Kindergarten Graduation Party

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The best kindergarten graduation party idea is based all on the little graduates. Lots of photos, banners, their favorite food and of course lots of fun!

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I have tried to give you lots of 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 the kindergarten graduation party in conjunction with the kindergarten for example is a brilliant kindergarten graduation party idea. That gives:

• a good size of party with better decorations and a more eye catching venue to get the kids excited


• A budget, perhaps, to hire equipment, buy decorations and hire entertainers


• Parents to help organise, raise funds and help at the party


• Lots of kids to take part in each party game

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

Before going through the items you need for the party, think about the little graduates:

• Get some of the best photographs of them looked out, from home and class. They will make great photos for invitations and also form part of the kindergarten graduation decorations.


• This is possibly their first big event and certainly is a landmark in their education before they enter grade school.


• Having a graduation ceremony, tailored to the yougsters needs, can be a very special occassion. It will certainly be emotional for the family!


• What do the teachers want to do? It is likely they will have some great ideas.


• Ask the kids waht they like at a party.

It is a very good idea to have a graduation ceremony followed by a kindergarten graduation party. Learning to work hard and celebrate your achievements is invaluable.

Kindergarten Graduation Party - Themes

You may prefer to have an exciting theme for the kindergraten graduation party. That does get the party started early as the little graduates get ready for the party.

There are great themes to get the party going:

• Circus theme



• Pirate theme



• Superhero theme



• Under the sea theme

Some further theme kindergarten graduation party ideas:

• Theme set by entertainer, Magic for a Magician, Ciircus for a Clown, Zoo.


• Theme set by venue, Explorers at a Museum, Artists at a Craft Shop, Bowlers at a Bowling Alley.


• Theme from a kindergarten project.


• A favorite song or TV show.

Just think how much it will mean to parents, family and the gradautes to have lifelong memories of a successful time at kindergarten through photos and memories of their graduation.

Kindergarten Graduation Party - Invitations

Creating invitations themed on your graduate is simple.

First off be sure you cover all the parts of the invite required:

• Use paper that suits the party. You may have a themed party, for example, or kindergarten colors or a favorite color.


• You may want to include photo confetti.


• The invite itself can be personalised, decorated and include a photo of the graduate.


• The envelope should be the same style as the invite.

Wording

Upbeat, kids wording can make the graduates delighted when they receive their graduation party invite.

Example, you are invited to a graduation party to celebrate your brilliant work in (Name of Kindergarten) Kindergarten.

Please come to (Venue) at (Time/Date) and join the other Stars for the time of your life.

If you are including a graduation ceremony in the invitation let the family know and tell them if they should have a Cap and Gown for the graduate.

Homemade Invitations

You can make homemade invitations based on the little ones photographs. The graduates dressed in Cap and Gown holding a diploma is a brilliant image which will absolutely delight family and friends.

Simply arrange a good quality photograph. Scan it onto your computer.

Using photo editing software, change the picture dimensions to the size you need.

Print onto flat card with the printed invitations details on the back. Instant invitations.

See my page on photo graduation invitations for lots more info on cutting, crafting, scanning photos, removing fingerprints and lots more!

Of course, kindergarten kids may love to make their own invitations. They can draw on card, add stickers, some glitter, confetti and ribbon. You can add wording and arrange for the kindergarten graduation party invitation to be sent to the parents. You can havew lots of colorful card and they can safely cut ot shapes to stick on too. You can ask them to stick to a theme. This can be great fun.

Clipart

The simplest way to enhance the invitations is to use clipart. There may well be excellent clipart images that suit the kindergarten graduation, or even the graduate if it is a specific graduate's party.

• Copy and paste any graduation clip art image that you would like to use into your word document. Before you paste make sure your cursor is in the location where you want the clip art placed.


• Click on the image and arrows will appear on the corners. Use these arrows to stretch the image to the desired size.


• Then I simply added wordart at the top of the page for a fancy title and added the party details in plain text underneath the graduation clip art.

See my page on using clipart with photo graduation party invitations to give that extra touch!

Here is a graduation photo invitation I created of my daughter. Click on the picture to view a larger image and get full instructions on how to make it.

Caricature

Alternatively use a caricature of the graduates. Ask a caricature artist to create pictures and use the caricatures just exactly the same way as a normal photograph. This could be a real surprise for the graduates.

Kindergarten Graduation Party Idea - Confetti

A great kindergarten graduation party idea is to have photo confetti.

The most amazing photo confetti maker can produce confetti using up to 10 photos and up to 3 accent colors. Select 10 great photos of the little graduates and choose the school colors or the graduates favorite colors. They have packs to suit your occasion.

A great kindergarten graduation party idea is to mix the photo confetti with regular graduation confetti.

Kindergarten Graduation Party - Costumes

There is a huge variety of costume ideas for the graduation party.

You may have a party at the kindergarten or relaxed open house party in mind. The dress takes care of itself in that event.

You may want to have some more fun and theme the party further on the graduates.

Some simple kindergarten graduation party costumes:

• Normal relaxed kindergarten attire.



• Cap, gown and scrolls for accessories.



• Any characters the kindergarten have used as teaching aids.



• Simply dressed in kindergarten colors.



• Favorite clothing style of the kids could give a theme.

Also, the graduates could make their own caps from construction paper and decorate them!

Kindergarten Graduation Party - Decorations

It is fantastic to have personalized decorations. You'll know how far you can afford to go here.

The very best way is to have lots of color, symbols and characters the kids know. Also fantastic to use artwork and drawings by the kids during the year.

Banners

To proudly announce the graduation and signpost the party a banner is excellent.

BANNERS: The size of the welcome and the enthusiastic congratulations are captured by the size and hearfelt messages of the graduation banner.

The banners are hardwearing, weatherproof vinyl.

They come in 3 sizes, 18” by 54”, 24” by 72” and 30” by 90”.

• The kids artwork from Kindergarten


• Photos of the kids in Kindergarten


• The kids achievement awards which could be laminated


• Graduation Balloons, including stars. Tie the balloons in bunches. Tie them to light fittings where safe, to doors and chairs. Try a balloon bag. Kids can decorate the balloons with stickers and felt pens.


• Streamers, in the Kindergarten colors. Tie the streamers in loops along the wall, safely to light fittings. Lay different colors together and twist them


• Tinsel
• For a Home party you could put ribbons, balloons and graduation caps on the outside wall or fence


• At Home, clear away any furniture that is not required


• Graduation scenes to cover the wall


• Gossamer, colored to give a great canvass for the featured decorations


• Silver and gold stars, which the kids can make


• Door covers
• Graduation style lights.


• Hanging graduation style decorations, caps with congratulations


• Graduation caps


• Murals with pictures of the graduate in their favorite setting


• Young children can of course draw their impression of the graduation in advance and their works of art can be displayed at the kindergarten graduation party


• Pin a huge piece of paper on a wall and ask the kids to draw something and write their names beside it


• Pin a huge sketch of a graduation theme n the wall and let the kids color it in at the party


• Signpost the toilets


• For Bunting, cut out and decorate pieces of card. Tie them about 12" apart on to a string or ribbon. Ask the kids to decorate the bunting to theme. Hang like streamers.

I think the best solution is just to use as many colorful decorations as you can and see if you get enough of an effect to really delight the graduates and guests.

Decorate your guests, this is a brilliant way to add to the kindergarten graduation party and getting your guests in the graduation party mood!

• Funtoos


• 2008 Glasses


• 2008 Beads


• Graduation caps


• Cap Medallions


• Lots of glow sticks and bracelets

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

For the kindergarten graduation party Table decorations, use pictures of the graduates, or a class photo, as a centrepiece! Of course there are lots of graduation style plates, cups, napkins and cutlery.

Protect the table from your kindergarten graduation party with a cover. Put a disposable camera on the table and see what the kids can photograph.Use place cards to avoid a rush to the table. Use table mats decorated in the kindergarten graduation party theme.Decorate the table with confetti, balloons on the back of the chairs, ribbons and any safe toys that fit the theme.

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Kindergarten Graduation Party - Food

You could choose the simple food for the party.

Some simple options:

I always try and remember to balance providing a great selection of food with the fact that kids only eat so much and tend to go for what they like. A balance of presentation to ensure they eat healthy food and also to let them feel they did have a treat! I like to use small plates.Food graduation party ideas:

• Hot Dogs


• Mini Pizzas


• Cubes of cheese


• Cocktail sausages


• Sandwiches in interesting shapes using a cookie cutter


• Carrot Sticks


• Fruit bowls, such as grapes, apple, pineapple and banana


• Coconut


• Mini boxes of raisins


• Ice Cream


• M&Ms

To drink, blueberry, strawberry and raspberry drinks give color. Fruit smoothies are excellent.Lots of water to keep the kids going is best. You could prepare vanilla milk shakes and add a safe amount of food coloring.

For the Cake, there are many, many brilliant decorations which will thrill the little graduates.Once you bake the cake it can be frosted, decorated and cut to the shape you want. Use icing in the kindergarten colors and write congratulations on it.

Cut into the shape you wish.

The kids will be delighted to have a graduation cake and all the excitement that goes with a celebration cake.

A kindergarten graduation party cake is one of the best celebratory graduation party ideas.

Arrange help with the food side. It can get messy!

Have stickers for clearing the plate and helping clear away.

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Kindergarten Graduation Party - Games

There are lots of kindergarten graduation party games:

Match of the Year

This is one of the more appropriate free graduation party 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

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.

Scoot Them Away

This is a good one for a back yard kindergarten graduation 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

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

Pass The Orange

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.

Rogue’s Gallery

Set up a table with paper, crayons, pencils and pens. Everyone has to draw a picture of themselves and write their name at the bottom. When they are finished they are pinned on a board. Everyone gets a prize. I can still remember my granny’s self-portrait – it was a real hoot.

Limbo

This is a good and free graduation party game for the garden. Play some fun music while your friends stand in line waiting to bend backwards low enough to fit under the limbo stick (broom handle, yardstick, etc.). In order to win, the limbo master must not touch the stick or fall on the floor while limboing under the stick (which is usually held by 2 people).

Pass the Parcel

Although this games has music it is excellent for calming everyone down after something active. There are two ways you can play this:
1) Wrap the present up as many times as possible and a layer of paper is ripped off each time the music stops – repeat until there is no wrapping left and there you have the lucky winner.
2) Wrap the present up once and the person left holding the present when the music stops is out – repeat until you have a winner.

Coloring In

Arrange a table with lots of coloring in pages and pens. This will let the kids play themselves for a while. It is always good to have some quieter time at a kindergarten graduation party.

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Kindergarten Graduation Party - Favors

Have lots of kindergarten graduation party favors to fill the little ones bags. Great favors such as:

• Candy bars


• Picture Matte


• Graduation Pens


• Caps


• Balloons


• Streamers


• Candy including M&Ms

A possible list for a favor bag is:

• Candy


• Party Blower


• Safe small toy


• Pen or pencil


• Notepad

Put names on the favor bags. Wrap the favors up where you can as kids love to unwrap presents.

Hand out the favors as kids leave the party.

Consider a Lucky Dip. What a great way to leave the kindergarten graduation party, with a mystery lucky dip.

Kindergarten Graduation Party - Music

Clearly best to start with the kids favorite music. Having the right music will delight the kindergarten party guests.

Consider the music used at the kindergarten.

Kindergarten Graduation Party - Running The Party

These lovely small kids need to feel secure and have a great graduation party.

• Use name badges


• Be calm and smile


• Let the kids know who you are


• For a Home Party, explain any rules and boundaries


• Be patient, kids need reassurance


• Have a good ratio of helpers to kids


• If you are using the park make sure you know where all the kids are all the time


• Helpers could be parents, siblings, childminders and sitters


• Be sure you know where cars will be parked


• Ask a helper to take care of coats and shoes


• Ask a helper to take photos


• Ask helpers to help with food, the table, games and music


• Attach name labels


• Get a mobile number

Remember food and a gift for the helpers.

Kindergarten Graduation Party - Ideas

There are lots more kindergarten graduation party ideas:

• Involve the kids in decorating the kindergarten graduation party.


• Make sure everyone gets a photo with the graduates.


• A long lasting graduation party idea is to have a song written for the graduate and played at the party.


• Have the graduates perform poems, songs and jokes. Make sure they get 2 weeks to prepare.


• If the parents are great fun then you could put them in stocks for the kids to throw wet sponges at.


• Party bags to hand out at the end with the class photo on them.


• There will be lots of gifts for the graduate. Thank You notes written by the graduate are the best!


• Write out rough timings for the party, including expected games times and when you want to serve the food


• The kids need some free time just to play, arrange activity areas where they can choose what to do, or just run around


• Stick to games the kids know, it can be too much to teach a new game


• Try to avoid games where some kids are out. An increasing number of bored kids will not help the kindergarten graduation party


• Protect your furniture


• Talk to your neighbours in advance


• Save money 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 venues for the cheaper weeknights leaving more money for the kindergarten graduation party.


• Think about the kindergarten graduation party venue and the likely weather. A tent, kindergarten, YMCA, local park or school gym can be great alternatives.


• Hire a Bouncy Castle, DJ, Bubble Machine or Puppet Show.

Good luck with your kindergarten graduation party. A kindergarten graduation party is a special time.

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