In the life of every person there are certain events that are extremely important for him and determine his future destiny, among them graduation. It is important for teenagers to highlight this event associated with graduation from school and the transition to adulthood. A good option is to prepare a party, but you should also take care of the appropriate decor.
To create an unforgettable evening, you need to prepare all the decorative elements in advance in order to decorate the house with them on the special day and please the teenager.
Photos on the walls
A person spends all his childhood years at school. During this time, the child grows up, changes in appearance and character, new interests and friends appear. Photos will convey all the emotions and changes.
A good option is to hang photographs in the room, starting from the very first day, as soon as the hero of the occasion came to school on September 1st. You can hang photographs on one wall and make it an accent wall, or attach it to a ribbon with special clothespins and make a garland.
Note! There are special luminous garlands on sale on which images are attached. In the dark, they will emit a soft and pleasant light, creating a slight nostalgia around. If you can’t purchase one, you can simply hang a regular New Year’s garland.
Help from experienced people, or following feelings and logic...
When preparing a prom, you should make the work of yourself and the organizers easier. Make it simple/easy: aiming for results. The path to the goal - a well-spent evening (and night) for yesterday's schoolchildren - is a clear action plan with possible consideration of all “force majeure” factors:
- having allocated the necessary amount of time to prepare the celebration. It's better to start early. You can’t put something off until later, even something as trivial as bouquets/arrangements, for example.
- During proms, flower bureaus/agencies/shops everywhere will experience a shortage of materials. But you don’t plan that your “living” gifts will be made from unpresentable plants?;
- using the experience of predecessors. More “mature” parents who have already “experienced” prom in one of the past years will share secrets with current parents of graduates. They will talk about the fact that it is still worth considering “hot” drinks for young people (they will still find them in a nearby store/bar/prepare them in advance), about the absence of the need for several main courses (no one will eat them), about the need for a complete scenario for the whole evening with a creative presenter, which will give a feeling of community, friendship, warmth to every guest of the celebration. And your own “ordeals” regarding the graduation menu, leading to the celebration and entertainment programs will become airy and fluffy;
- stocking up with patience, understanding of the moment, drive, activity and bright emotions. There will be more than enough of them, because this is not only an evening smoothly flowing into the night with special secrets, but also a morning - a meeting of a new day for each invitee. Then - graduation day with a trip to nature!
Balloons
Not a single holiday is complete without balloons. If you have time, you can tinker and independently order balloons with wishes for the future or assemble a structure from them - a schoolboy with a briefcase, a bell or an ABC book . Another option is to order the design from professionals.
You can consider other ways to decorate the interior with balloons:
- Inflate the balloons with helium and simply float them around the room.
- Inflate a large balloon, after placing in it glitter, confetti, erasers, airplanes and other objects associated with school.
- If it's a party for classmates, you can write the students' first and last names on each balloon.
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Let's start with the banquet
Let's skip the preparation of the official part. We’ll leave high-flown/important/responsible/heart-stopping words for the school principal and head teacher, district representative, harmoniously united by the leader into a single whole. Here we will leave the speeches of yesterday's children - today they are almost adults.
Let's take care of the graduation banquet, without which the holiday would not be the same. It is not a light buffet at a themed party or a picnic in honor of a birthday, but a full-fledged part of a special event.
Therefore there should be:
- designed by professionals even if the dishes are prepared by experienced amateurs. Only the Chef is able to calculate the number of hot/cold/portioned snacks for 60-90 children + almost 270 adults + school team of teachers and invited guests from authorities. It will also help to take into account the number of drinks, given that the guests at the prom will be “divided” into 2 groups, initially according to age;
- amaze not only with the variety of dishes, but also with their timely serving. Here it is important to take into account the entertainment part of the event, which will require time from children/teachers/parents. As soon as you get hungry, fresh, aromatic, appetizing dishes should appear on the table. The guest should not feel deprived of attention at the table. Therefore - only hot chicken Kiev, only light julienne, only frozen aspic, only...;
- charm with the efficiency of the waiters. You can’t do without them where a banquet is a multi-hour event. Serving the second hot course exactly on time, changing appetizer plates, “updating” fruit cuts, clearing tables of garbage when no one is at them, re-setting coffee tables (and more than once!) is a task for experienced craftsmen/aces/professionals. Transforming the graduation banquet and the whole evening into a good fairy tale.
Reminder/important point No. 1: when developing a menu, choosing ingredients for each specific dish, give preference to light and simple products so as not to overload the stomachs of guests. Their main goal is to enjoy a fantasy evening, a dream evening. Which will not happen again, and therefore should be remembered. Memo/important point #2: pay special attention to… furniture. It must be of good quality in order to withstand a guest weighing 45-80-120 kg, anti-vandal - in order to look presentable even after the hundredth graduation, comfortable - for many hours of “sitting” in place. And have an ergonomic shape. Streamlined shapes and smooth angles, the absence of protruding parts and other ill-chosen accessories - the opportunity for a graduate in an evening/cocktail/fluffy dress with several skirts to easily get up from the table or return to absorbing the next masterpiece of the Chef.
... and end with the importance of the script
Best - scenario - 9th grade banquet - decoration and choice of premises will be yours. Precisely because parents want the individuality, specialness, and charm of this day for their graduates no less than they do. That’s why they select a script to match the entire celebration!
Officially creative, dynamically intelligent, informative and admonishing. You can entrust the celebration to someone who has hidden/open/revealed talent in your team, or you can prefer an experienced host. The main thing is to agree in advance on competitions and quests, quizzes, a moment of dancing and exchanging warm words, tasting food from the graduation menu and... unplanned moments. They will definitely be there!
Holiday garlands
You can decorate window and door openings with garlands, stretch them from one corner of the room to another, and hang them on the walls. Garlands are made from different materials. Three-dimensional flowers and balls are made from corrugated paper.
If you make them bright, colorful and different in size, the room will become cheerful and cheerful. Bells, textbooks, dresses or ties and other school symbols are cut out of felt.
Decorating the assembly hall with fabric
Bright flowing fabrics will help transform even the most ordinary-looking room. Textiles can be used to decorate the stage, windows, aisles and other areas. Translucent chiffon is often used for decorative purposes. It gives the room lightness and airiness.
You can also take polysilk, which shimmers beautifully in the light and makes soft, flowing folds easy. On the stage, figured lambrequins are made from fabric, and color accents are also made on the curtains so that the decoration of the hall is consistent in the same style.
Natural flowers
This option is suitable for teenage girls. They are pleased to receive beautiful bouquets of flowers as a gift. They can be placed around the entire perimeter of the room.
Teenagers are fickle and very difficult to please . To maintain a good relationship, you need to make a lot of effort and prepare an unforgettable party so that it will forever be etched in your memory and always remind you of joyful events, true friends and loving relatives.
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Beautiful examples
For school graduates
Decorating with balloons looks solemn and rich.
The room, decorated in light pastel colors, looks very warm and atmospheric. Chairs draped in textiles, floor candlesticks, and flowers make the atmosphere elegant and aristocratic.
Flowing light fabric, LED lighting, tastefully selected artificial greenery and skillfully made paper flowers. The result is a gorgeous photo zone that will decorate any room.
Round screen decorated with glass pendants and artificial vases. Floor candlesticks, bouquets in tall vases and decorative pillows on a bench. A wonderful romantic corner for a prom photo shoot.
