Graduation Party Tips: Graduation Ideas For Your Special Child

2008 May 20 by: Scott

Graduation Parties and Parking
Does you driveway talk to you? Does it ask you to strap on your bowling shoes and bowl a couple of games? It would if it had a gutter on each side made by cars like mine has! If you love your lawn and don’t heed this tip, you are going to cry big time! Take a look at your parking options. Park on the street. Make sure you block off areas in front of mailboxes if the party is on a Saturday. Some mailmen won’t deliver the mail if they have to get out of their truck. Remember you still have to live with your neighbors. Maybe a school or shopping center is just down the street. A couple of responsible Valets would help shuttling cars back and forth, and if they are on the track team, they can get a great workout running to get cars! They probably would work for food too! Lastly, as I mentioned (I can’t believe you aren’t reading all these graduate tips) in the tip about checking with neighbors- are they having a party too?

Graduation Parties Suggestions
Be wary of good furniture with food near. Remember Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can happen, will happen.” If some of the dip is going to hit the good stuff and you have a history of going “postal,” deal with it before it happens - cover it - or surround it with barbwire!

Throwing a Graduation Party
I know everyone is concerned about keeping that one place smelling pretty and fresh. You know the one - the bathroom. If you are having a mature responsible group, and even then I would be concerned, a scented bathroom candle with your favorite aroma is a nice touch. And the word is touch. For some reason a lit candle behind a closed door is irresistible to some. For those, consider the old standby room freshener out of the way of the curious. Most houses don’t have medicine cabinets any longer, but if you do…

Planning Graduation Parties - Invitations
Here´s another unique idea for a graduation party invitation:

Draw a graduation cap on white card stock (not too thick if you want to run it through the printer). Make sure your “cap” will fit inside the envelope. Hand-print or computer print your invitation. Place in an envelope (invitation envelopes can be purchased at your local office supply store.)

You can also decorate the cap with ribbon or glitter.

Graduation Parties and Your Neighbors
How is your relationship with your neighbors? Do you want to keep them? Do you even know their names? Check their plans with yours. I’m not kidding! When we had a graduation party for one of my boys, the neighbors were setting up to power wash anything that didn’t move! Come to think of it, it wouldn’t hurt to inform your local men and women in blue of your intentions. Go ahead; buy some tickets to the Policemen’s Ball. It’s for a good cause.
Don’t get carried away with constant activity. Make sure your graduation party is a relaxing and fun event with time to socialize. After dinner provide a means for the graduate and guests to listen to some tunes and perhaps dance the night away. A courtesy call to your neighborhood police station is recommended.
Sit back. Relax. Enjoy.