DD1 & DD3 both share a birthday which falls in school hols so we need a party during term. 11 year old a bit of a tom-boy but not very sporty (enjoys being outside and getting muddy but not playing football). 8 year old more girly but not scarily so: loves her bike and her playmobil. Last year the then 10 year old's friends painted t-shirts, made their own pizza and sundaes. The then 7 year olds brought favourite teddies and dressed them in dolls clothes (freshly laundered in advance!), made jewellry for them using old bead sets and played assorted teddy-related games. Cinema not an option ("you don't get time to play"). We live in Dublin so Go-Ape/ climbing wall not available (or is there similar somewhere that I don't know about? 11 year old would love it). Swimming in Newpark and home for tea is best I can come up with... or Bray bowl.. any ideas please. Make-overs not an option (skin allergies/ early sexualisation of kids etc - see nick-name!) but what about sleep-over for older girl: how many to have? can they sleep on floor? what do they do?.