Prom Fun

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Carl and I had the privilege of being chaperones for our local homeschool Prom this past weekend. We had so much fun. This year, one of the moms had a passion for helping the kids come up with a theme and decorating the facility. The kids got together many times over the last couple of months to work on decorations. We also were able to borrow some of the larger props from a local church.

I was able to snap a few photos before all the kids got there. Want a tour?

This table was by the door to the big room. We had Prom “passports” for the kids. They could have their friends sign them or just keep them as a memento.

This was the back drop for the photos. The photographer moved the green rug for the real photos. The cities on the sign and the miles are places the Seniors said they wanted to go to some day and how far they are from our town.

Here we have New York City, Sydney and Venice represented. The big cut outs are from the church and the chalk drawings are from our students.

China was the theme for the snack table decorations. Let me just say that we’ve learned that kids don’t really need much in the way of snacks for Prom. Most go out to eat before hand and so are not hungry the rest of the night. So, we kept it simple with fortune cookies, cheese cake bites and popcorn.

All the seniors made a full body silhouette. Then they printed up a life size photo of their faces to put on them. Here’s Josiah. I’m saving it in the attic to use to decorate for special occasions…like his wedding. Don’t you think that will be fun ;-)?

A church member built this plane for their Vacation Bible School a few years ago. I love how generous they were to us to let us use their amazing props.

Outside we had a little Paris café with a make your own coffee bar.

 We had both regular and decaf coffee. Since this was outside I wanted everything covered. So I put the Hazelnut and Vanilla syrups into bottles with spouts. I did the same with the half and half. I found these giant salt shakers and used them for the sugar and raw sugar. The lids had a pour option which is great for sugar. Then I put some cinnamon and cocoa in regular salt shakers. You can’t see it super well in the photo but I used freezer paper to cover the whipped cream and then decorated the can like I did the other items. We also make chocolate covered spoons and caramels dipped in chocolate to use as stirrers.
 Here are the covered caramels. These were a hit, especially since I forgot to bring any regular stirrers for the coffee. The sun had almost set by this time and the kids were beginning to arrive.

Carl commented the next morning that this Prom was better than the prom we went to in high school (we went to the same prom but not together) and I had to agree. The kids danced and hung out and had a great time. They worked hard putting up and taking down the decorations. They were polite and grateful. I love being a part of what my kids are a part of.

How was your weekend?

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