Retirement Party Themes

All Smiles!

Be Happy!

Best Vintage Yet

Break Out the Clubs

Butterflies
Candied Dreams

Card Games

Classic Elegance

Everything Sweet

Festive Hearts

Football

Garden Delights

Gingerbread Delights

Girls Night Out

Girls Yoga Night Out

Golf

Good Things Come in Small Packages

Hollywood

Hotrod/NASCAR

It’s a Par-Tee

Jungle

Kentucky Derby

Ladies’ Night Out

Ladies Yoga Night Out

Let’s Cocktail

Lights, Camera, Action

Melodies of Life

Metamorphosis

Orange Outburst

Red, White, and Blue

Shoes, Glorious Shoes

Smiles!
Sparkling NIghts

Sports

Surf’s Up

Take Flight: A Butterfly Party Theme

Take Me out to the Ball Game

Tea Party

What’s Cooking

Winter Wonderland

Coming Soon! Puppy Birthday Parties

Gifts for the Special Dog in Your Life!

Retirement Party Basics

Years ago, my friend Hanna taught me the value of celebrating the little things in life as they arise.  These tough times do not call for cutting out partying. On the contrary, these are the times we need to embrace friends and family and join together in celebration. So rather than ignore your retirement or your colleagues retirement, celebrate it.  Justify throwing a retirement party not only as astute marketing and employee relationship tool but also as a wonderful way to usher in a new phase of life.  Make the celebration as elaborate or as simple as you please, but don’t ignore this significant rite of passage.   Let Party Idea Pros walk you through each step of planning your retirement party by providing professional recommendations on all the little details. And if we forget something, feel free to remind us!

Step 1 – A Quick Review of Planning Basics

Planning Basics

Budget

Timelines

Venues and Lodging

Entertainment and Photography

Fabulous Food

Step Two – Choose your Event Theme

Consider adding a charitable twist to your retirement party — a giving option can be added to almost any theme choice. Also be sure to check out Party Idea Pros blog posts:

A Gift That Gives

Go Green

K.I.S.S. (Keep It Stylishly Simple)

Cheap Chic

Step Three – Order your Supplies

Don’t forget to check if the vendor is running any promotoins for Party Idea Pros customers!

Discounts & Deals

Step Four – Make the Day Last a Lifetime!

Don’t let this memorable day fade away with the morning sun. The next day, when all is still fresh, log onto Shutterfly.com to create photo books, memory calendars, and even photo thank you notes. The photo books, in particular, are perfect for memorializing your event and are an easy way to keep an archive of your company family.  Make a few extras to present as gifts to employees with a special relationship to the retiree.

Photo Books

Collage Calendars

Photo cards

Recommended Reading

Product Details Product Details

How To Throw a Great Retirement Party

Big Birthdays: The Party Planner Celebrates Life’s Milestones


Easy Entertaining for Beginners: You Can Throw a Fabulous Party, from Holiday Fiesta to a Romantic Evening for Two
Bon Appetit Celebrations Deck: 50 Recipes for Special Parties and Happy Holidays All Year Long

Party Basics for New Nesters: More Than 100 Fresh Ideas for Holidays and Every Day
America Entertains: A Year of Imaginative Parties


Most importantly …
remember to enjoy the day!

Party Hearty!

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