Celebrate Left-Handers Day with Parties, Food, and a Leftward Twist!

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Every year on 13th August, we celebrate the wonderfully unique world of the left-handed! Left-Handers Day is all about recognising the 10-12% of the population who navigate a right-handed world in their own brilliant way. 

So, why not mark the occasion with a quirky celebration full of lefty-themed parties, delicious food, and drinks—including a cheeky new cocktail crafted especially for the occasion?

Throw a Left-Handers Day Party

Whether you’re left-handed yourself (like my wife and I) or just know someone who is, this is the perfect excuse for a fun, themed get-together.

Here are some playful party ideas:

Left-Handed Games: Set up challenges like left-handed doodling, left-hand-only Jenga, or even lefty darts. It’s trickier than you’d think!

Left-Facing Décor: Decorate your party space with arrows pointing left, mirror writing banners, and fun facts about famous lefties (from Leonardo da Vinci to Lady Gaga).

Swap Hands for the Night: Encourage right-handers to spend the evening using only their left hand. It'll give them a new appreciation!

 Left-Inspired Food

Celebrate with dishes that play into the theme, either visually or by name. Try:

Lefty Finger Foods – Serve everything in left-leaning spirals or shapes (pinwheels, crescent rolls, swirl cupcakes).

"Sinister" Snacks – Did you know ‘sinister’ comes from the Latin for ‘left’? Use it cheekily to name your snack table.

Themed Platters – Create a "Left Side of the World" grazing board featuring foods from countries with high left-handed populations (the Netherlands, Australia, the US, and the UK all rank high!).

Introducing the “Left Hook” Cocktail

What better way to toast Left-Handers Day than with a custom cocktail designed just for the occasion?

The Left Hook

A zingy, slightly unexpected cocktail that’s sweet, spicy, and packs a punch from the left!

Ingredients:

25ml spiced rum

25ml gin

15ml elderflower liqueur

10ml fresh lime juice

Ginger beer to top

A dash of pink peppercorn syrup (optional for heat)

Left-spiral lime twist, to garnish

Method:

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

Add the rum, gin, elderflower liqueur, lime juice, and pink peppercorn syrup.

Shake well, then strain into a tumbler filled with fresh ice.

Top with ginger beer and garnish with a left-spiralled lime twist.

Serve with a straw… on the left side, of course.

Want to go all-out? Serve it in a glass shaped like a left hand or mark the left side with a fun sticker so people remember which hand to toast with.

Drinks and Desserts for All

Round out your drinks offering with mocktail versions of the Left Hook, plus:

"Leftie Lemonade" – with lavender and blackberry

"Sinister Sundaes" – chocolate swirls curving leftward with popping candy surprises

Ambidextrous Appetisers – food everyone can enjoy, no matter their dominant hand

Raise a Left-Handed Toast

Let’s face it, left-handers deserve more than just a day of recognition. So this year, let your party be a joyous and slightly offbeat celebration of all things lefty. Celebrate your quirks, mix a “Left Hook”, and toast to the creativity, cleverness and charm that left-handers bring to the world.

Have you planned a Left-Handers Day bash or invented your own lefty-inspired dish or drink? Share it with us on social media using #LeftHandersDay and tag your lefty mates!