Dinner party for teenage girls

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DD has decided she would like a dinner party at home for 6-8 friends for her 15th. Do any of you creative mumsnetters have any ideas for food, games or extras to make it special? I'm hoping Madame is going to come up with some herself too!

We got the champagne murders last Christmas - it is a murder mystery which comes with a menu for the evening and gives entertainment. I am sure 14/15 year olds should be able to do it

My friends and I used to have dinner parties at this age! We had things like lasagne for main course (which can be made in advance and stuck in the oven, so no last minute attention). We also used to play a lot of silly games.

One of them was Shop Snap. You deal out the cards as in normal snap, then before the game starts each person chooses a different type of shop (e.g. fishmongers, shoe shop etc). When you get a "snap" with someone else, you have to say the name of something you could buy from their shop before they say something they can buy from your shop (so I might say "cod" before you said "slippers" and I would win the cards). Once the item has been "used" once, you can't use it again, so it's a good idea to choose a type of shop with a limited range of goods - department store is a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddd idea!

We also used to play "sausages". One person is "it", and everyone else has to ask them questions. The person who is "it" has to answer every question with the word sausages without laughing. If they laugh it's someone else's go. You can vary the word if you like.

The game where you write the name of someone famous on a Rizla post-it note, then stick it onto someone's forehead. Soon eveyone has a note on their heads and they have to guess who 'they are' by asking questions to which the others can only answer yes or no. It works well cos they're already round a table.

Wink murder is also good around the table.

Other than that I wouldn't worry too much about games as they can't half chatter at that age.

To eat, lasagna, perhaps a meat and a veggie one. IME everyone loves lasagna. Posh ice cream and fruit for pudding.

DD had a dinner party for her 13th. She and her friends, dressed to impress. DH cooked the meal and I served it, complete with teatowel over the arm! We spent weeks before hand, trying out dishes that we simple enough for all her guests to enjoy, but that looked impressive.

I bought a bottle or two of Shloer and I took the labels off and printed my own, to fit with DD's birthday. After dinner, they got in their pj's, watched a film and I provided all manner of icecream and topping and they went wild with them. I think they did pampering as well iirc.

ooh some lovely ideas already! Thank you! Yes lasagne sounds like a good bet!

I had a dinner party birthday party in my teens (either 15 or 17). We cooked some fancy food, dressed up to the nines and the only playing was us being posh adults. I remember it as being one of the best birthdays :)