Planning a Graduation Party

Maybe they are growing into a big kid and just graduated from pre-school. Maybe they have said their last goodbyes to getting an hour of recess everyday and are graduating from elementary school. Maybe they are leavening the funny hair and awkward stages and graduating high school. Or maybe they are starting their life in the world and graduating from collage. Whatever stage of life they are in, they deserve to have a graduation party to celebrate their many hours of commitment and hard work.

Graduation party planning is typically not any different then regular party planning. In deciding to throw a graduation party, you do have to put a lot of thought into the guest list. When the child is younger it is easier to figure out who to invite. As the child gets older, this part can get kind of tricky. Have the person you are throwing the party for involved in this aspect. Although, if you are planning to have a surprise graduation party figuring out the guest list can get all the more complicated. You are going to need a few people to help you with the guest list. The last thing that you would want to do is leave out someone. Maybe you are part of their family. So you might need to recruit a friend from school to give you the names of the guests that your guest of honor will appreciate having at their party. Plus, the opposite it true; a school friend would be able to let you know who to avoid inviting. Maybe the person you are throwing the party for is married. In that case you may also need someone that is in the guest of honor’s spouse’s family. The guest of honor might be involved in clubs or very close with the neighbors in which case you would need to investigate these areas also. Once you finally have the guest list finalized, you can finally send out the invitations. The thing that should be most prominent about the invitation is the fact that it is a surprise graduation party. The number one way that a surprise party gets ruined is that someone will slip and give the guest of honor a clue that there is something going on.

Choosing decorations for any type of graduation party is only hard because they have so many to choose from. These days they make so many different kinds of party supplies you will have an easy time finding ones specifically for graduation. You can also decorate using the colors of the school that the person is graduating from. Make sure that you include the year in the decorations. Look into getting a cake that is in the shape of the graduating year. For a more unique approach, choose an interesting theme rather then just graduation. Throw your grad a luau, a masquerade ball, or even a flash back party. Why not celebrate the years of hard work by flashing back into a specific year?

Your grad needs to let loose. No more teachers, no more books, no more tests. Allow them to leave that pressure behind and start a new faze of their life with a party that will give them the time of their lives.