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Celebrating the Graduate!
Tammy • April 21, 2017
Ideas for planning a graduation party
I love this time of year! Besides being spring and seeing flowers and trees coming to life, there is the end of school events that go on. Whether that is track, soccer, baseball, prom or graduation,
these are all events to celebrate. In the spring time, we are a track family. We have a college track runner and a high school senior track runner. It is because of our senior, and her upcoming graduation that reminded me of this #Graduate post. So really, this is a repeat post, with a few updates. Same basic, helpful information for #Graduation!
There are many of you out there who may be seasoned veterans in the field of throwing graduation parties. Just maybe, there will be some of you that this will be your first go-around with it. That is why I am writing and sharing ideas with you. Take what you need and throw a great party! Let’s get started!
Graduation parties can look a little different for everyone. Whether you are having a few close family friends over or having a big barbecue, there is some planning to do. Decisions need to be made!
Here’s a starter list for you:
- Number of people you are inviting?
- What kind of food, if any are you serving?
- Sweets: Cake, cookies, cupcakes or candy, know blox (Jello Jigglers)
- Where are you having the party? Your house, yard, renting a place?
- Will you have any activities or games at the party?
- When will you have your party? Beware when picking your day and time. There will be many parties, and you want to pick a time when you will have the most guests coming to your party. We have done a Friday night party before, which was very successful. This year we are doing a Saturday afternoon, day before graduation. This is only for family convenience sake.
- There, that is all you need to know to plan the perfect graduation party! Just kidding ! It really is a good start though. Another good starting place is Pinterest. We have a board talking all things Graduation. You will see both decorated cookie ideas and decoration ideas.
Of course we have every Graduation
cookie cutter you could think of as well. You can check them out here.
If you want to plan a few activities for the party, here are a couple of ideas.
First, it is kind of a fun idea to have a slide show running in the background. If you have a smart tv, you can just create a google slide show. There are probably many smart and technical savvy parents out there who have their own means to do this. That might even be a great job for the graduate to help out with.
Secondly, you can always have each guest write a “life tip” on a note card when they arrive and collect them all for the graduate to read over after the party is done. Second, having a few homemade photo booths would be super fun. Have each guest have their picture taken with the graduate with some fun hats and other props. Then, the most popular idea, is just for the graduate to float around and visit with the guests.
Lastly, since I am all about decorated cookies, why not have a cookie decorating station? Check out a blog I wrote about doing such a thing here
that laid out everything you would need to have a cookie decorating station at a birthday party. This same idea would work with a graduation themed party. You would just pick some different shapes to have everyone decorate. Either you go with the graduation shapes, or you pick out some shapes that describe the graduate’s personality. How fun!
Here are some themes you may consider: Sports, Music, or Drama.
I know you will think of something. If you need help, give me a call. I’d be happy to help. I like planning parties!
When the dust has settled from the party, I would love to see what ideas you came up with. Feel free to share your pictures either on our Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram. If you share them on twitter or Instagram, tag them with #cookiecuttercom. I’ll be able to find them there.
Have fun making those memories!
~Tammy
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