Girls Slumber Party Birthday – Slumber Party Ideas and Games
Girls love sleepovers! Go beyond movies, snacks, and staying up all night with these fun slumber party ideas for girls! For stress-free party planning, order your sleepover invitations, decorations, and favors and start planning!
invitations
You can create small cushions by folding squares of felt or craft foam in half to make cushion covers. If you don’t sew, use a stapler, glue gun, or fabric glue to secure the side and bottom edge of the pillowcase. Fill with a little cotton. Write the invitation on a 3×5 card and slide it on the pillow. Or just include a mini “message” pillow when you hand out your sleepover invitations.
Slumber Party Decorations
Fill your party room with pillows, throws, sofa cushions, bean bags and stuffed animals. Be sure to designate a large space in your home for your sleepover by arranging furniture and other items to create a comfortable “hang out” space. Scatter inflated balloons in the birthday girl’s favorite colors all over the floor. You can also hang pastel balloons (or other colors) and streamers from the ceiling and on the walls. For an added touch, print out digital photos of your daughter (growing up, crazy poses) to hang in various places around the room.
Upon arrival, give each guest a personalized lantern and a pair of socks. Or wear flashing strobe necklaces or princess headbands to greet your slumber party guests.
pajama party activities
Make your own pillowcase…
Buy white pillowcases or have each girl bring one from home. Have crayons (purchased at your local fabric store) on hand to decorate them. “Set” the dye with a hot iron, according to the instructions. No drying time is required.
star lights
You will need to:
- frozen juice can
- rubber bands
- Flashlight
- dark paper
Cut both ends of the juice can.
Fold the paper and cut out little stars, diamonds and circles…similar to making snowflakes, but with fewer holes.
Wrap the paper cutouts around one end and secure with a rubber band.
Insert a flashlight into the open end of the can.
Turn off the lights. Turn on the flashlights and direct them towards the ceiling or wall. Girls will enjoy watching the shapes appear.
pajamas sets
sleeping Beauty
Place a “bed” with a blanket on the floor. Designate one player to be “IT”. That player lies on the blanket… and pretends to sleep. The other players try to wake her up (make her laugh) with funny noises, songs, jokes, or phrases. When “IT” wakes up, choose the next player. If she stays asleep for the allotted time (usually one minute max), she wins a prize (plug bracelets, rings, cosmetic cases or bubbles).
Black magic
This is a game where there is a secret. Two people must know the secret for the game to work. One of the two people leaves the room and the other stays inside. The person in the room helps the group decide on an object. The other person then returns to the room and tries to guess which object was chosen. The person who remained in the room, let’s call her “Jo,” points to different things around the room and says, “Is this it?” So the “seeker”, let’s call her Sally, says “yes” or “no”. The object can be anything, even a zipper or something inconspicuous. The object of the game is for the other members of the group to find out how Sally is guessing so that she doesn’t tell the secret to the group. The secret is: Sally knows what the chosen object is because Jo points to a BLACK object before pointing to the chosen object, hence the name, “Black Magic”.
Food for your sleepover
Most of the time, at this age, girls just want to chew.
Provide a variety of fun and healthy “munchie” foods, such as
- vegetables and sauces
- French fries
- Juice
- Water
- soda
Or serve the inevitable chocolate and cheese fondue. Kids love it!
Slumber party favors for your guests:
- flash lights
- night lights
- hair brushes
- lotions
- Digital photographs taken during the party.
- hot chocolate packets
- Small boxes of breakfast cereal.
- Glow in the dark accessories
Incorporating a few of these ideas should make for a fantastic sleepover.