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It may look like a place for younger kids, but he went with a teen youth group one night and they loved it. College groups even rent it out.
It will be a night time party and he can put together a play list on his IPOD, they turn down the lights, hand out glow necklaces, blast the music and it's like a bouncehouse nightclub.
They have invites, but I want to give the event a name. "Sweet" as in Napoleon Dynamite is one option, but I don't think it will come off in print and that is a pretty old movie, so he would probably not go for it.
Maybe some play on the words Pump It Up....
Ideas?
He'll be inviting his whole class and about ten others and teen events tend to grow in numbers once the word gets out. I was thinking of having a doorman check the guest list (and required waivers) at the door. Make it like a nightclub, with the "list". Would teens consider this stupid? My fear is that the invite will become viral through his Facebook and too many will show up. It will be RSVP, but you know how that goes.....
What till he,s 21. I never heard of a Sweet 16 party for a boy. I think you and him may be setting him up for a world of ridicule throughout the rest of his H.S years.
I have a 16 yo son and the only Sweet 16 party he's been invited to have been girls....This actually came up in recent discussions with friends who have boys the same age...One of the boys (who goes to a different school) had been invited to several (one of which was in one of those "bounce" places). The other moms I was with all have sons who attend the same school as my son and none of us had ever heard of such a thing. So I think it just depends....If I were having a party for a 16 yo boy -I personally wouldn't make it too "gimmicky" - embarrassment potential does increase in direct proportion to gimmicks IMO...
How does your son feel about this? He does want the party right? I would be ok with it, and sounds kinda cool. I know "sweet 16" is usually for girls but who says a 16 year old boy can't have a birthday party too? I also like idea of kinda poking fun at that by having te invits say "sweet".
I'd ditch the "Sweet 16" thing ... that's for girls. I do think themes are cool--but what do I know? I'm a mom, so anything I think is cool is usually rejected by my teenager. Anyway, you could call it a House of Pain party, as in "Come to Justin's House of Pain this Saturday." House of Pain is a band that plays a very popular song you may have heard ("Jump Around"), and it kind of goes with the bounce house location. And you'll probably have a few roughhousing boys crash into one another and have a REAL house of pain, too.
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I never heard of a Sweet 16 party for a boy. I think you and him may be setting him up for a world of ridicule throughout the rest of his H.S years.
I agree! Seriously rethink calling it a sweet 16 party!
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Originally Posted by HIF
They have invites, but I want to give the event a name. "Sweet" as in Napoleon Dynamite is one option, but I don't think it will come off in print and that is a pretty old movie, so he would probably not go for it.
Stay away from SWEET or anything feminine.
There's nothing wrong with having a birthday party for a teenage boy. Many teenage boys have birthday parties.
You just need to stop thinking of it as a SWEET 16 PARTY!
I am not going to call it a sweet 16 party! I was gigging him telling him that is what it is. Sorry, sick jokes don't come across well online. If Napoleon D. was current, then, maybe, but only with his okay!
I like the House of Pain idea and will run it by him.
I'd be careful not to call it anything close to pumping up the party or it will sound like the Hannah Montana song and drive the kids away. Nightclub sounds older and more attractive to teens. Maybe your son's name and nightclub; for ex. Nick's Nightclub or Jim's Nightclub Birthday Bash
Do you have to have a name? Maybe you could just list the date, time, place and the fact you are celebrating his birthday and add an inflatable bounce room will be available.
We had a surprise party for our son's 16th and it went really well. Good luck - it sounds like it will be a lot of fun!
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