ideas PLEASE!!!!

August 15, 2006

Hi everyone,

Well so far so good. My daughter started school and seems to be

doing fine (fingers crossed). She still gets a little nervous in the

morning but she has adjusted better than I expected for now.

Her birthday is this Saturday and to my surprise she wants to have a

big sleepover with the girls in her class. This really shocked me

because she usually has 1 girl that she likes to hang around with

but she seems to be trying to make more friends. We sent out

invitations and so far we have about 5 9yr old girls comming.

I have planned to let them swim since we have a pool, but besides

that I'm lost. I need ideas as how to entertain 9 yr olds for an

entire night!!!! I really want this to be special for her, she is

so excited I think it will be good for her to socialize more. PLEASE

give me ideas!!!!!

Thanks,

Angie

August 15, 2006

Hi Angie,

Wow, this brings back memories. I have 3 daughters (youngest one (OCD)

is 17 and we've had what seems like zillions of slumber parties.

Swimming will be fun. You could do a scavenger hunt in the backyard

with flashlights (hide items while girls are inside in the day),

sidewalk chalk, decorate inexpensive pillow cases with fabric paints to

dry overnight, rent videos, or paint nails. There are some good

activities on the internet if you google " slumber party ideas " .

Why not do some sort of cooking activity where the girls participate?

They could make their own pizzas....flatten canned bisquits and spread

on sauce and toppings...or do a " brownie pizza " .

That's great that your daughter is wanting to have the party. Hope she

has a wonderful time with her friends!

Best of luck,

Sallie

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1 15-ounce package fudge brownie mix

1-1/2 cups assorted toppings (semisweet chocolate pieces; candy-coated

milk chocolate pieces; tiny marshmallows; candy bars, cut up; small

gumdrops, halved)

1/2 cup finely chopped nuts

Directions

1. Grease a 12-inch pizza pan. Sprinkle with the finely chopped nuts;

set aside. Prepare brownie mix according to package directions.

2. Carefully spread batter into prepared pan. Bake in a 350 degree F

oven for 15 minutes or until edges are set. Sprinkle partially baked

brownie with desired topping. (I used mini marshmallows, chopped Reese's

cups and mini M & M's) Return to oven. Bake 8 minutes more or until a

wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a

wire rack. To serve, cut into wedges. Makes 16 servings.

August 15, 2006

Tshirts are always a great idea. If you have a digital camera, you can take a

picture of all the girls, download it on the computer, print out iron on

transfers (you can get them at Walmart in the photo section) and iron them on

the shirts. You can then get puffy paint or fabric markers and let the girls

decorate their shirts. They are very easy and really fun to send the girls home

with. Or ... instead of tshirts you could do it with mens undershirts and make

nightgowns ... more room to decorate = more time to make! Just practice once

before. It is really easy.

Jewelry is always fun. You can get hemp string at Walmart craft section and

the little fasteners or clasps. You tie the hemp onto the fastener and add

beads to make " grown up " necklaces and bracelets (as opposed to just tying

elastic type string). Beads take a long time to make it " just right " !

Walmart craft section also sells " create a mug " . Those are the mugs that have

slips of paper to insert and then it's like your own custom mug. They come with

kind of childish inserts, so I just cut pieces of paper the same size as their

inserts and leave them blank. The girls like to create their own and make their

mugs. They are about $1.00 each. You can give the girls each about 3 slips of

paper to make 3 different inserts.

I also always let them make their own party bags just out of brown paper lunch

bags. I get markers and stickers and that takes a long time. If you do a

pinata or scavenger hunt or just have party favors, they can load them up in

their personalized bags.

You can " create a story " . Have one girl start with an idea and go around in

the circle and have each one add a sentence to the story. Write it down and let

the girls take it home.

Turn on the music and let them dance, dance, dance!

Good Luck!

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