{"id":4236,"date":"2016-06-30T09:42:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T14:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andersons.com\/?p=4236"},"modified":"2022-07-22T16:27:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:27:07","slug":"homecoming-spirit-week-theme-day-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/homecoming-spirit-week-theme-day-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming Spirit Week Theme Day Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homecoming Spirit Week is one of the most memorable parts of the school year, and theme days (or dress up days) are the most memorable parts of Spirit Week. Students and staff love dressing up to show their school spirit and get pumped for the big game and dance. There are lots of fun ideas for Spirit Week theme days. Here are just a few to get you started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decade Day<br \/>\n<\/strong>Choose a decade and encourage students and staff to have a blast from the past by dressing in the styles of that time period. Here are some ideas for each decade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>1950s: poodle skirts and leather jackets<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1960s: peace signs and tie-dye<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1970s: bell bottoms and leisure suits<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1980s: hair bows, pinned jeans, and everything neon<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dress-Up-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"andersonsprom_spiritweek\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dress-Up-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Dress-Up.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Celebrity Day<br \/>\n<\/strong>Have students and staff dress like their favorite celebrity for this Spirit Week day. You\u2019ll find everyone from movie and TV stars to sports figures to musicians in the mix.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Character Day<br \/>\n<\/strong>Students and staff will love to become their favorite literary or movie character for a day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pajama Day<br \/>\n<\/strong>Allow students and staff to wear their school-appropriate jammies, robes, and slippers to school. They\u2019ll appreciate the extra few minutes of sleep they\u2019ll get because they don\u2019t have to get dressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>College Day<br \/>\n<\/strong>Let students and staff show their college spirit by wearing apparel from their favorite school, whether its their alma mater (staff), or a school they dream of attending (students).<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Spirit Week Theme Day Ideas <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2080 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cover-image1-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"Andersons_AfterProm\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cover-image1-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cover-image1-813x1024.jpg 813w, https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cover-image1.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Nerd Day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Class\/School Color Day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Teacher Look-a-like Day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mismatched Day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Twin Day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Animal Day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Patriotic Day<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spirit Week theme days are fun ways to generate excitement for your school\u2019s Homecoming. The sky is the limit when it comes to dress up day possibilities. Choose your favorites and have fun showing your school spirit. Find everything you need at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">andersons.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homecoming Spirit Week is one of the most memorable parts of the school year, and theme days (or dress up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,16,28],"tags":[184,243,267,495,540],"class_list":["post-4236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-high-school","category-homecoming","category-school-spirit","tag-dress-up-days","tag-game-day","tag-high-school-2","tag-spirit-week","tag-theme-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6346,"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4236\/revisions\/6346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}