Baby Girl's (rainbow themed) party for her Kindergarten graduation was a lot of fun to plan and host. It rained and rained and rained the day of the party, but we still had a great time!
I was going to share all of the decor today, but sat down and realized that there are way too many photos for just one post! So new plan: Streamers & Balloons today, Table Decor in the next post :)
Keep reading to see how I used streamers and balloons to create a rainbow theme.
Click here to see the party invitation.
Simple Supplies
Streamers, confetti and a couple of table coverings were almost all that it took to pull this rainbow party together. Everything pictured here was surprise purchased by Mamaw at Dollar Tree.
The table covering and graduation cap confetti are $1 each
while the streamers are packaged at 2 for $1.
Total cost: $8
Total cost: $8
(Thanks Mamaw, Baby Girl loved her decorations!)
Welcome!
I used streamers at the front door to create a rainbow stripe. If you haven't hung streamers in this way before, it's really simple. Just tape one end down, twist the streamer until you like the way it looks and then tape down the remaining end.
The art piece in the center of the door was made by Baby Girl herself. Her class made them at school and used them to decorate the gym for the graduation ceremony. I thought it made the perfect party decoration as well!
FYI: Humidity causes the streamers to stretch and lose shape. As you know by now, I like to do the bulk of my decorating the day before the event. With all the rain in the area the humidity was pretty high and my streamers did not look like this by the morning of the party. They had stretched out of shape and were hanging loosely on the door. To fix them I un-taped the bottom end of each streamer, re-twisted and then cut off the excess before taping it back into place. This photo was taken after I fixed them, so you can see that it turned out alright!
I taped and twisted these streamers in the same way as above, but instead layered two different colors each time. That way the streamers appeared to change color as they twisted and I was able to represent all the colors of the rainbow without having to twist six separate strands ;)
I continued this technique (not pictured) at the archways to our kitchen and living rooms as well.
This graduation cap belongs to Husby. He wore it for his Kindergarten graduation wayyyy back in 1986. The cap now lives in the kid's dress-up box, but I thought it would be a nice touch to pull out for the party.
In the corner of the dining room I strung six balloons (one for each rainbow color) and hung them from the ceiling with a grouping of streamers. This would have looked really awesome with a lot more balloons and had it gone all the way to the floor, but you know, toddlers...hee hee hee!
Next to the balloons is a cardboard graduation cap with golden streamers that I found at Dollar Tree.
Cardboard cap and balloons: $2
I took this photo for no reason other than I love the mirrors in my home.
Click here to see what I'm talking about!
Click here or here to see what I'm talking about at Christmas time!
Baby Girl went around behind me collecting the extra streamer scraps as I was decorating. She asked if she could create her own decoration by taping some to the wall and I agreed. I love this little rainbow design that she came up with!
Baby Girl wanted to bring out and use the balloons that she received the day of her school ceremony. They were slightly beginning to deflate, but it was important to her so I conceded :)
Usually I would have set this extra table up on the back patio, but remember all that rain? :D
Click here to see how we celebrated the day of the ceremony.
We used another collection of streamer scraps to create a splash of color at the base of the table balloons. It doesn't look like much now, but once Baby Girl sprinkled her confetti it looked great!
...you will have to come back in a couple of days to see the confetti and the rest of the table decor....
Thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2015
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