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It's my daughter's 12th birthday in December and I need birthday ideas. I have to take into consideration that we invite the cousins who range in age from 1 to 13. There will be boys and girls and that it will be cold.
Any activity like bowling or skating will be fine. Both activities have modifications for the younger kids.
My daughter is turning 12 in 2 weeks and we can't find something to do. She wants to go somewhere with 9 friends and she doesn't want it at the house.
We need to be under $100 and we live in Mentor, Ohio. Can someone help us find a party idea?How about the bowling alley? Or a pool party?
You could go to to Headlands Beach State Park or Mentor Beach Park from some water fun (free). James A. Garfield National Historic Site is free and fun as far as learning/exhibits and a free picnic area. Mentor Mini Golf is great for kids and has good rates:
This is a very low budget. You could go to the movies and then have cake and ice cream back at your house. If she wants to do something more expensive, she will have to cut the list.
My daughter is turning 12 and she wants 13 people over. What should I do for party ideas? The party is at a park.
I always like a scavenger hunt; since it is in a park, you could make one up with nature items (particular kind of leaf, a feather, rock shaped like something eg heart, 3 dandelions, a 4 leaf clover, etc). Another idea is to have some sort of group games; you have enough for teams -- volleyball, soccer, softball, etc.
I think a water fight would be a great idea. Get some water balloons and water fund and I'm sure they would have a blast. Another thing you could do is a scavenger hunt. You could get clues and lead them up to a prize.
Maybe you should bring a dodgeball or flags for capture the flag. Maybe even sports balls
I am planning my daughter's 12th birthday party and don't know what to do. There will be about 20 people attending so we can't travel somewhere. She does not like the cinema or shopping.
And a bouncy castle would be too hard to find as we are in the communion season. I was thinking maybe a sports day. Has anyone ever tried that or camping with a BBQ?My youngest sister is having her 12 birthday in April. She wants a worldwide theme and afterwards 6 out of 13 girls that are coming are staying for a sleepover. How can I make that happen? I'm 23; I don't know what games or what decorations to use. She wants a mural from a photo of her BFFs. How can I decorate it?
By Faviola R
My little girl is turning 12! She is not so little anymore. She wants an adventure party. I need ideas on how to organize a treasure hunt in the neighborhood.
By Anna
I don't have a car. What should I for her birthday?
By Martina
My daughter is having her 12th birthday party and inviting some boys. She don't know what to do and doesn't want it to be expensive, can you help me please?
By Stefanie. L
I suggest a disco at a local hall, just provide drinks, snacks and music!
Well I suggest buying shaving cream and giving two bottle of it to ever kid (you should have a hose and towels ready) park cars away from the place the kids will play and they can have a shaving cream fight. It's way more fun than it sounds. The only rules are not by the car because it can ruin the paint and not in the face and if someone accidently gets it in the face just take water with one of the towels.
My 11 year old girl will turn 12 in January on a Friday. So I need some suggestions please.
By Cianni
You could do a spa party and do facials pedicures and manicures at a spa or at your home. You could also do hair like just doing hair styles or crimping curling or straightening. You could also watch a movie and just relax and do a treasure hunt hide make up around the garden and let the girls find it who ever finds an item they get to keep it.
Buy plain white t shirt and let them doodle on it and take it home. You could also do a fashion show and give a prize to the winner. You could order pizza so they have it for tea they could also have an ice cream sunde. You could put finger food on the table like biscuits and sandwiches. You could let them do girly talk and for party favours. You could give them eg lip gloss eye shadow a lipstick like all sorts of stuff especially make up sweets chocolate and hair and nail accsesories
Hi,
I suggest doing an indoor spa and sleepover party. For the spa part, you could purchase a face mask, paint nails, do makeup, braid hair, wash feet in a small basin, and put bubble bath in bowls for a hand wash.
After, you could watch a movie and order pizza and cake with ice cream. Them they could get into pajamas and put frozen cucumbers on their eyes, watch Tv, and lights out at like 11:30 and in the morning you could make pancakes and detoxyfying smoothies and paint toenails and have a dance party and record karaoke. Then parents would pick them up.
Hope I helped!
My daughter wants both boys and girls attending her birthday party, but I can't think of any activities for the party.
By B.D
You could go swimming or bowling then afterwards. You could go to Pizza Hut or KFC or Burger King or any of those junk food places then go home and watch a DVD. Another thing you could do is go to the cinema or go to a climbing centre or even go to a gymnastics place and do gymnastics and she could also have a sleepover.
This is a simple cheap idea; go go karting then to Pizza Hut then go back to yours for a sleepover, then watch a film.
My little sister is turning 12 on September 14th, but can't decide what to do. She doesn't want to throw a big disco, as she had one last year and will be a teen next year and will throw one. So she wants something girlyish for a few friends, but cheap too. She was going to go for just a meal and come back and have a few friends staying, but does not feel as if that's special enough, She doesn't want something too grown up, but not to babyish either. Please help with answers as soon as possible. Thank you.
Madison
Going for a meal and having friends stay over is plenty of party by my standards. If every year is a big deal, how will she remember - and afford - the special years like 16, 18 and 21.
You should just do something like going out for tea and maybe bowling. You could also organise a sleepover if they're not inviting many. Hope this helps.
My daughter's b-day is in June and she has no ideas for it and needs help! She just said no salon stuff and it has to be cheap. We would like something we could do at home that boys and girls will like.
By maddy:)
Something that requires no money would be for everyone of the invitees to write a special memory they have of her and make homemade birthday cards!
Remember the game show "Minute to Win It"? That would be fun to re-create some of those games for the group to try.
What kind of party would a 12 year old like?
By Rose
Have makeup party, each guest brings a set of dress up clothes to put in a pile and each girl picks out a outfit. Have some cheap make up and fix each other's hair and then take a picture of the group to take home.
I think you should ask her.
Many little gals like a girlfriends sleepover - the more the merrier. They might just watch movies and play board games and eat pizza and cake. Others might like to do each other's hair and have a spa evening - facials &/or do manicures. You need to bounce some ideas around with the birthday girl.
My daughter just turned 12, but we aren't having a party for a few days or weeks. We need ideas asap. Thanks.
By Brianna from Burlington, KY
Scavenger hunts and plenty of games to keep them busy will work best.
Do go carts; 12 year olds don't care where it is they want to have fun. For ex. zoo, neon, slumber party, have snacks, and just have fun!
My daughter is turning 12 in 6 days and she does not know where to go with her friends. We live in Concord, California. Can I have some ideas?
My sister's birthday is in a month and she is struggling to decide what to do. She wants to do something with a few friends and we are on a 100 - 150 dollar budget. She pretty much likes to do anything.
She was sort of thinking maybe a horseback riding lesson. Do you think this is a good idea? Please get back to me ASAP. We live in Maine.My daughter is having a party with her friends. She is turning 12 and she wants the theme to be trampolines as she does not have one, but loves them. She also doesn't mind roller skating. Please help me think of other ideas.
My little sister is turning 12 and she wants it to be in our front yard and wants it to involve water. Does anyone have any ideas?
Water fight with water balloons and water pistols. Kids love this, and it is harmless. You might also see if you can get a slip and slide. That might be fun as well. If you opt for the waterfight, make sure kids know ahead of time so they can bring a change of clothes and/or come dressed in bathing suits with something dry to change into. Have larger pails to put water in available so that the water mess is all outside and everyone can get refilled quickly. Works best on a hot, hot day when getting soaked feels wonderful rather than chilly!!
My daughter is going to be 12. She only wants about 10 friends, all girls, and she is quite a girly girl! We have had lots of parties at home and she doesn't want it babyish.
Her birthday is the 17th of September and we are going to do it on a Saturday, the 19th. Any advice?A 12 year old should have lots of ideas. Many girls like an at home-spa party, and you can google for ideas for that. Some like things like games or activities like going to a movie or pool and then party lunch. Perhaps she would like a fancy dress party, with something like fancy sandwiches, iced tea, delicate dainties, etc -- something like "high tea" as something different for lunch. Another popular activity might be group cooking-- mini pizzas with a variety of toppings, ice cream sundaes, etc.
My daughter is turning 12 this August. She wants to have a party with a few friends, but doesn't know what to do. She doesn't really want to go roller skating, or anything of the sort, but she wants something special.
She and her friends aren't really dancers, so a dance party is out of the game. She's not very girly, but not really tomboyish either. She's inviting about 12 girls. Any ideas?My daughter wants to have a pool party, but her birthday is the 12th of September. So what should I do? I have tried looking at indoor pools, but they are all really expensive.
How would she feel about having the party earlier in the year? I think at 12 I would have been just as happy to have it earlier so that I could have had the type of party that I wanted.
Where should I take my daughter for her 12th birthday party? My daughter is very artsy, creative, and very much a girly girl. She has no idea where to go. We don't want the party in our house, but she would like to take a few of her closest friends, all girls probably, somewhere fun, but not at home.
Any ideas? Also we live in Los Angeles. Please tell me what you think. Thank you.How about checking out any local beauty schools for inexpensive 'day of beauty' treatments like a hair styling, facial, manicure, pedi...many offer parties where I live but I am not in LA. Or you could go to that great big soda distributor (sorry the name eludes me right now, google it) and let them create their OWN signature sodas!
My daughter is having a party at a hotel, all girl, in the summer because her birthday is in August. She is thinking of having the party last two days. Does anyone have ideas for places we can go for free?
By Sharon D.
My daughter wants to invite about 3 friends and she has no idea what she wants to do. Her absolute favorite color is pink, but she isn't a girly girl. What should I do for her birthday?
By Ann Onomous
With only 3 guests, you have a lot of possibilities. Some ideas off the top of my head are - a spa afternoon, going to the movies, a sleepover with games night &/or movies, going to a pool, trip to a museum or science center. Birthday lunch can be very informal - a hot dog roast in the back yard, birthday cake or maybe making pizzas or sundaes. Or, with only 4 altogether, you could take them out to a fancier restaurant for a "classy meal" or high tea or something a little bit special. Run some of these ideas past your daughter, and see what she thinks she and her friends might like to do.
I have a little 12 year old sister and she wants to hold a party, but we want to go with something cheap and simple. Please help me, it's almost here. Her birthday is the 15th of April.
By Angel from South Africa pta
My daughter wil be turning 12 at the end of February 2015. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would most definitely appreciate it. Please and thank you.
By J.E from Lawndale, CA
Trust me I know what a 12 year old girl wants take her on a trip like for example. When I was turning ten, all I wanted was to go to the beach. I always talked about it so look deep and listen to the kids. They will give the answer to you they might be trying to hint you you just don't realize it!
I'm really stuck. My daughter is having a birthday party for her 12th and I'm stuck for ideas on what to do. She is a girly girl, but not into pamper parties. We also can't have it at the house. Any ideas? (It needs to be near Chichester)
By TLB
1. Have a paint party. Have the party members bring white clothes and set out paint slip n slides and water balloons filled with paint! And games like that.
2. Have a bonfire with all their friends at the beach and bring blankets and pillows.
3. Go paddle boarding.
4. Stay In a hotel for a night with a bunch of friends.
My daughter is having her 12th birthday party with 5 to 8 friends. She wants it to be a sleepover and doesn't want anything girly! We have no idea what to do. Please help!
By Tina T.
My idea is that they watch scary movies, maybe have a campfire, or just have them play outside with water balloons.
My friend's daughter is turning 12. She has no clue of what to do for her birthday party. She has already done the spa theme and Halloween party (birthday is in October). Any suggestions?
By katie keenan
One thing I loved for my 12th b-day is tween choice awards. Before the party, decorate the ballot box for votes, and cut up tons of slips of paper. The girls can nominate each other for things like best hair, cutest shoes and most amazing friend. Then at the end of the party you can give prizes to the winners, like chocolate bars. Hope I helped!:)
My daughter is turning 12 August 7th. She want's her party in the front yard. There is going to be both girls and boys. What things can I do to make the party fun and cool? Someone please help.
By Tasha H. from TX
I only have a couple ideas, but that's better than nothing, right? Ok, so you said you want something cool and fun, and its in the front yard. One thing you could do, and I would highly recommend it, is that you play music, and lots of it. Ask your daughter to pick all the songs though, otherwise she might get embarrassed by what you choose. You should really do your research online to see what 12 year olds do to have fun and what games they play. Your daughter might want a themed party, and if so, try to incorporate games into that. But make sure you don't make the party on a strict schedule, like "Alright, 2:30, time to play _______." Trust me, no schedule.
Of course, you should definitely ask your daughter about everything. If there are some games she really likes to do with her friends, make sure those games are available to play. And if you do go with a theme, try to make the snacks go along with the theme, but don't make it too corny and obvious. They're not 8. Just keep in mind, whatever you decide, make sure to run it by your daughter and let her have the final say. I'm 15 btw, so I know all this from recent experience. Hope this helps :)
I'm having my daughter's 12th birthday at the local club disco 1:30 till 4pm. I can't plan much else as I will be just getting of hospital at that time. So I'm trying to get everything ready early. I was looking at lolly bags, but I think that is a bit old. I am looking for ideas. What else could I do? There will be both boys and girls there.
By Karen
Why not book a DJ or something and have a glow in the dark theme with glow in the dark bracelets and other kind of cheap props and instead of lolly bags, chocolate boxes? Hope I helped.
My daughter is turning 12. She is a tomboy, but a little girly. She wants to go do something, but not too much money.
By Stacy
I am planning on having my 14th birthday soon and I think some of my ideas could be used for this too!
Beach Party - get some of your closest friends and have a fun time at the beach!
Campout in Backyard - have a tent, campfire, roast marshmallows and maybe some volleyball, and campout in your backyard!
Luau Hawaiian Theme - Get some hula skirts, tiki torches, flowers, flip flops, and have a great time!
Ice Cream Party - Get many different kind of ice cream, and toppings, and invite all your friends over for an ice cream party!
Casual Slumber Party - Invite some of your closest friends over to spend the night! Have some of your favorite board games. snacks, watch some movies, anything you like!
Spend the night at a Hotel - Invite your 3-4 closest friends to come spend the night at a hotel with you!
Hollywood Theme - Have everyone come in formal dresses and take pictures, dance, you could even have a red carpet!
Theme Park - Go to the closest theme park (depending on where you live) and spend the day there with your friends!
Spa Day - Have a diy spa day with your friends, do mani-pettis, face masks, etc!
Hope this helped!
My girl is turning 12 and she wants a neon outside party, but also a pool party with a sleepover. Which one would be the best or all of them?
By Danielle
It sounds like three parties to me, but you know your own capabilities and budget. I have no idea what a neon party is, but going to a pool for a swim, followed by party supper and cake, and then movies and a sleepover might be doable. I would not invite too many guests. I would give her the choice of a lots of guests (say 10) and the pool party and cake, OR the whole shebang with 2 to 4 friends. Birthdays should be fun, but they don't have to be earth-shattering extravaganzas.
My daughter is very picky and gets bored very easily. What should I do or her 12th birthday?
By Linda from London
She and her friends could go to the mall. They could just hang out and eat at the food court. Then go to the movies then back home and sleepover.
My little sister is turning 12 and she is not a girly girl and loves swimming year round and likes to go bike riding and is thinking of camping, but doesn't know for sure. Her birthday party is on her birthday May 3rd and she is inviting like 6 of her friends.
By Julia S
Hi, and no way! I am a year round swimmer that was thinking of a 12th camping birthday as well in May! I am going to have a fire pit, a tent, hot dogs, projector to watch movies, water balloons, and have a midnight swim (but I'd ask your housing area or whatever first if you can come in after hours).
My daughter's 12th birthday is soon and she wanted to have a Disney themed birthday.
Any ideas?
By Sofie from Seattle, WA
If shes having a small group of friends, I say buy some decor and costumes at Party City and rent out a hall for 4 hours.
My daughter is turning 12 in March and wants to have a zebra print themed party, but doesn't know where to have it and what to do at it. She had a pool party last year and doesn't want to do it again. She's not very girly and loves soccer.
By Amy
I know a great place for indoor soccer parties called Futsal where you can rent a soccer field for a couple hours and then order lunch or dinner (whenever the birthday is) and eat it there. You can bring zebra print napkins, plates, a cake, and even some soccer balls to play with (they provide them at Futsal). ITs a really fun way to combine activities you love and styles you love!
My daughter is turning 12 in a couple weeks this month and I have no clue what to do. She is not such a girly girl, but likes mature and techy things. I want to keep a budget in case if it goes overboard. I will be really happy for some ideas.
By Kathy
I have just suggested to another that perhaps something like a scavenger hunt, board game tournament, fondue party, wiener roast, home-made pizza party, spa night for girls, etc. might be appropriate.
