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Retirement Party Ideas

December 31, 2018

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?


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December 31, 20180 found this helpful

Make the theme next stop-retirement.

You could make pasta salad with wheel shaped pasta.

Centerpieces could be traffic signs

 

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December 31, 20180 found this helpful

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!!

 

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January 2, 20190 found this helpful

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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BALLOONS ABOUT 20 ATTACH 10 TO EACH BALLOON HOLDER.
A NICE CAKE,AND OTHER DESSERTS OTHERS MAKE.ASK OTHERS TO HELP, TO PARTICIPATE.
GET A BIG CARD HAVE THEM SIGN IT,HAVE EVERYONE THROW IN SOME MONEY.
MAKE COFFEE AND HAVE POP IN 2 LITRE BOTTLES SUPPLY CUPS.
HERE IS A LINK TO MORE IDEAS www.pinterest.ca/.../

 
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August 16, 2013

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

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August 16, 20130 found this helpful

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.

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Go to dollar/discount store and get several bandanas and use them for napkins. Just some ideas to get you started. Hope this helps.

 
August 18, 20130 found this helpful

Maybe a person doing 5 minute chair massages. Every one would love that, and probably needs one.

 
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November 29, 2011

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

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November 30, 20110 found this helpful

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.

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Then, put the handcuffs on each persons plate unlocked as if to say "I'm free"! Whatever you do, please share a photo with us? Have fun!

 
November 30, 20110 found this helpful

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.

 
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September 6, 2007

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.

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September 7, 20070 found this helpful

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.

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It was just a simple family affair. We had a backyard cookout. We gave him a sort of gag gift....a rocking chair... and a nice frame which later I had a group picture of all of us enlarged and put in the frame

 

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September 7, 20070 found this helpful

You can use all the Happy New Year theme to make it into "Happy New Life!"

 
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May 13, 2012

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

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May 18, 20120 found this helpful

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.

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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!

 
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February 24, 2010

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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March 15, 2018

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