Help me with Ideas? Please!

Oh what a hard one. Maybe just a sleepover and some games. What is your daughter into?

My daughter's 10, so I'm not sure.

Pajama Party was the first thing that came to my mind, too. Hostess gift: A Diary....they'll have plenty of secrets to write over the next year..........

Oh yeah. Slumberparty for SURE. But be the cool mom and don't hover around. Give them plenty of space. I like the diary idea, by the way.

A few other ideas:

Make individual pizzas. By the stuff in bulk so it's cheap, and they can make personal pans and put their own toppings on. That way you don't all have to agree, and it's more fun than just ordering one.

Maybe rent a movie or two.

If you know someone who is in school for cosmetology or is just good with doing hair, ask them to come over and do the girls' hair in updos while they are watching movies. If the person is in cosmetology school, they have to do a certain amount for classes, usually, and will probably do it for free.

My daughter is going to be 12 at the end of April. I'm not sure what we'll do yet, but I'm thinking of doing a slumber party.

Rent some movies, get some popcorn, some popcorn toppings, and go to the dollar store for some fun nail polishes, lip glosses, hair stuff, etc.

Thanks so much. Sleepover is a good one, also the diary is great too. They can write down about the party they went to, thats a great idea. Why didn't I think of that one, lol. Ang, she is into so much. She loves to read books, and well I have a room set up as a library of her books, LOTS AND LOTS OF BOOKS! lol.

You could also get her a disposable camera, a cheap scrapbook, and some paper & pens for it. They could take pictures during the party, and make a scrapbook out of them.

The pizza idea is great too. That way they can each have what they like on it. She could do a dance competition or singing competition, you could give out prizes for the best singing, best dressed, craziest outfit, etc. There is so much you can do at that age.

Of course keep the prizes simple.

That is hard, maybe trivia games or scavenger hunt. Sorry I am not much help my daughter is 6 so she is still pretty easy as long as it is pink...lol

One thing I did with one of my daughter's parties that was fun ... see if you can find someone with an old answering machine that uses tapes and will play in fast forward. They spent a long time recording things and playing it back in fast forward. The squeals of laughter were great. Another thing that went over well was setting up the videocamera, taping them doing things like 'hand games', etc. and playing it back. Or have them say what they want to be when they grow up and save the tape for when she's 16 and play it back then.

I like the hair thing. My daughter had a friend who knew how to do corn rows. Now, my daughter is a natural redhead with LONG red hair. You should have seen the look on my face when I came home from work and saw my exceedingly white daughter in corn rows! ROTFL!

Another thing that would be fun would be to do a "makeover" party. Either find a Mary Kay consultant or just get some different kinds of makeup and some fashion magazines and let them try on various ways of putting on makeup.

I agree with the sleepover. Depending on the kids, you can get horror movies (that was my daughter's pick), or chick flicks, or comedies, etc.

I liked the personal pizza idea. A similar thing I did that the kids liked was buy ice cream and a bunch of toppers. They made a royal MESS but they had fun. (I had 4 kids, so I got a lot of practice with the birthday party thing).

A sleepober is nice. My daughter will be turning 14 in July and she wants a skating party so something like that is nice but the sleepover is inexpensive.

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Craft parties are fun for that age. You can have them tye die t-shirts or decorate them with fabric paint, or make "sand" art with Koolaid, or make jewelry with cheap bead kis from the craft store, or just use your imagination. You could ask them to bring their own t-shirts if you go that route, or the white shirts come in packs very cheap at craft stores.

It has been too long since I had any that young.

I like the scrapbook idea! But then again I love pictures!! lol

for my 13th....my mom let me invite 12 people over. We all went to the movies (everyone paid for their own)...then we came home and made ice cream sundaes. We had the party start after 7p so everyone would have diner at their own house. We had board games and movies. My mom brought out her old make up and we gave each other a make over!

Something my friend did was had a Spa night. Had one one of her friends that was a Avon lady rep come over. The Girls that were invited to the party with their moms. Everyone got a make over and there was no pressure for anyone to buy anything. The Rep showed how teens should do make up and care for their faces. We had little tea sandwiches, cookies, and tea. Afterwards we all put on a nice outfit and went to get sundaes. all the girls stayed the night and did manicures and watched movies.

Another friend of mine had a '60's theme party and had everyone dress up. Played '60's music and borrowed a few lava lamps and bean bag chairs. They had a dance contest...A home made cut out where you can do digital pictures with the beatles....just a few ideas