Hostess With The Mostess has my absolute favorite Twilight party  ideas ever, most of the ideas would work great for a graduation party. She tells you where to get labels, decorations, favors, food ideas and more.

Christine here at Blisstree is planning a Twilight birthday party for her daughter, but many of the great ideas she has listed would also work for a Twilight graduation party.

Etsy has some wonderful Twilight party favors, and party decorations.

If Twilight isn’t your graduate’s thing check out these Gossip Girl graduation party ideas from Celebrations.

You don’t have to stick with the traditional when it comes to Graduation party themes, set up a graduation party with a theme to match the graduates interests.

Have fun and stop back to let us know how your graduation party turns out.

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This guy looks like he’s ready for a graduation celebration!

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I love the little graduation hat, and scroll on this cake.

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This next one is on the Wilton website. If I made this one, I think I’d make it a little less busy. I do like the stars, but I’m not crazy about the smaller white icing stars, or the border. I think I’d use some ribbon, or something a little more subtle for the borders.

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These graduation cap cupcakes look like they’d be simple to make.You could dress these up, and make them your school colors.

Image via Kraft Foods

We have more graduation cake ideas and graduation party themes and ideas in our archives here at She Knows Parties.

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Here are several questions for you to ponder before you finalize your graduation party plans.

1. How many guests are you expecting? Is your location large enough to accommodate everyone comfortably?

2. Indoors or outdoors? If you’re planning an outdoor party, what’s your rainy day backup plan if the weather doesn’t cooperate?

3. Are you up for preparing the food yourself (and maybe the help of relatives), or do you need to hire a caterer?

4. What about decorations? How many decorations do you need?

5. Should you give your graduation party a theme? Or just celebrate the graduate.

6. Do you need entertainment for your guests?

Answer these questions and you should be on your way to a well planned graduation party.

More graduation party ideas

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Here are 6 graduation party themes and some basic ideas to go with them. Over the next couple days we’ll expand on some of these themes, and give you more food, decorating, and cake ideas. 

1. If your graduate has a favorite sports team (college or professional), decorate your party with team colors and memorabilia.

3. Put on your grass skirts and have a summer luau, or surf party . With palm trees, flip flops, surf boards, and sand. Serve fresh fruits or roast pork.

4. Make your graduate the star of their own red carpet event. Lay out the red carpet, and decorate with gold and silver stars. Stencil stars onto the cake or cupcakes with gold colored sprinkles or sugar.

5. Does your graduate love a foreign language? If they’re fluent in French or Spanish use those cultures to influence your party decorations and food.

6. Plan a Mardi Gras theme graduation, use the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and gold to decorate. Hang brightly colored streamers and and masks for decorations. Let New Orleans influence your menu choices.

For more graduation ideas make sure you check out our special graduation party section.

If you have a unique graduation theme party idea please share!

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Rock Star party image: Celebrate Express

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Do-It-Yourselfers will enjoy making their own graduation cakes without visiting a baker. Now, I’m not a great cake decorator like my blogging partner Linette, but with some of today’s cake pans and accessories no one really has to know. Check these out:

This adorable smiley face graduation cake pan looks like it would be a breeze to decorate too since the impression of the decoration will come out on the cake. It’ll run you $10.99 at Confectionary House.

Also at Confectionary House is a more traditional graduation cake pan – your basic mortarboard. Just use food coloring to make the icing the same color as your graduates hat.

If cupcakes are more your thing, try these graduation cupcake toppers from ShopBakersNook.com. $2.99 for 6.

Finally, I found some wonderful graduation cake ideas at SugarCraft.com. Do give them a look. I don’t know if I’m quite so ambitious, but talented cake decorators might be interested in these designs.

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My very brave niece Caitlin is graduating from high school this year. Though she’s graduating in June, her graduation party will be held in mid-July. Why is Caitlin so brave? She agreed to plan her graduation party with me through this blog on the condition that I “don’t embarrass her”. I promise Caitlin, and you can all keep me in check.

So, Caitlin and I still need to talk, but since her party is in July here’s what I’m thinking off the top of my head:

• Something outside
• Something casual
• Swimming in the pool
• Some fun, yet grown up party games
• Music
• Something environmentally friendly

Now this isn’t going to be an upscale, over the top party. There is a budget and the environment to consider. My sister and her family are quite green and if Caitlin is in agreement I’d love to see what kind of eco friendly, yet fun party we can come up with.

My sister owns a nice piece of property for entertaining friends and family outside. They also have a pool, so I’m thinking pool party or maybe some sort of tropical theme. As Caitlin and I plan her party, I’m hoping you’ll also offer some great graduation party tips as well. Caitlin will be attending pre-veterinary school in the fall. I hope this party will offer a reminder of how special she is and send her off to college feeling confident and positive.

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