Throw a "girls only" birthday bash that your little beauties will love with our Girls Only Party Ideas! Read on for general party planning tips as well as great "girls only" decorating, food, game, and activity suggestions.
Party Planning
For peace of mind, begin planning 6 - 8 weeks in advance to allow time to purchase and mail invitations, as well as to give your guests time to RSVP and make travel plans, if needed. Don't panic if you find yourself short on time; you can still plan a great party! Planning ahead simply reduces the risk of conflicts with guests' plans and may increase attendance.
To simplify the rest of the party planning process, check out our Party Planning Timeline, take a look at our When & Where to Have the Party page, and read the paragraphs below for information on selecting decorations, supplies, activities, and more for your child's party.
What Do I Need for the Party?
If you plan to use paper tableware and themed party supplies, our Suggested Party Supply List may be helpful when placing an order. Please note that you may not need everything on the list; it is intended only as a guide.
Decorating & Food Ideas
Fun Ideas to Set the Mood
Little girls and pre-teens especially enjoy the elegance of dressing in beautiful clothes and acting "grown up," and they are generally delighted with parties that encompass all the beauty of being female. There are endless variations, such as tea parties, princess parties, make-up parties, dress-up parties, and parties that bring a little bit of everything all together through decorations, games, music, and friends! Try some of these glamorous and girly ideas to set the mood for the party:
- Have the girls bring their favorite CD's to play during the party, and set aside time for dancing.
- Hang a large piece of butcher paper on a wall in the party area to make a graffiti wall for the girls to sign and color as they arrive and wait for the other guests.
- Find some of your daughter's favorite pictures of her friends, and blow them up on a color copier to hang around the party area. It'll be fun for the girls to see themselves—especially if you have some pictures from when they were younger.
- Set up a dress-up station with old dresses, make-up, and fingernail polish. Allow the girls to give each other makeovers…and make sure to take plenty of pictures!
- Fill the party area with huge tissue paper flowers. See our Tissue Flower activity for detailed instructions.
- Purchase plastic beaded necklaces or bracelets, and use them to ring cupcakes or drink cups.
"Girls Only" Treats
When it comes to food, partygoers are usually perfectly content to eat pizza or hotdogs, which is certainly much easier on the hosts! However, if you have the time and would like to serve up some more interesting treats, consider these ideas:- Use flower-shaped or heart-shaped cookie cutters to make tea biscuits and sandwhiches. Pink sandwiches can be created by baking challah bread and using a few drops of red food coloring in the dough.
- Make linzer hearts using our Linzer Hearts recipe.
- Freeze cranberry juice "ice cubes". At the party, fill each guest's cup with ginger ale and let them drop their own ice cubes in the cup, makng bubbly pink drinks.
- Use doll accessories, such as purses, blow driers, bruches, etc. as cake toppers.
- Line a hat box with waxed paper or cling wrap and use to serve chips.
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