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Throw the Best Graduation Party Ever

Middle school graduation is a significant event to celebrate in your child’s life. It marks their transition from childhood to their teenage years, and it can be a very emotional time for both parents and children.

Middle School Graduation Throw the Best Graduation Party Ever

Throw a graduation party your child won’t soon forget with these tips:

Capture the Moment

A photo booth rental from the Photo Factory is a great way to ensure that this momentous occasion is well documented.

Have fun with props and encourage everyone to use the photo booth so you’ll have plenty of pictures and memories to look back on fondly.

Be Prepared

Graduating from middle school is a major milestone, and you want this celebration to be one for the books.

Arm yourself with information so you can plan the best party for your child.

There’s plenty of information to be found online on how to plan a graduation party.

Some crucial information you need to gather before planning your party includes where to get party supplies, rates for renting tables and chairs or other party supplies, what kind of food to serve, how to prepare your home for the party, and ideas on how you can maximize your party budget.

Celebrating middle school graduation in the backyard three multi-ethnic teenage girls.They are opening gifts wearing their graduation hats sitting on terrasse. Horizontal outdoors waist up shot with copy space.

Let Your Child Choose the Theme

After all, it’s his or her party.

Let them choose a theme that appeals most to them, ask them about their interests and favorite hobbies, and see if you can center the party around one of those.

As your child is about to enter high school, they will probably want to avoid anything too childish, so be careful to plan age-appropriate activities and games.

Send Out Your Invitations on Time

Some of your child’s friends might be planning to throw a graduation party as well.

Check with them or their parents to make sure you aren’t throwing your party at the same time as anyone else’s, as this may result in low attendance.

Make sure your child is involved in the process of choosing and sending invitations.

The invitations should generally match the theme of the party.

You might want to take advantage of technology and set up an event page instead of printing out and sending paper invitations.

This is better for the environment, and it allows you to easily keep track of how many guests are expected to come and provide updates and answer any questions.

Graduation party table

Serve Great Food

Whether you decide to do all the cooking yourself or have the party catered, make sure you don’t scrimp on the food.

Consider serving your child’s favorite foods or ordering classic crowd-pleasers like pizza and burgers.

You might want to have a graduation cake to make the celebration extra special.

At the end of the day, the party’s details aren’t as important as making sure your child knows that you are proud of him or her and that they are loved and supported as they get ready to start a new chapter in their young lives.


Resources:

https://www.popsugar.com/family/Birthday-Ideas-Teens-Tweens-30863246

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/dessert/g5176/graduation-cakes/

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