Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Parties/celebrations

Whether you're planning a birthday or a hen do, you'll find plenty of ideas for your celebration on our Party forum.

Sleepover party for DD's 9th birthday (possibly) -come and give me some advice please...

4 replies

NorbertDentressangle · 20/10/2008 13:43

...and by advice I don't mean "Don't Do It!"

Never hosted a sleepover and DDs only been to one as I think we're just about to enter the age where they get into them (she'll be 9)

Whats the best way to go about this?

eg. time to arrive/leave?
DVD/planned activity or let them make own entertainment?
Food -what and when?
To what extent do you let them just get on with it?
What happens if they're still awake when you're knackered and just want to go to bed?

OP posts:
chopchopbusybusy · 20/10/2008 14:02

Well, I really want to say don't do it, but if you must.

Arrive at 5ish in time for tea at 6ish - normal party food or make your own pizza are favourites.

Leave next morning at 10ish - for breakfast a selection of cereal, croissants, pain au chocolate, juice, smoothies anything you can put out that they can help themselves to.

Put a DVD on when it is time to go to sleep.

Work out where exactly they will be sleeping - it's normal for them to bring their own sleeping bag or duvet and pillow. Dd2s friends all brought three foot wide blow up beds ffs.

Let them get on with it, but have a few party games up your sleeve so that you can entertain them if necessary.

When it's bedtime tell them to go to sleep- they won't.

Make sure you don't have a lot planned for the following day - you will be knackered and will want to bring wine time forward.

They'll probably all bring mountains of sweets with them, so if you are going to do party prizes do smellies or crafty type things.

I hate sleepovers. Fortunately, DDs now seem to prefer just one friend to sleepover at a time instead of a party.

HTH

NorbertDentressangle · 20/10/2008 15:12

Thanks chopchop. It sounds like you've been there and got the t-shirt and more

Sounds pretty much as I'd thought I suppose. The food thing is a nightmare though with various allergies in amongst her peer group.

One other question - is there an ideal number of guests?

I know from the one that DD went to that a total of 3 girls (including the host) was not good dynamics-wise

OP posts:
chopchopbusybusy · 20/10/2008 15:38

If you can keep the number as low as four, then that could be OK. Also, if there only four, then would they all fit in your DDs bedroom? The allergy thing could work quite well! I'd chat to the mums and find out what the girls can eat, then make up party food boxes with appropriate things - can be done in advance, no cross contamination risk if it's all in their own box.

NorbertDentressangle · 20/10/2008 17:27

4 would fit in her bedroom fine -we could even provide airbeds (although as I typed that I had a vision of the girls bouncing around on them , maybe camping mats would be better...)

Food-wise, the girls with the allergies (well, mainly the one with the nut allergy) tend to take their own packed lunch/party food. It would just be nice to proveide something like pizza that they could all eat. I'll have to have a good think about that

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page