I am planning a retirement party for a friend's husband. He is a bus driver. What are your ideas? I am working with a small budget. Any suggestions?
Make the theme next stop-retirement.
You could make pasta salad with wheel shaped pasta.
Centerpieces could be traffic signs
Pinterest has tons of ideas!
If you go with the theme wheels on the bus go round and round, there are lots of round foods from crackers and cheese rounds to burgers!
You could name the tables after the stops and have the bar be the garage!
Have fun with it!!
KEEP IT SIMPLE.
A NICE LUNCH,SALADS,SANDWICHES,MAY BE A POT OF CHILI IT GOES A LONG WAY,COUPLE LOAVES OF FRENCH BREAD OR DINNER ROLLS,PICKLES,OLIVES,CHEESE.
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My husband is a civil engineer who will be retiring after 37 years. I need ideas for party decorations. He loves old antique cars. Please help.
By Josie
Since he likes old cars, I would start there. Have cake with an old model T. Use old tool boxes for floral or greenery and LED candles.
Maybe a person doing 5 minute chair massages. Every one would love that, and probably needs one.
We are having a party for 3 correctional officers who are retiring. I would like to make some centerpieces for the table. I have about 3 yards of black and white striped cotton fabric. I would like to use plastic toy handcuffs and the fabric to make some kind of a centerpiece, but can't think of anything! If anyone has some ideas that they would like to share, I would really appreciate it.
By KH
Find a crafty person who can make a mock prison...with all the doors open! A large box painted like cinder blocks with painted on windows and bars would be perfect.
Take the striped fabric and cut into napkin size squares and use the cuffs like a napkin ring. Or for a centerpiece, take a foam circle, cover air dry clay making it look rocky. When it is dry, glue a real rock or one you have shaped from the air dry clay to it and add a hammer made of a long piece of dowel with a shorter wider piece of dowel glued to the end hori zontallly. Prop the hammer against the rock and glue it to it.
My mom is officially retiring on Dec. 31. My sister and I would like to give her a retirement party. I am looking for theme ideas and is it OK for us kids to give it to her or should we leave it up to someone else?
Please send me your ideas I need help.Debbie, I think it's totally appropriate for you and your sister to throw your Mom a retirement party. I hosted my father's retirement party 17 yrs ago and my brother and sister helped with the cost and the work.
You can use all the Happy New Year theme to make it into "Happy New Life!"
I am having a retirement party for my boyfriend who is only 43 yrs old. He retired from a fire/EMS agency after 20 yrs. The party is being held at a local bar/grille and I need some neat ideas on funny things to do!
By LoriBaker
I only have one idea but it's better than none.
Place an open beer bottle (not a can) on a small table or at the edge of a larger table. Place a ping-pong ball on top. Place the person about 20 steps away. Now tell them that they are going to "flick" the ping-pong ball off the top of the bottle with their finger. You know, hold one finger against your thumb to hold it back and then when you get to the item push your finger past the thumb so that it "flicks" out and pushes (or kicks) the item.
Here's the catch. They must close one eye. (You can get an eye patch for this so they can't cheat.) and hold their arm out straight. Using the one open eye, line up that stiff arm and try to "flick" the ping-pong ball off the top of the bottle. They will think they are drunk before they've had one beer!
Does anyone have any ideas for a retirement party? My sister will be retiring from Boeing after 20 years. It will be held at a restaurant, I'd like a few ideas for entertainment, games, and decorations?
By Jackie from Enumclaw, WA
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