You may ask your siblings to help you plan the party, especially if there are going to be many guests in attendance. Elements like food, drinks, chairs, and table settings will all need to be arranged for the party. Consider if you are going to surprise your parents with the big party or involve them in the planning of the party. You may opt for a surprise party if your parents enjoy surprises and involve them if they are not as into being surprised. You and your siblings may also share the hosting duties, taking turns introducing family members or loved ones who want to give speeches or toasts in honor of your parents. You may create a loose schedule for the party so there is a mix of speeches and fun moments throughout the event to celebrate your parents’ marriage.
You may host a cocktail party at your house or a sibling’s house to celebrate your parents, complete with snacks and fancy drinks. Or you may plan a small dinner with close family and friends at a restaurant that your parents like. Decide if the gathering will be a surprise for your parents to celebrate their love. If you do not want to make it a surprise, you may involve your parents in the planning of the event.
In honor of your parent’s silver anniversary, you may go with a silver theme, complete with silver centerpieces, silver decorations and a cake decorated with silver details. You may choose a theme your parents love and use it for the party. For example, maybe your parents love to travel and have travelled together to many different places around the world. You may then put photos of their travels on each table and have a wonders of the world theme for the party.
Your parents may ask you if they can renew their vows as part of their 25th anniversary celebration. If they are into this idea, you should arrange for a justice of the peace or another officiant to be present at the event so your parents can renew their vows.
If you do not have any siblings, you may include the family pet in your portrait. Bring your dog, cat, fish, or rabbit and pose with them. Your parents will likely appreciate a tasteful image of all their “children” to hang on their wall or on the mantle.
You may collaborate with your siblings or loved ones to come up with a poem together. Discuss ideas, memories, and feelings that you associate with your parents. Then, choose a form, such as the free-verse form or a rhyming form, and try to put these ideas into the form. You may also find it useful to read wedding poems written by others to get ideas for your own poem. You can find examples of wedding poems on www. poetryfoundation. org.
One option is to organize the video chronologically, starting with images of your parents when they first met. Then, you may then move into images of your parents together before you were born followed by images of you all as a family. You can also include text in the video as an added touch.
For example, perhaps your parents have always talked about going to the cloud forest in Costa Rica as a couple. You may then pool your money with your siblings and get them tickets to Costa Rica as a gift. Maybe you are looking for a gift that is affordable but still special. You may get your parents tickets to a fun, once in a lifetime event such as a hot air balloon ride or a horseback ride through the mountains.
