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Get a head start on grad party planning with these tips for selecting a party theme. Plus, learn how to order food, desserts, decor and more from hy-vee to match.
Tips to pick the perfect theme
The foundation of graduation party planning is the theme. Consider your grad’s favorite hobbies, activities and interests as a starting point, and develop a theme unique to them. These steps will help get you started.
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Start with the activities, hobbies, foods and places your grad loves the most. You might choose a destination they’ve always dreamed of visiting, such as Italy, then serve Hy-Vee’s pasta bar with tiramisu. Or, if your grad plays a sport, you might serve desserts decorated to reflect that interest.
Turn to Hy-Vee for food to coordinate with the theme you choose. This taco bar from Hy-Vee Catering is piled high with a range of fixings that fit a southwestern motif.
Hy-Vee helps set the theme
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Stumped for ideas? These simple themes can be customized for your grad, and include suggestions for pairing with Hy-Vee food, decor and desserts.
Timeless Themes
If your grad loves breakfast food, host a brunch-theme gathering. Order Hy-Vee’s yogurt or oatmeal bar, decorate the table with a Hy-Vee Floral centerpiece and serve Hy-Vee Bakery treats like donuts.
Brunch
Celebrate a graduating athlete with tailgate-theme food, such as Hy-Vee’s brat or slider bars, helium balloons and decorated cupcakes.
Sporty
For a grad who dreams of seeing the world, try a tropical theme. Serve Hy-Vee’s Nori sushi, decorate with lush plants and arrangements from Hy-Vee Floral and set out colorful cookies.
Tropical
Celebrate your grad’s success (and their favorite food) with a pizza party. Hy-Vee can provide MIA Italian pizzas, plates and napkins in coordinating colors and Bakery fruit pizzas.
Pizza Party
Call or visit your local Hy-Vee to get the planning process started. If you’re ready to place an order, click the button or visit Hy-Vee.com/shop and click “Catering,” “Bakery” or “Flowers” to start your order.
How to order
Hy-Vee’s talented cake artists can prepare a decorated layer or sheet cake to fit almost any vision. Contact your store to talk to a cake designer who can provide a custom creation to match your theme.
On-Theme custom cakes at Hy-vee
Hy-Vee makes
it easy
Let the Hy-Vee Bakery connect decorated desserts with your theme.
In addition to cakes, the Hy-Vee Bakery can also provide cookies, cupcakes, donuts, pies, cookie cakes, brownies and more. Call your store’s bakery to learn more.
Mix up a batch of punch for guests, then pour into a glass drink dispenser from Hy-Vee for easy serving.
Party Punch
Use basic party items from Hy-Vee,
such as balloons and tissue paper, to
create extraordinary grad decorations,
like this towering flowering cactus.
Cool cacti
To feed a crowd, order matching cupcakes with your Hy-Vee Bakery cake.
Cute Cupcakes
make it specific
Your grad’s favorite colors can play into the theme, especially when you’re planning decor. Serve foods of their choice, and coordinate the plates and napkins with hues they love or their school colors. You could also add balloons or a floral arrangement from Hy-Vee.
consider color
consider color
Set a budget before committing to an idea. Knowing how much you want to spend will make it easier to choose a venue, plan the guest list and order food and decorations. It can also help you determine which party elements are most important. For example, if you want to serve over-the-top custom Hy-Vee desserts, you might plan to have simpler decorations.
stick to a budget
stick to a budget
Where you hold the gathering might help you decide on a theme. If you’re planning to host at home, you could make it a picnic party, or a campfire cookout with s’mores. Or choose one of the grad’s favorite places, such as a local park.
think about your venue
think about your venue
Keep an eye on pop culture for more inspiration. You could take cues from fashion trends and host a ’90s-theme party. Or choose a theme related to one of your grad’s favorite movies or TV shows.
try to include trends
try to include trends
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Mix up a batch of punch for guests, then pour into a glass drink dispenser from Hy-Vee for easy serving.
Party Punch
