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Homecoming!!

 Besides the football thing going on, homecoming is almost as good as prom. At prom, you never get to build a float, right? We've got everything you need for your homecoming event--from the small stuff (like tiaras, balloons with your school name, imprinted lanyards, favors like glow jewelry and more) to the big stuff (props for your float or dance, giant 3-D letters to get your team name across and even large football helmets you can personalize with your team name).

So let's get started.

Theme Ideas

Harvest Moon

This is a great theme for homecoming. After all, it is autumn, no? Besides a great hoedown barn, this theme offers split rail fences, harvest trees, straw bales, giant cornshocks and more. Just like an old-fashioned barn dance, this theme is great fun and everyone who attends can dress "farm"--overalls, straw hats… Not the usual event… think about getting a caller and doing some square dances. Have a photo opportunity with bales of hay and a cow (a prop, of course) with a stool so guests can have a picture of themselves milking. Corny but fun.

Spirit of America

Still the greatest idea around. Start with our Lady Liberty arch for everyone to walk through as they enter. Put red, white and blue torch columns around the room for a great effect and hang stars and stripes gossamer from the ceilings and walls. Use just plain red, white and blue balloons for your centerpieces or go all out with red, silver and blue Mylar star balloons. Put up a "wall of stars" with all your guests name on them. Or just a wall of stars and let your guests sign their wishes for the future of our country on each star. Nothing wrong with being patriotic and celebrating our freedom!

La Noche Dorada

Nothing better than a western theme for a great party. Again, everyone gets to dress western, wear a sheriff's badge (with their name on it), do fun things with their kerchiefs and chow down on a chuckwagon menu (hamburgers and such--inexpensive!!).

First drink can be in a glass boot mug, and you can pass out colored cowboy hats. On either side of the band put giant lit cactus and for your photo op, use a 5' high cowboy boot!

Halloween

Well, this is the perfect theme. Turn your homecoming event into a giant Halloween party. We've got several ideas:

Written in the Stars

Can't Fight the Moonlight

Very cool. Hang Mylar 26" balloon stars from the ceiling. Give guests name badges that are actually blinking stars. Hang a moon overhead and fill the room with balloon trees using star balloons. Use our 3-D "star" centerpiece with star confetti scattered around it on black tablecloths--and do some special effects lighting so light is reflected everywhere (especially on the dancefloor). Everyone will have stars in their eyes by the time the evening is over.

Frosted Twilight

Magic in the Snow

Snowflake Wonderland

Whispers of Winter

I love these themes. Mix them and match them or do just one. Each one is magical. Between the snowflake gossamer on the ceiling, frosted trees, wintry balloon trees, the little lights on walls and windows--you feel like you're in the most romantic place on earth! There's a great frosted twilight fountain and arch for photo opportunities and creating a fantasy atmosphere.

Night in New Orleans Mardi Gras

Bourbon Street Masquerade

It may not be until February, but Mardi Gras is the best of all. And anyway--it's close to Halloween so this is just another masquerade party of sorts. Who doesn't like wearing a mask so they can be whoever they want to be (until they take it off, of course). Using purples, golds and greens…your room will bounce with color. We have great masks, a New Orleans arch for a photo op, and columns for either side of the band or DJ. Check it out!

Box Office Bliss

A premiere party for the football team. I love it. Giant popcorn boxes on either side of the stage with a great popcorn balloon arch makes for a terrific focal point in the room. Name each table for one of the zillion "football" movies that exist (e.g., Table 1, The Replacements). Then add a movie popcorn centerpiece to each table and use popcorn as confetti around the base. For your photo opportunity, use either one of the giant popcorn boxes or our ticket booth prop. Don't forget red carpet, maybe a search light and perhaps some sawhorses out front as people enter! One fantastic evening, I swear!

Down by the Sea

Not your childhood "My Little Mermaid," so don't worry. Besides netting, giant anchors, a funky pier for pictures and our lighthouse silhouettes, you can fill the room with lanterns and fog (fog machines are easy to rent and easy to use). It's a fun, casual theme and won't leave your guests fishing for something else to do that night. Sorry, couldn't help it…

Escape to Paradise

Luaus are our most popular theme. They never go out of style. And we've got a luau hut, giant palm trees and even a huge paradise palm tree arch that guests can walk through into the room. The tables are adorned with coconut votives, tissue pineapples and more while your guests are adorned with leis, flower combs and beach hats. Ooooh, can I come?

Soda Shop Hop

A good old-fashioned sock hop is very very in these days. Old juke boxes, a penny candy area, a photo opportunity in a 57 Chevy (call your local auto museum for names of people who rent theirs out), socks with your school name, a giant sundae on the dance floor and poodles skirts and leather jackets… You always wanted to be a greaser, right? Now's the time!

Retro Romance

Hippies unite. Being a 60's child, of course I would pick this for my homecoming theme. The smile faces make it and the balloon and daisies bring the room alive with yellows, pinks, purples and all the colors of Woodstock. Tell your guests to get out those bellbottoms and tie-dyed shirts. Give out hippie headbands with a peace sign in the center, get a DJ who knows the 60's music and perhaps build a wall with autographs and words from songs of Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Doors, the Stones and others. Then put on your tinted John Lennon glasses for a great party.

How to Do It

Build a Float. We can help!

If you want the perfect float for your homecoming event, you've come to the right place. Not only do we have all of the pieces and parts to decorate it, we have themes and huge props that will get everyone's attention. In fact, we're even having a "float" contest…you may want to submit your float.

Here are some ideas:

  • Bet on a win
  • Graveyard
  • Caged!
  • Number 1
  • Sinking Ship

Decorate with our great props and gossamers

Fundraising Ideas

Chances are you're going to have to raise money to hold the homecoming event you want. We have a ton of event ideas plus below are some items you can sell and how to do it!

  • candy
  • rice krispie treats
  • easy does it cookbook
  • house warmer candle collection

Favors and Accessories

Photo Opportunities

We've put together some great ideas.

What Else?

There's not a lot of difference between homecoming etiquette and prom etiquette, so check these out… Again, wherever it says "prom"--you know what to do!

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Have fun, and dance a dance for the Party Girl.

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