A Cute Reach for the Stars Graduation Party for Kids

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If you are planning a graduation party for kids, you will love our Reach the Stars graduation party idea! Our reach for the stars party theme was perfect for Harper’s recent 5th grade graduation party that we hosted here at home.

Reach for the Stars party display with Star Crunch, Starburst candies on tiered tray

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Stars Party Food Ideas

You may have caught our moon and sunshine party for the solar eclipse and our outer space party over on our sister site. We were able to incorporate a lot of the same snack ideas into all of these parties!

We had so much fun coming up with our reach for the stars party food! A lot of it is ordered from Amazon. We had many of the deliveries right to our doorstep. However, many of these items can easily be found at your local Walmart, Kroger, or other favorite grocery store.

The graduation cupcakes came from our local Kroger. We couldn’t find any with stars so we added our own stars sprinkles when we got home.

graduation cupcakes on silver tray for a reach for the stars party

Our Stars Party Food and Snack Ideas

Little Debbie Star Crunch Cosmic Cookies
Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies
Mini Cans of Starry Lemon Lime Soda
Fun Size Milky Way Candy Bars
Fun Size Starburst Candies

Reach for the Stars party table for elementary school graduation party

Stars Play List

Depending on the vibe you are going for, there are lots of fun moon and stars songs to choose from!

Counting Stars by OneRepublic
Lost Stars by Maroon 5
All of the Stars by Ed Sheeran

Check out a ton more songs about with this NASA-inspired playlist about moon and stars!

Stars Party Decorations

What vibe are you going for – metals and neutrals, bright pops of color, black and white with touches of silver?

For stars party decorations, you can simply set up a cute table with either a stars tablecloth or a solid color. Personally, we love our iridescent tablecloth that coordinates with the hanging iridescent moon and stars decorations we bought. Vertical hanging moon and stars decorations are cute on the wall or dangling from light fixtures.

As you can see, we went with the iridescent look for Harper’s elementary school graduation party.

But these decoration can be used for any type of stars theme party – and the pink iridescent is especially cute for a girl party of any type!

A simple letter board with the party theme quote always adds an extra touch! We would recommend not displaying words on the garland in addition to a letter board with the same quote. It might be a bit much. But you could use a letter board with the quote and then simply a garland of stars.

Reach for the Stars letter board quote on iridescent letter board

DIY Graduation Garland

Since every guest at the party (except for little sister) was also a 5th grade graduation and classmate, we wanted the party to be a celebration of everyone and not just of Harper. So we printed pictures from the graduation ceremony and events throughout the year and tried to have two pictures of each guests to string together for a cute DIY graduation garland for the mantel in the living room. We had a plain banner with burlap polka dot triangles and we just clipped the photos to that.

It turned out cute!

DIY graduation garland hanging from mantel for 5th grade graduation

Balloon Arch

Well…we had a bit of a mishap with our stars balloon arch. Let’s just say we were naive to think our balloons could withstand 95+ degree Arkansas heat at the end of May. The balloons popped one-by-one until about 1/3 of the arch was missing by the time the party started. Oops!

We did get some pictures with it anyway, but it is nothing we are willing to show here!

Reach for the Stars Graduation Bingo Game

For an organized activity, we played this graduation Bingo game. It was a hit! For prizes, Mom had bought this big pack of beaded bracelets. She put them on a tray, and whenever someone called Bingo, that girl was allowed to choose three bracelets from the tray.

overhead shot of someone playing Graduation Bingo card

beaded bracelets for girls on wicker tray

little girl wearing Bingo prize bracelets while playing graduation Bingo

girls playing graduation Bingo at a 5th grade graduation party

girls playing Graduation Bingo at a 5th grade Reach for the Stars graduation party

Well, we hope you enjoyed our Reach for the Stars party ideas for a 5th grade graduation party! Again, these ideas are not just for 5th grade. You can make them work for a variety of graduation types!