Monday, November 7, 2011

Teacher College Graduation Party

Good morning and Happy Monday!! I'm so excited! It's almost my one month anniversary and I've made it to my 4th posting! I've managed to keep up with the Monday Schedule too! I hope you've enjoyed the ride so far.

This week, I would like to share with you a college graduation party put together for a student graduating with a teaching degree.  It was a long time coming, so we wanted to make sure it was special.  When thinking of a theme, the first thing to pop into mind was an apple theme. After all, what is more symbolic of a teacher than an apple, right?

With than in mind, I thought it would be a cute idea to have the invitation reflect a Principal's Hall Pass and I designated red and black as the colors for the party. So to keep with the apple theme, I stamped the outside of the invitation with a big red apple and had the Sender's label reflect that the invitation was coming from The Principal's Office to tie together with the invitation. Here is a picture of the invitation and envelope:



and here's what the main table looked like:


When putting it all together, I had to think of what else would be symbolic of teachers? So I wrapped up a few books and tied them up with a cute ribbon and stuck a cut-out in there for added cuteness. Voila!


And what about these personalized pencils from one of my fave stores - Oriental Trading Company?  They served as cute decoration and served as take home favors too.  They were very reasonably priced as well, which is always a plus!



I made little tin favors and filled them with red M&Ms to go along with the pencils.  


and used the little brown paper bags, in the back, as decoration and goodie bags for guests to put their favors in.


I added a few mini chalkboards and used some as prop signs.

   

As guests arrived, they stopped for a photo-op as they signed the Teacher's Chalkboard.


Then guests made their way in and signed the Teacher's Grade Book too, whick served as a cool keepsake.


       


Finally, here is the beautiful cake! It was so beautiful that it deserved it's own photo. :-)


So the rest is history my friends!  It was a wonderful event and one that was fun to plan too! I really love themed parties! Until next week!

13 comments:

  1. awesome for my daughter! Thank you

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  2. I just graduated from college with a dual degree in special education and elementary education! I am going to use quite a few of your ideas for my party at the end of this month! Thank you!! :)

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  3. I have a question: Where and how did you make those invites? I would love to make something similar but I can't figure out how you did it! Thank you! :) Please email me with the directions if you can!

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    1. Hi Carolyn, thanks for your comment and congrats on graduating! I actually used a feature on Word that already had the notebook layout and I took it from there. However, I believe that feature is only available on Mac computers. Good luck and have fun planning your party!

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    2. Hello! Thank you for commenting as I just realized this is an old post! :) I do not have a Mac but maybe I can see if anybody I know has one! Did you print them on cardstock? I love them! Thank you again for these great ideas! We are doing a money tree instead of gifts so people will pin the money on the tree when they get there!

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  4. what did you use for the chalk & eraser on the cake

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  5. It looks like a fun-filled graduation party celebrations!
    I love the cake, its colors and designs. Elegant yet look so yummy.
    Congratz!

    Cheers,
    Christine
    xxxx

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    1. Thanks for your comment, Christine! I'm glad you liked it! :-)

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  6. I really love those tins filled with m&m's! How did you make the labels for it?

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    1. Thanks for your comment...glad you liked it! I printed them out on address labels and stuck them right on. :-)

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  7. I liked this Teacher College Graduation Party a lot. I adore all these decorations a lot. I would also be attending a grand bash at event venue New York. It is a fairy themed bridal shower of my cousin. I am sure it will also turn out to be an enjoyable event.

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