Pamper party for a 6 year old?!

We did hall and bouncy castle at that age with glitter tattoos and face painting.

You can still do tattoos, nail painting and perhaps those glitter hair accessories in a hall with soft play or bouncy castle etx

But how would you know if your 6 year old had contact allergies with common face mask or cosmetic ingredients? Presumably most six year olds have only had baby and children gentle products on their skin?

I don’t really have an issue with it at 6 per se, but I wouldn’t want any skin care that might trigger allergies for sensitive skin.

My daughter went to a party like this at around that age. I think it’s pretty harmless. They’re just playing.

Why would you hire someone to do that, though? It’s really not hard to get all that, ask a handful of mums to stay and do it yourself.

Fucking hell, tell me this isn’t real? 5 and 6 and having a party where they do their makeup and nails? What message are you giving your girls?

But thats just depressing no? As an adult I don’t think ‘the best time ever’ is to put my feet in warm water and have someone do my nails. It’s just what girls say when they’re being conditioned to be ‘little ladies’

I’d say life inappropriate rather than age inappropriate. 4 yrs old?!

My daughter is 7 and been to lots of pamper parties when she was 5 and 6yrs old. The girls all loved it.. came out with hair styled, makeup, face gems, glitter tattoos etc.

I run a party company where we teach kids to. make soaps and bath bombs, etc.I have a lot of parents come to me who were looking for a pamper party but needed something age-appropriate. I find that we are the happy medium of still having fun but not fully pampering. Maybe you could find something like this?

Oh and she is a primary school teacher now and not into makeup anymore than I am!

My daughter is 23 now. She went to one when she was about 6 or 7. Really enjoyed it. They went in Princess dresses, played games etc all the usual stuff, but there were a couple of ladies there doing hair and nails if the girls wanted it done. I am not girlie at all and never had much idea about these things so she was really pleased to have pretty hair. But just as happy the next day to be back to normal again.
It’s just a bit of fun so I wouldn’t over think it so much. Not all the kids will be as into it as your daughter so maybe suggesting a compromise of a princess party with games and pamper so everyone can choose. You could get someone in to do hair and nails or do it yourself with a few friends happy to help out. At this age, girls aren’t going to expect much and will just be happy to have a bit of glitter in their hair, or some hair chalk.
It’s nice to acknowledge it’s her party and it’s what she wants to do, rather than just having a flat no and disappointing her. These sorts of parties at this age are very normal and nice to try different things. My daughter was more into craft so for her birthday we had a crafting party. My sons went through a football stage so had football parties.
Keep it as simple as you want but try and do what they want for their birthdays.

Of course it contributes.

Luckily it’s not the norm round here either. Parties involve physical activity or entertainment. Not little girls preening in satin robes.

I know that it is all fun and lighthearted at that age but I really think it contributes to the drip, drip, drip of the message some girls get as they’re growing up that ‘your role in life is to sit down, shut up and look pretty.’ So personally I would never have such a party and thankfully aged 8 my daughter has never been invited to one.

There is literally this tiny sliver of your life where you can run around dancing and playing pass the parcel and going to soft play and magic parties and then there’s decades of sitting down and doing nails and face masks. I’m sure someone will tell me I’m wrong and they just played pass the parcel at a 40th 😁

Hmph, they did a pamper party at DC nursery when she was three

Now she tries to put cucumber on her eyes at the dinner table

Very common round here, the kids absolutely love it! It's all very tame - robes given to wear, nails painted, feet soaked in warm bubbly water, plus party games/karaoke, mocktail making and food. My DC said it was the best party ever!

Not sure about “pamper parties” particularly (I’ll be honest, I thought the thread title was about the nappy brand!)

But my class of 4 and 5 year olds last year LOVED temporary tattoos. They became THE thing to have in party bags. I’m sure, as others have said, you could take elements of the pampering and mix it into a more traditional 6th birthday.

That being said, in the late 90s a big fad for parties in my area was to go to a specific place and dress up (hair and body glitter included) as fairies. Broadly, it doesn’t sound too dissimilar from a “pamper party”.

Can’t think of anything worse at any age!

But as a parent - no I wouldn’t have done this at 6.

My niece had this for her 6th birthday in a salon! Ds same age, wasn't invited because it was for girls, but tbh he wouldn't have wanted to be there. Lots of pictures of them posing in matching satin pyjama sets with mocktails etc. Me and my brother are very different when it comes to raising our children. The same niece has a smart phone and her older sister 9 had had one from the same age and is apparently into skincare..... . Ds wanted a bowling party for his birthday and two girls in his class have recently had parties one was crafting and the other laser tag.

No way! Thankfully nobody we know does this kind of (dull and tacky) thing. And I hate the word ‘pamper’ like some hate the word ‘moist’ ;-)

We went to one of these, there was abit of parental whinging as the tattoos didn’t wash
off and hung around for weeks after. It was like a disco/ dance thing so there was one person tattooing and another keeping kids going.

My daughter had a "Princess Pamper Party" for her 4th Birthday. There's a place local to us where its done and its like the Bibbadi Bobbidi Boutique at Disneyland. It was just a few friends in a a beautiful venue with princess chairs and beautiful mirrors, really well themed and done by 2 character princesses.

The girls had their hair done in a cinderella bun or elsa plait, tiara, face paint, nails (the peel off play polish) and a sash to go over their princess dress, then it was an afternoon tea and party games with the princesses.

It was such a lovely party and didn't feel "age inappropriate" at all, maybe do something like this rather than make up and tattoos?

1. horrible idea! you're right to question it.
2. please keep glitter out of it, it's just microplastics going straight into the environment and/or water system (unless they've invented biodegradable stuff)
3. ha ha, my kids' party guests had me telling awful jokes and doing deliberately awful magic 'tricks' (a la Tommy Cooper). Didn't cost anything, and they seemed to enjoy it 😂. So did I 😂

I think that’s a bit young, in another couple of years maybe.