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I've got a fantastic selection of graduation party ideas that can certainly help make this a party your guests remember for a lifetime!

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graduation party ideas. Also outstanding IDEAS
on venues, hosting the party with the school, home party, invitations, planning, preparation, music and lots more!!

Graduation Party Ideas Themes

Choosing a theme for you graduation party is a must, even if it is as simplly wonderful as basing it on the graduate. Or you could choose something much more elaborate like Luau, Western or Superhero would be great for kids.

Having a theme for your party not only makes it a much more memorable occasion, it also makes your job a whole lot easier because you can choose invitations, decorations, food, activities and costumes all centred around the theme i.e. your choice is narrowed down making the decision making process a whole lot smoother and faster.

Adults and kids alike also love to dress up so getting them to come in costume gives them something in common right from the get-go. It does give a fantastic sense of excitement just getting ready for the party, a theme is one of the better graduation party ideas.

This page has A LOT of great graduation party ideas for possible themes. Have a mull over them and see if any catch your imagination.

I have tried to give you ideas which are great to use no matter what the party venue. You may have a Home Party, School, YMCA, Community Center, or even a Park in mind.

The decoration ideas are meant to give you everything from creating a grand entrance to making your venue come alive with balloons, streamers, murals and fun ornaments. There are ideas to suit your budget.

Confetti ideas to add a magical touch are included.

The costume ideas will suit your budget and theme. For example it does not cost much to dress as a cowboy (jeans, t-shirt, boots, and hat) or princess (best dress, jewelry and make up).

Food suitable for all graduation party types and themes.

Fantastic games to get your party going!

So, here are a few links to some themed graduation party ideas sections:

• A Theme Centred on the Graduate
• Kids Graduation Party Theme Ideas
• Popular Graduation Party Theme Ideas
• Creative Graduation Party Theme Ideas
• Graduation Party Theme Ideas Centred on Hobbies.
• Kindergarten Graduation Party Ideas
• College Graduation Party Ideas

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Graduation Party Ideas

Now, here are even more useful sections with lots more graduation party ideas:

• Graduation Party Hosted in Conjunction with School
• Graduation Party Venue Ideas
• Make Your Own Graduation Invitations
• Graduation Home Party Ideas
• Graduation Scrapbook
• Graduation Music.
• Graduation Party Planning.
• Money Saving Party Ideas.
• Graduation Party Food.
• Graduation Party Games.
• Graduation Party Preparation.
• More Ideas.
• Celebration Cakes.

You will know what the graduate will love. Consider their hobbies, major subjects, favorite TV programmes, what makes them laugh. Speak to them and have them agree a theme and venue.

Now it’s your turn – I’d be delighted if you have any graduation party ideas that you'd be willing to share with us - could be a whole theme or even just a simple activity.

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Graduation Party Ideas Centered On The Graduate

The graduate is of course the whole reason for the party and their hobbies, sports, major topics, clothing style and chosen future all have their place in the party. Firstly their photograph needs to be everywhere! Put photos of your graduate on your invitations, favors, decorations and even graduation cake. You could also add a simple color theme too based on your graduates favourite color or the school colors.
There are some great ideas for this theme including have a “This is Your Life” speech with a big red scrapbook. At various points you could introduce a friend or family member to join you and say a few words about the graduate.


Click here for lots more information and ideas on the Graduate theme.

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Kids Graduation Party Ideas

Hosting a graduation party for a younger child is much the same as throwing a birthday party or other social get-together. You could pick any theme from a Circus to Spiderman and you will usually be able to find better deals from online party suppliers than from your local store - the World's Largest Party Superstore is a great start for themed
party supplies.
I give you everything you need on invitations, confetti, decorations, costume, food, great party games, favors, and some essential ideas on making the graduation party truly memorable.

Circus Graduation Ideas

Avast me hearties – how about a Pirate Party!

Swim on over for a fishy party

Popular Themed Graduation Party Ideas

Parties for older guests might be a little harder to plan because of more sophisticated guest lists including people of all ages and backgrounds, but you can still have a successful graduation party relatively easily. To give everyone some common ground right from the get-go, graduation party theme ideas is something you might want to consider.
Check out some of the most popular ideas below and click through to find lots of great ideas for invitations, costumes, decorations, food, party favors, and games and activities, all suited to that theme. Also, lots of ideas and tips to make the party truly memorable. This is a once in a lifetime party after all!!


Best Graduation Party Ideas:

Mardi Gras Graduation Party Theme - Ideas for the most vibrant and fantastic party ever!

Aloha! Luau Graduation Parties are Magical

Lots of Wild West Party Ideas....... Yee ha!

Some fantastic glamorous Hollywood party ideas!

Walk on the wild side with an amazing Safari themed graduation party

KAPOW !! save the world with a brilliant graduation party

Take a chance with a Casino party

	Enjoy a Graduation Sock Hop with a Fifties theme party
	How about a musical graduation party!
	Throw a magical party to amaze your guests.
	Your amigos will love a mexican party!

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More Brilliant Graduation Party Ideas -
Something Different is Much More memorable!

• You could create your own theme using school colors, for example, with all plates and accessories being those colors. A local printer might even be able to print the graduate's school mascot on napkins or placemats.


• The simplest of all the graduation party ideas is to base one around your school colors. Most color schemes are built around one or two main colors. If you select only one color for your decorating try to add little touches of another color in a lighter or darker shade of the same color.
  Similarly adding little splashes of black, white, silver or gold will not detract from your main color choice but the effect will be considerably more dramatic.


• You could have simple candy themed graduation party ideas or take it a step further and go for a weird/gross candy theme. For favors, set up a candy bar and everyone can fill their own party bag. I have seen people go mad for this one!


• You can also create a theme using the graduation year, with giant cutout numbers and number confetti


• Or, get creative and pull your own graduation party theme ideas together based on what you think your graduate will enjoy or whatever movie is popular at the time.
  Even though a Pirates of the Caribbean party might seem a like a risk, graduates might enjoy an original party more than one that has the standard themes, foods, and activities

Check out this totally unique of graduation party ideas:

Backwards Graduation Party Theme - some amazing fun ideas.

Themed Graduation Party Ideas Centred on Hobbies

You could consider choosing a theme centred around your graduates passions or hobbies. I have tried to give you everthing you need including invitations, confetti, decorations, costume, food, great party games, favors, and some essential ideas on making the graduation party truly memorable.

Put a swing into your party with a Golf Theme

Graduation Party Ideas Planning

There is a lot to do so a good plan is essential for your graduation party ideas to succeed.

The details that need to be arranged include:

• Budget, this is vital as it determines the extent of the party. However if everyone pulls together and supplies food, decorations, prizes and their time, it is very possible to have great graduation party ideas on a small budget.


• Venue, which can be, for example, at home, tent, school gym, park, YMCA, local Activity Centre or a tent


• Date


• Bookings for caterer, photographer and entertainment


• Guest list


• Menu


• Theme graduation party ideas


• Invitations


• Preparation


• Help - be sure to have enough helpers to decorate the party venue, move furniture, arrange the food, help younger kids, play games and clear away afterwards, play music, park cars, check in coats and take photos. The success of you graduation party ideas will rely on the right help on the day.


• Potential helpers are parents, siblings, childminders, teachers and sitters. Agree roles in advance! Make sure to have food and gifts for them.


• For younger kids make sure you can contact parents. Mobile numbers on their name badge help.


• Timetable of events. From sending out invitations 3 months before the party, to actvities 1 month, 1 week, 3 days, 1 day and on the day.


• Activities on the party day, such as cake decorating, cleaning, final decorations and final checking.

For younger kids, a party in conjunction with the Kindergarten should be simpler to organise but still needs to be well done. The kindergarten will know exactly what to do here, they will also have graduation party ideas from past years.

See the Party Planning page for a full plan.

Graduation Party Ideas - Host The Party With The School

One of the biggest and best graduation party ideas is to host a big gala. Talk to the other parents and booster committees to see how feasible it would be to organize one big school-wide graduation party. Benefits of school-wide graduation party ideas are obvious. You can offer much more elaborate games and activities.

The high number of people who would attend would ensure that any dancing or sports activities would have plenty of participants. Many parents would be willing to help because a school-sponsored party would give a great focus, be a community effort and solve their graduation party issues. You could charge every attendee a small entrance fee to help allay the costs of the party.

The parents would also be able to set up a sort of hierarchy for organizing different duties that would make it easier on everyone. One parent could be in charge of food, another of entertainment and another of parking. Dictating duties in this fashion would ensure that every area of the graduation party ideas would have the full attention of the individuals assigned to it.

A party of this type should pull together without too many hitches in plans.

Graduation Party Ideas Venue

There are lots of venue graduation party ideas, as well as at Home and with the School, that can make your party special, and come within your budget.

Some great venue ideas are:

• Community Centers or YMCA offering a real blank canvas for your theme decorations and a good sized facilities.


• A tent, where there is something special about a Marquee, especially a beautifully decorated one.


• The Park offers a great outdoor venue with great flexibility. Let people relax outdoors on a great day. Organise fantastic games, outdoor food and really have fun.


• For a theme based venue consider closely tying the venue to the theme.
  For golf, hire a Driving Range or Golf Club facilities.
  For Baseball, hire part of the local baseball stadium, similarly to a football theme.
  For Bowling, hire a bowling alley.
  Also a paintball center, kids play type facility, swimming pool, Circus if it is town, facilities at the local Zoo, Craft Shop, Museum or Farm.
  Amazing if you have a theme park locally!

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Make Your Own Graduation Invitations

One of the more popular graduation party ideas is to make your own invitations. Of course you probably would not want to skimp on actual graduation announcements, but your party invitations leave a lot of room for creativity.

You should consider handing out invitations that look like diplomas. If you have a printer with good quality ink that will not run when wet, you can make your invitations look like real parchment:

• Just print up the invitations in a fancy font of your choosing
• You can then tea-stain them to make them look antiqued
• Steep one or two teabags in boiling water and then pour the water into a tub large enough for dipping paper
• Add cool water to the tea until it is a slight tan color
• Dip the printed invitations
• Lay them out to dry
• When they are done, you have a rustic but fancy way to ask people to your party
• You can tie the dyed invitations with a ribbon before handing them out for a special touch.
  

Another affordable but high-quality way to make invitations is to get a stamp embossing set and some cardstock:

• Dip the stamps you want to use in embossing solution
• Stamp the paper
• Pour the embossing powder over the resulting image on the cardstock
• Heat the image to emboss it
• You can print out the information for the party and simply glue that page inside the card to save some labor.
  

This method allows a lot of hand-made personalization for those who like nice details.

Click here for lots more homemade graduation invitation ideas.

If you want to buy invitations, you can use these personalised invites. With this option you can send your graduate's senior picture and party invitation at the same time.

Of course if you are throwing a more laid-back party, one of the most popular graduation party ideas is to simply print free graduation invitations from the computer and send them out. Nothing is wrong with this idea if it is what you want to do, they look great.

For more money saving graduation party ideas while still throwing a nice party, please click on
Money Saving party ideas.

Kindergarten Graduation Party Ideas

Please click on kindergarten graduation ideas for lots more kindergarten graduation party ideas, including:

• Graduation Party Ideas for a beautiful Graduation Ceremony


• Party Planning


• Graduation Party Ideas for the venue


• Keep the speeches short!


• Keep the food simple


• Preparation


• Great games


• Keep it colorful to suit the little graduates


• Lots more ideas..

Also kindergarten graduation party for a complete kindergarten party: The theme is based on the little graduates and their big day.

• Invitations, including homemade, with clipart and photos.


• Confetti and all the decorating ideas you will need.


• Food


• Games to keep everyone happy.


• Favors


• Essential tips to make the graduation party ideas go well.


• Lots more ideas..

Please remember, to make your kindergarten graduation party ideas work:

• Name badges are great as all the helpers can communicate with the kids effectively using their names.


• Be calm and keep smiling, it helps the kids too!


• Let the kids know who you are.


• Tell the kids any rules and boundaries at the party, especially for a home party. Let them know where the toilets are!


• Be patient, kids need reassurance!

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College Graduation Party Ideas

Planning college graduation party ideas can be lots of fun because you can include more sophisticated foods and activities.

As well as the Casino party above click here for a sumptuous Oriental party.

Graduation Party Ideas At Home

If you have a higher budget, you can allow for many decorations and special features.

Regarding food and beverages, you could have chocolate fountains with strawberries for dipping, or a punch fountain with decorative plastic ware glasses.

A caterer could be hired and remain well within a higher budget, and you could offer something more than the usual finger food found at graduation get-togethers. You could have the party outside your home and use garden lanterns for lighting. Wrap all the trees and shrubs with strings of twinkling lights for a romantic feel, and if insects might be a problem, citronella candles can unobtrusively provide candlelight and convenience for your party.

Rentals of special equipment like arbors or fountains would not be a problem if you call well in advance (remember, other parents will be throwing graduation parties at the same time as yours).

If you really want to spare no expense, you could even build a dance floor in your backyard. What a magical night it would be for any graduate, to dance with friends under the starlight on a beautiful evening!

If you are on the lower budget end of the home graduation party ideas, do not worry. You still have many wonderful graduation party ideas available to you to make your celebration special. Your guests will feel comfortable in a laid-back, friendly atmosphere.

You will also be able to accomplish a lot with strategically placed lights and other decorations. The great thing about having a graduation party at your home or in your backyard is that you will be able to personalize it to any extent you like. You will not have to worry about following any guidelines that you might have to consider if you were to rent a room. By doing things yourself, you can still throw a magnificent party for your graduate and his or her friends on a small budget.

Some simple preparation steps need to be planned. Freshen up the paint around the house and backyard. Clean the house and backyard. Fix anything broken or loose. Arrange any help you need!

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Graduation Party Ideas - Scrapbook

Many materials are available to help you create a graduation scrapbook that is fun and memorable.

If you need some help, please click on graduation scrapbook ideas.

Graduation Party Ideas Music

If you are having an open house party then click here for some graduation party music. You'll find a Graduation CD as a well as other CDs suitable for theme parties.

You can also save at a party by doing your own music or hiring the graduates to do it for you. Then you will be sure to play the music that the guests want to hear. Click here if you'd like to make your own CD full of the best graduation music.

Talk to the graduate and agree the music play list. You want a very lively party but do need to take account of the age of all the guests and your relations with the neighbors.

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Graduation Party Ideas Saving Money

• 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.


• Buy In Bulk


• Buy Bargain Supplies!


• Book venues for the cheaper weeknights


• Borrow everything you can.


• Use a simple color theme and save on decorations.

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Graduation Party Ideas Food

You could choose the graduates favorite food for the party.

There is of course the simple options:

• Salad Buffet


• Finger foods


• Hot dogs


• BBQ


• Burgers


• French Fries


• Pizza


• Bowls of fruit


• Carrot and celery sticks


• Sandwiches


• Pasta

Bowls of the graduate's favorite candy and snacks are good too.

Remember for younger kids they will likely eat only what they like. Best keep it simple. Perhaps with small plates. Kids may pile up the food and leave most of it. To reduce the potential mess, good graduation party idaes are perhaps you could have stickers and prizes for kids who clear their plate and also tidy up afterwards in some way.

Drinks can simply be fruit juice, water and coca cola. Also the graduate's favorite drink.

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Graduation Party Ideas Cake

The best of the graduation party ideas is a great cake, A must for any celebration. Graduates of all ages love cake graduation party ideas.

This cake is very easy to make as all the ingredients are mixed together in the same bowl.

Cooking Tools

• Wire rack for cooling the cake
• 2 circles of greaseproof paper – 17.5cm (7 inches) across
• 2 X 17.5 cm (7 inch) sandwich cake tins
• Mixing bowl
• Pastry brush
• Wooden spoon
• Palette knife.

Ingredients

• 115g of softened margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 115g cater sugar
• 115g self-raising flour
• 2-3 drops of vanilla essence
• A pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder.

For a lemon cake, add the grated rind of a lemon and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.

For an orange cake, add the grated rind of an orange and 1 tablespoon of orange juice.

For a chocolate cake, add 30g sieved cocoa powder to replace same amount of flour.

Brown chocolate topping and filling, 115g milk chocolate and 2 tablespoons of soured cream.

White chocolate topping and filling, 115g white chocolate and 2 tablespoons of soured cream.
 

How to Make The Sponge Cake

1) Set the oven to 170 degrees centigrade/325 degrees farenheight/ gas mark 3. Put all the ingredients into a mixing bowl.

2) Mix all the ingredients together with the wooden spoon, then beat the mixture hard for about 2 mins.

3) The cake mixture should drop off the spoon easily. If it seems too stiff, stir in two teaspoons of water and beat it again.

4) Divide the mixture between two greased and lined cake tins and smooth it level. Bake the cakes for 30 minutes until firm.

5) Slide a knife around the edges of the tins to loosen them and turn them out on to a wire rack. Remove the wax paper.
 

Covering the Cake

1) Break the chocolate up into small pieces and put in a bowl. Pour in the soured cream. Heat a saucepan of water over a low heat.

2) Stand the bowl over the saucepan of water. Stir the chocolate and cream together until the chocolate has melted.

3) When the cakes are cool, turn one of them upside down and spread half of the chocolate frosting on it with a palette knife.

4) Put the other cake on top of the frosting, then spread the rest of the frosting smoothly on top of the sandwich cake.
 

Alternatively here is a deluxe creamy fudge frosting:

• 50g of margarine
• 200g of frosting sugar
• 3 tablespoons of milk.

1) Place the ingredients in a bowl and place the bowl over a saucepan of water and stir until melted.

2) Leave until cold and then beat until thick and glossy.
 

Writing with Frosting on Your Party Cake

First of all you need to make the frosting. To do this just mix frosting sugar and water together until the required consistency is reached – soft enough to pipe but firm enough to maintain shape. Add any food coloring desired.

Next you need to make a piping bag:

1) Cut out a piece of greaseproof paper 25 cm square and fold it in half diagonally.

2) Fold one corner of the folded triangle into the middle point to make a cone.

3) Fold the other corner of the triangle around it so that the three points meet.

4) Then tuck the points inside the cone to hold it firmly in place. Snip the tip off the cone.

To pipe the frosting simply fill the frosting bag with frosting. Fold the top of the bag down over the frosting and press gently to squeeze out a thin ribbon of frosting through the tip of the cone.  

Simple Decorating Idea for A Pirate Theme Party Cake

A simple example of cake decorating is for a Pirate Theme Cake.

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

2)Using greaseproof paper, cut out a template for a skull and cross bone.

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 frosting to cover the template.  

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Graduation Party Ideas Games

Some great games examples are:

Match of the Year (Suitable for all ages)

This is one of the more appropriate free graduation party ideas games. What you do is try arranging lots of pictures of the grad at various periods throughout his school years on a table. You could turn this into a competition by asking guests to specify which photo belongs to which year.

Memory Game (suitable for all ages)

You can make this game as difficult or as easy as you like depending on age of the children playing it. Arrange several of the graduates possessions on a tray and cover them with a cloth. Give everyone a pencil and a piece of paper. Remove the cloth and give everyone 1 minute to memorize all the objects. Then they have to write down as many of the items as they can remember. The person who remembers most correctly wins.

Cross Dress Relay Game (suitable for all ages)

For this game you need 2 piles of the graduates clothes. You then arrange 2 rows of people. Each person takes it in turn to dress and undress. The boys would put on the female clothes and vice versa.
The team that completes the task first wins.
Obviously you need to get your camera ready for this one.

Scoot Them Away (suitable for all ages)

This is a good one for a back yard party. Simply line up some empty tin cans with photos of the graduate on a wall and knock them off using water pistols.

Pin The Cap On The Graduate (suitable for all ages)

Put a large size picture of the graduate on the wall. Invite the contestants to pin a graduation cap on the picture.

Graduation Hat Pinatta (suitable for all ages)

Pass The Orange (suitable for all ages)

No hands are allowed. The orange is held in your neck using your chin. Arrange teams of 4 to 6. First team to successfully pass their orange from neck to neck is the winner.

Click here for lots more games.

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Graduation Party Ideas Preparation

The party day does need a good schedule of events. You will need it to get through everything.

• Plan the start of the party, when each game will roughly occur, when the food will be served and when the party will start and end.


• Know exactly which games will be played and when.


• Have the music, prizes, helpers and materials ready in advance.


• Each helper should know exactly what they have to do.


• Have the favors ready in advance, and in running order. Put names on the favor bags. Everyone loves to unwrap a gift. If you have time wrap them up and decorate with ribbon.


• Know exactly who is helping to clear away afterwards.

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Graduation Party Ideas

Some different party ideas for you to consider:

• Have a Talent Competition with graduates and family all taking a turn to tell jokes, sing a song or recite a poem.
• Set up a Time Capsule. One of the graduation party ideas that lasts a lifetime.


• Search through the World's Largest Party Superstore and get lots of ideas.


• If you are having a party for your own graduate it may be better to share it with their close friends.


• Save Money and use E-bay for supplies. See our Bargain Supplies page.


• Ask everyone to bring food


• Favor bags can just be packed with goodies.


• Simple graduation party ideas, create a web page with your photos, stories and contributions from guests. Send the web address out with your Thank Yous. You could set the web page up in advance of the party and include your invitation details.


• Hire entertainment to enhance your graduation party ideas, for example a DJ will know how to find the right music to get the party going. All graduation party ideas are enhanced by the right entertainment.
  The type of entertainer can set the party theme, for example a magic party with a magician, circus party with Clowns, or even a puppet show.


• For kindergarten graduation party ideas, consider basing the theme on favorite toys, a kindergarten character from a book, or a school activity.


• Hire bouncy castles, bubble machines, Karaoke.


• Other theme ideas could be favorite hobbies, a school book, favorite television shows or songs.


• Have something that each guest can sign and leave a message on. This can be T-Shirts, memory boxes which each person takes home or a sign in book.


• Have a dunking booth with brave parents and teachers.


• Use games people and kids know. There is no time to learn new ones


• Another of the great graduation party ideas. As well as favor bags, have a lucky dip. Your guests can have the last piece of fun as they leave and take a lucky dip.


• Ask family to be the paparazzi, taking photos throughout the night. That way more of those special moments will be captured. One of the better graduation party ideas.

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Cooking Party 
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Quiet But Fun 
My plan is to go to the cinema or a Broadway Show and then go back to my house for a meal and quiet family evening.

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Actvity Party 
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Video - Play and record 
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