The 16th birthday is a milestone event for most teenagers, especially girls as they are reaching the threshold of adulthood. But that doesn’t mean that they are too old to enjoy a great sweet 16th birthday slumber party. In fact, this is probably one of the best choices among the 16th birthday party ideas available, offering tons of fun and laughter and heart to heart bonding opportunities.

Here are some great ideas to plan a sweet 16th birthday slumber party to make it a time to remember. It will be best to keep the birthday girl in on the planning to get her “approval” or to share some of her ideas.

Pre Planning:

Before you send out invitations, determine where all the guests will spend the night and the amount of space available. You have to make sure that you consider the interests of all the guests so they will have as much fun as possible.

Invitations:

One of the best ideas to have a great slumber party is to create early interest in the guests by sending out Slumber Party Theme Invitations. Here are some great ideas:

• Make it personal by sending YOUR OWN invitation design. Let your friends know what you are planning for your slumber party.
• You can also send online invitations. Nowadays, there’s lots of  FREE online invitation service, where you can upload your own image and wordings or choose any of the great looking themes available.

Important:
Send out invitations at least two weeks before the party. Guests will appreciate this since it will give them enough time to make any necessary preparations. Ask them to RSVP at least 5 days in advance so you can make any final adjustments accordingly.

Activities:

This is the most important part of the day, the main event if you will. Here are some cool slumber party activities that the birthday girl can enjoy with all her friends and have a great time.

Watching movies:
Watching a couple of great movies and sharing all the emotions with good friends is one of the most fun activities to be had at a slumber party. Here are some slumber party movies for pre-teens and teens you can rent that are sure going to give them plenty to talk about.

• Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken
• A Walk to Remember
• Can’t Buy Me Love
• Shag
• Legally Blonde
• Clueless
• The Wedding Singer
• Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
• The Cheetah Girls
• The Princess Diaries
• High School Musical
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Music:
It will be best to let the birthday girl make the choice since she will know better what is going to be enjoyable to her and her friends. Buy blank CDs and have her or her friends make mixes of their favorite songs.

Games:
A slumber party without any games is like having pizza without cheese! It is just impossible, especially on the day she is leaving her childhood. Here are some cool and fun party games that going to bring lots of fun and laughter.

• Board games such as Monopoly or Scrabble
• Broken Hearts
• Interactive games such as karaoke
• Scavenger Hunt
• Video games like Wii or Nintendo
• Number the Kisses
• Tic-Tac-Toe

Make-Over:
No girl can deny a make-over, and this will bring tons of enjoyable moments and unforgettable memories. You might want to prepare a good amount of beauty supplies so she and her friends can experiment with different make-up style and try it out to make each other beautiful. A photo shoot out session that usually follows at the end is definitely going to leave lots of beautiful memories that will last her lifetime.

Food and Drinks:

For this special teen event, nothing can beat the crowd-pleaser ~ pizza. Popcorn, snacks and cookies are other ideal choices. And for drinks, although soda will be the most preferable, you can serve punch or sparkling cider to add to the celebrating mood.

Don’t forget to plan for breakfast since the party usually ends only when the sun comes up. A simple breakfast buffet maybe all that is required. Bagels, muffins, doughnuts, cereal, fruits, hot cocoa and juice are all good choices to go for as the teens are probably too tired to eat much after all those late night activities.

Favors:

It is always a special gesture to send the guests home with a small gift to keep the memory of the party alive. You can go for personalized birthday party favors such as:

-Coffee mugs - You can purchase inexpensive white coffee mugs almost anywhere. All you have to do is decorate each mug with sharpie marker or even paint. Sharpie markers work much better, and you can write anything you want on the mugs such as “Thank you for coming to my sweet 16 slumber party”.

-Candy wrappers – You can specially order these cool party favors from M&M’s or any online store or local party shop. You can ask the company to personalize each candy wrapper, and it’s not expensive at all!

-T-shirts, sweaters and hats – You can buy these just about anywhere, especially online. You can have them personalized by either wording or even pictures. A great idea if you wouldn’t mind waiting until after the party to give your guests their party favor, to get a group photo done at the party, and send it in to be put onto each t-shirt or sweater.

-Photo frames – You can get these done by any online company, or photo frame shop. Order enough personalized photo frames for everyone at the party, and get a snap shot of all the guests at the party. Head to a photo shop or Kodak booth and print out several copies of the group shot, stick the shot in the photo and you have yourself a great and unique sweet sixteen party favor.

Or you can go for simpler things such as:

-Plastic crowns for each girl
-Incense
-Temporary tattoos
-Friendship bracelets
-Small purses filled with makeup and hair products
-Mini spa kits
-Makeup
-Body spray
-Bath products
-Candy

Go on and try these sweet 16th birthday slumber party idea and give your sweet 16 teen a wonderful time to remember. Good food and good friends make for a good time, and good memories will last forever.

If you want more in-depth details on how to plan a perfect party, here is a good read that you shouldn’t miss.