How to Pick Invitations for a Slumber Party

Once you've decided on a date for your slumber party and know who you're going to invite, the next step is to send out the invitations. You could dash off to a stationery store or other retail store to pick up some plain party invitations and just use those. However, you could get a little more creative and pick out invitations that reflect your unique personality and the overall theme of your party. Learning how to pick invitations for a slumber party can help distinguish your party from an ordinary sleepover and turn it into an awesome event.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Learn How to Pick Invitations for a Slumber Party

1. Make your own invitations on your computer. Making your own invitations will allow you to customize each one to include the recipient's own name. You could even choose a different layout with varied graphics to create a unique invitation for every guest.

2. Pick out invitations to your slumber party online and send them to your guests by email. You can pick from several designs and send them electronically for free from 123 Greetings.

3. Make handmade invitations for your slumber party for a special touch. You can use almost any material, including brown craft paper, colored construction paper or even fabric glued onto some thin cardboard with the invitation 'written' out with glitter. The possibilities and combinations are only limited by your imagination.

4. Purchase party invitations from a party supply outlet. They're bound to have lots of designs to choose from and all you have to do is fill in the blanks.

5. Pick your invitations according to the theme of your slumber party, if there is one. For instance, if you're party has a Hawaiian theme or is gender specific, then look for party invitations that coordinate with the overall mood.

Tips & Warnings

• Be specific in the invitations as to when parents are expected to pick up their children the following day, or mention if transportation home will be provided.
• If the slumber party is taking place at a remote location that may not be known to most people, you may want to enclose a map with detailed directions with the invitations.
• Remind children not to hand out invitations to a slumber party in front of others who are not being invited.