How To Cut Budget And Still Have A Successful Party For Graduation

By Janice Wires


Each year there are tens of thousands of new graduates graduating from high school or college. Many of them will throw a party and invite families and friends to celebrate. A successful gradation party lies in many things. The location, the decoration, the theme, the style, food and drinks, and the entertainment, all play a big role. To have a great party but still control the cost to a limited budget requires a lot of planning, comparing, consideration and decision-making. This article will discuss important tips on planning a great celebration.

The traditional ways of sending out graduation invitation is not cheap if you are sending to a lot of guests. What people usually do is they make customized photo cards at Wal-Mart or Walgreens and send them out. That can get expensive if you need to send to couple hundreds of people. Thanks to the new emailing software such as Evite, you can send out customized invitations to unlimited number of guests. You can customize your invitation using their templates. And best of all, it's free. Glow With Us carries party products will light up many parties and events!

One of the tips of controlling costs is to have a party together with a few graduating friends. It's likely that you will be inviting some of the same people. By joining forces, you can costs on renting the place, buying party supplies and decorations, hiring DJ, ordering food and drinks, etc. And you will probably have more help from family members and friends.

They are many ways to decorate a graduation party, from custom banners to LED balloons. Decorating the party with the guest of honor's school color is a great way of making the party special such as for the banners and balloons. When ordering the cake, they can be designed in the school color as well. Make sure to include the graduate's name and year of graduation on the cake. Graduation is truly a milestone in a person's life.

For graduation parties, guest list is of course important. That will determine how many people will be at the party and you can organize every aspect of the party. How big a party room or place you need? How much food & drinks to order? Also the age groups of the people that will be there. That will determine such as the entertainment aspect of the party. Also how you decorate the party is also affected by the age group of the gusts. Click here to see all glow in the dark party gadgets.

As with all parties, it's always a good idea to have a contingency plan just in case things go in different directions than as planned. If the party is held outside, having extra lawn chairs and tables wouldn't be a bad idea. If the party is small and held outside in the backyard, having a tent just case it rains will be helpful. If you are serving food and drinks and they run out quicker than planned, knowing how to replenish food and drinks will also be important. If you need more tips on planning a party, you can search online and find helpful information.

A graduation party at the end of day it's still a party. It's not that much different from a birthday party, a reunion party, etc. Like other parties, as a guest, you might want to bring a nice gift to the party. A framed picture with the graduate photo in it would be a memorable gift. The frame can even be customized to make it more personable. Gift cards are always welcome as the young adults can use them for exactly what they want.




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