Catie & me at her Pinning Ceremony
(she isn’t really a giantess, she was wearing like 8 inch heels!)
My sister-in-law, Catie graduated from Nursing School this week. So, she had a little red and white, candy striped, slightly vintage party to celebrate. And I may have helped just a little bit! Here we go…
The Top Ten Fun Things For a Nursing School Graduation Party!
1. The Guestbook!
We bought a canvas, a bunch of fun band-aids and let people get creative! Some people made designs with band-aids. Others wrote notes about how many of these things Catie would probably use in her lifetime! It ended up being a really cute display!
2. The Favors
We filled up tiny zippered plastic pill bags with red and white candy. Everyone took one on the way out. Best medicine I’ve ever had!
3. Marshmallows!
Cake pops have lit parties on fire! But if you’re not Bakerella or Lulee, these are not even a possibility at a diy party. So, the poor man’s version is chocolate dipped marshmallows. And can I say that these things are utterly delicious? All I did was melt some chocolate, push a lollipop stick into the marshmallow, dip it in the chocolate, roll in colored sugar then place on wax paper!
4. Cupcakes
So, I really wanted to do this idea (only with a nurse’s hat) for cupcake toppers. But I couldn’t get it together. But a white cupcake with a red cross did nicely!
5. Streamers
Is that the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? It’s just construction paper! It’s the easiest thing ever. I found a tutorial on pinterest and it probably only took me 10 minutes to cut them all. I’m totally doing this again.
6. Fondue
We did all desserts (except the Cheeseball from Heaven) and our main course was FONDUE! We had oreos, pretzels, bananas, graham cracker marshmallows (see my oreo marshmallows for instructions) and then little containers of coconut, nuts, etc. to roll your newly chocolated food into. YUMMMY.
7. The Drinks
Since we were doing desserts, we decided to do coffee and punch only. The coffee was from my awesome Dolce Gusto. See my cute barista assistant?
And the punch was the same one we used for Asa’s Vintage Ace Party. YUM. (PS–that punch bowl thingie looks cool but it is the dumbest most ridiculous thing ever. I had to set it on top of a bowl to even be able to use it. Then it was so hard to turn no one could do it. I had to man it the whole time. I finally switched to a punch bowl.)
8. Party Favors (Part 2)
We also had masks and rubber gloves at each seat. It was funny how many people actually put them on. Or fun. Or both.
9. The Games
Catie bought some labeled body posters from a school supply store and covered up the names of the body parts with numbers. We had to fill in our paper with the correct body parts. Well, we tried to anyway. I missed 7 but it’s only because I had read them all when we were setting up. Ahem.
10. The Decor
Besides the awesome streamers we had red and white tablecloths, white candles and even a few cute craft foam nursing hats. We also printed some pictures from the internet (I googled “vintage nurse illustrations”) and put them in white frames. They looked really cute laying on the tables.
Oh, and the blood candy? Yeah. I spent $35 on it and it still hasn’t arrived. BUMMER.
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such cute decorations! Love all the great nurse themed things! my sis in law is a nurse… we might have to use some of those ideas some time!
I had some fun with my top ten this week.
enjoy linking up with you!
The party turned out so cute. Looks like y’all had a great time.
I linked up some of my favorite food blogs.
The marshmallows – Ooooo….those look so pretty!!! So sophisticated! (and yummy!)
The streamers – ok, I totally have to laugh because when I first saw the picture I thought they were post-it note pads strung up! ha! But you’re idea is pretty cute too!
Chocolate fondue – *drool*
You’re parties always look so cool! I wanna come to one some time? Better yet, can I hire you to come here and put one on for me??
Love the favors idea! My sister graduated from Nursing school a few years ago and that would have been a fun idea!
Those ideas are great! Now I wish I knew a nurse!! LOVE IT.
Love the ideas that you shared! The decorations were too cute and the marshmallows were adorable. I’ll definitely give them a try sometime.
As far as the linky thing goes, I love the thumbnail link-ups, but I also like to scan down the list to see what everyone is posting about too. JMHO.
Thanks for hosting, I’ve really enjoyed joining in.
Wow, what fun! I love the band aid Idea! I don’t think your photo collage thing is too cluttered. You keep us on our toes by switching it up!
-Samantha
{OH} I wish someone had done these at my nursing school graduation party. You are SUCH a FUN party planner! God’s gifts are great
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What a fun party! I love the candy in the pill bag idea.
And congrats to your SIL!!
How fun!!! I love all of these decorations!
LOVE the photo linky! Also love your party ideas! Can I hire you to be MY party planner??!!
Thanks for the link-up!
You are too darn clever! I love it!
Wow! I’m inspired. Love how you carried out the red and white theme, and the bandaids, and the little red crosses! It’s so simple it looks do-able, but the overall effect is awesome! (And I know how you feel about “awesome”!)
it’s not working right for me.. I always get the ‘gateway time out’ for couple of times so I guess I’ll just let you know. I’ll just post my link here : Things That Makes Me Smile
Have a great day.
I’m still a little bit of a giantess compared to the rest of the family, but I do agree, the heels didn’t help.
The party was pretty awesome! Thank you for being so creative. I think that since I was 9 years old I can probably credit you with 90% of the creative that has ever gone into any of my parties!
You’re the best!!!!
Love you, Cate! xo
This made me giggle. I never link up, but I always read a bunch…
When I graduated nursing school, we used soda bottles, hooked some tubing thorough (so they looked like IV’s) and that’s how we did our drinks! So fun!
Let me know when Catie passes her NCLEX so we can celebrate her with a big WooHOO!
Oh, cool! I love that idea w/the bottles! We kept trying to think of ways to make IV poles, too!
Such a cute party!
Wow, it never fails to rock my world when someone does cool creative stuff at parties and you sure did! I love the mask and gloves, so simple but such a cute idea. I also really love the guestbook and the streamers.
But you had me at FONDUE! Yes, please:)
Love those Choc covered marshmallows! And the cupcakes!
Love the nursing themed party — so cute! I just did a Geeky-themed grad party for my brother who received his Computer Science degree. Check it out: http://www.supermommoments.com/2011/05/geeky-graduation/
Hey Amanda, I love the nurse hats that you made! I am graduating the nursing program in December and want to make some for my table centerpieces. Can you explain how you made those or send a link? I’d greatly appreciate it! I’ve seen a few instructions online but they weren’t as cute as yours. Thanks…
Jen
Oh and also can you explain how you got the candle in there? (I’m creatively deprived). Thanks a ton
Wondering where you found the little pill bags. Ive google searched but cant seem to find them. I graduate with my RN in 5 weeks and thought these were so cute for party favor bags. Please email me and let me know
Thank you
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