With the graduation party this past weekend, I couldn’t help but get excited to participate with Lana, Sherry, Katie and Emily and all of the creative bloggers linking up in the
Want to see what our project was? Read on.
First, a few grad party sneak peeks:
Graduates:
(nephew and daughter)
We had yummy picnic dishes – hot & cold (including Mr. DIY’s brisket and ribs) and lots of guest-shared side dishes, ice cold drinks chilling in a baby pool. The guest list was rather large with two guests of honor so a little help with affordable picnic-style food (chicken from Walmart) was necessary.
We used recycled tissue paper poofs from the baby shower:
And made some pretty scrapbook paper banners:
I forgot to snap a picture, but using mini-clothes pins, we hung pictures of the grads throughout their 18-yrs of life on a string of twine hung banner style. Setting up = forgetfulness in the taking pictures for sharing with blog friends. It was super cute!
Activities included volley ball, badminton, bean bag toss, a bon fire at dusk and a photo backdrop area with fun photo props (mustaches and silly glasses were a huge hit!).
(string up a clothes line between two trees, backdrop is a table cloth)
We did use disposable cameras in this area (terrible pictures/expensive) so if you have the time or can assign a person to sit with your decent camera, it’d be more affordable with better pictures as a result.
Disguises!
As for our Pinterest inspiration for summer outdoor fun:
Pinterest Inspiration = lawn Twister
(the original link appears to be broken/has disappeared, but we did up our own tutorial)
Our take on lawn Twister:
(Notice our color pattern/design is a little different than the Pinterest inspiration but it worked out perfectly!)
Spray painting the grass (it grows out) using a cardboard circle stencil (the center circle cutout was used for the spinner). We used Krylon in red, yellow, blue and green.
We made the spinner from things we had on hand: card board, an upholstery tack and a little Gorilla Tape on the back (to prevent pinprick). Recycling cardboard and using markers gave it a fun vintage toy vibe.
(see full outdoor twister tutorial I did at the DIY Club)
The party was a success! Guests had a blast! Each graduate even gave a small speech thanking guests for coming (all 110!!!), introduced themselves and described their future plans. Applause! So proud!
Want to join in the fun of the Pinterest Challenge – Summer Edition? Here’s how: Select a project on Pinterest that has inspired you. Post about it and link up at Making a House a Home, Young House Love, Bower Power and Emily Henderson. Fun!
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and link up your DIY to the Monthly DIY Project Contest for a chance to win some pretty cool prizes!
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