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Graduation

Plan a great party to celebrate your graduates many accomplishments.

Getting Started
  • Choose a date near graduation. Don't hesitate to consider a date after the event.
  • Have the graduate make a list of friends and relatives to invite. This is a very busy time of year, so send invitations out well in advance.
  • A fun idea for invitations might be a "blue book" exam.
    • On a sheet of white paper ask a list of questions - if you went to (name of graduate) party would you want
      a.) lots of food;
      b.) a disc jockey;
      c.) a fun swim.

    • Fill in party details at the bottom of the sheet of white paper.
    • Fold a sheet of blue paper over the white paper and staple like a blue book.
  • Another idea for an invitation
    • Photocopy a grade school picture of the graduate.
    • Write party details on the reverse side.
Menu
  • Include the graduate in the planning. What are his/her favorite foods? Some ideas might be:
    • A backyard barbecue of hamburgers and hotdogs.
    • A pizza party.
    • A make-your-own taco buffet.
    • Quick delicious brownies, bars and cookies you can make ahead are ideal for dessert. Check out our collection of recipes.
Set The Mood
  • Plan good music for a party.
    • Arrange CD's in the order you wish to play them.
    • Find a good radio station.
    • Increase the volume as the evening moves along.
  • Play a movie on the TV with no sound.
  • Decorate with oversized diplomas tied with ribbons.
  • Decorate the serving table with school memorabilia - textbooks, pom-poms, pennants, prom pictures, year book.
  • Decorate with enlarged pictures of seniors.
  • Arrange "bouquets" of Mylar balloons in school colors.
  • Use streamers in school colors.
  • Enlarge job ads from newspaper and place on wall.
  • Pin up pennants of colleges where graduates may be attending.
  • Purchased special graduation paper tableware and napkins are a good decoration as well as being useful.
Fun And Games
  • Graduation parties are typically open houses where people drift in and out, so organized activities are usually not needed.
  • You could provide a collection of yearbooks for friends and relatives to look through.
  • BUT - graduation parties typically involve lots of young people - with lots of energy! It wouldn't hurt (if room provides) to have a volley ball net and ball available, or a dart game, or ping pong.

SO...Pomp and Circumstance is playing! Here they come...here they come!