors and stylish setup, every moment felt like a mini vacation. Ready to plan your own summer birthday? Let us know all about it in the comments below.
Party Vendors
- Event Styling and Concept: Dream A Little Dream Events
- Photography: LoveHer Photography
- Paper Cacti Centerpieces, Flamingo Glasseser Cacti, Invitations, Backdrop, and Favor Bags: Her Beautiful Mess
- Cake, Cacti Macarons, and Marshmallow Balls: My Petite Sweets
- Table Settings and “7” Balloon: Ruby Rabbit Partyware
- Mocktail Bar, Pineapple Straws, Cacti Stirrers, and Flamingo Balloons: Lane Party Boutique
- Pink Flamingo Lollipops: Louisa Little
- Balloons: Love the Occasions
- Cookies: Frosted by Nicci
This is the cutest party! Nice job.