need ideas for 16th birthday party in february - not at my house - alcohol please?!

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ahh I remember being sixteen and drinking.
Now I'm 19 and alcohol is the least of my worries.
Thank god.

Drink some Joose! LOL

Well I see you're in the UK where the drinking age is much younger than in the US - 5 at home, 16 in public with an adult, and 18 to buy on your own. The easiest parties to throw are at a restaurant because you don't have to do the prep or clean-up.

Another good choice would be to have it at a place with activity, drinks, and food like a bowling alley (usually very inexpensive), a skating rink, or an adult arcade..

I know the weather won't permit you doing anything outside in Feb so perhaps you can have it at a friend's house. Pizza, beer and wine movies are the cheapest option. You could even plan a murder mystery type theme.

As a father, a paramedic, and a bodyguard my combined answer would be ....

Not a chance.

I have had to resuscitate far to many young people, 10 to 18 years old, to think that this is big, clever or cool.

No matter how careful you are or what rules you set for your party there will be idiots who drink so much that they end up in hospital, take drugs, engage in unprotected sex, fighting, and stupid stunts etc etc.

Is the arrest, pregnancy, injury, or death of yourself or a friend worth it? Is the impact on your family worth it?

Then there is the issue of gatecrashers.. These could be other kids your age or gangs and perverts. Are you prepared to handle this? Do you have the budget to pay for a professional security team to look after you?

You have to consider more that you having a good time and having a few drinks as it never turns out to be that simple.

Been there, seen it, and cleaned up the mess far too many times.

First of all, what ages/ gender(s) are you catering to?
If you want alcohol, you should supply it. As lame as it may sound, ensure that people under age aren't drinking.

I recently had my 17th (winter in Australia), maybe you could do a similar thing for your birthday if you like:

I had a garage party. I cleared it out, got out my stereo. My friends brought along their favourite CD’s to listen and dance to. All I needed to buy was some finger food and a few decorations. I also made up lollybags :D (lollybags are still cool, no matter what anyone says :P haha!) If you can't do it at your place, perhaps ask a friend.
Perhaps make it themed, if your girly, make the theme 'you all have to wear pink' or something like that. At my party, we had a donut eating competition, dance off (two teams- it sounds lame but everyone was uncontrollably laughing at some of the moves we all came up with) and balloon voleyball. For my friend’s last party, the theme was "dress as something that shares the first letter of your name". For example, my names lily and I went as a lion haha.
If you can't do it at home, maybe rent out a hall.

One game that we played was this card discussion game. We all created hypothetical scenarios on some cards. Then we put them all together, mixed them around a bit, and then pulled one out, read it out and all discussed it.
eg: 'Be married but live in the 60’s or be single and live in the 1900’s?'
*going around the circle*
person one: definitely in the 60’s I can relate more...
person two: no no! I’ve always wanted to secretly travel back in time, going to the 1900’s would be amazing!
You would not believe that amount of discussion that was created! We learnt so much about each other through the most bizarre questions.
Maybe also get your friends to bring along a plate of food to share and their favourite CDs and DVDs to play in the background.

As stereotypical as it all sounds, we all actually had a lot of fun. And, great photos :D

If you don’t like this idea, perhaps a picnic? This is relatively inexpensive, bring along a picnic basket, some home made cupcakes etc and you can all gossip and have fun at a park.

Maybe you & your friends might like these activities:
- Ice skating
- Theme/ Amusement park
- Movies
- Restaurant
- Bowling
- Girl's night out

If money is an issue:
- Picnics are always fun
- Swimming pool
- All going to a video store, picking out a few dvds and set out the lounge room like a cinema

Hope this helped a little, good luck & hope you have fun!

Hi;

No alcohol since you are underage along with your friends. You can try community centres or church halls or even rent a hotel room.

Pizza & punch along with lots of snacks

you should have a basic house party but not at your house ofcourse maby you cant rent out a club house or some other venue and just have music and an open bar

Have it at a friend's house.

Buy some beer, cider and reasonably priced wine NOT spirits (e.g. whisky) and ask your friends to bring a bottle .

No chance - you're too young to be drinking :-(
Dependant where you are, the LAW states either 18 or 21. It's there for a reason.