Teenage house party for graduation?!
Teenage house party for graduation?
What are some good ideas for this? What are good activities that I can do that will keep everybody occupied.
This is for high school graduation.
Answers:
One thing we did at my grad party was have a book for everyone to send you well whishes. Take a pic with each person in the book. For favors we gave 4x6 picture frames and in the thank you cards we sent a copy of the picture. I love seeing my pic in everyones house : )
Another key thing is to set up seating areas. I am assuming that your family and friends will be attending. Gramma probably doesn't want to hang out too much with with that friend you keep on meaning to ditch. Have a specific area where there is music that you enjoy where a younger crowd will be hanging out. If you choose to dance or goof off, i.e get wet or have a food fight, you won't be interrupting your other guests. Have a relaxing area inside where if people get to hot they can relax, feed their children, etc. Have a specific area where people are eating, and have an old man seating area under some shade. You'd be surprised how the over 40's will sit and chat over a beer for hours. You may also want to set up a card/game table. My family loves to play poker and board games so we had that. At first it wasn't used, but once people get started everyone wants to join in. You may want to find a game a ton of people can play in teams like scattergories.
Another thing you can do (your mom would probably love doing this) is go through your photo albums and make a collage of pictures of you from birth to this date. Make sure you include pictures with your family, friends, etc. Everyone loved this at my party, and really took the time to look at it. My mom even had mine framed and I took it to college with me. It was a nice reminder of family when I was homesick.
Congrats Grad!
Water ballons. Squirt guns. Volleyball. Lots of food and pop. :) Have fun.
Tricks and Tips for Graduation Parties
First and foremost, make your gift list with these graduation gift suggestions.
Make invitations into little diplomas. Use a calligraphy pen to script the invitation, roll the paper up and tie with a colored ribbon.
Give each guest a white t-shirt and set out permanent markers so that they can sign each other's shirts. They may not want to have the shirts on when signing if the markers bleed through the shirt on to their clothes.
Make a time capsule. Have each person bring something that has to do with their years in high school. Place this in a box and give to someone for safe keeping until their ten year reunion.
Play pin the mustache on the teacher. Blow up a picture from the year book of one of the teachers, your teen will give you an idea of which one.
Make mustaches out of cut out black construction paper. Place tape on the back of each mustache. Then the game proceeds just like pin the tail on the donkey.
If it's hot outside, a water balloon toss is always fun, (played just like and egg toss but not as messy). Choose the balloon colors to match the school colors.
Have a sign in board. You can use a large scroll to keep the diploma theme or place pictures of as many of the classmates as you can find around the edges of a large poster board.
Place the name of a teacher on a sticky label. When a guest comes in, stick it on their back. They have to ask other guests yes or no questions about the teacher and guess who it is by the end of the night.
Have a memory note station. Set up "note boxes" for each guest, and paper and pens to write notes to each other. The teens can write their memories of the other person down and stick it in their friend's box.
Food, food, food!! Graduation cupcakes are a must.
Video tape the party! Place the video camera on a tripod and just let it roll.
Don't try to have too many activities. Teens love to just get together, talk and listen to music.
slip and slide.....available at any toy store