Birthday party ideas needed for 13 year old girl

[MomME]

13 year old kids are to old to have a themed party. 13 is the year they are FINALLY teenagers, they want to make an impression of themselves. So instead of doing a themed party, you could have a sleepover- inside or out- and do a billion different things that reflects your kid.

For example they could have a contest to see how long somebody could hold a spoon full of cinnamon- or how many marshmallows they can stuff- in their mouth, have a silly string fight, apple diving, dance off, truth or dare, would you rather, scavenger hunt,or maybe even a blind folded ice cream test.

These are some of the ideas that my 12 year old daughter wants to do for her party and I figured I would just throw this out there. Not to mention, it barely costs anything.

[NC gal (aka Oregon gal)]

I want to thank all the contributors (and OP of course) to this thread. I have been struggling with what to do for my daughter's 13th birthday for the past week. Our budget is tight, especially it being just after Christmas, so I was looking for cost friendly ideas. I think, at times, every parent wishes they could lavish their children with exactly what they want, no matter the cost....me included.

Unfortunately, I can't do that but would be hesitant to anyway because I want her to understand the value of spending quality time with your friends is more important than the expensive glitz and glam. It doesn't help when the majority of her friends come from well off households that are able to spend $500 on a birthday party without blinking an eye, or so it seems. I understand quite well, that it's a "keeping up with the Joneses" kind of thing that I refuse to even try to compete with, but, naturally, my daughter sees what her friends are doing and wants the same thing.

Long winded way around to saying thank you for helping me come up with some less expensive ideas that I hope will make for a memorable slumber party for her....love this group of people and the help you are all so willing to take the time to give

[faithhopeandlove]

Originally Posted by no kudzu

Here's a suggestion for a 13th Birthday party. Have all the girls bring donated clothes and canned good and take them to a shelter to dish up dinner for homeless people or better yet take them to a nursing home to help with entertaining the residents with a musical production or skit or just talk to lonely older folks. This kind of "party" will teach them more for their future lives than any hotel and limo escapade. And since they have aged out of hotel parties by age 11 this would be novel and give them something to think about instead of more stuff and self centered activities.

After all----the real world is just around the corner for these girls.

Thank you for speaking the truth! It's good to know the whole world hasn't lost their mind. It's hard not to get sucked into some of this...but we have to be strong for our kids and their future. God bless.

[jodinc]

My 13yr old girl says Defy Gravity (DefyGravity Trampoline Arena > Home). She has recently been to a couple there and had a blast. 2nd on her list would be a spa-party (somewhere like Skin Sense in Brier Creek has a Teen spa) followed by slumber party.