On bid day, college students join Greek organizations that will become their home away from home. This day can be exciting, stressful and filled with fun all at the same time! Use these themes and planning ideas to make bid day a breeze and welcome new sorority members with open arms.
Bid Day Themes
- Olympics - Celebrate bringing home the gold as your sorority lights a new torch with the newest pledge class. You can even plan simple games like a bean bag toss, a three-legged race or a ring toss throughout the event to make it seem like the real Olympics!
- Jungle - Welcome new members to the wild side when they step into a jungle-themed bid day filled with animal prints and leaves. Make sure to show your sorority pride because after all, it's hard to be humble when you're queen of the jungle!
- Greatest Show on Earth - Create a circus-themed bid day with gumballs and popcorn to show that the new members joined the Greatest Sorority on Earth. To take it up a notch, explore hiring a petting zoo to give a real circus atmosphere.
- Candyland - Bring home the sweetest pledge class to a land filled with candy! Construct a rainbow path across the floor and put lollipops in every corner to build a world of sweets.
- Rock 'n' Roll - You can't always get what you want, but you did with the newest pledge class! Whether you take inspiration from The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Queen or AC/DC, you can use temporary tattoos and blow-up guitars to make your bid day rockin'.
- New Bids on the Block - Stop, collaborate and listen, your sorority is back with some brand-new additions! Make sure you use plenty of neon colors and have boom boxes at the ready to give your theme the '90s throwback vibe.
- Pop-Art - Pow! Bam! Zap! This bid day theme will look like it came straight out of a comic book with pop art designs. Use bold, primary colors to create Andy Warhol's ideal version of bid day.
- Friends - Transform your bid day location into the world of Friends (or should we say sisters?). Offer coffee, deli sandwiches and smoothies just like Central Perk!
- Under the Sea - Show new members that you were "mer-made" for each other and decorate the venue like an underwater world. Add blue tablecloths and Swedish fish to the tables and put green streamers everywhere to look like seaweed!
