Hat Party

by Maretta Doran
(USA)

My graduation party ideas are based on the fact I am having a home party which will be open house. I wanted to identify us all as a team as we wonder around the various parties. Mt friends all agreed we should wear t-shirts and hats which identify us together.

To make my family home different, but blending in with the overall theme my graduation party ideas have been based on hats and school colors in some way.

In the end I have gone for a hat party. We have ordered hats in high school colors, blue and black, but everyone can wear what they want.
I hope we get basic baseball caps right through to my Mum's best hat for weddings.

In addition to usual decorations we have borrowed lots of hats to put out everywhere.

Games will be pin the hat on the graduate, best hat contest and pass the hat.

My dad is seeting up a standee with an elaborate hat above it. He will photo everyone and send them a copy.

Favors are baseball caps in school colors with candy.

The cake will be hat shaped and in school colors.

We now need to find lots of hat shaped cookie cutters for the sandwiches, and cookies, and hat shaped glasses for drinks.


You surely do have some great graduation party ideas. I hope to be able to give you a few more ideas to help out.


Invitations


Hats off to the graduate at the hat party
Wear any hat to the party, the more colourful the better
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Join in the hat graduation party
The graduate is famous for their hats
So please wear your favorite hat
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You may be able to accessories with hat shaped confetti and hat stickers. Just try and add to the color and fun of the hat party.



Decorations


You really can try to showcase lots of different types of hats at the hat party. You can also group types of hats.

• Display baseball caps, bowler hats, cowboy hats, top hats and fedoras



• Display photos of famous people wearing hats. That can range from the fabulous black and white photos of movie stars like Cary Grant to famous people at sporting events wearing hats.



• Have areas of the hat party like construction, sports, movies and gangsters, for example.



• Photos of the graduate, family and friends wearing hats should be displayed too

Favors, clearly need to be some kind of hat. They could also be hat shaped buttons or key chains.


Games, can be hat party games. That could be pin the hat on the head of the graduate or some simple game of pass the hat. Hats can also be used to pitch ping pong balls into, for example.