Melbourne Cup Day is held on the first Tuesday of November. Tuesday 2 November 2010.

For a Melbourne Cup Day party hold one in the car park at Flemington Race Course, at your local racing venue or at home with friends.

Decorate your house for Melbourne Cup Day:

• Make or buy party bunting in Melbourne Cup Silks (jockey and horse colours).
• Decorate cup cakes with common silks colours like vanilla icing with blue M&Ms, checkers with black liquorice squares and stripes with different icing colours.

Party ideas for Melbourne Cup Day:

• Many people arrange a fancy dress fashion parade. Prizes can be awarded for most inventive costume, most colourful, best hat, and most stylish. The fashion parade is a fun way to involve children at a Race Day Party.
• Sweeps are common organised at the party, check any legals before going too overboard with betting.
• Garden party with high tea, cakes, scones and other fancy foods. If you're going to be all dressed up, why not have pretty foods too?

Decorate for your cup day party or bbq at eBay: