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An oriental party is one of the great college graduation party ideas.
Enjoy a sumptuous oriental party with gorgeous decorations and a very special feel.

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I have tried to give you lots of college graduation party ideas on invitations, food, decorations, photo ideas, games and favors which will be great for any venue. You may have a Home Party or alternative venue in mind. Hosting an Oriental graduation party is fantastic if you can give it some scale and atmosphere.

With lots of fun, energy and enthusiasm your college graduation party ideas can be a brilliant success.

College Graduation Party Ideas - Invitations

Simple and Fun Invites

Clearly a very simple invitation would be, use red or black paper, using a stencil place oriental characters on it in gold writing and add invitation details. Simple but effective!

You could hand deliver Chinese takeaway boxes with the invite and some fortune cookies inside as a nice touch.

Fans
You could make your own fans. Just cut out the fan shapes on black or red paper. Add wording in gold, red or black writing and send the invitation off.

Possible wording:

Fan the flames of the (Graduate's) success.
Please come to the Oriental Graduation Party at the (Venue) Chinese garden on (date/time).
Chinese costume is a must.
RSVP to ......

Chinatown

If you can copy an image of an entrance to a Chinatown and write the invitation details on the back.

Wording could be:

2012 is the year of the (graduate).
Come to (venue) and celebrate this lucky year. Share in the graduate's good fortune on (Date/time).
Dress in Chinese costume and maintain the good luck.
RSVP (details)....

Chopsticks
Simply buy lots of chopsticks and red ribbon. On the red ribbon write the invitation details.

Possible wording:

Bring your chopsticks and eat all you can!
Come to the Graduate's Oriental House Party (details) on (date/time)
Venue (details)
RSVP (details)

Kites

This is a great one! If you can find gossamer kites you can write the invite details on the kite.

Possible wording:

Soar along to the (Graduate's) Oriental Graduation Party and help celebrate on (date/time) at (venue).
The graduate has reached for the sky and you can too!
Venue (details)
RSVP
Oriental Costume required.

Fortune Cookie
If you can, microwave the fortune cookies for a few seconds until soft. Replace the message inside with your graduation invitation.

Possible wording:

To share in the (graduate's) good fortune come to the oriental graduation party at (venue) on the lucky day(date/time).
Oriental Costume will ensure you have a lucky day.
Venue (details)
RSVP

Thailand Party

You are invited to our Thai Graduation Party.
Come to the ancient Kingdom of Siam and party the night away.
Thai Costume optional
Date/time (details)
Venue (details)
RSVP (details)

Bangkok Party

You are invited to the Bangkok College (name) Graduation Party.
Get ready for a wild night in this Thai culture capital.
Great music, food, culture and dancing.
Thai or Tourist costume.
Date/time (details)
Venue (details)
RSVP (details)

Alternatively you can word the invitations as The Little Emperor inviting his subjects to the Forbidden Palace.

You can of course put invitations inside, or write graduation invitations on the side of, chinese meal pails.
Free Printable

Here is an invitation you can print off or get inspiration from:

College Graduation Party Ideas - Decorations

You can make a complete oriental graduation party theme venue. A good amount of decorations can make your graduation party venue a real Chinatown, Chinese restaurant, Pagoda, New Year Procession. Red and black colors are the foundation with some gold and white for effect.

Entrance

• Theme kits to really focus the party. These include Evening In The Orient, and Shanghai Moon, or a giant take out box.


• Signs in Chinese characters stating graduation party here


• Banner in Chinese above the door announcing the oriental party


• Balloons and bunting with Chinese characters


• Helpers dressed in oriental costume


• Chinese lantern

Scene Setters

• Tissue dragons, with dragon head and long flowing body. You could make a dragon mask and attach long tissue paper of all colors.


• Flowers are a must. Try and borrow some cherry and plum blossom.


• Picture of a dragon in very large size


• Banners with Chinese characters and congratulations to the graduate


• On Cardstock create a congratulations message to the graduate using Chinese characters which can be put on cards one character at a time


• Lanterns Lighted and all different colors.


• Chinatown sign, pails, ceiling decorations and foil dragons


• Create murals with scenes of China such as the Great Wall or Mount Fuji in Japan. You could have a temple scene.


• Create a peaceful oriental garden in your backyard with oriental plants, shrubs and a water feature.


• Just to complete the Oriental theme, create pictures with Chinese characters. Using stencils you can create just the right pictures. Even better if you can get congratulations to the graduate in oriental characters.


• Use travel posters for China, if you can borrow some from a travel firm!


• Again on travel brochures, find pictures of temples, Bangkok, Tokyo, Shanghai, and cultural figues for China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Thailand.


• Hire or buy Oriental rugs and place some in the main party area.


• Hire or buy Oriental room divider screens.


• Copy lots of images, legally, from the internet, including characters, dragons, pagodas and a forbidden city, bullet train, Mount Fuji and beautiful gardens.!!
  
  

Great Decorations

• Balloons, tied together in bunches, hung on light fittings, doors and chairs. The balloons can have Asian characters or even be an imperial Chinese dragon. Red, white and gold balloons are great too.


• Chinese character borders


• Parasols, fans, yo-yos, and kites


• Gossamers with Chinese characters, tie in bows, swags and drapes to create a wonderful effect.


• Mandarin hats


• Chinese take out boxes


• Posters of Chinese zodiac symbols.


• Also, tissue dragons, mini fans, Chinatown paper, lighted round lanterns, foil dragon, and oriental garden lamp post, yo-yos, candles, shanghai moon signs.


• Use bamboo decorations where possible.


• Put various Confucius sayings on cards and display them around the party.

Table

• Centrepiece - have a florist create on Oriental design. Great flowers to use can be Iris, Azalea, Magnolia, Tiger Lilly, and Gardenia.


• Use a white table cover and add chinese charcters to it.


• Also Chinatown table skirting or just red and black skirting.


• Metallic gold effect plates give the table a glitzy look.


• Chinese character napkins and fortune cookies are great too!


• Also fans and confetti.

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Decorate Your Guests

• Give each person a name badge with their name in Chinese characters.


• Chinese character Funtoos


• Mandarin hats


• Silk Flowers


• T-shirt with Chinese characters


• Floral fans


• Chopsticks

A great idea is to have a box of guest decorations at the graduation party entrance and hand them out liberally!

College Graduation Party Ideas - Confetti

One of the great graduation party ideas is to have personalised confetti.

Photofetti can produce confetti using up to 10 oriental style photos and up to 3 accent colors such as red, black and gold. They have packs to suit your occassion.

There is also neat oriental characters confetti.

College Graduation Party Ideas - Costumes

• Mandarin hats, this is something you may be able to make yourself.


• Geisha outfit


• Warrior, complete with black wig, with ponytail, and samurai style outfit. I have seen a fairly comical costume made from black wig, outrageous makeup, and pillows held on with a belt - in style of warrior.


• Princess with stunning oriental dress and make up.


• Chinese dress


• Accessorise with fans and parasols.


• White make up will add to the character


• A cheap option is as a Ninja. Simple black shoes, pants, shirt, and black mask cut out of pillow covers.


• King Of Siam, with loose fitting silk pants, silk shirt, waist band and oriental slippers.

For the homemade touch just borrow, or buy cheap, Chinese style dress or shirts with Chinese symbols on them. That can be Chinese writing characters, dragons, or red and gold oriental patterns.

Check out the costumes at this brilliant retailer.

College Graduation Party Ideas - Food and Drink

Oriental food is simply wonderful. There are so many dishes you can serve.

• Spring and prawn rolls


• All kinds of chop suey


• All kinds of szechuan dishes


• Chicken Teryaki


• Lo Mein


• King Pao chicken


• Egg Rolls


• Prawn toast


• Sweet N Sour dishes


• Chicken soup


• Noodles


• Thai food which is based on the 5 tastes, sweet, spicy, sour, bitter and salty. Food is usually served with jasmine variety rice (also known as Hom Mali rice).


• Bean Sprouts


• Nuts and Pretzels


• Bowls of fruit, including Lychee nuts


• Stir fried vegetables


• Ginger Ice Cream, any ice cream is always good


• Caramel bananas


• Fortune Cookies

Have lots of fried rice ready to eat. A good recipe for fried rice is:

Ingredients for 4 to 6 people:


• 1 - 2 green onions


• 2 large eggs


• 1 teaspoon salt


• Pepper to taste


• 4 tablespoons oil for stir-frying


• 4 cups cold cooked rice


• 1 - 2 tablespoons light soy sauce or oyster sauce


Preparation:

• Wash and finely chop the green onion


• Lightly beat the eggs with the salt and pepper




Heat a wok or frying pan and add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add the eggs. Cook, stirring, until they are lightly scrambled but not too dry. Remove the eggs and clean out the pan.


Add 2 tablespoons oil. Add the rice. Stir-fry for a few minutes, using chopsticks or a wooden spoon to break it apart. Stir in the soy sauce or oyster sauce as desired.


When the rice is heated through, add the scrambled egg back into the pan. Mix thoroughly. Stir in the green onion. Serve hot.

To drink, orange juice (orange symbolises wealth), coconut drinks (coconut for togetherness), pomegranate juice (pomegranate for abundance) are a good start.

Also to suit all party goers, Sodas, Non Alcoholic Punch and lots of water to keep the party goers going.

Decorate with mini parasols.

Simple graduation party ideas, select from a choice of excellent local caterers!

For the Cake, there are many, many brilliant oriental theme decorations which will thrill the graduate. Including Pagodas and Dragons. Also signs such as Chinatown. Finally a fan, mandarin hat, parasol, or kite.Once you bake the cake it can be frosted, decorated and cut to the shape you want. A cake is a fantastic way of celebrating graduation. The next section has a how to for an oriental cake.

College Graduation Party Ideas Cake

The Graduation Cakes page gives you full instructions on cooking tools, ingredients, recipe, cooking times and frosting the cake. Also ideas for cupcakes and graduation cap cake, which can fit any college graduation party ideas.
Simple Decorating Idea for Your College Graduation Party Ideas Cake

1)Cover with chocolate frosting – should probably be red, black and gold but dark chocolate will look much more appetizing.

2)Using greaseproof paper, cut out a template for a fan, parassol, or oriental characters.

3) Next lay the paper on top of the cake and use a piping bag with a biggish nozzle to pipe little blobs of white, red, black or gold frosting to cover the template. 

College Graduation Party Ideas - Games

A graduation party needs great games to keep the fun going.

• The Oriental Party Games page has unique, traditional, puzzle and carft games, perfect for your party.



• The Graduation Party Games page has a huge range of active, noisy, team, quiet and fun games, great for any party.

College Graduation Party Ideas - Favors

A good oriental graduation party idea is to fill Chinatown pails with lots of favors.

Parasols, fans, yo-yos, mandarin hats, mini dragons, lanterns, chopsticks, mint tins, nuts, add also candies. Also, a photo of the guest at the party and food recipes. Also give single bamboo shoot plants for luck. Make your college graduation party ideas memorable.

A traditional Chinese gift is a red envelope containing money!

Another college graduation party ideas is to include a China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam or Korean postcard.

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College Graduation Party Ideas - Music

For oriental college graduation party ideas the music can be the soundtrack from The Last Emperor, plus any manner of simply wonderful theme CDs. From I-Tunes you can get great music ideas for any college graduation party ideas.

College graduation party ideas need great party music to get the party moving. The right music makes college graduation party ideas fantastic. Make sure the graduate gets a say in the choice of music.

Oriental college graduation party ideas do need music to really set the mood.

College Graduation Party Ideas - Ideas

More college graduation party ideas:

• Have a Caricaturist draw the graduates and guests in Oriental style


• Have guests let go of their paper lanterns for luck. Do this safely as some coastguards may believe that the lanterns are distress flares which cannot be allowed to happen. Creative college graduation party ideas can be great fun.



• Hire professional oriental culture experts to give demonstrations on Bonsai trees, Origami, drawing oriental characters and serving tea Japanese style. Your college graduation party ideas may be generally oriental or specific to one country, but an expert should be available locally to help.


• A martial arts display, with guests joining in some gentle Tai Chi!


• Put the graduate's name in Oriental characters on the favor boxes.


• Entertainers can include Psychics, Actors with an Oriental film script, Mind Readers and celebity impersonators.


• Alternative venues for an Oriental party are and Oriental Garden or an Oriental Tea Room. Perhaps you can use a Chinatown to have the party in. You can take one of those special walking tours which include various restaurant stops to taste their special dishes. You may have the party based at the last restaurant.


• If you have a safety checked venue you could hire professional fireworks people to give your college graduation party ideas a bang.


• Arrange an expert to give an Oriental cooking demonstration.


• Choose an oriental piece such as a song or poem to be recited by guests as individuals or in teams. Performng can be a good college graduation party ideas.


• Show an excellent DVD with subtitles showing the best of oriental movies.


• Arrange a demonstration and recital on an Oriental musical instrument.


• One of the favors could be a gift certificate for an excellent Oriental restaurant which may even be used for take out. This can be a great college graduation party ideas.


• Save money on your college graduation party ideas, and have a joint party with other graduates.
  This can give excellent cost sharing, lots of people to do the work and help find items at cheaper costs.


• Save money and Buy Bargain Supplies!


• Save money and book college graduation party ideas venues for the cheaper weeknights

College Graduation Party Ideas - Things To Consider

The graduate may well be starting their new job quite soon after graduation. They may want to spend a little time with their close friends at college before they say their final goodbyes. It can make rather brilliant college graduation party ideas to have a Campus based party which could be a joint party with the graduate's friends. Hopefully you can arrange for family to attend.

If you have a party at home be sure you have family and friends available. It may be that the graduate’s friends from home have moved away.

Be sure to stay within the law if you are serving alcohol. Be very clear that anyone under age does not have any alcohol and that the bartenders do their job on this.

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