So why not start with the fact that my “little” brother graduated a week ago. Yeah I can still call him little even though he’s 6’4”and 200 lbs, right? But he is the baby of the family and the last one to graduate high school, so of course I have been living vicarously through him and started planning his graduation party.
My brother played three varsity sports - football, baseball, and basketball - throughout high school and most of his life. Since my family has spent a majority of our lives sitting in the stands of stadiums, ball fields,
and gymnasiums, I thought the best idea was to do a sports theme. So here is
how it turned out:
My favorite feature of the party - The Candy Bar a.k.a The Concession Stand
All of his favorite candies - Hot Tomales, Sour Patch Kids, Laffy Taffy, etc. |
Getcha Popcorn!
Now onto the food... We had two options to choose from for lunch, either BBQ pulled pork sandwiches or...
Build Your Own Hot Dog!
Thanks to Pinterest, I was able to find the idea over on Hostess with the Mostess blog and use her free hot dog menu templates. It was a huge hit and everyone liked how they could try new combinations instead of your typical ketchup, mustard, and relish combo.
After creating your hotdog masterpiece it was off to round up some sides. This is where I got to use all my sports related serving trays and bowls.
{Yes, those blue things are Jell-O Jigglers football helmets. Told you I went all out on this theme, ladies.}
My favorite serving tray... its a referee uniform. Love it!
Here you will get to see the final project of my cupcake dessert table. Be expecting a post on this experience alone. It was quite the endevor to get 150 cupcakes baked and decorated. I had three different kinds for each of the three different sports.
Football Cupcakes = Chocolate on Chocolate Basketball Cupcakes = Funfetti with Vanilla Frosting (dyed orange) Baseball Cupcakes = Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting Safe to say he was this excited on his graduation day and during his party. Looks like all the hard work really paid off! Thank goodness... Anyone else have a themed grad party or attended one lately that they loved? I want to know. |
3 comments:
Sarah, the party looks SO GOOD. You never fail to amaze me, I miss you so much!
xx Em
I love this theme! It looked great. I just threw a baby shower for my brother's GF and went with a 'Mommy to Bee' theme that I posted about last night. I think it went well and everyone seemed to love the theme!
What a cute theme! You guys did a great job on the decorating. Congrats to him and welcome back to the blog world!
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