Creative Graduation Party Ideas
Having four children who graduated 2 yrs apart, I have been planning secondary school or college graduation parties for upwards of a decade. The two most important waste advice I can offer is to create a budget and plan early. See how much money you have to spend on your celebration. That is critical, as your budget determines the number of guests you can have plus the venue you will use to host your party. Many families have their parties out at restaurants, in halls or another locations. These will cost extra money. With four who graduated in a 7-year span, we knew with his oldest that we couldn’t set a precedent that people couldn’t continue with the rest. So the idea of the “Backyard BBQ” took shape. It isn’t difficult, casual and relatively inexpensive. Together with outdoor theme allows for a more substantial guest list for your graduate. Our little ones invited their friends, fellow grads, teachers, coaches, and lastly, all the family. We ran our parties like an open house.
Once you have an affordable and have decided on your venue, then decide on a date and do it early. You may be competing with lots of other parties on this occasion of year and by getting yours for the calendar first you will avoid conflicts. Next select invitations. You can order them online or buy them in the stores. However to save cash, you can make them yourself on your computer. There are numerous invitation products available in office supply stores which will give you templates to make your personal. Be creative… add graduation clipart, a logo from your college or high school of your respective graduate or even inset a photo! If you do not have room in your house or are receiving it off site, ALWAYS plan a rain date. Also you should definitely have an RSVP with a date deadline and add your email along with your phone number. A ‘regrets only” RSVP system makes for tricky planning. Recently, I’ve got even seen people use online for free invitation services.
For food, your alternatives are numerous if you are hosting your graduation party in the home. You can have it catered, you may cook or our family favorite for barbeque theme is hamburgers, hotdogs and heroes. Add some salads, fruit platters as well as a graduation themed dessert and you have an easy, inexpensive menu. We set up a “stadium” food booth at the grill. My husband and his buddies were grilling to acquire, with the condiments and rolls set out at the booth. You make a poster and name your community. For example, at our party for our youngest who was going to DePaul University in Chicago.. we build the “DePaul Dug Out” and decorated the table with the school colors. For our son, who was simply headed to Rutgers University, we a “Knight Stand” as their school mascot will be the Scarlet Knight.
For your graduation themed dessert it’s possible to make or order a sheet cake. However, We have received great kudos with my graduate cakes. I make a multitude of cupcakes and make tags on cardstock with the high school or college logo. When our daughter was headed to Chicago for college, I made tags with pictures of Chicago landmarks. I then tape the tags to your toothpick and insert into the cupcakes. Ensure that your tags are small enough that they don’t cause the cupcakes to fall over. Display on a platter and you have an unique dessert plate. Or figure out how to make cake ball desserts and decorate at school colors.
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