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Glam Graduation Party Ideas

By Pear Tree,

March 26, 2013
Every graduation party has its own vibe. And the best way to make the party your own is to start with your grad. What are her interests? How can you use her personality to come up with a party theme? Here are a few easy ways to incorporate your grad’s story into your graduation party ideas. We’ve chosen a girl’s pink and gold glitter theme, but the same ideas and design elements can work for any theme.

What girl doesn’t love a little glitter in her life? We made this party extra sparkly with our Glam Grad Graduation Announcements, and sprinkled gold glitter accents everywhere!
Graduation Announcements -- Glam Grad Horizontal Photo
A girly party like this calls for a girly meal. We made adorable chicken salad sandwich triangles and fruit kabobs on skewers. You could also add some fresh veggies displayed neatly. For the beverages we chose lemonade with coordinating pink striped paper straws and edible glitter rims on the milk glasses. To get the glitter rim we dipped the glasses in some vanilla and then dipped them in edible glitter or sugar sprinkles. For the backdrop on this glam table setup we used our Glam Grad Gold Party Decorations and stuck them to the wall in a fun gradient/fading pattern.
Graduation Party Ideas
Every party has to have centerpieces! We created a few different looks using flowers, mason jars, Glam Grad Gold Party Decorations and a few other items. These are definitely not your typical graduation party centerpieces; they are fun, grown up, and still really simple. Add some fabric to get a different look or use double-sided tape and glitter to add sparkle.
Graduation Party Ideas
We had a lot of fun with the backdrop on the dessert table, and it is really easy to do too! We bought five different fabrics and cut them into strips. Then we tied them onto several pieces of twine and hung each string vertically. We then attached more glittery party decorations to the fabric. We love with this backdrop idea for any table! As for the desserts, we made sure they also tied into the glitter theme. We chose a cake, cupcakes and cake pops, and decorated each with either edible glitter or glitter cupcake wrappers. Feel free to mix up the desserts to give the guests a variety. To get the cupcake wraps and cake pop sticks visit Dress My Cupcake. And don’t forget the personalized graduation napkins!
Graduation Party Ideas
If you are looking for something different for guest book ideas, look no further! We set up a photo booth with gold streamers and balloons. All of the guests will have their pictures taken in front of this and the photos are printed out immediately so guests can place them on scrapbook pages with little notes for the grad to look back on. This is such a fun way for the grad to remember their party.
Graduation Party Ideas

Visit our grad collection to see these and coordinating graduation announcements and decorations along with many more designs to inspire you. Or get some more great graduation party ideas on our blog. Have fun with your grad party planning!

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23 thoughts on “Glam Graduation Party Ideas”

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  2. Evie says:
    April 10, 2013 at 11:01 am

    Love what you have done. Brilliant!

    Reply
    • Dani says:
      April 11, 2013 at 8:35 am

      Thanks, Evie! Glad you like our sparkly Glam Party 🙂

      Reply
  3. Kim says:
    April 16, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    OMG Where did you get the gold cupcake wrappers?? I might use some of these ideas for a bridal shower im hosting!!! Great tips!!!

    Reply
    • Dani says:
      April 17, 2013 at 8:50 am

      Thanks, Kim! Yes, these ideas are great for any party! The gold cupcake wrappers were from: http://www.dressmycupcake.com/. They have a fun selection of all sorts of cupcake wrappers. Hope you have a wonderful bridal shower for the bride-to-be! 🙂

      And, if you’d like to share your party with Pear Tree – please email photos from the shower to dani@peartreegreetings.com. We love seeing our customers ideas!

      Reply
  4. Brittany @GreyGrey Designs says:
    April 22, 2013 at 8:17 am

    So pretty and girly! Love it!

    Reply
    • Dani says:
      April 23, 2013 at 8:47 am

      So happy to hear that you love our Glitter Glam party, Brittany. There are lots of fun ideas to do for any party! 🙂

      Reply
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  7. Elizabeth says:
    May 18, 2013 at 8:39 pm

    Where did you get the gold glitter picture frames from?

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    • Dani says:
      May 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm

      Great question, Elizabeth! We got the gold glitter picture frames from Hobby Lobby and could probably find them at any arts & crafts store. Hope that helps! If you do have a party, we’d love to see your photos by linking your blog/Pinterest page/Facebook page to our blog! 🙂 Thank you!

      Reply
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  9. Catherine Holt says:
    June 8, 2013 at 5:22 am

    This is a great party, everything works so beautifully together. This is pure glitz without going over the top! I love the glitter incorporation into everything 🙂

    Reply
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  11. plan a graduation party says:
    October 12, 2013 at 11:33 am

    Wow that was strange. I just wrote an extremely long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up.
    Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
    Regardless, just wanted to say superb blog!

    Reply
    • Dani says:
      October 18, 2013 at 8:36 am

      I’m sorry your comment didn’t show up. But, I’m glad to hear you like the blog post. We hope it has been helpful for family and grad to plan their graduation party!

      Reply
  12. Mirla Coronado says:
    October 18, 2013 at 11:25 pm

    La página es hermosa. Me encanta.

    Reply
  13. Dawn says:
    January 29, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    How did you get the pictures developed right away?

    Reply
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  15. jewelry armoire says:
    May 6, 2014 at 3:02 am

    This excellent website definitely has all of the
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  16. Cathy says:
    June 1, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    Hi,

    Where did you get the plastic things that you attach the photo to? Can’t find them anywhere!

    Thank you very much!

    Reply
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  18. Diana says:
    December 27, 2018 at 3:17 pm

    Hi! Where did you get your cute fabric strips background that behind the table?

    Reply

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