<p>Parents of juniors host a party at school after the prom. It seems like we do the same things year after year. What has been popular with the kids at your high schools? It would be great to have some fresh ideas.</p>
<p>The best one my S went to was an international themed one. Different rooms and areas had traditional foods/games/music/movies from different countries. They always have a raffle with lots of great prizes.</p>
<p>Our GradNite last year had a “Survivor” theme…lots of tropical food and decor. Mini challenges both mental and physical, too.</p>
<p>Las Vegas casino area is always big at our grad party night. They bring in a company and set up Blackjack tables , poker and craps.
They always have a hypnotist later in the evening that is pretty popular along with the sumo wrestler suits. A new one for me a few years ago was a game where the kids were harnessed with bungy (?) cords and they raced another kid to the end of a lane for bean bags to see who could reach it first. Of course they loved it when they snapped back!</p>
<p>Case of wine, gallon of baby oil, hotel rooms, and a game of twister? No, I’m thinking of something else.</p>
<p>Our son had some kind of goggles that replicated one’s vision after drinking, then had to walk a straight line. Kids loved it. I suspect your local police might have them, or Madd chapter, perhaps one of those could steer you in the right direction(pun intended)</p>
<p>At our afterprom (for juniors and seniors) some of the popular stuff includes handwriting analysis, make your own music video, one of those photo booths (you know the kind you all cram in and get your face in the picture), make your own cupcakes-cookies (decorating) or sundaes - stuff like that. Obviously it takes some $$$ for these but the kids buy tickets for the afterprom and the ticket price helps cover costs.</p>
<p>Wow! How do I go back in time and get parents like you? (Note: I’m waaaay past high school).</p>
<p>Our AfterProm rocks! It is of the best in our area and a group of parents work hard to make it happen. For about $15-20 a person (I forget the actual prices but I think that’s close) kids have an entire university rec facility to use, all the food they can eat from nachos to shrimp (until it runs out!), inflatables, movies, tatoo artists (not the real ones!), balloon artists (also VERY popular), and a prize for everyone who attends. Really, it’s kind of crazy!</p>
<p>But the kids love it and are so totally exhaused that when it ends (5:30 am and no one is allowed to leave early) they head home and fall into bed - alone. :)</p>
<p>These are some good ideas! Thanks.</p>
<p>rent out a bowling alley</p>
<p>Toledo, I didn’t even notice that was you posting this thread. What kinds of things have you done in the past?</p>
<p>archiemom,
the guy who won the latest survivor is from maine…I was thinking about seeing if we could try and get him and work something out along the lines of the show with challenges and puzzles etc…please share more details on what you did? thanks</p>
<p>We just had our first meeting last night and the theme chairwoman picked “Nightmare After Prom”, which sounds like a Halloween-type theme.</p>
<p>bbkitty…That international theme is a fun one, but we hold international festivals in the elementary school so most of these kids have done that.</p>
<p>Archiemom…What are some examples of physical and mental mini challenges? That could be interesting!</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota…We are doing the all the gambling games and the bungie rope blow-up. Hypnotist is a good idea. We did that for senior week last year. I’ll mention the summo suits.</p>
<p>younghoss…Baby oil, no…goggles, good idea…I just found out our police do have them.</p>
<p>abasket…You can tell we’re from the same town, as we already do most of your suggestions. Kids have been to that rec center for every end-of-the season soccer party and a couple of Bat Mitzvahs. Instead of handwriting analysis, we bring in fortune tellers.
I don’t think we’ve done the photo booths in a while so that’s a good one.</p>
<p>wbow…I don’t know how long bowling would hold their interest. Plus, a bowling alley would be hard to decorate. Decorations are always a major part of the event.</p>
<p>How about a Rock Band/Guitar Hero Challenge, using a LCD projector?</p>
<p>We also rent huge inflatables that kids race each other climbing and sliding through.</p>
<p>My sister concocted a team game for their after-prom party that involved a large three-person slingshot, a ball, and a laundry basket that other team members had to catch the ball with after it was bounced off a wall.</p>
<p>Maineparent & Toledo:
I wasn’t involved in last year’s GradNite nor did I have a participating senior, but I will PM you with a link to our web site and perhaps you can get some further ideas from the photos that are posted. Good Luck!</p>
<p>whatever…Rockband is another good idea. We’ve always rented those large inflatables, but the kids just don’t seem to use them much. Someone mentioned one of those velcro wall last night. My kids have tried those. Think “snuggie”. Kids may try them once, but they’re not stupid enough to try it twice.</p>