Groovy Party Ideas
My daughter recently had her 12th birthday party.
We cleared out all the furniture, purchased an inexpensive disco ball and strobe lights and had a “Groovy” dance party. We found that if you plug an iPod into a speaker amp it sounds just like a club sound system. I had Sydney download her favorite current songs from iTunes and for under $20 plus the cost of food and lights we had a unique experience without a huge expense.
The girls loved having my middle son DJ their favorite songs, and we had a singing and dance contest.
Every girl received a little gift bag. We filled the bag with peanuts (shelled) and movie theatre style candy (Gummy Worms, Skittles Hershey bars, gum drops) purchased at The Dollar Store. I took skewers that you would use for kebobs and made a candy bouquet out of them. The girls loved the bouquet and I am now going to make them for the endless upcoming parties my daughter will be going to. The best part is that everything is edible!
A few weeks later I made a cookie bouquet using Oreo cookies and candy bars. My 19-year loved receiving that for his birthday.
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Sharing Parties
My children are not quite old enough for anything like a groovy party... But, we share parties.. To help with costs (and to make the parties bigger) I usually share birthday parties with other family members. We always have a small personal cake on the day of the birthday, and then a huge party where 2 or 3 kids will be the birthday kids. My kids have birthdays in January, March, and May.. And they have cousins with birthdays around the same time. In January we had a party for my little cousin (December) and one of my daughters (January). Just last week we had a party for my other daughter (March) and another cousin (April). In June we will have one for my son (May) and another of their cousins (June). We also reuse decorations, because all of the parties are boy/girl parties, we use universal colors. Each year, we will get together and decide on colors and themes. They also share a large cake. Reusing the decorations and sharing the cost for a cake puts each of us paying about $15 (plus gifts and favors) for each party.