Tween birthday party ideas can be challenging…tween girls are usually past the “princess birthday party” phase, the “art birthday party” phase and the “sport birthday party phase”. So being the activity Mom that I am…I suggested my daughter do the activity of creating her own birthday party idea. Her idea?…“just hang out and eat with my friends.” Sounded good to me. Need tween girl birthday party ideas?…here’s a quick pictorial of how to do it le easy.
I try to go practical for a loot bag. Knowing my daughter loves drawing and making lists (she’s my kid!) I thought a notebook and pencil/eraser set to be the perfect loot bag. It’s young adult without being boring.
Knowing tween girls can have picky tastes, we created a menu (full of tween girl favourites) and then put check mark boxes beside each item. We printed out the number of menus as we had guests and placed one at each seat around the table (with a pencil each of course). Then, we the tweens were sat…they could check off what they did or did not want. It was half party-game and half-food-win.
The appetizers were not extremely exciting…but represented what all the kids were eating in their lunches (yes, boursin cheese – my kids are French remember?!).
My 9 x 13 Homemade-from-scratch Mac N’ Cheese was devoured as was the salad. I added in some Strawberry Grape Kebabs as a fruit which I thought added a the red hues to the rainbow of food colours they were eating (oh…and the fruit was demolished too).
However, the biggest food hit of the party was the Make-Your-Own-Sundae grande finale. I was shocked that my daughter asked for sundaes rather than a cake (1st year she didn’t blow out candles!). I admit…I was slightly saddened. But oh, how I underestimated the fun factor of Make-Your-Own-Sundaes! I used waffle bowls (less clean up), vanilla ice cream, sprinkles, smashed cookie bits (my daughter LOVED putting Oreos in a ziplock bag and smashing it before the party) and of course chocolate fudge sauce. It was layers and layers of sweet goodness.
And all the while, as they ate, the tweens talked and listened to music and laughed. I must say…the best activity of this party was the girls just having a good time together.
Do you have a birthday party idea to share?
What a fun way to elevate it as they get older
I love how all they wanted to do was hang out, chat and eat. So easy yet so interactive. I must say – it was one of our best parties yet!
I love the menu idea – makes it kind of classy for the kids! Some really good tween party tips (mine are getting there>>>).
I highly recommend make-your-own-sundae Heidi – it was such a hit!
Mystery Food Dinner Fun and crazy birthday party idea for all ages – adults too! The guests are served dinner – but don’t know what they have ordered until the food arrives. Crazy fun and everyone loves it – once they figure it out! Directions and sample menu for the mystery dinner party .
If your tween is a movie lover, you may want to think about throwing a movie star-themed birthday party to celebrate their birthday. There are many fun decorations, games and party food that you can use to create your movie star-themed birthday party for your tween. Here are some ideas you can use to throw your tween a movie star-themed birthday party they will love.
I wish I’d thought of make your own sundaes when I was raising my daughters! What a brilliant idea! I have to admit, I wasn’t a great party putter onner lol Thanks for the ideas!
I was struggling trying to figure something out for my daughter (turning 13). I like the menu and for sure the make your own sundae, I think you just saved me some agony 🙂
tween parties are hard nowadays but love the ideas that you have shown here we will have to try some of these ideas ourselves
we also did a do it your own sundae bar sleepover for the girls, movie night and pancake breakfast
make your own sundae bar is genius!
i love this idea it is hard sometimes to make parties for tweens i have even come up with ideas myself for them as to theme parties for them we as parents are getting harder to figure out what they want as my daughters tell me all the time lol
I love all your idea so much
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this looks like a blast. Love how you made menus