Think red carpet, lots of lights and flashes and cameras.
Invitations
Make it a VIP backstage pass, make it look like a gossip magazine or a newspaper with a picture of the birthday girl and all the information.
Use any of the following sayings:
- Introducing the new Hollywood “it” girl
- ____ makes headlines for planning the birthday party of the year
- Must “dress to impress”
- Those holding a VIP pass only (include a pass)
- The event of the year
Decorations
Put a red carpet down by the entrance of the party and encourage guests to “dress their best” when they attend
Sparkling cider to drink (pop the champagne)
Favors
Party bag – give (goodwill) purses filled with fake money, cell phones, candy lipstick, etc
Keepsake – take pictures as they arrive and plug them into a formatted magazine cover…(celebrity party cover favor)
Games
Name game magazine search – (need gossip magazines)
- put a pile of magazines in the middle of the groups (2 or 3 in a group)
- give each team a glue stick and a large piece of paper
- hand out the “search criteria” face down
- 1, 2, 3 – start…watch them frantically find each item on the list, rip out the picture of the celebrity and glue it to their paper
- parents need to be the judge of who finds them the quickest and who is correct
- find a celebrity who’s name begins with F
- who has a dog / plays sports / lives in a foreign country
- who has been arrested
- who has done a voice in a cartoon movie
- with blond hair / has had plastic surgery
- has been in a show on Broadway
- a couple who is still married
- a parent/child picture
- celebrity wearing flip flops
Pin the bling on the rock star – put a ring, necklace, earring on a picture of a celeb
Texting race…have teams go head to head and give them the same line to “text” to your phone – 1st message received by your phone wins – split teams into two or three groups and have everyone get a turn
Dance in your club to an ipod filled with the latest hits
Interviews – have your party guests interview each other and introduce each other to the rest of the guests. Have a pre-printed sheet of funny questions. OR you do the interviewing in front of everyone. Ask guests 1 or 2 funny questions as they sit in the “hot seat”. May be a little embarrassing but definitely funny.
Crafts / Activties
decorate a “bling bling” purse…you can find purse crafts at a local craft store
decorate a cell phone / ipod case with gems / glitter glue
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