Graduation

Think ::

Home from Seattle and EXHAUSTED.  Our whole plan to get a full night sleep on the "pink" eye flight and then be ready for the day - well that did not work for me so well.  I dropped Mr. Pink off at work at 7:00 am on the way home from the airport and how he has made it through work all day I will never know.  (I think I did marry a man made of steel)

Anyway, since I have not downloaded all my photos from my trip and am now in panic mode for getting end of the year stuff done (you know my pain) I thought I would write about something I did a few weeks ago on the line of graduations.

Me and another church group leader decorated the doors of the girls graduating from High School in our youth group.  We waited until they left for graduation so that when they came home they would come home to their house being all decked out.

So here is what we did.  The top sign was from the $1.00 store.

We had all the girls from church sign the back and stuck in front of their house with a bunch of balloons in their school colors.

Then I bought large packs of dinner plates that said "Congrats Grad" on them and a set of matching red plastic knives from the party store.  I taped the knives on the back with the jagged side down so that it could go into the ground outside their homes.  This is a super cheap way to decorate for a fun event. could you imagine waking up the morning of your birthday with your lawn covered in paper plates!  This clever idea came out of me being cheap and desperate.

Then we made a candy bar poster for the girls to put on the front door.  My partner in crime could seriously write these for a living.  Watching her arrange all the candy bars to come up with this poem was like watching someone on the Price is Right racing to finsish a game.  She is amazing. So I can not take credit for this poem but will share it with you and any eavesdroppers anyway.

We thought it would be {Fun DiP} to drop by while you were in your
{bottle caps} and gown to let you know that you {Pop Rocks}. 

You should be filled with {mounds} of {Almond Joy} that you are no {dumb dumb} but a you are filled with {Extra} good stuff to use {Now and Later}. 
Since you have {Skor} ed a degree you are worth more than {1000 Grand}!!

 As your Young Women leaders we are
so proud of you we could just {kissables} you!

Cute huh!!

Ok Graduation over, now on to end of school for my littles!  I can't wait till summer officially begins.

Pink ::

Comments

[michelle]

OK, I wish I had seen this earlier! Very celebratory. Nicely done!

[Rachelle S.]

This is so fun! What a great idea! thanks for sharing!

[tisha]

The candy poster is too cute! I'll have to remember this in 2 yrs. when mine graduates HS.