Ideas For My 17th Birthday

By Brinyetta

Archives: Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 09/28/2009 I already know that some people have posted something similar to this. My 17th birthday is in October, and I would like some ideas for my party. I am planning either ancient Egyptian theme or a horror/Halloween theme. I need ideas for games or activities for one of the themes. Please remember I'm going to be 17, so only my age level games and activities, please. By Zimmi_Zenn13 from Las Vegas, NV Feedback: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday What about some sort of mind reading activity? That might fit with either theme. You could set this up with a friend. I haven't anything more in mind as to how to do it, but I am sure you could find something on the internet or in the library. Just a thought. (07/15/2009) By louel53 Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 07/14/2009 What should I do for my 17th birthday party? I need some ideas, my birthday is May 8th. Emily from Greenville, SC Feedback: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday As the mother of seven, four of which are girls, I have thrown more than my share of parties. Each of my girls have very different ideas, hobbies, and passions. So the party themes are varied as well. Please keep in mind that I do not pick a theme on short notice and I am always looking for new and different ideas. Planning and fore thought make for the most successful parties. The longer you have to plan, the cheaper the event. The following ten ideas have been tried and have all been repeated by others in our area. The greatest flatter is when someone else hosts a party with your original theme. Prom Night Raid the closets of your family and friends for old prom, bridesmaids, formals, and gowns. Thrift stores often have them for a few dollars. It is best to have at least three or four per girl. Various sizes and styles make for a more exciting fashion show. You will also need a great deal of safety pins and hundreds of bobby pins. When the girls arrive let them go crazy trying on all the dresses. Some will require privacy to change. Once the gowns have been selected, the hair salon opens. Let the girls do each others hair. Once the hair is in place which generally takes an hour, make up is applied. I highly suggest that you not have heels for the girls to wear. Someone can get hurt. Plus the tennis shoes they have on, add to the look. You could have a limo. Take the girls to a movie or a restaurant once the proper look has been achieved. But a limo is not needed. Everyone looks and stares at the girls in their finery. The girls will love the attention. Wraps, boas, and old mink stoles add to the glamor. When you arrive back home, let the girls do a fashion show to strut their stuff. Dancing is often done after the show. One year, we even had corsages for all of them. They all had a flower to take home as a keep sake. Backwards Party The girls are greeted at the door with a good-bye and thanks for attending the party. All clothes must be turned wrong side out or worn backwards. The dining room chairs are placed on the table, and the tablecloth is on the floor under the table. The cake and plates are on the floor. The girls eat the ice cream and cake first and then sing happy birthday. Gifts are opened next. Make sure the birthday girl thanks each person before she opens the gift. Games are played. Do immature younger games, but play them backwards. After games, the girls will change into their pajamas, backwards or course. While the girls watch a movie, fix them breakfast food. Served under the table of course. In the morning, serve chips and soda pop for breakfast. Added bonus, you do not have to deal with the sugar rush, their parents do. When it is time to leave. Welcome the girls with a hello and how wonderful they look. Since you have not seen them in forever. We write the invitation backwards to get the party started right. Cooking Night I write on cheap rolling pins from the dollar store for the invitations. Tie ribbons on the ends for flair. I collect ugly aprons from thrift stores and garage sales for this event. I also collect paper chef hats. When the kids arrive, have them each make their own pizza dough. It will need time to rise. While the dough is getting ready have several bowls of white icing ready. Let the kids use food coloring to make several different colors with the white icing. Make sure each child gets to make a color. Have at least three cupcakes per child made before the party begins. Now let the kids pat out the dough, make crust, apply sauce, cheese, and toppings for their very own creation. They will use three times the amount of cheese that is needed, so stock up or explain that less is more. While the pizza pies are cooking, have them decorate their cupcakes. After the pizzas have been admired and eaten, the real fun begins. Take number 10 cans with lids, have each child measure out the cream, sugar, and mix in a three pound coffee can with lid. Insert the three can into the ten can. Add ice, and salt. The kids will then spend the next hour to hour and a half rolling the cans back and forth to make ice cream. Driveway or non carpeted room is perfect for this. The ice cream and cupcakes are the highlight of the event. Scavenger Hunt and It Only Gets Bigger Party We do this together as one party, but only one can prove to be as awesome as well. When the kids arrive they draw a number. We have team 1 and team 2. Each group will need an adult chaperon. Each team starts with a pen. They go from one house to another in your neighborhood asking for something bigger. But they can only trade up once at a single house. For example: they trade the pen for a comb, the comb for a brush, the brush for a stuffed animal, the animal for a roll of paper towels, the towels for a bucket, etc. The teams have one hour to get the biggest item. It will amaze you at how much fun the neighbors have helping and what they trade for. One team brought back an old ten speed bike and the other a two wheeled cart. The winning team must serve the losing team ice cream and cake. Let the kids rest and open gifts. Now it is off to the mall. Once again, teams are drawn. Each team is given a list of 50 things that they need to scavenger for. The lists must be the same items, and one paper sack to hold their items. Each team has an adult chaperon. They can ask people walking in the mall, people working in stores, etc. Each team has an hour to collect the most items. The bags are collected and it is the perfect time to watch a movie at the mall or go home to watch a movie. The items are counted in front of all the kids when you arrive home and a winner is declared. The winners must make the popcorn, chips, and drinks for the losing team. Items on the list can include a paper clip, green stamp, a milk jug lid, straight pin, gas receipt, stamp, Q-tip, etc. Make sure the items are small and hard to find. Jewelry Party This party theme is a huge hit with the pre teen set. I buy any and all beads, craft jewelry, old unique jewelry for the pieces, costume jewelry pieces, and craft sets. I only buy at thrift stores, garage sales, and the after Christmas sales for these items. Cross stitch yarn is a must and can be bought on clearance at all fabric stores. The girls make necklaces, bracelets, and rings for themselves and for the birthday girl. Friendship bracelets take hours to make and the girls can watch movies while they make their unique color designs. Spa Day Party Collect shower caps for this event. Most hotels will give you a dozen if you ask nicely. The things you will need on hand are: cotton balls, nail polish in many colors, cuticle sticks, nail polish remover, cucumber, oatmeal, honey, bath salts, nail files, scented lotions, dish soap, small bowls, and large pans for soaking feet, flip flops, and fabric strips. Pour dish soap in small bowls for the girls to soak their fingernails in. Have them do this at the table so they can talk together as they soak. Show them how to correct and push back their cuticles. Have them paint each others finger nails. Cake and ice cream before you soak their feet in bath salts. The birthday girl can open gifts in front of them as they soak. Now it is time to fill their toes with cotton balls and paint their own toe nails. Scented lotions should be applied now. Flip flops can be purchased in September from Old Navy, Gap, Rue 21, etc. for 50 cents to a dollar. Buy most in your daughter's size and a few larger and smaller. Have the girls make designer flip flops in their school colors. Have them cut strips of fabric and tie knots to make a personal pair for each to wear and show off their pretty toe nails. Pajamas are now put on and the shower caps are dawned. Have the girls make their own facial cream. I use oatmeal and honey. As the girls get comfortable for a movie, have them each lay down and put cucumbers on their eyes. This reduces puffy eyes and makes the girls tired. They laugh and talk for a few minutes and by twenty minutes they are fighting not to go to sleep. Time for them to put on their facial masks and watch a movie. Twenty to thirty minutes later, let them wash the dried mask off. They can do each others hair as they finish the movie. In the morning, rave about how wonderful they all look. Art Party Messy, fun, and the kids get to make their own creations. I buy ugly long sleeve men's shirts at garage sales for the kids to wear over their clothes. Have four or five art projects ready. Sidewalk chalk gets a great mural started on your driveway and starts their creative juices flowing. We have painted flower pots, birdhouses, wooden bins, piggy banks, and even glass vases. Whatever you can find that all match and are not expensive. Brushes can be bought at the dollar store. In April you can find plain sweatshirts for a dollar at Wal-Mart. Buy them in various sizes and try to get them all the same color. Iron double sided instant hem on the back of a floral fabric that matches the sweatshirt before the party. Letter stencils will help the girls draw and cut out their own names in the fabric. After you have ironed their names on the sweatshirts, have the girls use puff paint to outline the letters. Hint: the girls must use the puff paint on the shirts in a place where the shirts will not be moved till in the morning. It takes several hours for the puff paint to dry. Buy flat sheets at garage sales. They become perfect canvases for the kids to paint on. Finger painting is also fun. Buy face paint at costume shops and mass merchandisers after Halloween. After the girls have painted their own portrait for the birthday girl as a keepsake, have them go crazy painting their own faces, and each others. They will laugh till they cry. Make the World a Better Place Party When the kids arrive have them draw numbers for two different teams. Explain to them that they are going to make the world a better place in the next few hours. Ask each one to think of one way that they could make the world a better place. Have them write it down on a piece of paper and collect them. Explain that helping others can be fun and make them feel better about themselves. To prove it, they are going to see which team can collect the most canned goods to feed those less fortunate. The winning team will get a prize. As the teams are getting ready to leave with a chaperon, that has an empty trunk for all the food they collect, dare them to take it a step further. Tell them that you are not sure if they can do two things at once. Show them a single plastic shopping bag and ask them if they know what it is made out of. Some will be surprised to find out it is made of plastic or oil and even both sometimes. Explain to them that those bags that their groceries come home in, are filling up our dumps and hurting the environment. Dare them to see which team can collect the most bags as well. Find a local food bank ahead of time that the kids can give the food to. Set up a time for them to meet you. Have them praise the kids and tell them how many people they will feed with the food they collected. If your party starts at 2. The kids should collect from 2:30 to 3:30. Set up a 4 o'clock appointment for the kids to help deliver the food. Then arrange for the kids to take all the plastic bags to a recycling center. If one is not available or open at that time. Have them take then to a not-for-profit resale shop to be reused. Be sure that the kids know the name of the food bank they are collecting for. You can even print a small flier with the name of the food bank on it and ask for people to help their cause. You can get 10 on a single piece of paper for them to hand out at the door. After the teams have collected and delivered their good deeds it is back to the birthday girls house. They will all be hungry and tired. After cake and food, read the ways they can help the world, that they wrote when they arrived. Tell them how proud you are of them and all that they have done. We have made fleece blankets for nursing homes with the knot ties, drawn get well cards for those at the hospital, letters to soldiers over seas, and once we collected money for a local child with cancer. They raised over a hundred dollars going door to door in an hour. You would have thought it was a million by the look of pride on their faces. 70's Party Go to older people's garage sales and old thrift stores for the clothes. The uglier the better. It is disco time. You can not have enough polyester. Large wigs are a great hit. Have them watch John Travolta shake his stuff in Saturday Night Fever. Teach them how to do the hustle. Dance to the Bee Gees and Donna Summers. It is a laid back theme that the kids love. Costume Party Have the kids come in costume, no matter what time of the year. Each one has a sports uniform, old Halloween costume, dance recital costume, or parents' old clothes to wear. When they arrive have each one state exactly whom they are in costume of. It cannot be just a foot ball player, it must be a specific player. The other kids must call them by their characters name from that point on, plus they must talk, act, and do what their character would do at all times. Then take them out for a fun evening. Go out to dinner, a movie, miniature golf, etc. They must stay in character the whole evening. Accents are a perfect addition to the charade. The kids will get tons of attention where ever they go. It is a winner every time. These ideas can be done easily and cheaply if planned in advance. My children must have their theme by their half birthdays each year. It is their day and it should be celebrated. To make it more memorable, take tons of pictures. Plus, make sure all siblings are not a part of the event. A sitter or grandparent can take them during the party. Make your child feel like the only person in the world that day. Give them all of your attention. That is the best gift of all. Don't worry if it is not perfect. Accidents will happen, something will break, and your carpet is going to get stained. Just smile at your child and remember that they are what is important. The other things can be replaced, but your child can not. Now, let's party! By Crystal from Branson, MO. (03/26/2009) By momandmurray Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 03/24/2009 I need some ideas for my 17th Birthday that's coming up in the first week of April. I can't think of anything. Thanks! Heather from Newport, VT Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I have no ideas for you Heather. I just want to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your special day and have a successful, happy year. (03/19/2009) By Susanne RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Figure out who you are going to invite and tell or ask them in advance. Then contact your local hospital or nursing home, senior citizens club. You can read or sing to them. Maybe just talk to them. They might also have things at their homes that need to be done. You and your friends could mow lawns, clean garages, houses, windows, painting, etc. You will be amazed at how good this will make you feel. (03/21/2009) By Danialle RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Heather: Here is an idea that I have used for my daughter (now 24). One was to do some research and rent a limo (for the lowest price!). I and another adult then, had each guest picked up at their home, this was all a surprise. So when my daughter saw the limo out front, she was puzzled! By the time the limo picked everyone up, there was enough time to go to a special request restaurant. The girls sat together and we adults, sat a bit back, so there was some privacy. Of course, the restaurant staff sang Happy Birthday, and my daughter was properly embarrassed by her mom! This was all casual. The parents were notified ahead of time. A birthday invite was already issued. My daughter was told the family was taking her out to lunch...not! We arrived early at the girls' houses and paid for everyone's lunch. You could also hand out Hollywood type sunglasses. Check out Oriental Trading Company ahead of time. It was exciting for all of us. Whatever the idea is you will have a blast. Happy Birthday, Heather! (03/21/2009) By big sis Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 03/17/2009 I am turning 17 in October. I know that's far away but does anyone have any ideas for my party? Katelynn Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday What about a luau (Hawaiian themed party)? I'm 19 and I did this for my 16th. I also lived in Florida, so I'm not sure if that comes into play, but the weather down there was perfect for it. Or you could always have your party at a fair. There's always plenty near the holidays. (03/09/2009) By armywifey RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday October is a great time for parties, even birthday parties. Harvest themes are big, as are costume parties. What about a "Twilight" Party? Every one comes as characters or/and possible characters from the books. Have a Masquerade, kind of like a "formal" costume party. Or what about a good ol' fashioned Birthday Party? Cake, treats, streamers, pin the tail on the donkey... the works! Worked for both my daughters' 17th birthdays. Or take one of your passions (dance, sports, theater, etc) and make a party around it. (03/10/2009) By Shosha Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 03/09/2009 I need ideas for my 17th birthday, it's in April. I am expecting about 20 people between the ages of 15 and 18. I didn't have a Sweet 16 or any major parties. I really need your help. Stephanie from Waterford, Ireland Answers: By Chantel RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Have you played winkem? Set up enough chairs for all the girls and have them sit in them. Leave one chair empty. All the guys stand behind the girls including the empty chair. I always had too many girls, so some of the girls got to be boys for the game. The guy with the empty chair has to try and steal a girl from one of the other people by winking at them. They are supposed to try and be discreet. The girl that gets winked at has to try and get out of that chair, while the guy behind that chair tries to keep her in it. If she gets out of the chair then she goes to the empty chair. Now that guy has an empty chair, so he has to try and wink at a girl to get her into his chair. It sounds a little boring for high school but I was in high school when I played it and it was so funny. You learn about who has a crush on who if you pay attention. (01/05/2009) By Jenifer Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 12/31/2008 I'm turning 17 in December, and I have no idea what to do for my party. Originally, I wasn't going to even have one, but all my friends insisted, so I didn't even start planning until about 2 days ago. I'm only having a small party, with about 5 boys and 5 girls. I can't have any kiddy games. Also, some of the guests are under 16, and my parents are going to be there. As well as my brothers, my aunties and uncles, so no kissy games! I searched everywhere, but nothing seems to fit. Please help! Tiana from Sydney, NSW Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Since your birthday falls in Dec., why not have a holiday theme party. For example, your guests could all come dressed like one of the characters from How The Grinch Stole Christmas. You could have food and watch the movie The Grinch. (10/07/2008) By Fox RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday What about some sort of game tournament? Some of the kids in our school are big fans of Monopoly or Clue, or Trivial Pursuit, or some sort of card game, such as Hearts. You could set up tables, form teams, winners play winners, and so on. Some sort of great food that kids love - Pizza? Build your own subs? An ice cream sundae bar? Bonfire and wiener roast for the young people. (10/09/2008) By louel53 RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Have a grown up party. Adults don't play kissy games either. So I think if you keep this in mind while planning your party, I think it will help you. In the future, you might want to think of asserting yourself and not succumbing to to what your friends want over what your wishes are. After all it's YOUR BIRTHDAY (SMILE). (10/10/2008) By Carol in PA RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Find a really sweet space (like a meeting room in a hotel, etc.) and set it up like a casino. Have your parents or older people you know that wouldn't embarrass you come and be at each table dealing and what not, have others going around serving drinks. Make sure you have lots of music and food. Give each of the guests their "casino cash"...what ever you choose that to be, in an envelope with their invitations, or hand it out at the door. (10/11/2008) By emma RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday There are several games to play such as Pass the Orange (neck to neck), Pop the Balloon (belly to belly), Pass the Life Saver (on toothpicks in your mouth). Another idea would be a murder mystery Clue role play game. Have a blast! (10/11/2008) By Charlie RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I'm having a princess party with the boys and girls dressing up as my servants. They do whatever I say for 17 hours because I'm turning seventeen. It's going to be fab. (11/02/2008) By justine RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday My parents rented a limo for the whole night and I had 8 of my best friends, it was a formal party, everyone wore black and I wore a red dress. We got picked up at my house by the limo and went out to this fancy restaurant and then, we went clubbing. Then back to my house and a couple of girls slept over. It was a good time, and worth the money. (11/24/2008) By melanie December Birthday I'm having a 17th with quite a few people but nothing big. My 16th was big. I was thinking a movie but there's none that I want to see, any ideas? I'm planning on this a week from today, December 13th. (12/06/2008) By Shelby. RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Hi my name is Brian and I'm stuck on thinking about ideas for my 17th, which falls on the 17th of December :O But some of my suggestions are: make the party a FUN party! Be the life of it, don't let boredom overtake your guests, set up things that are entertaining such as movies, games, food. Whatever else you can add on to that would be great. (12/09/2008) By Brian RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday It's my birthday in two weeks exactly, and I'm planning something for my seventeenth. I don't want it to cost a lot but to still be entertaining. Most of my friends have a meal and then go clubbing, but I wanna do something different. I'm thinking of maybe all dressing up in hot pants and legwarmers and going to a roller skating rink. Or as it's nearly Christmas, go to an ice rink. I'm not sure what we can do after but hopefully it will be fun. (12/10/2008) By hollie Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 10/07/2008 Where should I go for my 17th birthday? Taylar from Saint Louis, MO Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I'm trying to have my 17th at the club with just a few friends or maybe more. (04/21/2008) By crystal. RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday (submitted via email) I think you should have a party with games, barbecue and dancing. You pick the time and you can tell them when it is over. kristyn (05/12/2008) By jess_admin RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I'm going all out with my party it's August 29th the exact day of my birthday. I'm having a BBQ, a dancing contest, singing contest, fashion, show tug-of-war, cards, and a sleepover. The whole shabang. (07/14/2008) By Tirah RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday My 17th is coming up, and I'm inviting about 30 of my long-time friends to come over, and we'll have finger foods, a poker/ping pong table set up, and charades cards. After everyone leaves around 10, my closest girlfriends and I are going out to Blue Sushi for dinner, and having them spend the night. Should be fun. (07/25/2008) By Alex September 27th Birthday For my 17th birthday, 10 of my closest friends and I are going for lunch at an awesome little place called Sugar's Tearoom. It's a specialty teahouse that serves scones, salad, soup, dessert, and a 4-page tea menu where everyone gets their own little teapot customized to their tea selection, (i.e. strawberry tea= strawberry-shaped/themed teapot). It's decorated Victorian style and there are hat racks everywhere loaded with old Victorian and French style tea hats of every shape and form for us to try on and wear during lunch! Later we're all going to Roba's Tree Farm in Dalton, PA, which has campfire sites you can reserve, and a HUGE cornmaze (5-acres!). You only turn 17 once. :) (09/13/2008) By Marissa RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Me and my two best friends are having a massive party, in this gorgeous mini art gallery. We're inviting about 200 people, then afterwards (at about 1) we're going to take the party over to one of my other friends houses. (10/02/2008) By ellie Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 04/16/2008 I need some ideas for my 17th Birthday party. It's on 5th March. I can't decide what to do? Charlotte from Stevenage Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I am turning 17 in 4 days, and I am just going to invite a few people over to watch movies and eat junk food! Nothing big, because I have huge plans for my 18th! And i think the rest of you should remember that this is not the big one, next year is! :D Peace! (01/21/2008) By Jess. RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Well you could rent a public pool for an hour, its not that expensive. You could defer your b-day until summer and take your friends to the beach (thats what we do with my daughter). She will be turning 15, her b-day is in May but we wait until the summer. Her friends stay overnight and we spend the whole day at the beach the next day (she loves this and we have done it for 3 years!) (01/22/2008) By cher RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Why not try a high tea with silver tea sets, scones and small sandwiches. Mozart or a harpist as music, and everyone can wear gorgeous dresses, hats and gloves. After that go to a dance club or pool. (01/22/2008) By kibby RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I was thinking of renting a club on Saturday and just have everyone come and enjoy. I want to have a VIP room for the closest friends to have a party in. Even if its a club where it doesn't suit your age, if your renting it they should let you have access to it except for alcoholic beverages. (03/04/2008) By christy N RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Well my birthday is on the 7 of April and I have hired kareoke machine, party lights, tables, chairs, gazebos. I've gone all out and its only costing 500 bucks including food and decorations. (03/24/2008) By wady RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I'm actually doing my birthday in the ice-skating place! I think it should be a lot of fun, I actually got the room that has just a glass around it, and you can see everyone on the ice arena, so we can laugh at each other :P. (04/01/2008) By Akmyrat RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I'm turning 17 on May 6th but we are in school that day and it's on a Tuesday the day before (May 5th) is a bank holiday! I'm thinking on having a Hollywood theme or a black and white themed party, a really big party in my house. Then me and my friends afterwards are going out camping. I can't wait. I'm already planning. (04/15/2008) By Irish Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 01/18/2008 I'll be turning 17 this November, and I'm looking for ideas on a party. I'd like to have a big one, since I haven't had a birthday party in years. I'm thinking about renting out a hall and having a semi-formal/casual party. I want a DJ. And I'm in need of a theme. I don't want anything like Casino Night. I want something extremely original, but really fun. I want to have things that the guests will enjoy, too, maybe like a cotton candy machine or something like that. Any ideas? They're greatly appreciated. Brittany from Pennsylvania Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Luau! Go to any party store and they have the grass skirts and all kinds of decorations - its a blast! (07/17/2007) By Lily 59 RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I am about to have my 17th birthday party on the 25 of July and was stuck on an idea. I did some thinking and decided to have a dessert party. I am planing to have a sundae bar. I also love to bake so I am going to have a blank cake with fondant over it and let my friends decorate it. I got this idea from a friend so i know it will be great. It is not that hard, you can just buy fondant and roll it out. I am also going to have a chocolate fountain, and I am finding great new way to serve sweets. You can Google for ideas or go to the foodnetwork.com. My party is also going to be a sleepover so moves are a must. (07/17/2007) By Caitlin RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday some ideas would be! - DJ -movie projector -black+white theme -fall theme -a lot of people -Chocolate fondue machine -line dancing coach (08/01/2007) By alisa RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Well last year I turned 16 so for my b-day I had 6 friends over to spend the night and we broke glow sticks and slung them all over an empty room and each other. It was so cool it was like a big canvas. After that we took a walk down my street. Then we went to bed and the next day (my b-day) we all got up and went out to eat and my mom paid for all of us. And then she surprised me with a hotel so we spent the day swimming and giving each other pedicures. Later we went on a limo ride. It was very fun. (08/31/2007) By BJ RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I would set up poker tables and have a pool table or/and a ping pong table. Even maybe get those sumo suits and have those in your backyard! Definitely have food and everyone can just hang out! (09/16/2007) By Hot Pink. RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I turn 17 in a few days and I'm just having a few close mates and my brothers (and their gfs) over and having a BBQ. I'm going to have a pinata and play pass the parcel and all those sorts of games. Maybe hiring a jumping castle?! haha! (11/11/2007) By Monique RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday My parents always have parties and we have a big white tent and for my sweet 16, I put the tent up had a bon fire and music, lights, and glow sticks. We all ended getting in a silly string fight. At like 12, we all went inside and watched a scary movie! It ended at like 1:00. I cant wait for my 17th. I wanna have a classy white and black party. (11/18/2007) By collie Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 06/13/2007 I am turning 17 on 2nd May. I have thought about doing go-carting or white water rafting but I can not do anything too expensive as I am saving for a car. Some people suggest going for a meal but lots of my friends do that and I want to do something a bit different. Please help me with any ideas, I will be very grateful. Hannah from Bournemouth Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I'd have to go with the virgin drinks and the movie idea. My sons graduation party was like this we made a bar and my hubby was the bar tender and we used the plastic novelty cups i found at thrift stores and it was an all nighter. We chose pizza and finger foods so people could come and go and it was great they all bragged about it. The most important thing is to have fun! (04/20/2007) By Denise RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I just rented a hotel suite for my daughters sweet 16 birthday bash. She can invite up to 20 guest for a fun filled day of swimming at the pool and access to the game room. Pizza delivery at 6:00 and sleeping bags for an overnight stay. A suite here cost around $100.00. (of course we have to pay for the pizza) (04/22/2007) By Sharon RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday How about a bowling or miniature golf party? (05/07/2007) By Claudia-MD RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Last year for my sweet sixteen, I had a glow party. Everyone had glow in the dark things on them as well as all the decorations. It was a lot of fun, especially when it came to the glow sticks and glow bouncy balls in the pool at night. Great Virgin drinks were a hit too. Dress them up with garnish and nice plastic glasses for a nice touch. (06/02/2007) By Turning 17 Soon Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 04/18/2007 I'm turing 17 on Feb 18 and I don't know what to do. My thought was miniature golf and it's glow in the dark, then maybe go to my house. Is that to kiddish? I need more ideas. Melanie from Fairbanks, Alaska Answers: RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday February 18th is also the Chinese New Year - so you could use that as a theme. (my birthday is also the 18th - but I will be 40! (wow!) - and we are having chinese food and homemade fortune cookies. Each person gets to write some fortunes to put in the cookies - we are making the cookies and mixing up all the fortunes and seeing who gets what. (02/03/2007) By QueenBeeCrafts RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday My daughter had a volleyball party for her 16th birthday. We rented a gym for just $35 and had a great time. Everybody really loved it. We brought the cake and asked everyone else to bring a finger food. It was great. (02/03/2007) By Robin RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday One of our favorite parties (this is good for anytime) is an all night movie marathon. We, the parents, agree to stay up all night, so it can be girls and boys. We have done it where one parent sleeps at a time. We bring out the food a little at a time. That way there's stuff left for the last movie. For an all nighter you need 4 movies, count time in between for bathroom breaks, to talk about the movie, and for people who can't stay to leave. (That's nice because some just can't stay all night, but it's nice to have them there for a while) I have two boys, so our movie nights have been Jackie Chan or car chase movies. Now my daughter is old enough to have one she wants the three Cinderella movies. Her friends can't make it through a whole night yet. We even had one night that the movies turned out to be really bad so they dug into our old movies and ended up watching Karate Kid 1&2. They loved it. It really is a lot of fun. (02/03/2007) By dollar out of a dime RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday When you're 17 you're old enough to act young again! My friend who had the best parties did lots of fun games generally found at kids parties and we always had a great time! (02/04/2007) By Becka RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I went to the greatest sleep over when I was 16. We did the regular sleepover stuff.. movies, games, PLUS my best friends mom made us VIRGIN daiquiris and margaritas along with chocolate dipped strawberries. These were virgin non-alcholic drinks of course, but they still made us feel very sophisticated and grown up. Good luck (02/04/2007) By Andjerm RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday My 17th birthday is on Feb 12th, I don't think I'm going to do anything big this year except party for several nights with my different groups of friends - but last year for my 16 I had a whole semi formal party at my house everyone dressed up and we made all these fancy drinks and had soo much food to eat - everyone loved it and people still talk about it a year later! (02/10/2007) By Ally RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Well I'm doing laser tag for my 17th birthday Woo Woo! Go to www.laserquest.com and you can check it out! (02/16/2007) RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday When I was younger (18 or so) the funnest party I ever had was super cheap to do and a real blast. I found a Murder Mystery Party game at a thrift store, we all dressed up and got into character. You can do food and everything, I love those games. They have lots of themes and i know for a fact you can find one on ebay for just a couple of dollars. Maybe check amazon too. Check it out I think you may be impressed, and you can get all the decorations at a thrift store or dollar store. We just did it in the living room, (small room) so you don't need a lot of space, and we had pizza too the whole think prob. only cost about $ 20.00 They vary in size about 6 to 8 to 12 people depending on the game. I really hope this helps you. (03/02/2007) By Designersheets RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Some things which are always fun though are BBQs or film nights or even just getting all of your best mates to come to the cinema and a restaurant maybe even some shopping (03/25/2007) By Nikki RE: Ideas For My 17th Birthday I have the same problem too I turn 17 on May 17th though. I don't what to do. I was thinking of a birthday party but we really don't have money for it. I didn't have a quinciniera or a sweet sixteen, so I kind of wanted to have some of my close friends. I'm thinking about maybe horse back riding but I'm really not sure. (04/10/2007) By Melissa Report Spam or Abuse Request: Ideas For My 17th Birthday Archived on 02/02/2007 I am trying to plan my 17th birthday. It's crazily hard! I know who I am inviting but I have NO idea what to do! I live in a small place, not much to do. I didn't have a 16th, so i want to make this my sweet 16! I am stuck, and don't know what to do! Holly Answers: Food and Music GREAT MUSIC and plenty of GREAT FOOD! That is what I would build your party around. If you are inviting boys and girls and the weather is right in your area, and you have an appropriate place to do it, a bonfire might be fun. Don't sweat it - your friends will have fun just being around to help you celebrate! Just have some good music ready and maybe ask your friends to bring some of their favorite CDs. I would include tons of great "finger food" - nothing that requires a fork to eat! You could also do cupcakes instead of a regular birthday cake. Just relax and enjoy your Sweet Seventeen! (02/01/2005) By Reba Gayle Shurden Sundae Party My daughter just celebrated her birthday with a "Create your own ice cream sundae" party. We bought two gallons of vanilla ice cream, lots of different toppings, and the girls had fun. You don't have to buy the toppings -- there are plenty of recipes on the net, but we ran out of prep time. They played favorite music and a couple of board games. And of course had birthday cake. I hope you have a good birthday! (02/02/2005) By jlxian Spa Party Try a spa party. Paint each other's nails, put masks on and do up your hair. (02/04/2005) By Amanda Theme Party You might want to check out the party planner template in MS Word on your computer. I say have a luau or a fun theme, whatever you and your friends are into. Like casino night, Goth or Ski party... Have fun! Check out Oriental Traders for props or novelties. (02/17/2005) By rokoco "Live Like Your a Rockstar" For my 16th birthday I had a "Live Like Your a Rockstar" party. Have each of your guests dress as rock stars and bring a CD or DVD of their favorite artist. Then just put the CDs on shuffle and get started. We actually hooked up a mike so we could embarrass ourselves further by singing as the star we were dressed as. We had a blast though and everyone I invited the next year came and their friends asked if they could come too. Good luck and Happy Birthday! (02/23/2005) By Suzanne S. Dinner, Clubbing and a Sleepover You can have your 4 best friends come over and go out to eat, then go out to the club or some fun facility. Then spend the night at your house and watch movies and eat popcorn. (03/24/2005) By BNT Tent Party If you have a big back yard, then you can get all your best buds round and get the old camping tents out and have your very own tent party! Fun even when it's your big 17th! (12/06/2005) By Nikki Musical Chairs I really enjoy getting all my mates round and playing pass the parcel and musical chairs. I did this for my 17th and was thinking about doing this for my 18th but didn't get round to doing it! I really recommend it! Have fun! (12/06/2005) By Holly Movie I think you should go to the cinema to see a really romantic film with all your girlfriends! (12/07/2005) By Alex DJ I'm turning 17 on april 24 and I'm having a decent size party with about 40 people. i have a DJ and that's all that matters. (04/11/2006) By Heather Report Spam or Abuse