Well lets face it if you have ever deserved a treat it is on your graduation day.

cookies, truffles, chocolate gift baskets, chocolate cookies, chocolate fountains … the list goes on and my mouth is watering as we speak.

Like other things that make a graduation party special, the personal touch can help give your chocolate plans some extra meaning. You can get your chocolate treats made in the shape of a boy or girl, graduation caps can be fashioned from chocolate moulds and chocolate cakes can be decorated with names, rhymes and even pictures of the person who is graduating.

Edible Chocolate decorations and treats can be placed around the house in various locations and jars and bowls can be filled with delicious chocolate treats. Continental themes can be brought into the equation if you ask people to bring chocolate from different regions of the world giving your guests a huge variety to choose from.

Parties come and go, so how will your guests remember yours?  Sending your guests home with some little graduation party favors is a good way.  Small bags of candy may sound a little dull but you can brighten them up with pictures of diplomas on the bags.  It doesn’t end there, and need not be expensive.

Roll up some white sheets of paper and tie them off with ribbons to make fake diplomas.  Shred up paper in the school colours to create confetti.  Using a graduation cap as a table centrepiece also adds a nice touch.

The key thing to consider when buying graduation favours is to think about the personal touch. Chocolate and candy can be put moulded into specific shapes so car shaped favours for a car lover or guitar shaped favours for a musician would add a personal touch. Candy wrapping can also be Personalized wit names, favourite colors, logo’s etc so you could have the persons name with the colors of their favourite sports team on the candy wrappers. You can use your knowledge of the person and your imagination to come up with all sorts of ideas for great Personalized Graduation Favors.

Options for the cake are as limitless as your imagination.  Making your own instead of having one professionally made can save money and add your own personal touch.  First things first, everyone will want a slice so make sure you make enough cake for all your guests.

After working out how much cake you will need, you need to decide on the flavour.  The graduate’s favourite is always a good place to start; after all, it is their day.  The design of the icing is where your imagination is truly used.  Consider following the theme of your party for the design, from white icing to depictions of the graduate’s hobbies, you could add in a few graduation caps to keep with the purpose of the party. 

One cake idea is to bake a roll cake.  With this style of cake, add a red ribbon around the middle and it will appear as a diploma scroll.  Another cake idea is to shape it based on the graduate’s favourite sport or hobby, maybe even something following the graduate’s plans for the future.  For example, several cake layers could form a stack of legal books for a lawyer.

Another treat for the partygoers are muffins and cupcakes.   Additionally, with the appropriate moulds, you can melt down chocolate and create anything from little chocolate graduates to chocolate caps.  Mix in a little mint essence or orange flavouring to add a little variety.  Cookies are another good choice and they are easily baked, and cut into any shape. 

Graduation is an important time and throwing a party is certainly a way of personally marking the occasion beyond the ceremony at the school.  Have a good time and congratulations on your child’s graduation.

Balloons, streamers and banners, it wouldn’t be a party without them.  Still, decorating in line with the theme of the party is necessary, but that doesn’t mean you can’t add to it.  Since it is graduation, you could hang a few tasselled caps along with the school colours and mascot. 

Add a personal touch, by getting hold of the yearbook photos and enlarging them.  Put up the pictures goes well if having the party for your own child or their friends who are also graduating that year.  Also, consider showing off some trophies and awards the graduate won through the years.