Unique And Fun Graduation Party And Decoration Ideas
Are you aware that an estimated 300 million people are expected to have one or more degrees by the time 2030 rolls around?
Earning a degree is an amazing accomplishment that deserves an equally amazing party. If you want to make your graduate feel extra special, then you’ll need to do something even more fun and original than usual.
Are you wondering which types of party ideas will elevate the festivities? Keep reading to learn all about graduation party ideas that will never allow your graduate to forget their outstanding achievements.
1. A Cap and Gown Party
Everyone’s familiar with the classic toga party, but you can take that concept and add a graduation twist to it. The two main elements of attire during graduation are caps and gowns. Why limit this fun outfit to the graduate?
You can throw a cap and gown party in which everyone arrives wearing their own customized caps and gown. In fact, you can have a contest in which guests are judged on the creativity of their get-up. After all, graduates are known for putting all kinds of unique designs and graduation sayings on their caps.
With this in mind, you can challenge guests to decorate their caps as well as their gowns. It’s often the case that graduates wear various medals and tassels, which can add a whole new dynamic to the festivities. If you combine this with different colors and designs, then you can end up having one of the most visually-striking graduation parties of all time.
You could either instruct guests to decorate their attire ahead of time, or you could set up various arts and crafts tables in which guests can have fun while creating their outfits together. Don’t forget to get a bunch of material-specific paints, plenty of glue, and decorative elements, such as tassels, pompoms, glow-in-the-dark stars, sequins, and anything else you can think of.
Aside from setting up a photo booth and taking all types of fun photos together, you can end the festivities by taking a picture where all of your guests toss their caps as high as they can. It’s best to do this activity outside so that nothing in your home falls and breaks. Plus, the hats will have plenty of room to fly like the dreams of your accomplished graduate.
2. A Library Rave
You’ve probably never expected to see “library” and “rave” in the same sentence, but now you can make this a reality for your graduate. After spending 4 years or more studying and studying in a library where you’re supposed to be quiet, your graduate can celebrate their big day by associating the library with lots of fun.
Are you asking yourself, “What do you need to decorate a graduation party?”
By going to thrift shops, you can find tons of old books that you can repurpose to create your library party venue. You could even fold the pages of a book into eye-catching works of art. While studying may be mentally tiring, reading is still a wonderful activity, so you can use one or more of your graduate’s favorite books as decor inspiration.
For instance, if they’re a fan of the great American novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, then you could include some decorations that evoke the sea, the sailors, and of course the infamous white whale. As you’re focusing on the library aspect of the party, don’t forget about the rave elements.
To take the library decor to the next level, you can include black lights, glow sticks, body paint, and other things that are associated with the best partying of all time. You could even invest in a disco ball to heighten the festivities even more.
You’ll need an awesome playlist so that your guests can dance well into the wee hours of the night. “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper, “ABC” by The Jackson 5, “Teacher Teacher” by Rockpile, and “Another Brick in the Wall” by Pink Floyd are all classic bops that have an educational theme. To mix things up, you can also throw in some pure dance songs like dubstep and other electronic songs that are all about raving and enjoying the moment.
3. A Head in the Clouds Party
The cliché that’s often said about school is that once someone graduates, they’ll finally be entering the ‘real world.’ Until that time, students have their heads in the clouds with all of the dreams and possibilities that are laid before them. With this in mind, you can give your graduate one last dreamy party before they have to deal with the adult responsibilities that come pouring in after school.
If you want to add a fun and humorous twist to your decorations, then you could use cotton to make little clouds that you can stick to the walls and hang from the ceiling. Are you stumping yourself with the question, “How do you throw an inexpensive graduation party?” You can buy bulk bags of cotton if you go to a sewing shop, which is much cheaper and also easier to work with than little cotton balls.
Chances are your graduate has had more than a few career dreams throughout their life. From a firefighter and police officer to a doctor and lawyer, you can use these as inspiration for additional decorations. It could even be a good idea to avoid the career they’re currently pursuing because they’ll get plenty of that once they start working.
As for food, you can feature a wonderful cotton candy machine as the main edible attraction. Adults and kids alike will love putting the paper cone in the machine and watching as the cotton candy accumulates on it as though from thin air. You can also have a graduation cake with a texture that’s as fluffy and soft as the clouds in the sky.
In your graduation party invitations, you could ask guests to dress up as the careers they dreamed about when they were young. This will give everyone a second chance to dream big like they always used to.
4. “You’re an Einstein!” Costume Bonanza
When it comes to smarts, no one has made a name for themselves quite like Albert Einstein. That’s why calling someone an Einstein is one of the best compliments a person can give about someone else’s intelligence unless they’re being sarcastic. Now that your child is graduating, there’s no question that they’re an Einstein since they have the degree to prove it.
Not only is the name Einstein iconic, but his looks are also. With a crazy shock of white hair and a mustache, no one has been able to pull the look off since. With this in mind, you can have your guests dress up as the great theoretical physicist to pay homage to your child’s academic accomplishments.
To take the excitement even further, you could have an Albert Einstein impersonator contest. Whoever is judging the many Einsteins can take into consideration the costume, the voice, and the mannerisms. After all, who needs Elvis Presley impersonators when you have Einstein?
Don’t forget to put out plenty of Smarties candies for your brainy guests to enjoy. It can be as delicious as it is a tease to have a bowl or two of Nerds candies as well. There’s no denying that so-called ‘nerds’ like Einstein are some of the most successful and intelligent people in all of history.
Has a friend or family member ever asked you, “How do you decorate a room for a graduation party?”
When it comes to decorations, you can hang up some medium-sized blackboards and write out equations in chalk. Don’t forget about Einstein’s most famous equation of all: E=mc2. That equation is just begging for someone called MC Squared to DJ at your party.
Lots of Einstein’s top equations can be illustrated using train-related thought experiments. In the spirit of this, you could spend time setting up a miniature train to coast through the party venue. The more track you have, the wilder the journey can end up being.
5. A Class Ring and Beyond
If you want to get artistic with your party and its decorations, you could use the class ring as the muse. Be sure to hand out Ring Pops so that your guests can walk around with a delicious treat that also doubles as some bright bling-bling. Aside from edible rings, you can also make custom bracelets that celebrate the graduate’s big day, including a pun like “Sarah’s Graduation Party 2022 – Does it Ring a Bell?”
You can also have an exciting hula-hoop contest. What’s a hula-hoop contest without music? Fortunately, there’s a wide variety of catchy songs you can play, such as “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” by Beyoncé, and “Ring Around My Rosie” by The Everly Brothers.
There are even Nerf guns that shoot soft, ring-shaped projectiles. These toys could be used for a twist on the game of tag in which the tagger has to hit the other players with the Nerf gun. To add an adult element to this activity, you could have it so that any time someone is tagged, they have to take a shot.
Once your guests have built up their appetite, it’s time to break out the ring-shaped Bundt cake. For sweet snacks throughout the day, you could put out some pineapple rings and Lifesavers in addition to the Ring Pops.
As a joke photo opportunity, you can roll out a red carpet, put a crown on the graduate’s head, and get pictures of the guests kneeling and pretending to kiss the graduate’s new class ring.
Overlapping rings, much like the symbol for the Olympics, have an eye-catching aesthetic to them. Using construction paper, you can overlap a bunch of rings and place them all over the walls. Paper chains are a classic decorative design that would be a lively addition to your party’s atmosphere.
6. The Last Frat or Sorority Party
If your graduate was part of a fraternity or sorority, then chances are they’re no stranger to partying. This type of lifestyle isn’t something that can continue beyond college, which is why you can throw them their last, and possibly even their best, frat or sorority party.
You can put the Greek letters of the graduate’s fraternity or sorority on the cake, the decorations, and anywhere else you can think of. You could even create a monogram light that shines the letters on the dancefloor.
Don’t forget to set up a couple of iconic fold-out tables and red solo cups. This is where people can chat while also playing a simple yet fun game of beer pong. Of course, the beer is optional. In fact, you could switch things up by including all kinds of fun drinks, from sodas to champagne.
While beer pong is one of the most infamous games, that doesn’t mean you can’t take it up a notch. You might be thinking to yourself, “How do you host a backyard graduation party?”
If you have enough outdoor space, you can use garbage bins as giant solo cups and use volleyballs as big ping pong balls. This will certainly be a beer pong game that your guests won’t soon forget.
If you do play one or more drinking games, don’t forget to encourage responsible drinking by putting out a bowl for people to put their car keys in as they show up. To add to the vibe of a frat party, you can also set up sports coolers where people can get as much water as they’d like. Staying hydrated is an important part of smart drinking.
Since frat and sorority parties are all about letting loose, you should encourage guests to dress like cheerleaders, footballers, and other staples of the college crew. When it comes to the party invitations, you could even include a photo from one of your graduate’s best college party experiences.
Are You Ready to Use These Awesome Graduation Party Ideas?
ce learned all about graduation party ideas, you can celebrate your graduate’s wonderful accomplishments. After all, they deserve to feel pride for all their years of hard work. If they still have to get their master’s or doctorate degrees, then you can try some of the other ideas that you didn’t get to the first time.
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