You're officially a teenager! This moment will only happen once in a lifetime, so the party you are hosting has to be amazing. What are you doing to celebrate this historic moment? Let's brainstorm!
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Part 1 of 2: Do Simple Things
Step 1. Gather friends
The more, the busier. Quantity is not important. Regardless of the number of invitees, the event will run more fun. Try to invite a few friends in sufficient numbers to do various group activities, but still within the limits that you can control so that your party is still fun.
If you're not sure how many friends you should invite, plan your evening and pick a specific number. Sometimes this will provide a separate solution, such as how many friends are enough in the car, the number of members on a team, or the number of seats you have in your basement
Step 2. Eat
Head to your favorite restaurant and order a pizza, have your parents cook dinner for you and your friends, or cook it yourself! Basically what you do is feed your hungry friends, have fun with them, and forget about schoolwork for a while. A delicious meal will be a great start to a cool party.
Keeping your friends busy is a good idea. You and your friends can make your own pizza with whimsical toppings, decorate cakes, or make sandwiches and ice cream sundaes. You can also ask your parents to take care of this. When everyone is full, you can plan the whole party
Step 3. Relax and watch a movie at the cinema or at home
Comedies make a great choice to watch with friends! After that, invite your friends to stay at home and stay awake as long as you can. Who can stay up until the sun rises? Maybe you already have a schedule of staying up every Thursday. However, any other day is fine. You and your friends can watch movies non-stop.
If you intend to stay up all night, make sure you eat lots of sugar to stay awake, keep the lights on, and do things that prevent you from feeling bored and sleepy. You and your friends might be able to build a huge pyramid of soda cans to show off on Facebook
Step 4. Dress up with your friends
If your friends are girls (or maybe boys who wear makeup…) you can invite them over and tell them to bring their makeup and do each other's faces. Who cares if you guys look silly? You will still have fun when you see the photos! While dressing up, you and your friends can chat about school, other friends, boy friends, movies, music, celebrities and more!
You can also do really silly makeup like using bright blue eye shadow, red lipstick, and all the other things you normally see in bad glamorous photo shoots. Then take a photo and make it a kind of fashion show by pretending to be a haute couture model. Create whimsical makeup with bright colors, glitter, and patterns
Step 5. Go to the mall
Save your pocket money for a few weeks before the party (and get your friends to do it too) and go shopping. Have fun and try on different outfits, even if you can't afford them! You can even go to stores you'd never go to and try on clothes you'd never wear. However, don't let the shopkeeper find out!
Where else can you go shopping like crazy other than at the mall? It's your day! Do you really like shopping in bookstores? Or do you enjoy spending time trying on jewelry? Painting pottery? Small shop? Shopping for used goods?
Step 6. Swim
You may live quite close to a pool or beach. If this is possible, spend the day swimming. Ask your friends to bring snacks, towels, and spend time playing water games and sunbathing. If everyone is tired from swimming, you can play beach games, grill meat or make a bonfire.
Make sure your friends want to do it too. Some people don't like this activity, can't swim, or don't feel comfortable wearing a bathing suit. Tell your friends in advance if you want to do it
Step 7. Spend some time, go to karaoke and play video games
You can create your own karaoke room in the basement. Buy or rent a karaoke machine (or find a friend who has one) and become a pop star overnight! When everyone is tired of singing, start a competitive video game.
Make sure your parents allow it. Tell them about your plans so they don't worry and most importantly don't check on you too often
Step 8. Play some new party games
This game is not just for babies. Games can make a party run smoothly, lighten the mood, and make everyone laugh. However, you may not want to play a game you've played a thousand times. Check out some new game ideas below!
- Hunt for things. Ask your parents (or other people outside of your friends) to hide things around your house or neighborhood. Two teams can search for different clues and the winner is the first to get the last clue.
- Photo hunting. Two teams each have a camera and must take five to six photos in the allotted time. Then the two teams will exchange cameras and the other team must recreate the photos made by the other team with the exact same place and position. If you're walking around town, find places that might be hard to spot!
- Challenge balloons. Write the challenge on a piece of paper, put it in a balloon and blow it up. Then people have to pick the balloons and pop them one by one and run the challenges inside. However, don't be too mean. Make it a doable and a little stressful challenge!
Step 9. Go to the park
Invite 5 to 12 friends and go to the park all day. Make a big picnic, bring nail polish, sun towels, and lots of sunglasses. Don't forget to bring the ball to play.
- If you have an outdoor swimming pool nearby, you can do the same there. Relax on the grass by the pool and take a dip if you get too hot.
- After you and your friends go home and have dinner, you can also eat cake and invite some of your friends to stay overnight.
Step 10. Don't forget the birthday cake
No matter how old you are, birthday cakes are part of the celebration. When you have fun with friends, eat your birthday cake! Birthday cakes and cupcakes are very trendy these days, so you can probably order any flavor you like.
If you're hosting a party, you may want to provide guests with a few things such as drinks (water or soda), cake (several flavors as an alternative for people who don't like or are allergic to certain ingredients), and snacks that will make guests comfortable
Part 2 of 2: Do Big Things
Step 1. Go bowling
Divide your friends into two groups and see who will win the match. Everyone can play bowling and those who can't play it will have a lot of fun laughing at themselves. Look for a late night party that coincides with your birthday weekend, sometimes this way is cheaper.
Bowling alleys usually have a pool table, darts board, and other games. Plus, the food at the bowling alley is great! When you and your friends are tired after bowling, you can do various other things
Step 2. Play the laser shooting game
Just like bowling, this game can be played by anyone because who doesn't love shooting people? If the number of your friends is even and can form a team, you can do it. Your birthday will make everyone have fun!
Being active is a good thing, especially if the things you do are a little out of the ordinary. Try going to skateboarding, playing golf, volleyball, hiking, or taking a boat ride. Do something you wouldn't normally do
Step 3. Pamper yourself
You can save up for a professional body treatment for a few weeks before the party, ask your parents to pay for it as a birthday present, or use your own grooming products and do a makeover with your friends. There are tons of treatments for you to choose from and you'll feel great after treating yourself!
Even if you can't afford the spa, don't let this stop you! You and your friends can mani-pedi each other, do facials (don't forget the cucumber slices!) and start the massage queue! The first turn is you of course
Step 4. Camp
Backyard camping is perfect for a party, just in case someone wants to break into the house during the party. You can sit together in front of a campfire, play, eat and drink, tell stories, play guitar, and enjoy the night sky, blazing fire, and good friends. Don't forget the marshmallows!
The main thing that spoils a bonfire event is running out of firewood and fire. Make sure you have enough matches or liquid burning as well as newspaper, wood, or anything else that can burn and keep the fire burning, as well as enough food and drink
Step 5. Go to the amusement park
Sometimes hosting an event at home or watching a movie at the cinema isn't special enough. Spend your day at the amusement park! Make sure your friends don't have other shows, pocket money for food, and love roller coasters!
If the nearest amusement park is far enough away, ask your parents if you and your friends can stay at a nearby hotel and spend the weekend there. You can bring your sandwich, overnight bag and get as much free coffee and shampoo as you want at the hotel! That's a happy birthday
Step 6. Do something completely different
Instead of going to a movie or going to a restaurant, do something you would hardly do. Go horseback riding (as long as you and your friends can ride horses), watch a comedy show or theatrical performance. You can also paint glasses, go to a saltwater aquarium, or dress up like a prom. You don't have to do what you do every week!
Ordinary activities can be turned into extraordinary with a little effort! Go to your favorite restaurant, but dress up like you would go to a nightclub. Go to an amusement park and make a list of a hundred things to do. Turn cooking dinner into a cooking show. All is your imagination
Step 7. Have a thematic party
Go to the Pinterest site and you will get hundreds of interesting ideas. You don't need to have a 90s themed party or anything like that. It's 2016 and you have to be creative! You can throw a light themed party, a flea market dress prom, a sandwich party, and more! What have your friends never done?
Talk to your parents about what you can and can't do. Hosting a party that costs money is a bit difficult. You can share your creative ideas with them and find out what they think can be done and you like
Step 8. Watch sports matches
No matter what season it's in, there's always a game you and your friends can go to to have fun, eat popcorn, and scream! Does the city you live in have a baseball, hockey, football, or basketball league? Local leagues usually have cheap tickets and the games can be fun and uplifting.
Make the event more fun by bringing soda, blankets, and chairs
Step 9. Go to a concert show
If you celebrate your birthday on the weekend, there may be some fun things around you. Go to a band you've never been to or a show you've never heard of. Find out what's happening in your area and buy tickets as soon as possible. Make your night fun!
Sometimes concerts start late and are expensive. Make sure to explain to your friends first before you make plans. They may prefer pizza and video games when you have a lot of crazy ideas planned. Maybe you can change their mind
Tips
Make sure all guest needs are met if you are having a party. This means providing food and making sure they are comfortable and have fun.
Warning
- Make sure none of your guests are allergic to the food you serve!
- Make sure not to irritate guests or leave them in any way. You certainly don't want to ruin a friendship just because of this!
- Stay away from drugs and alcoholic beverages.
