Here’s the thing with teeners: they have to ask parents for party budget and they can’t party all night. So, when planning a party for a teenager, make sure to include activities that can be done during the day. For food ideas, you can opt to do a DIY… translated as potluck!

Someone brings the popcorn (when you’re watching movies on someone’s new Viewsonic monitors), or someone can bake a ref cake (when you’re planning a tea party). Energy is high in teen parties, and the activities must at least involve some competition.

1. Divide your group into teams and shoot pool – A billiards competition will make any part exciting. You can teach each other some cue tip tricks and use the sport to exchange some friendly jibes.

2. Tug-o-war beach picnic – The way you will perform in a tug-o-war will impress even the world’s top olympic tug-o-war team (if there’s such a thing). The combination of fresh air, beach wind and bikinis make this activity fun and exciting. Have someone’s mom bring pizza and you’re all set!

3. Poem Reading Night – An artsy group of teenagers can come up with the most touching poetry! You can do this with candle light or bonfire. Or you can simply sit inside a tent with your homies and exchange friendship poems.

The best giveaways for a teener’s party include friendship bracelets, framed polaroid photos and the like.

One particularly fun way to celebrate a birthday and a bridal shower is to be completely sentimental about the celebrant and the experiences she went through until she reached that age or that event in her life.

Besides speeches and last dances, birthday getting-to-know-you games bring out the mushiness in people, so that a party planner won’t even have to ask anyone for a speech or a short song for the celebrant, everyone will be jumping in to contribute their trips to memory lane.

Nostalgia works!

A simple sentence starting with “Do you remember the time…” will make the guests and the celebrants feel the occasion. A must-do during speech time is to choose the person in the group who knows the celebrant best. One way to do this is to survey the people using these questionnaires called It’s All About the Birthday Star. It asks the guests what they know about the birthday girl or bride-to-be and you and the celebrant can decide which guest should do the toast.

One can even do a trivia game based on the answers to the questionnaires.

How do you deal with theme parties that require you to provide a mechanical bull, like a Rodeo-style bachelor party; a water slide for a kid’s birthday party, water fun-themed?

Answer: you rent the equipment.

For the water-fun party, for example, you can avail of Water Slide Party Rentals and Inflatable Party Rentals. This will save a lot of time and energy, because you do not have to buy these bulky things yourself. You can come up with an arrangement and propose your deal to the rentals owner. They are some people in your neighborhood you should know of and be in touch with at all times.

Another benefit of Party Rentals is that you can add a whole section of ‘party games available’ in your company sales page.

That way, your clients will see that you have more to offer than the usual party themes.

Here’s a nice socialization idea for kids, a tea party, complete with grown up fineries and kid’s games. Remember how, as kids, we loved to play dress up and imitate our elders? This party idea will teach them the basics of polite small party talk and buffet table manners.

And it’s fun to watch and facilitate too! Get ready with your cameras!

When to invite the neighborhood kids.

Invitations must be given out 3 days to a week prior to the party. Set the date to a Saturday afternoon when no homework needs to be done. Sunday is family day so better not interfere with that. The official teatime is in the afternoon, a little after lunch time.

Decorate

Let your princess or prince take part in the planning. Regal decorations and tiny silverware will make play tea party seem real and more special. Balloons, streamers and fancy ribbons are a must.

Sandwiches and Fingerfood

Cucumber sandwich – Lightly buttered toast with thinly sliced cucumber fruits and cheese. Nutritious and filling.

Cake – Bake your own or order in. This will make the occasion seem more festive. You must remind the kids though that no one’s going to blow candles on the cake because it’s for tea.

Animal Cookies – These are normal cookies shaped like animals. The trick is in the cookie cutter! Here’s a nice recipe:

4 c. flour
1 c. softened butter
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3 eggs

Mix the flour, soda and salt together, then add the cream butter slowly. Add the sugar and eggs one at a time and mix. Stir in the vanilla then add flour mixture. Mix. Cover the dough and chill one hour or more. Roll the dough one fourth of an inch thick, then cut out with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes or until lightly brown.

Tea Party Games

It’s a formal tea party, but the participants are still kids. A print out of a game called What’s that on Old MacDonald’s Farm? will have them learning about farm animals in a fun way. Faciliator adults can guide the kids on what to do, but the fun of discovery should be left to the participants.

Other games include a nice treasure hunt where some gold foil covered chocolates could be hidden in the garden or around the house. Mom escorts can set up stations to keep the kids from getting too enthusiastic and knock over things. This tea party you set up perfectly could be one of the best memories of their childhood.