How to Select Sweet Sixteen Party Games

Party games can serve as icebreakers among new acquaintances as well as help to get the party started. Choosing games to play that will be enjoyed by your guests at a Sweet Sixteen party should be your first consideration when planning your party.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Game equipment
• Printer
• Paper

Select Sweet Sixteen Party Games

1. Pick games that suit your party's theme or develop a theme around the games your teen likes to play. With the rising popularity of casino games such as poker and blackjack, you might create a casino-themed party with card tables and other games rented from your local party supply store. You can keep the games friendly by offering fun prizes in exchange for the chips the kids win.

2. Make up a game of trivia based around the guest of honor, your Sweet Sixteen. Print up easy to answer questions about your teen and her friends and family and place them at each table. You can invite the guests to participate in a trivia showdown or let each table try to stump each other with your carefully crafted questions.

3. Let your party's environment help you plan games. If you are hosting a beach shindig or one with a beach theme, play games like limbo where your guests will see "how low they can go" underneath the limbo stick. Provide great beach music through a DJ or hire a local band as accompaniment to your beach activities.

4. Select craft activities for guests if your teen is the artistic type. By organizing fun and easy to do crafts such as necklace making and others, you will provide entertainment and a party favor for your guests.

5. Make your Sweet Sixteen a murder mystery theme and invite your guests to join you for a night of clue-finding. Local theater companies as well as Internet game stores can provide you with the scripts and equipment for a fun night of murder and mayhem!

6. Select silly games such as water balloon fights and paint ball tournaments if your teen is into the outdoors. These games are perfect for afternoon events and can be organized at your local park or through a recreation company which will provide the equipment.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your teen involved in the planning process, especially where party games are concerned. Remember that this is a monumental step into adulthood for your Sweet Sixteen and games that might be considered too juvenile should be avoided at all costs.