How to Plan a Sweet 16 Birthday
Birthday parties are a lot of fun for children and their friends as they grow up. The sweet sixteen party is the first milestone birthday party for a teenage girl. This is a party celebrating everything that she has accomplished and her future accomplishments as well. The sweet sixteen party tends to have a larger guest list than typical teenage birthday parties, and it is quite often held in an elaborate location. Does this Spark an idea?
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Choose a theme that your birthday teen would enjoy. Remember, a sweet sixteen party is all about the teenager. As the host, sometimes you have set your ego and personal preferences aside. For a sweet sixteen party, a good theme can be a music band that your daughter enjoys. Another possible theme is a vacation location such as Las Vegas or the beach.
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Attempt to book a form of entertainment. This can be either a DJ, a local music group that the sweet sixteen girl enjoys, a magician, or an artist to do sketches of the sweet sixteen girl and her guests. If she would like to do something unusual for her party, consider having her party as a "Casino Night" theme with waiters dressed like casino card dealers and waitresses in casino cocktail dresses. Again, this should be chosen based on the guest of honor's preferences.
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Choose a location. To choose your location, determine how many people will be attending. It is best to have it at either a catering facility, restaurant with a private room or even a country club. If having it within a country club you frequent, ask the facility if it offers a discount for a sweet 16 party.
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Choose your guest list. A sweet sixteen party is a celebration of the girl's life up to this point. It's the start of her years of maturity. To do this, you should invite a large amount of her friends from school. Along with classmates, invite family members. This should invite all close family members that live nearby, and others who are willing to travel. With the sweet sixteen birthday being a milestone, many loved ones will want to attend.
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Attempt to keep the sweet 16 party a surprise. You might want to use one of your child's friends as an assistant, and have the two of them make plans that day. Then, at a predetermined time after all the guests have arrived, your daughter and her friend happen to "stop by" the location where the party is being held.
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Let guests know that all gifts may not be opened at the sweet 16 party, as the party will be a time for your daughter to celebrate with her family and friends. The combination of food, entertainment and socializing will be enough to keep everyone occupied and enjoying themselves. Many times the opening of the presents distracts the guest of honor and her guests from enjoying the party while she opens her gifts.
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Tips & Warnings
The party does not have to be a surprise. If you don't think you can do all the planning without your daughter's help, then by all means include her in the planning. She will enjoy having a say in how her sweet sixteen party is planned and the success of the event.
Do not permit any alcohol to be brought into the sweet sixteen party, even by the adults. It can be too much of a temptation for the teenagers attending the party.
