Back to School Fun Party Ideas: Part 1 of 2

Summer may be nearly gone, but there’s no reason not to celebrate the end of a great summer and the beginning of a brand new school year with a ‘Back to School Party.’  Get ready for the new school year by reuniting with old and new schoolmates. Show off your new backpacks, new jeans and brand new notebook designs.

Fun Invitations for a Back-to-School Party include:

-report card style

-homework assignment style (your first assignment of the school year is to come to this party and have a great time)

-large red apple, yellow school bus, or #2 pencil cutouts

-buy inexpensive notebooks or note pads and write invitation on cover or front page

-tape or tie a fun pencil to invitation

Fun Decorations for a Back-to-School Party include:

-balloons and streamers in red, yellow, and black or school colors

-large paper cut outs in the shape of apples, school buses, numbers and letters

-real apples, big piles of books, globes and maps

Fun Games & Activities for a Back-to-School Party include:

-20 questions

-bingo

-dodge ball

-drawing games

-Simon says

-twister

-relay races

-get ready for school race pack lunch bag, collect homework, put on back pack, run to “school house”)

-paper airplane contest

-back-to-school wordsearch

-dream teacher fantasy (each child draws and describes his/her dream teacher)

-show a classic school-themed movie to older children, such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Never Been Kissed, or the Dead Poet’s Society.

-You could even schedule the party like a school day and ring a bell between the following sessions… home room (arriving), PE (games & activities), Art (arts & crafts), recess (free play), and lunch time (refreshments). Article taken from: www.kidspartyfun.com

 

Holiday Assistants (www.holidayassistants.com) can help you plan your back to school party. We can assist with everything from creating invitations, to customized catering suggestions including fun activities, games, team building activities and entertainment for everyone.

 

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