By now you’ve probably had just about every kind of Birthday Party imaginable. This time, your Sweet 16 son or daughter just wants time to hang out with their friends and have a good time!
No agenda, just food and opportunities for fun!
Sweet 16 Birthday Party
Up until now, every Birthday Party Justine had was a well orchestrated event. Games and activities were scheduled, right down to the minute. I’m kind of organized in that way.
This year would be different.
This year we would simply provide food and games and activities for the teenagers to do, in their own time, their own way.
We set party time for 5:00pm – 10:00pm and went to work preparing Birthday fun opportunities!
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Sweet 16 Birthday Food
Tacos were the food of choice for our Birthday girl and Frozen Cookie Dough Balls with ice cream sundaes were a hit!
Sweet 16 Games And Activities
We gathered the supplies for the following games and left them out for the teens to use as they saw fit.
GlowPong
Okay, don’t be appalled! My daughter had a GlowPong set she got from her crazy uncle one Christmas.
Alright, alright! I know it’s original name was Beer Pong but hey, pop works just as good!
We set up our ping pong table in the garage and left the opportunity of GlowPong.
Before we knew it, the strobe light was on, music was blaring, and GlowPong was played!
If laughter is any measurement, GlowPong was a hugely loud success!
We put the slips in a jar and printed the provided label to attach with jute.
The teenagers had a lot of fun with this and had lots to say!
Prizes
We went to Target and the Birthday Girl chose about 10 prizes to add to miscellaneous prizes we already had at home.
They were mostly silly prizes like a hot pink garden gnome and a pet rock craft kit.
For Name That Band, we had dollar bills ready OR they could pick a prize from the prize basket.
Let me tell you, we could have just done all dollar bills. The teenagers wanted the money, hands down! Two dollar bills would have put it Over The Top!
How the Sweet 16 Birthday Party Really Went Down
The teenagers had a lot of fun hanging out outside for most of the evening! They rode bikes and wiggle cars, played catch with the football, tossed around the giant beach ball, and they even found the chalk and wrote all over the street!
The music was playing and fun was everywhere!
They took a break for dinner and went right back to hanging out and having fun!
When the sun went down, GlowPong was the game of choice!
Eventually, they all came inside ready for more.
Justine opened gifts and we played the other games listed above, finishing off with Name That Band.
Everyone seemed to have a great time. So great, in fact, that the party turned into a giant sleepover!
kay ~ the barefoot minimalist
Sunday 15th of May 2016
You are ONE FUN MOM BRIDGET! I love your ideas so much. You are still the Queen of Fun in my book! :D
Sunshine and Rainy Days
Monday 16th of May 2016
Yay! I'm glad you think so, Kay! I'll take that title any day!