From the article: Birthday Ideas for Older Children
Are you an experienced party thrower? Do you have great suggestions to add to our list of tween birthday party ideas? Share your secrets to throwing a great tween party, from picking a theme, to sending out the invitations, to stocking the goody bags, to finding innovative ways to create a fantastic party on a budget. Share Your Suggestions
Preteen girl party
- I think tweens need more of a grown up option like truth or dare and some kind of game with a wii, Xbox, or play station.
- —Guest Megan
Make a movie at the party...
- For our 11-year-old daughter's party we filmed a movie based on a script we got from a website (movieparties.co.uk - it was a few years ago, but just checked and it's still there). She chose a script that was based on a band entering a kind of American Idol/X Factor competition and they did loads of singing and dancing as well as acting out the story. We showed them what we'd filmed at the end of the party on the TV and I've never seen them laugh as much! We did eventually do some video editing ourselves to tidy it all up and added a bit of extra music and titles, etc, just for fun, but that was just because we're a bit geeky!! All loads of fun though.
- —Guest Steph
Sleepover
- For my daughter's 12th bday, she wanted a sleepover. So, me and my best friend gave them mani-pedi's and then they played some fun games we had organized for them. We blinfolded them and had them give each other makeovers. Another game they played was a clothing relay. The girls were divided into 2 teams and had to quickly put on leggings over their pj's. Then they had to hop around the living room and tag the next person in their team. And then a shirt and so on. The winners got to choose which movie the girls would watch. While watching the movie, my friend and I got dinner and cake ready for them. After that, they got into their sleeping bags and my friend went home and I went to bed. However, the girls stayed up till like, 1, playing truth or dare. The next morning, they had breakfast at our house and then they left.
- —Guest Mary
What I Did for my Child's Party
- What we did for my daughter's party was a sleepover. We had some fun activities like sleeping bag races (like potato sack races). We also did crafts and played our Wii. She had a fun 11th birthday, and her friends had fun, too. So did I.
- —Guest nicole
An Awesome Website
- I found a really good website for games and stuff. It's partyplan.co.uk
- —Guest dog
