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Graduation season is fast approaching, and if you have a grad in your life you are most likely starting to plan a party to celebrate their accomplishments. Whether they are graduating from kindergarten or University they deserve to be celebrated! Check out our list of fun Graduation Themed Recipes below.
Recipes and Entertaining Ideas for a Graduation
Cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and even some easy to do crafts! This list has something for everyone. The best part is all of these recipes and DIY projects can easily be personalised to match your grads school colors, their name, or even what they are graduating from. Endless possibilities on how you can make it your own.
Don’t be afraid to get creative and make these recipes your own! We know whatever you choose your Grad will be happy and grateful for all your hard work and thoughtfulness.
Planning Your Themed Menu
When it comes to planning your menu, think about your Grad you are celebrating and what they enjoy. Are they a cookie or cupcake fan? Do they prefer Vanilla over Chocolate and so on. Make sure you give some thought before deciding on your final menu! Have a few tasty treats to offer as well at your party.
DIY crafts are always a very nice personalized touch, it’s why we decided to include some! You can incorporate them into your menu as well, paper Grad hats work as a great foundation for your food items, printable personalized gift tags work to label what the items are and just add a nice touch. Use your imagination! DIY items are also a great way to cut costs in the end, party stores have great décor but they also come with a large price tag! Have fun planning and decorating your party!
Capture Those Memories
Although graduation is a joyous time it can also be a very emotional time! Make sure you have your camera and Kleenex handy on their big day and during their party! Try your best to soak it all in while also capturing those precious memories you can look back on! Don’t forget to take pictures of your creations you make too! It’s often forgotten and often regretted later on!
Graduation Themed Recipes
Know someone whose graduating soon? This list of Graduation Themed Recipes and printables is the ultimate collection of ideas to help plan the PERFECT menu to celebrate the Grad in your life!
Celebrate the Grad in your life with these super easy and adorable Rice Krispies treat school books! Using Rice Krispies treats, frosting, and black licorice you can easily make these!
Get creative and celebrate the end of the school year with these super-cute chalkboard cupcakes!
Graduation Cap Oreo Cookies are an adorable way to celebrate the graduate in your life. These easy to make cookies can be customized for your school colors and look great on a platter.
These sugar cookies decorated with royal icing are perfect for your special occasion. Graduation caps, diplomas, and decorative cookies in white with gold luster or use your school colors!
These graduation cap party treats are perfect for classroom parties, for your grad, or a graduation party. You will need a printer, candy, yarn, and some hot glue for this one!
Looking for a fast, easy, super cute, and NO BAKE treat to add to a spread for your graduate? How about these easy diploma scroll cookies made from Pirouette cookie!
Create these adorable graduation party favors using some paper, yarn, and empty plastic cups. These particular ones are filled with cotton candy to match the colors of their grad, however you can put anything in them!
Check out this tutorial for diploma sugar cookies, graduation gown cookies, and graduation cap cookies. Personalized with any colors based on your grads school colors!
These free printable Graduation Gift tags are perfect to jazz up your presents or even personalized a dessert you've made for that special graduate in your life. Simply download, print and make those gifts look pretty.
Graduation cupcakes are so cute to make and have at parties! The cutest cupcakes ever and you can personalize them with school colors too!!
This adorable DIY Graduation cap gift box would make the PERFECT holder for baked goods, candy, and snacks at your party! Check out how to make this right here!
This cake works as a back to school cake or Graduating cake. All you need is vanilla pound cake and different colors of buttercream icing. No fancy tools needed!
Celebrate your Grad by making these adorable diploma cupcakes! Delicious chocolate cupcake and frosting topped off with a fondant diploma!
Spring Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Rods are salty, sweet, crunchy and fun to make. Match sprinkle colors to the occasion--pastels for spring, school colors for graduation, whatever you desire!
These customizable printable graduation napkin rings can be used to wrap around napkins, chocolate bars, or other food items you can think of! Use your imagination!
If you're celebrating a graduation this spring, whether it's for pre-school or law school, I've got a fun and easy graduation party dessert for you. The best part about these chocolate graduation caps is that you can make them entirely out of store-bought items.
May and June are two of the most popular months for graduation celebrations! These easy DIY Chocolate Candy Graduation Cap Treats will be the hit of your graduation party dessert table!
