Teen Party Ideas?!
Go to the mall then restaurant (How would this work, does she need to give out anything for them to shop)
sleepover -won't work well (small house)
any ideas? or is the mall thing good. =)
Answers: My friend needs so creative birthday party ideas so far she has:
Go to the mall then restaurant (How would this work, does she need to give out anything for them to shop)
sleepover -won't work well (small house)
any ideas? or is the mall thing good. =)
Home Spa Party
Theme:
Home Spa Party
Invitations:
Use our Printable Spa Party Invitations or create your own. The invitations look especially beautiful printed on parchment paper. (Parchment paper is available at most office supply stores.) After printing, cut around the edges and fold. Next, print, cut and fold this matching envelope.
Alternatively, you could tie special soaps or candles with raffia or ribbons and
attached a tag inviting your guests. This works well if you have the ability to hand-deliver your invitations or if you don't mind the cost of packaging them properly and mailing them.
Decorations:
Candles! Lots of candles and soft lighting. Candles create a tranquil atmosphere... a cozy, peaceful setting.
Set up small intimate seating areas around tables with beautiful aromatic hand creams, nail polishes and nail grooming tools. Include some small plates of chocolates and candy. Have some soft instrumental music playing.
Also, a great added touch is to provide your guests with bottles of water (in keeping with your decor) at any relaxation station. Try replacing the original labels on bottled water with these Printable Water Bottle Labels. It doesn't take much work to add this special touch to your party. Give one to each of your guests as they arrive and/or have them scattered about the room in pretty baskets.
Food:
Fresh fruit and vegetables trays are perfect for a spa party. Add some delicious creamy or zesty dips for the vegetables and chocolate fondue, whipped yogurt or caramel dips for the fruit.
Cheese trays and shrimp rings are also excellent choices. Make them up yourself or order them from your local deli.
If you're feeling ambitious a few canapes and petite fours would also add to the luxuriousness of your spa party. You can find some great recipes at allrecipes.com
Activities:
For those of you who can afford it, hire a professional or two to come in and do massages, facials, manicures and/or pedicures. Nowadays there are even mobile spas available in a lot of cities.
For those of you on a tighter budget... Have someone you know with experience in essential oils come down and give an interactive teaching and demonstration on making natural beauty products at home. If you don't know someone you may be able to hire someone. Otherwise, do some research at Essential Oil Recipes. They have a great selection of home spa recipes and aromatherapy information.
There are also several homemade spa recipes available
in the free beauty tips ebook you'll receive when signing up for Girl Stuff.
Prepare a short teaching on what you've learned to share with your guests.
Set up a table for your guests to make one or more beauty products and demonstrate step by step how to make the products. (Be sure to test the products beforehand.)
The dollar store has a lot of pretty glass bottles and jars that are perfect for putting homemade massage oils, body lotions, body scrubs or facial masks in (some of them sell for as little as 3 for $1).
One easy, inexpensive body scrub recipe to try requires only three ingredients:
1/8 cup fine sea salt
1/4 cup grapeseed,apricot or almond oil
1-2 drops essential oil of choice
(Adjust the recipe to suit the amount you would like to make)
Store in a cool area.
Instructions:
1. Place salt in a widemouthed jar and cover with grapeseed, apricot, or almond oil. Scent with essential oil. Stir well.
2. To use, dampen your body and vigorously but gently massage the salt and oil mixture into the skin in a circular motion. Be careful to avoid any scratched or wounded areas. Rinse with warm water. Dry with a towel.
Let your guests sample their creations on their hands or let them take turns giving each other a hand scrub, massage and lotion treatment. For instructions on giving a simple hand massage visit Aroma Care.
If you've got the room and the time, try a facial mask recipe and then let your guests put it on, sit back, and relax to soft music and candlelight as they wait for their masks to set.
Be sure to have lots of fresh warm towels on hand and easy access to rinse water. You might want to throw the towels in the dryer while your guests are resting with their masks on.
Note: Lavender essential oil is very soothing and relaxing as well as others. Essential oils are available at health food stores and the price range is quite wide. You may want to pick 1-3 scents in a price range you can afford. Sea salts and grapeseed oil are very affordable.
There are some precautions you need to take with essential oils because they are highly concentrated extracts.
Keep away from eyes.
Never take them internally.
Do not apply them directly to skin (always mix them with a carrier oil like grapeseed, mineral, almond or apricot oil).
Don't increase the amount of essential oil in a given recipe. (Some oils are toxic in large amounts.)
Do not use on pregnant women or children under the age of two.
Keep in mind that ginger, lemon, orange and bergamot essential oils can cause skin irritation if exposed to sun, so don't go out in the sun for 6 hours after using these oils in your recipes.
If you have any questions about essential oils, be sure to do some research and/or talk to a natural health professional.
Prizes:
A great door prize for a spa party would be a gift certificate for a massage, a manicure, a pedicure, a facial or any other beauty treatment. Also, a basket of bath and beauty products is always a good choice.
Favors:
Print a copy of Create a Home Spa on pretty paper. Roll it up (like a diploma) and tie a piece of ribbon or raffia around it. You could also add a beautiful candle and tie them together.
(Note: The Create a Home Spa article mentioned immediately above was written by Julie Hunt - founder of SHE, the foremost inspiration and personal development resource for women who want to live brilliant, happy, successful lives.
Visit her at http://www.shesite.com ------- Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com )
Tie a facecloth and a bar of body soap together with raffia or ribbon.
Get some small pretty jars or sachet bags and fill them with bath beads, bath salts or your own homemade scented epsom salts.
Mall scavenger hunts can be a lot of fun provided common courtesy is exercised. Remember you will be playing where other people are doing business. Even if your prime objective is to have fun, the store owners want to make money and provide a pleasurable shopping experience for their costumers. In other words, don't be disruptive, rowdy or annoying. Other than that, lace up your shopping shoes and ... HAVE FUN!!!
Note: Some malls do not allow you to take photos in the mall. Please check with your mall before planning a mall photo hunt.
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Need some Mall Scavenger Hunt invitations?
Get a free Handmade Invitations Ebook, which includes printable templates and ideas for making your own Mall Scavenger Hunt invitations, by clicking here or use our cool printable mall scavenger hunt invitations designed to look like credit cards.
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No Cost Mall Scavenger Hunt NEW
Low on cash? Still want to plan some fun mall scavenger hunts with your friends? Try our no cash required Mall Scavenger Hunts List.
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Mall Photo Scavenger Hunts NEW
Plan a Mall Photo Scavenger Hunt. Bring your friends, cameras and a few copies of our Mall Photo Scavenger Hunt List. Shopping without cash has never been so fun.
If you can't get enough of taking photos at the mall try our second Mall Photo Hunt which involves photographing team members posing in or with different items available at the mall.
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Best Buy Scavenger Hunt
Your mission for this scavenger hunt is to find the lowest price in the mall for specific items. Make your own list or use our printable Best Buy Mall Hunt.
Note: Teams do not purchase the items; they just find them and record their finds.
Each team should be given a list, a pencil and an eraser. The list provides spaces for recording the name of the store and the price for each item. A pencil and eraser are necessary because teams will more than likely find better prices on certain items as they travel from store to store.
Set a time limit and choose a $ penalty ahead of time for teams that come back late.
Have the teams tally the total price of all the items on their lists. (If a team was unable to find an item they must write in the highest price of that item recorded by the other teams, plus $1) If there are any questions about the legitimacy of a recorded price, they can be checked out at the applicable stores before declaring a winner.
Winning team is the team with the lowest total recorded price.
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Alphabet Shopping Hunt
For this hunt each team is allowed to spend $10 total or whatever amount you agree upon beforehand. It is best to keep the amount minimal, since that increases the difficulty of the hunt.
The teams must search the mall for items beginning with each letter of the alphabet (26 total) and buy them. They must also bring back a receipt for every item purchased. This is definitely an exercise in creativity.
Set a time limit. The winning team is the team who comes back with the most items (only one item per letter). If there is a tie, the winner is the team who spent the least amount of money.
Note: You should set a penalty for any team coming back late. Do this before the hunt starts.
How much can you buy for $10 these days? You might surprise yourself.
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Color Me Pink Shopping Hunt
This hunt follows the same instructions as the one above. The only difference is that teams must search for items in a particular color instead of items representing the letters of the alphabet.
The winning team is the team that brings back the most "pink" items (or whatever colour you choose beforehand).
As in the hunt above, receipts are required and you should set a budget and time limit, as well as a penalty for any team coming back late.
my friend took us to the mall and she got her ears pierced and then we ate dinner
that sounds good a good birthday plan. No she would not have to give out anything for people to shop. Also if you wanted to have a sleepover and her house is to small maybe you could have a sleepover at someone else's house or get a cheap room at hotel or something.
Get a hotel room for a slumber party, and access to a pool, hot tub and such. The mom can get an ajoining room so she is there, but not over bearing :)
Buy lots of soda and junk food and allow them to stay up all night and not worry about cleaning up.
she might consider going to a movie and dinner
