How to entertain 8 12 yr old girls for 3 hours
 

My daughter is turning 12 in 2 weeks, and is inviting 7 of her classmates to our house for a 3 hour party. Any suggestions for stuff to do?

Get some skin cleansing type products and let them give each other facials then plaster their faces with face paint. They'll have a blast, and it'll take about 3 hours for them all to finish once they've had some food and drinks.

good idea Ali, certainly beats my daughters idea about a homemade pinata of their least favorite teacher

Well, I'm sure they'll have plenty of fun just gossiping about boys anyway. ;)

Not bad... not bad....

Ours had a sleepover, for the third year running. This year's (she was 12) was noticeably rowdier than the last couple. (One of the girls brought a can of shaving cream and they terrorized the neighborhood.) Nail polish seemed to work well for an activity. ("Dad, can you pick up some nail polish on your way home from work." "Ummm... OK.. what color?" "Red, black, blue, purple, yellow, and green." Fortunately CVS only had red and blue.)

That's what I figured Ali, I'll probably be pushed out of the room for a 2 hour trash talking session

Yeah we've done the black nail polish thing

Whew! when i saw the thread title i was afraid that Drax might have started it.

Oh no you did not just go there!

Can you afford to take the whole bunch of them to Build-A-Bear?

Build-A-Bear is The Debbil.

Wolf, do you offer guided tours of your workplace? That would be a party that wouldn't soon be forgotten.

The make over idea is a good one. A friend of mine has started a party planning service which has parties for younger kids (fancy dress make over) and parties for teenage girls which are makeover based. They have a great time.

I thought the same thing after I started the thread....

Sadly :D the nearest one is 75 miles from where I live

I think I will bring up the makeover/ facial idea to her

This works. My sister did this for her daughter last year. (she is 10). The girls had a blast!

Make-up for sure -also non-permanent spray in/comb in hair colors and hair decorations (raid the dollar store), teen quiz books, movie and popcorn, silly games and coloring books (really -they sort of take a backwards step and enjoy coloring again -so long as it's a team activity and you don't "make" them do it (watch them with younger kids -they can't help but take over and do the coloring for them)). We usually also have them make their own pizza with exactly what they like on it.

or something like soap-making or candle-making.

About that hairspray colour stuff. If there are any real blondies coming, don't let them use it. Although the colour is meant to be non permanent, it can stain the hair and is particularly noticable in blonde hair.

I know this from experience. a little blondie had red hairspray for some party or something, and she ended up with pink hair for a very long time.

Hey, I do have limits. ;)

What, they too old? (j/k)

How 'bout corpsepaint?

I do not know this term.

it means joke

Thanks. ;)

that's the most fun thing about it! :lol:

j k = just kidding

btw, Drax, how did you find this thread so fast? Did the title attract you, or was it a vanity search? :lol:

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hance the :lol:




:rolleyes:

LOL - Can Drax recover from this one???

:rotflol: good one LJ.

Come on dwellar chicas - how many of you just looked this up to buy?

That's an old one.. if they wanted it they probably already own it!

corpsepaint?

Hmm she has been saying she would like to "go goth"

Halo 3.

Those dance mat games.

They should probably rename it the Numbpuss 2000

a "goth" party would probably be fun. Better in the fall before Halloween though.

Most little girls love! playing with makeup. I used to have "makeup day" once in a while when my girls were little and they got to play in mommy's makeup.

So I vote for that, with all the glitter, fingernail stickers, teen magazines, and doodads you can afford. They also have kits (or you can find info and supplies on the net) for making homemade lip gloss, lotion, etc.--they might like that, too, and they could bring home what they make. Glittery, flavored lip gloss would make great treats.

They're not so little at 12, though..... Most 12-year-olds I know are way past "playing with mommy's make-up"

yes, of course, but the general concept is still valid

indeed. but how to convert the concept to 12 year-olds? Goths don't do make-up parties. Far too cheerful and conformist.

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The broomstick-a man must of developed the toy is my guess-yes,12 is not our twelve from our dinosaur days-12 is like 18 going on 30

Well tomorrow is the party, and it has been decided- a chocolate fountain, darts, a pinata and crafting with Fimo clay

Damn!! Can I come? I never had a party like that!

perfect, bimky.

well I survived!! Its all over but a little cleanup, and it was a smashing success

whoa! that's quite a lot. Which was the hit?

the chocolate fountain, and the pinata, which they drew a much disliked teacher's face on