13th Birthday Party Ideas for Girls

13th Birthday Party Ideas

I am having a 13th birthday in September. I am having it at a local hall and, of course, it's a dance party but I don't know what else to do. What if they get bored of just dancing and this party has to be PERFECT. I was thinking of doing a mini fashion show during the party but I don't know if people will like that. I need to know what to do! Please help!

Thank you,

Marie from Seattle, WA

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RE: 13th Birthday Party Ideas

I just turned 13 and i had this party and it was "camper sheek". I just had 13 of my friends over and spent the night making smores, telling secrets and ghost stories. I totally recommend that! (06/15/2006)

By liz

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A Hollywood party sounds fun. Have everyone dress as glamorously as possible or even as their favorite media star. A "red carpet" would be nice to step out of the limo onto. Your parents could take lots of flash pictures as "stars" walk the red carpet. Movie sound track music would be good. How about trays of fancy finger-food and bubbly soft-drinks in plastic stemware. You could have a parent tape interviews and video everyone. Karaoke (sorry about spelling) would be fun too. Hope these ideas help. (06/21/2006)

By Vicka

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Well my B-day is on july 4th so I thought it would be fun to have fireworks and marshmallows. I also know all my friends like movies and if your watching a movie it goes over well with everyone. Also, you have to make sure you have music and food in case your just sitting and decide to dance or just talk. Trust me, I've had parties like that all the time and it's never boring. (06/24/2006)

By Marisa

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I'm tuning 13 on july 26th and I'm really excited! I'm going to invite 5 of my closest friends and we are going to have all colored lights hanging in my basement. We are going to blast music, watch movies, have makeovers and tie die pillow cases. We will also order pizza and eat cake. All my friends are really excited and I suggest you try something like it. (07/21/2006)

By Britney

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Ok listen everyone do not freak out! Remember most of the people you are inviting for your big thirteen are coming for YOU not the party! Listen there are some very basic games to play like...

Motor mouth and other stuff! I suggest you start with a little soft music. You have a quiet room with no music so that people who wanna take a break from the dance floor can chill out, eat and play some board games or cards in that room. Remember IF POSSIBLE: little drinks with umbrellas are a must because they so cute! more fun things to do are maybe having them bring there swimsuits and have a water balloon fight! you could probably have karaoke and an american idol thing. just remember most of your guests are there for YOU not the PARTY. (07/30/2006)

By Emma

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Why not try a pinata full with candy. They are great fun, decorative and the candy is nice. (07/31/2006)

By Jake

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Maria, the limo is a great idea but i don't think that the boys would like the fashion show. They would probably get bored and leave but if you get a good DJ, crank up the tunes, and have good food and drinks then you should be fine! (08/14/2006)

By Robyn

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i am having a 13th party, it is joint party with one of my friends. We are going to have a disco with a pinata and a dance competition. Then I will have a sleep-over. (09/06/2006)

By jess

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You could have a black and white birthday party. Have the girls dress up all formal and have the guys in kakis and a white shirt. Kinda formal but if you have a lot of dancing and great food it should be a blast! (09/09/2006)

By Mickey

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I'm am just doing a cake and Ice cream party that my friend Jon and I are doing at my church youth group then I'm going to have my 2 best friends come over and we'll dress up then go out for a night on the town. You guys have awesome Ideas. Thanks (10/25/2006)

By Meg

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

What can I do for my thirteenth? Any ideas appreciated.

Kassy from UK

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If you like to help people you could have a causes party everyone must bring a small amount of money and people team up and make a presentation on there chosen charity then everyone votes for the best one and the one with the most votes wins and gets all the money and your parents give some money too so the charity benefits and you and our friends do to! also you may want to have some music so people have something else to do to !! hope i helped! good luck! (10/26/2006)

By katy

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< Hire a swimming pool, provide own music and food. Tuna sandwiches with mayonnaise always a big hit! Skating, bowling, ski-ing, meal out, cinema, golf range with meal. Children's gym hour pass and take to local restaurant afterwards. (11/06/2006)

By Debbie

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Hey ya'll costume parties are always fun! Dress up as ur favorite cartoon character and have everyone guess who you are! (11/14/2006)

By Sue

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Have a murder mystery party! I had one last year and everyone loved it! You can either buy a kit at the store, or make a story up yourself! I made mine but it took literally 20 hours. (12/04/2006)

By Katie

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I'm having my 13th soon and I am having a pool party at the local swimming centre. I have invited 11 friends. There are lots of waterslides and activities there so it should be really fun. After the party a few of my friends are sleeping over. (12/05/2006)

By Nicole

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My friend had the best party last month! She got a hotel room in a hotel nearby (her dad owns the hotel) and she had like 12 people there. 3 were guys so only the girls slept over. We saw a movie downtown then went to the lobby to open presents, play spin the bottle 'hug edition' and truth or dare after the guys left at 9. WE went to the pool and played games w/the guys. For dinner we had Chinese and cake. All in all it kinda owned. (01/07/2007)

If u live near a beach you could go to the beach, even if it's freezing outside, it's still fun. You can have cake and pizza and open your presents on the beach, then go back to your house to have a sleepover if you want.'

By splmstr12

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I like the idea of a Hollywood theme and have people show up at your house. You could have a red carpet like on the front walkway and my parents could be the paparazzi. Interviews sound awesome. I'm gonna do that for my party.(01/15/2007)

By Kasey

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if you are having a smaller birthday (10 people) have a human clue game, you make up your own rules, like skip a turn or get a partner or get a prize. Also having auctions and the dice game is fun! (01/24/2007)

By duh..

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I love the idea of a hollywood party and i have got heaps of ideas from you all! some cool ideas would be:

themes:
hollywood
moulin rouge
princess
royal
fashion

ideas:
hollywood- red carpet paparazzi, interveiws, mocktails, singstar moulin rouge- feathers!!!, fans, glitter, make up and lots of drinks! princess: tiaras, diamonds, dresses, tea. royal: crowns dresses, tuxedo's fashion: fashion show, photographer, magazones, mocktails.
I hope that helps! if you want more ideas leave me a comment @ http://berrytrifle.bebo.com and leave me a comment I will email you and give you more ideas but MAKE SURE you give me your email! (01/31/2007)

By jessie

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Last year for my daughter we had a "Night at the Oscars" birthday and it was a blast. We got some old prom gowns, jewelry and shoes from our teenage babysitters. The girls were all given a famous persona (ie. Julia Roberts, etc.) We had 4 adults there to do makeup and hair for all the girls. We ate Chinese food, opened presents. Then we had the red carpet event. I got a huge piece of red fabric from the local store and laid it down the hall way. We bought little Oscar statues from the local trophy store. We had a presenter call for the "star" to come up and accept their award. Then we had someone interview each of them and ask the typical red carpet questions. We filmed the whole thing then laughed and laughed watching it later. One of the girls tripped and fell on the red fabric and we called it an outtake. We did a photo shoot with the digital camera and gave everyone pictures. It was really really fun and you can pull it together with a minimal budget if you can get some old dresses and stuff. Good luck! (02/08/2007)

By The Mom

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I think kids nowadays are just so into themselves therefore they grow up as selfish individuals. Why not do something for somebody else. Give the gift of love and charity. Volunteer your time, donate your money to the needy that would've been spent on "your" birthday party instead. It is so fulfilling. (03/02/2007)

By Annie

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Last year I had this fab Hawaiian themed party. We had a limbo contest, a parrot shaped pinata, a mad makeover session and this top game where you tie balloons to everyones feet and you have to try and pop your friends by stamping on them. Later, we enjoyed mocktails, DVDs, and sweets! Give it a go and I guarantee that your party will rock your friends socks. (03/30/2007)

By Marfa

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My 13th Birthday is in eleven days and I am really excited! I am having 12 people bowling and then everyone is coming back to my house for a big birthday dinner! Loads of balloons, sparkler candles, pass the parcel for a laugh and banners! Everyone is looking forward to it and i cant wait! Hope this helps! x (04/04/2007)

By Kenny

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You guys are thinking too hard just invite your friends to your house and then hang out, you can rent an inflatable slide or something, have lots of food and drinks set up outside your house and just chill.your friends will love the slide and the girls can sleepover after the party. (04/10/2007)

By Sally Sue

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What about a Karoke theme? With just a little thought you can make it really exciting. Contests such as best singer, best group, and so on. (04/12/2007)

By Lisa

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I had a party and invited about 8 girls and we all slept outside in a tent. We also played games and hung out and stuff. It was fun, we roasted marshmallows and jumped on the trampoline till like 3 am. (04/12/2007)

By Caley

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

My daughter's turning 13 and I don't know what to do! She turns 13 on Friday, July 13th. She wants to take a couple of friends to Six flags or water country. I'm skeptical on this because, well...big park, lots of people - 1 adult... plus the money. My thought was to have her have 5 friends sleepover (as usual), plan for a pool party that night and next day (as usual) but then surprise her with a limo and dinner Friday night, then come home to freaky, scary movies that they all love to watch! (since it is Friday the 13th!). Downfall, I know the limo and dinner will cost a quite a bit of money too. Any other idea's? Always open to suggestions. Dmom from MA

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I think if you daughter wants to go to Six Flags with a couple of friends, you should respect what she wants to do. You can get discount coupons from the grocery stores and pack a big picnic where you can get your hand stamped and go out to the car to eat lunch. Our Six Flags has a water park included in it. They also have refillable mugs that you can buy for 6 or 7 dollars each and refills are only $1 or $2. That should last them. Then let her have her friends spend the night, pop some popcorn and watch those horror flicks! The whole thing should be around $100. Lots cheaper than a limo and dinner out! (06/22/2007)

By Kathy

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For my 13th birthday I'm going to stay at a hotel room and go out to a really fancy dinner. I'll have the guests (4 or 5 girls) dress really fancy. We will have a limo pick us up at the hotel and go to dinner. Hope that helped! (06/22/2007)

By Arielle of las vegas, nv

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Movie Mania Party (Sleepover) Each attendee gets a Goodie Pail (Dollar Store). Each Pail contains - a bag of un-popped microwave popcorn and a can of soda, and an assortment of fun girlie things such as lip gloss, hairclips, ribbons, hair brush, funky nail buffer, nail polish, eye shadow, liquorice, candy bar, a teen magazine etc. Have 5 suitable DVD's for the girls to "vote" on. Set the DVD covers up and in front of each movie, place a cup or small bowl. To Vote, each girl is given 10 pennys, they get to vote with the pennys putting them in the bowl of the movie they want to see. The movie with the most pennys in the bowl at "showtime" gets played. Intermission is the end of the first movie, at which time you could serve birthday cake, sodas, or whatever, and the attendees could give the Party Girl her presents, pop some more popcorn and on to the next feature. The Goodie Pails including all the fun stuff will probably run you about $60.00 at the Dollar Store. I am not up on movie rentals, but if they are $3.00 each to rent, that's another $15.00, with cake, sodas, and munchies about $120 in total. Not bad really, and I can tell you the Girls will have fun. My Sister did this for her birthday recently. She actually had sidewalk chalk at the end of the walk way up to the house, so guests could draw their "Star" on the Sidewalk of Fame. It was a riot, we had the best night. By the way, my Sister was 42yrs old! Have a Wonderful Birthday Celebration with Your Daughter and Her Friends....:0) (06/22/2007)

By hedera

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If you bank with Chase Bank, you can get 4 tickets for $99, just took my 13 yr old son there - that's what he wanted. http://www.sixflags.com/national/Tickets/chase.aspx We tailgated in the parking lot for lunch and dinner (sandwiches, chips, plenty of water and other sports drinks, salads) and never bought a single thing from the restaurants and vendors inside the park, except for the photo of them coming down on the coaster that the park's computer automatically takes. That way he had a momento. Happy Bday kiddo! (06/23/2007)

By Monika

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For my 13th b-day im having a campout with my 10 best friends. We're going to blast my i-home( i-pod stereo), make smores, throw water balloons, watch scary movies, and play games. (06/27/2007)

By Shann on

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Well maybe your daughter would like to go to the mall for a shopping date with her and her friends, then after they could probably go to Great Wolf Lodge located in Kansas City, Mo (if your already located in KC then you should be able to find it easily). You could either stay the night there or just swim there and then go out to dinner where ever she likes to go. If you go to Great Wolf Lodge then they will already have breakfast, lunch and dinner there at the lodge. They have an inside and outside pool, a kid spa and an adult spa, an arcade, and alot of more fun things to do there. (06/27/2007)

By Indigo Collier

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Don't go bowling because it goes really quick and is boring! For my friends party we are camping in her back garden. For my birthday party I had 6 friends over to my house and we got this company called 'Pamper Me' to come. Each person got to chose 2 beauty treatments like nails painted, makeover, mini facail, and a few others. While we were waiting for our treatments we made non-alcoholic cocktails and had a foot spa! It was great! the websie is http://www.pampermeuk.com/parties/teenagepj.html (06/27/2007)

By laura age 13

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I was going to tell you to do something scary, because of friday the 13th until you said that! Maybe you can stick with that theme and have a murder mystery/ bloody birthday bash theme! You know, everyone comes dressed up to look dead, Blood and Bones dinner ( Ketchup and chicken fingers) a live clue game in your house, and a whole lot of fun for the family and friends! I hope I can help, and if anyone has any ideas for my daughter's thirteenth birthday party i would appreciate your feedback! (07/04/2007)

By Angelica

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Ihave an idea thats fun and CHEAP. It's a tradition for all my birthday parties. Everyone has a plate then you put gummy worms or gummy bears on the plate then top it all off with whipped cream and everyone puts their hands behind their back and try to eat there gummys before anyone else and remember no hands. Hope I helped!! Emily (07/06/2007)

By Emily

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Hey! I'm also turning thirteen soon, and am celebrating my birthday with one of my best friends since her birthday is near to mine. I think throwing a party with another person is a good idea because then you can split the cost and it doesn't end up being too pricey. Anyway, since we have around 50 people on our guest list, we are renting the teen center at a nearby YMCA. The teen center near us has a dance floor, large sound system that your daughter can play all of her favorite music on, a variety of different video games like the Nintendo Wii, Ps2, and DDR, and also games like pool, foosball, and air hockey. It is also a pretty large room, and it's really not that expensive to rent. You can usually pick up a brochure at the teen center if you have one near you. Hope this helped! Good luck, and happy birthday to your daughter. Adriana (07/06/2007)

By Adriana

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I think you should throw her a masquerade party. my friend threw one for her 13th and it was definately a night to remember (07/11/2007)

By Amy

A party idea

You can still surprise her with a limo ride but instead have the limo drive her home and just have something like pizza. (10/19/2007)

By marabelle

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You could always do a big cook out at a park and rent out a shelter and play games. Like set up a volleyball net or something and decorate the shelter with something simple. As for the cook out...look at amazon.com and then search gourmet foods. They have pretty good prices and I have heard that the food is good. And if you rent out a shelter at a park you can invite a lot of people because there will probably be a lot of space. After the park party have your daughter invite a few friends back over to your house to sleepover. Since her birthday is in July (depending on where you live) you might want to pick one of the cooler days in July. And if she doesn't want to do this party, you could always ask another family member to acompany you to the six flags theme park. That will be another set of eyes to keep watch over your daughter and her friends. My friend did her thriteenth birthday at Islands of Adventure and there were four girls including her and she had bought orange and yellow t-shirts and went to a place and had some design printed on them so we could all easily keep track of each other. (12/30/2007)

By Laura

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Talk to your daughter about the money situation and then ask her if she has any alternative ideas. Maybe instead of the sleepover just do the limo and dinner. Or have the limo pick up each of the girls at their houses and take them to your house. Have at least one parent for each girl come, dressed in black and white, and put on a fancy, fun, (inexpensive) dinner for the girls with their parents as the waiters. You can even have the girls dress up. Good luck! (01/12/2008)

By Lizzy

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I think that it is wonderful you want to make sure that your daughter will have a great party! Growing up I was very poor now my grandchildren get to see me as the type of grandma that does not like to dwell on the materials of life. So if your daughter is a sweet loving type of girl, I'm sure she would be happy with inviting a few friends over and spending quality time, but hey I'm 80 years old! lol I'm probably a little old school for you but I hope this helps! God bless you! (01/21/2008)

By darla

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Some companies offer discounted tickets to their employees, you should check for tickets at Costco and check the group rates at six flags. Six girls and 1 adult is sufficient provided you lay down some rules. Go online and get the park layout and have your daughter and her friends plan their day at the park by picking out the rides they will all enjoy, as I have found not every child likes to ride the same rides. Pack a lunch (in a cooler) and return to your vehicle to eat at a pre-arranged time, also bring a cake to sing Happy Birthday to your daughter. (01/25/2008)

By Bridget

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

Do you have any ideas for a 13th birthday party? Mine is coming up soon.

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

My daughter is turning 13 in December and I am trying to come up with great party ideas to throw at her. I always let them choose their party themes, but this year she doesn't know what to do. She's kind of shy and gets embarrassed easily. I want to come up with some cool ideas, since she can't have a pool party, like her sister.

It's hard to come up with party ideas for her, because her birthday is so close to Christmas. It's in the winter so it's usually too cold to do much outside. She wants to be seen as a teen, but she still wants to be a kid too. It's not going to be a coed party. Any ideas would be great! Thanks.

By 2greatgirls from St. Leonard, MD

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Looks like there are a lot of great ideas below from past posts. Hope the party is great. (05/15/2009)

By Anonymous

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We've done a Bunco party which was a BIG hit! You can buy the boxed game anywhere and you would need to provide a small gift for each of the girls.

Another idea for this age is a boxed Mystery Game Party. We just did this last month but as it was for a 10 year old, we did an American Girl Mystery Game Party. The invites that get sent out tell the girl their character and how they should dress. They are each given a script when they arrive - it was a lot of fun and everyone participated by dressing up and having fun. Hope this helps you! (05/20/2009)

By lovinglynden

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I have the same problem with my granddaughter. Her birthday is in Nov. What we started doing was celebrating her 1/2 year birthday in June and since we have a pool and it's in summer time, it opens many opportunities. Her friends were told about the situation and it was great. Then on her real birthday we had a family dinner. It worked for us for many many years. Her friends gave her gifts at her party but we waited until the dinner. Kids who have birthdays during Christmas seem to lose out sometimes. (05/21/2009)

By ethompson

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You can still have a summer party in the winter. It's that time now. Pick up some summer time stuff. Picnic tablecloth, some summer glasses, get coolers, sand for a small sand box. Get anything that your child likes in the summer and keep it for a summer time fun in the middle of winter. (05/21/2009)

By sandycrafty1

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

Can you please give me some ideas on my sister's 13th birthday party?

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

My daughter will be 13 on Friday the 13th. Any great party ideas?

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

I need a fun activity to do at a thirteen year old party. Thanks.

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

What can my daughter do for her 13th birthday party if it is in December? We've come up with some ideas, but none seem like "the one" (in her words).

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

I need a cheap birthday for my daughter. She will be turning thirteen. It will be in December, therefore, I won't be able to do much in the winter. What are some cheap ideas, for a birthday? She wants to invite about thirty people.

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13th Birthday Party Ideas

My daughter is turning 13 and there are 14 people invited 5 being boys. We are stumped, we don't know what to do. Help! Her birthday is the 29th of January.