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Tween Birthday Party Theme Ideas
Fun Tween birthday party theme ideas for pre-teens - in-be
"tween" ages of 10, 11, 12
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Polka
Dot Party Tweens Theme
Fun birthday party theme that
tween girls love! Everything polka dots and circles! Send out
round invitations with polka dot confetti. Decorate with polka
dots of every size and color and place them everywhere -
on walls, furniture, fireplaces, floors, tables, counters,
doors, driveway and mailbox. Serve round food - pizza, cookies
they can decorate themselves, circle crackers and cheese, round
pretzels, skittles etc. Play karaoke and create necklaces with
round beads. Give away solid color beach balls - have them each
sign with a permanent marker for a great tween keepsake of the
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Tween Auction Party Theme
Fun birthday theme for tween
girls and boys. On the birthday invitation ask each tween to
bring a "white elephant" (something
that is in good shape but they don't want anymore)
wrapped or a sealed in a paper bag. Give the tweens $20 in play
money and start an auction for the unwrapped gifts. For fun add
food and gag gifts to the auction items. Keep the gifts wrapped
and don't let anyone know what is inside until the high bidder
opens the item. At the end let them trade or buy each others'
presents. With left over money let them bid on the first or
largest piece of cake.
Tween Spa Party
Theme
It's a sparty! Ask
the tween girls to bring their bathrobes and slippers to set the
scene for this theme - day/night at the spa. Set out
different facial masks and peel masks - don't forget the
cucumber slices! Set up different stations for manicures,
pedicures, facials and hairstyling. Let the tween girls rotate
to each station every 10-15 minutes. Have a different color
nail polish for each guest and let them try them all. Or they
can play
nail polish spin
with all the different colors.
Give them colorful emery boards and toe separators along with
their nail polish for a
birthday party favor.
Free homemade spa recipes
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Tween Fashion Show Theme
One
thing girl tweens love to do is show off! This fun tween
birthday theme let's girls dress up in glamorous clothes and add
in tiaras, sunglasses, necklaces, hats, scarves, boas, wigs etc.
Set up a runway using a red sheet, paper or even a long walkway
outside. Let the tweens take turns walking the runway while
someone takes pictures. Place pictures in a album for each girl
or give them a CD as a birthday favor. Tip: check out thrift
stores for great deals on dramatic clothes and accessories.
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Make
up Extravaganza
Theme
Bring out wild and
wonderful eye shadows, eyeliners, mascara, blush and nail polish
and let the tween girls give each other fun makeovers. Take
pictures of the birthday party and place in an album for each
girl or make a calendar for each one on the computer. Play
birthday games
like nail polish spin and crazy
makeup. Give small makeup bags for tween birthday party
favors. Tip: Check makeup counters in the mall and ask for free
samples to use at this tween birthday party.
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Tween Mystery Dinner
Fun and crazy birthday idea for
tweens. The tweens are served dinner - but don't know what they
have ordered until the food arrives. Crazy fun and tweens love
it! Directions and sample menu for the
mystery dinner party.
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Scrapbooking Party Theme
This is a fun
birthday activity idea for tween sleepovers or longer parties
when you have time to develop and print out pictures. Take lots
of pictures of the tween girls at the party playing games,
eating cake, being crazy etc. Take the film and have it
developed in 1 hour or print pictures off the computer if you
have a digital camera. Give each guest a small scrapbook and
let them fill a page with the birthday party and one with
friends. Let them take home the book for a
birthday party favor.
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Self Defense Birthday Party Theme
Some Karate businesses and gym's will teach self defense
to tweens. This is fun and something the tweens can
use throughout their life.
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Pizza party Theme
Every
tween loves pizza at a birthday party, but at this party
the whole theme is pizza! Have a make it yourself pizza
dinner - see our
food ideas.
Play pizza related games such as: Pizza twister - set
out the twister mat and have the red circles be
pepperoni, green be pepper etc. and instead of spinning
and calling out - right foot red, call out - right foot
pepperoni. Play relay races and have the tweens carry a
pizza box while they run or go through an obstacle
course. Make aprons or chefs hats for a craft. Set
out red and white checkered tablecloths and serve a
large cookie cake decorated like a pizza.
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Scavenger Hunt
Birthday scavenger hunts can be fun - especially the
mall scavenger hunts! The main idea of the scavenger
hunt is to divide into teams then each tween team races
to see who can find (or do) the items on a list first.
There are 7 fun varieties of birthday party
scavenger hunts
sure to please
your tweens!
Mall
Scavenger Hunts are a fun way to combine two of
tweens favorite things - friends and shopping. We've
listed 8 fun mall scavenger hunts - complete with free
scavenger hunt lists. Most require no money and there
is one that lists 40 things they have to bring back that
are FREE. After the scavenger hunt meet for dinner or
dessert at a mall restaurant and let them tell each
other about their crazy adventures.
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Animal Lovers Birthday
Party Theme
This is a
fun and helpful birthday party theme that all tweens who
are animal lover's will enjoy! Instead of bringing a
present to the birthday party ask your guests to bring a
bag of dog food, cat food, treats or pet toys. Head out
to your local animal shelter (make sure to call ahead
first and set up a good time!) and give the food, treats
and toys to the shelter. Some shelters will let the
tweens walk and feed the dogs / cats, clean out cages
and bath the animals. Make sure to meet with the
shelter management before you go so they will be
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1 Color Party Theme
Easy and fun tween
birthday party theme! Pick one color and make
everything in shades of that color. If pink is the
color then make the birthday party invitations on pink
paper with dark pink writing and envelopes. Tell
everyone in the birthday invitation that they are to
wear only pink. Birthday party hats, noisemakers,
plates, napkins, cake, utensils, decorations, balloons,
crepe paper, gift bags, prizes, food - EVERYTHING PINK!
Simple birthday theme idea, but the tweens will always
remember it!
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Crazy Sock Exchange
This idea is
best for an all girl party. On the birthday invitation
ask guests to bring a wrapped pair of new crazy socks.
Buy and wrap a few pair of extras in case someone
forgets. Write down numbers (however many guests there
are) on pieces of paper, fold them and and place them in
a bowl. Have each tween pick a number. Sit in a circle
and the tween with the number 1 goes first, picks a
present, opens it and places the socks at her feet. The
girl with the number 2 can either pick a new package or
take the socks of number 1. If she takes the socks of
number 1 then number 1 gets to pick a new package and
open it. Continue around the circle - each tween can
either choose any socks that have been opened or open a
new package. At the end #1 can exchange her socks for
anyone's in the circle. Fun to play with socks, white
elephants, small gifts and birthday party favors.
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Murder Mystery
You can buy
birthday theme kits on the internet or at most party
stores for a fun murder mystery theme for your tween
party. Serve a
Mystery Food
Dinner and
hand out small magnifying glasses to each of the tweens
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50's, 70's or 80's Theme Party
Decorate and serve food from your favorite decade of the
past. Have the invitations tell the tweens to dress in
clothes from the decade you choose. 50's - poodle
skirts and rolled up jeans. 70's - bell bottoms and
funky clothes. 80's - big hair and big shoulder pads.
Play fun music and teach the dances from that period.
Karaoke is fun with oldies music!
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Luau Party Birthday
Party Theme
Decorate with palm trees,
pineapples and tiki's. Research guests names to find their
Hawaiian name and use it to decorate cups. Play limbo and rent
a dvd that teaches how to hula dance. Grass skirts and lei's
are a fun party favor. Little umbrellas in their drinks will
make everyone smile!
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Wacky Party
Theme
For this birthday party theme give the tweens a crazy wig, hat
or glasses to wear. Play your games backwards and make crazy
videos!
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Tween Idol Theme
Set up a karaoke machine with a good CD of popular songs. Tip:
You can find great deals on used CD's and karaoke machines on Ebay. Ask which of the tweens wants to be a judge and set them
up at a judging table. Then have the performers come out one by
one and sing their favorite song (like American Idol). Vote for
the favorites and have another round each time eliminating one
of the performers until you have a winner.
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Pool Party
Theme
Fun ideas for tween pool parties! See our expanded ideas
on the
pool party theme -
complete with invitation, decoration, games, activities and
more! |
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