SENIOR GRADUATION PARTY INVITATIONS: • Make invitations into little diplomas. Print party information on desired paper, then roll up and tie with grad’s school color ribbon. Give a little flair by adding a tassel or diploma charm to the ribbon. • Create a photo invitation using their senior portraits • Send a custom printed t-shirt using the grad’s nick name or their catch phrase from their yearbook as an invitation. Create a paper invitation of a t-shirt and include all the celebration information and request the guests to wear the shirt to the party. • Design report-card style invitations on your computer. THEME: • If your graduate is college bound, plan for a Texas BBQ, New York Broadway, Boston Seafood, Florida Beaches or other area where they will attend and go from there. • Is the grad a sports enthusiast? Pick out different sports events and develop the theme around their favorite sport. If you have any of their old jerseys from games, it would be cute to hang on a clothes line to display around the yard or in the house. • Plan for an Open house style if they have many friends and want to try and make it to each party after graduation ceremony. • Discuss with other parents to decide if you would like to plan a block party if there are multiple graduates in the neighborhood. DECORATIONS: • If your graduate is college bound, then deck the walls with jerseys, pennants and banners from their new school. • Pick out a few of your favorite pictures of the grad and have them blown up as posters. • Turn graduation caps upside down and use as bowls for chips, or fill them with flowers or balloons for centerpiece. • Use high school colors or soon-to-be college colors for the paper products • Display photo albums and yearbooks from grade school through high school and let the grad’s reminisce about the good old days. • Create a banner with your graduate’s future plan’s showing what their future holds. • Line your driveway and front door entrance with photos on a stick • Sprinkle photofetti or wordfetti on tables and in invitations • Cover several tables with plastic tablecloth using grad’s school colors. Randomly place grad’s school photos and classmates around the tables and then cover with heavy clear plastic cloths on top to display special school moments. • Enlarge their annual school photographs and hang them around for guests to see how much they have changed. • Have a banner made (check out our party supply section) with CONGRATULATIONS! GAMES/ACTIVITIES: • Make a time capsule and ask each guest to bring something special to add from their school years. Place items in a box and store in a safe place to be given to them on their ten year reunion. • Have a note station set up including decorative paper and pens for guests to write special memories, hopes and dreams for their future, and best wishes for the graduate. • Set up an autograph board using a photo mat or poster board for guests to sign and include a senior photo in the middle of board for a special gift to present to the graduate. • Have a roast themed party where everyone roasts the graduate and spills embarrassing, funny stories from their past. • Ask all the graduates to wear or bring white t-shirts so everyone can sign each other. • Pass around address book for all seniors to put in their address information so graduate can contact them anytime. • Place a jar full of pennies on the main table and ask everyone to guess how much $ is in the college fund jar – whoever wins gets a prize! GIFTS/ FAVORS: • Candy bar wrappers featuring grad’s photo and celebration information • Personalized fountain pens • Imprinted tassel key chains • Personalized graduation frames • Mint tin favors with graduates picture on the front • Postcards or Note cards with pre addressed college address of graduate for guests to write little notes to the grad to receive at their dorm. Tie together with colored ribbon.