Having a High School Graduation Party without Spending a Bundle
High school graduation is an important time in any teenager’s life. It certainly requires a celebration for you, the graduate, and the rest of your friends and family. Graduation is the culmination of many years of hard work for all of you.
Although you want to give your graduate the party he’s earned, with college expenses looming, you may not want to spend all of your savings on this event. With a little creativity, however, you can have a bash that will be the envy of all of the other graduates and still have the cash to send your graduate to college in style.
Saving money on food and drink at your party by skipping the meal entirely. If you plan your graduate’s party in the afternoon, well after lunch and before dinner, you can get away with serving snacks and a few sweets at the party. Snacks like chips or pizza rolls are easy to buy ahead of time, when they’re on sale, and preparation is a breeze.
If you feel like you really should serve more than snacks at your graduate’s party, hamburgers and hot dogs prepared on the grill are a low-cost option. Be sure to check out warehouse shopping clubs for great deals on these meats. Bakery outlets are a great way to save on buns.
Saving money on the location of your graduate’s party is easy, too. If you have a large yard, you can have the party there. Otherwise, a park shelter is fun for everybody and usually not too expensive. Take care, however, to reserve your shelter early since many other families may be planning their celebration for the same day.
If an outdoor party isn’t what you had in mind, try to find an inexpensive space to have your party. Smaller gatherings may fit into your own home. If that won’t work, think about organizations you belong to that might have a space available. Churches and homeowner’s associations sometimes allow members to use part of their buildings for these types of events.
Graduation party décor doesn’t have to be over the top. The focus of this party is the success of your graduate, not floral arrangements or tablecloths. You can purchase napkins or paper plates in your graduate’s school colors. If you’re having an indoor party, you can deck the place out in memorabilia from your graduate’s years in school. You know you’ve been saving all kinds of programs and pictures over the year; now you have the perfect way to put them to use.
Finally, if your graduate has befriended another member of his class for his entire high school career, you may want to join forces with the friend’s family and plan a joint celebration. Chances are that these two graduates have shared every other important part of high school. Why shouldn’t they celebrate its completion together, too?
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