4th Grade Moving Up Dance Party

This year I was asked to be the chairlady of the Forth Grade Moving Up Dance Party committee at one of our children’s schools. The theme this year was Hollywood Rockstar. The kids were so excited to receive their VIP passes before the party.

There were so many amazingly creative moms who were a part of planing this event, and created crazy cool decorations.

This awesome marquee sign and PARK letters were all handmade by a mom. She used poster board, paper, paint, styrofoam board and clear bulb lights.

This stunning Hollywood sign was also designed by a mom and created onsite with two helpers.

Another mom wrote each kid’s name on a silver star which were hung on the walls. She also created the hanging silver stars over the doorway and a six foot tall Oscar! Parents donated old music cd’s that she hung by fishing line – they looked so pretty with the lights reflecting in them! There were eight 4-foot guitars cut out of cardboard by a few moms and dads and hand painted. The kids received their stars at the end of the night.

The kids arrived dressed like rockstars and walked down the red carpet and had their photos taken by paparazzi and in the photo booth.

There was a DJ and the kids had a fun time dancing and singing. They enjoyed food donated and discounted by local restaurants, and beautiful cupcakes made by moms.

The After Party was in the cafeteria where the kids signed the backs of each other’s new t-shirts. Then we watched the slideshow I created, which included a current photo of each Forth Grader, their baby photo, and old & new photos of them with their friends from elementary school. At the end of the evening they were given their swag bags with a DVD of the slideshow, candy, and a booklet containing each of the kid’s favorite memories and what they want to be when they grow up.

I want to thank everyone who was a part of making our Forth Graders feel like Rockstars – Bellvale Farms Creamery, Cancun Inn Restaurant, Chili’s in Monroe, Eddie’s Roadhouse, Edible Arrangements of Monroe, Fetch Bar & Grill, Frank’s Pizza, Halligan’s Public House, Laura’s Sweets, Lowe’s of Chester, Noble Pies, Price Chopper of Warwick, Roe Brothers Hardware Store, ShopRite of Chester, ShopRite of Warwick, Taco Hombre, and Wadeson’s Home Center.

And a huge thank you and hugs & kisses to all the ladies (and a few husbands) who gave their time and talents for the past two months in the planning of this event! And the clean up too!

All of you ROCK!