Party Favors, Por Favor?
Why agonize about party favors for a class reunion? There are many ideas to kick around if you want to give everyone a little memento of the occasion.
Make your decision based on the fact that a good percentage of them get left behind on the table. Why is that? It's mostly because people are milling around, saying a thousand good-byes at the end of the night. They are not at their tables, sitting like good little guests. They have long forgotten their goody bags or engraved mugs, and are probably too buzzed to care.
That said, let's talk about some sweet ideas that don't cost too much. Our class had a lot of talented musicians who rocked out at the Battle of the Bands and the school dances. Some did covers. Others wrote their own songs.
We are asking classmates to send music from their bands in any format to our engineering genius Larry. He's going to compress the music and put it out on a CD, and that will be our party favor, complete with a nice label. Again this requires Larry's dedication, expertise and commitment - but he's into it and we're delighted.
Other party favor ideas:
1. CDs of favorite music from the period. Maybe you'll want to take a survey of the top 20 favorite songs from the time. Or just check the Billboard Top Ten from the era.
2. Give out picture frames to hold a group photo that you can later email to your class, taken the night of the reunion.
3. If you are going to have a video to launch the party, you can give out DVDs of the video. We didn't opt for this as a party favor because, we're just going to post our video on the website. (A second video documenting the party will be sold separately).
4. It would be great to think of silly gifts that are inexpensive. For example, we had a huge rock that rival groups used to paint over and over again. Everyone knew "The Rock." Well, perhaps a miniature version of "the rock" as a keepsake would be nice. Find a bunch of rocks. Have your decorations team spray paint them in the school colors and write "LHS" or whatever your school initials were.
They would make a nice paperweight at the very least.
5. The class directory is a lovely party favor. Place one on each plate. I have to warn you, however, that a nice print directory (if you have a big class) is a relatively expensive party favor. After all the work of designing it, the cost of printing at Staples is high. And if it's color - it's a lot higher. We opted to skip the print directory this year since we have an online yearbook on our website.
6. Then of course, there is all the junk you can buy. When your imagination runs out, there are always - engraved glasses, mugs, pencils, pens, mousepads, etc. - This to me is a big waste of money, but if you like this sort of thing - by all means go for it.
I encourage you to brain storm some ideas with your decorating committee. Don't have one? Well what are you waiting for? Make a group. I'm sure they will spawn some wonderful ideas that will be perfect for your class.
Care to share any party favor ideas that you know about? Please a comment.
Make your decision based on the fact that a good percentage of them get left behind on the table. Why is that? It's mostly because people are milling around, saying a thousand good-byes at the end of the night. They are not at their tables, sitting like good little guests. They have long forgotten their goody bags or engraved mugs, and are probably too buzzed to care.
That said, let's talk about some sweet ideas that don't cost too much. Our class had a lot of talented musicians who rocked out at the Battle of the Bands and the school dances. Some did covers. Others wrote their own songs.
We are asking classmates to send music from their bands in any format to our engineering genius Larry. He's going to compress the music and put it out on a CD, and that will be our party favor, complete with a nice label. Again this requires Larry's dedication, expertise and commitment - but he's into it and we're delighted.
Other party favor ideas:
1. CDs of favorite music from the period. Maybe you'll want to take a survey of the top 20 favorite songs from the time. Or just check the Billboard Top Ten from the era.
2. Give out picture frames to hold a group photo that you can later email to your class, taken the night of the reunion.
3. If you are going to have a video to launch the party, you can give out DVDs of the video. We didn't opt for this as a party favor because, we're just going to post our video on the website. (A second video documenting the party will be sold separately).
4. It would be great to think of silly gifts that are inexpensive. For example, we had a huge rock that rival groups used to paint over and over again. Everyone knew "The Rock." Well, perhaps a miniature version of "the rock" as a keepsake would be nice. Find a bunch of rocks. Have your decorations team spray paint them in the school colors and write "LHS" or whatever your school initials were.
They would make a nice paperweight at the very least.
5. The class directory is a lovely party favor. Place one on each plate. I have to warn you, however, that a nice print directory (if you have a big class) is a relatively expensive party favor. After all the work of designing it, the cost of printing at Staples is high. And if it's color - it's a lot higher. We opted to skip the print directory this year since we have an online yearbook on our website.
6. Then of course, there is all the junk you can buy. When your imagination runs out, there are always - engraved glasses, mugs, pencils, pens, mousepads, etc. - This to me is a big waste of money, but if you like this sort of thing - by all means go for it.
I encourage you to brain storm some ideas with your decorating committee. Don't have one? Well what are you waiting for? Make a group. I'm sure they will spawn some wonderful ideas that will be perfect for your class.
Care to share any party favor ideas that you know about? Please a comment.
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