Ultimate Spirit Week Guide
Tips, tricks, tools & ideas for the best Spirit Week EVER!!! Get everyone involved, get wild & crazy about School Spirit, and make your Spirit Week a huge success!
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Planning For Homecoming
An awesome tradition welcoming students and alumni back to school, Homecoming is just around the corner!! Are you ready? We’re here to help make the planning of this incredible event as stress-free as possible for your students, staff, alumni, and you! Check out our fabulous ideas for Homecoming themes, and great planning tips and tricks!
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Video Tutorials
Learn how to decorate like a PRO! We offer video tutorials on how to use lighting, balloons, background paper and more!
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Video Tutorial - Weighting for Structures
Prom Themes are important to make your prom as wonderful of an event as you ever have! Be sure that your structures at prom are properly weighted to ensure durability.
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Video Tutorial - Working with transparencies
Decorating your Prom venue is important to make sure that your space has a magical feel! Using a few simple tools, such as a transparency and overhead projector, you can create a beautiful cardboard background structure!
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Video Tutorial - Lighting your prom theme
Prom Decorations, especially prom lighting definitely has the capability to set the mood for your ambiance. Use mini lights, flood lights or even colored lights to feature soft themes.
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Video Tutorial - Laminating Backgrounds
Prom Decorating can be a hassle, but when things are laminated, you can ensure that it will last throughout the whole night!
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Video Tutorial - Decorating with Glitter
Prom Decorations shine with glitter! Glitter can make any and everything sand out and come to life!
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Video Tutorial - Decorating with Fabrics: Gossamer, Tulle, and Netting
Prom Decorations bring your venue space to life. Using a variety of decorating fabrics such as gossamer, netting, tulle, background paper, streamers, and more, you can create beautiful spaces!
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Video Tutorial - Working with Die-Cuts
Prom Decorations are made easy with pre-cut shapes (die cuts). You can place these on structures throughout your prom such as trees or columns to make your prom space come to life!
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Video Tutorial - Working with Balloons
Prom decorations are quick and easy to put together with balloons. Whether used in balloon arches, or balloon clusters, balloons always add color to your decor and can bring out exciting elements to your prom theme.
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School Spirit Guide
There is something about school spirit that is pure magic. Each school
has their special traditions that make them unique. The feeling of a
united and spirited student body is simply fantastic! Try some school
spirit ideas and tips for involvement.
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Organizing Your Event Committees
If your school or committee is small, you could plan your event as one
large committee, but if you have a large Committee, splitting up into
several smaller sub-committees will make planning easier and more
efficient. Sub-committees can research their areas of responsibility and
bring information and selections back to the large committee to vote
on. The number and type of sub-committees will vary depending upon your
needs. Possible sub-committees include:
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Homecoming Float Decorations
Amazing Float Decoration Ideas for Your Homecoming
No homecoming parade is complete without a variety of beautiful, fun or even zany floats! The recipe for creating amazing homecoming floats is simple: Just add Anderson's! We can help you bring your homecoming float ideas to the parade with our affordable float decorations. Or, if you’re out of ideas and running out of time, we have tons of great float kits that are ready to go!
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Spirit Week Ideas
Are you ready for Spirit Week?
What are your school’s Spirit Week traditions? Whatever they are, use Spirit Week as a time to promote school spirit, unify the student body and make fun memories your students and teachers will cherish for a lifetime. Read on for some fun Spirit Week ideas!
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What to Do BEFORE Building a Theme
Building a theme for your BIG EVENT? Here are some things to think about BEFORE you start construction!
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Kit & Theme Construction: Top 10 Tips and Hints
Have questions about constructing your theme or kit?
Anderson's is here to help. Here are our TOP TEN tips to help you construct a theme or kit like a PRO!
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Free Online Tools
Check out these AWESOME FREEBIES from Anderson's!
Download our Advisor Planner, Budget Sheet, Fundraising Flyer and more.... For FREE!
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How To Build A Float
So you want to build a float. Great! This guide will help you create a masterpiece that will get oohs and ahhs from all your adoring fans.
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Organizing Your Committees
If your school or committee is small, you could plan your event as one large committee, but if you have a large Committee, splitting up into several smaller sub-committees will make planning easier and more efficient. Sub-committees can research their areas of responsibility and bring information and selections back to the large committee to vote on.
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7 Hot Budget-Friendly Homecoming Favors
Homecoming is a celebration, a time to kick up your heels and pay homage to your school and it's history. Whether your homecoming is a formal affair or a casual come-as-you-are event, favors should not be forgotten. Help your students celebrate their school and preserve their memories.
But finding a favor that's easy on your budget and a hit with students is sometimes a difficult task. We've found seven ideas under $1.00 and all can be imprinted with your school name, team or mascot. 
Everyone loves a a Water Bottle! Get your school name or mascot imprinted on the side and hand them out at the big game or dance. Always a hit with students!
Locker Stickers go on strong and peel off leaving no residue. Customize them with your school or team name.
Give them all something to cheer loud and clear with at the big game! These Hand Shakers come with an imprinted handle to get your message out.
Imprint your Custom Buttons with your homecoming theme, school name or mascot. What a feeling of unity when everyone at school wears them to the big game or dance!
Everyone can use a Key Ring! And with your imprint it will become a keepsake for all the students and staff.
The latest in wrist-wear, these Spirit Bands are popular among kids.
So this year don't let budget woes stop you from celebrating big. Send them home from the big game or the Homecoming Dance with a favor to add to their memento box.
Has your school given homecoming favors in the past?
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Spirit Week New Ways to Celebrate
Spirit week is a traditional part of Homecoming celebrations for many schools. It's celebrated with a different theme each day of the week ending with School Spirit Day on Friday. This year why not try some fun new "days" and break free from the "same-old-same-old" spirit days of the past.
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Get Crazy With School Spirit
It's time to start thinking about school spirit! Fostering school spirit and encouraging student participation has many benefits. It helps encourage unity among students, parents and staff, grows confidence and sportsmanship, and encourages the dissolve of social divisions.
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How To Decorate Your Tables
Table Decorating 101: Achieve the look without the stress! Now you can easily create the professional look of the tables you see in catalogs and online with affordable materials like
gossamer,
netting and
mini lights.
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