Pajama Party/Sleepover party ideas for a Seven Year Old

This may or may not work for you, but...

Right now the Disney Channel movie High School Musical is HUGE. After the first one came out, my oldest, then 8, went to her first slumber party. They did some craft (made keepsake boxes), but the rest of the night was devoted to watching High School Musical. But they didn't only watch it, it was the sing-a-long version and boy, those girls sang along! All the words were on the screen, and they sang and danced right along with them. They had the most fun!

How about make their own Sundaes or banana splits? Sounds yummy to me!

I have yet to attempt a slumber party. We've had a friend stay over, but never many. I'm procrastinating. LOL! I'm just not a fun mommy!

When my daughters get home from school, I'll ask them for ideas. I know they get them all the time in their American Girl magazine.

When my oldest turned six we had a slumber party with a tea party style dinner (with hot chocolate instead of tea). We also painted fingernails as one of the activities. They watched movies when it got late and I was tired and they weren't ready for going to sleep yet. I also had a deal with my husband that he would stay up till they went to sleep and I would get up when they woke up because slumber parties don't usually result in very much slumber. That way I got to go to bed at a reasonable hour and he got to sleep in. We had pancakes for breakfast before the girls went home.

Lauralyn

No, just kidding. I just can't imagine doing such a thing myself!

Shaun
www.redseahomeschool.wordpress.com

We've been known to have at least one a month....but not "themed" or with crafts any more!

I've done the painted pillowcases: Don't forget to put names on them somewhere....in the morning they'll all look the same!

Sounds like fun to me!

Lenora

A friend of mine did a similar party - she called it a "Not Quite Slumber" Party! The invites were in the shape of a bed with pillow. They did "spa" stuff like pedicures and manicures. Had hot cocoa and popcorn while they watched a movie. They camped in front of the TV with pillows and blankets. Everyone came in pjs. The treat bag to send home was a small travel bag with toothbrush/paste, and other goodies like a comb, mouthwash, lotion, nail polish, etc. The girls' names were written on these with a Sharpie. Everyone brushed their teeth before the parents picked them up. It was really cute!
Andrea

I had a slumber party for my daughter around that age, she is college age now...and I served pancakes and syrup and the kids loved it...the decorate pillowcases is a great idea...another idea I have heard of is a sort of resurrection of the joy of paper dolls...with some safety scissors...kids love to snip and glue...some girls I bet have never heard of paper dolls...
I found this link that has links to other sites that have paper dolls you can copy out on card stock plus clothes...
http://proudmommy.tripod.com/paperdolls.html

Found this website today...it had some cute kids activities, and a themed tea party as well. http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/treehouse.htm

I did a birthday party last year for my 8 yr old daughter. we had 17 girls stay overnight. We started at 11 am and went till 11 the next day what a night........

I had them all come in their best tea dresses/outfits. I took a huge drop cloth and laid it on the front lawn and we had a little tea party- I got animal crackers, fruits and I used punch instead of tea, pb & J sandwiches cut out in little circles. I had them sit quietly and eat while I read stories to them. They loved it. We took their pics.

Then we had them do a treasure hunt outside - speacialize in treasure hunts and scavanger hunts. (after they changed of course)for dinner we did hamburgers and hotdogs and they got in their pjs and we made sundaes.

We did some sing a long karoke and then they watched movies and talked about boys in my daughters room. Then we had all the sleeping bags laid out on the lr floor and we turned the lights out and played find the person. Hope this helps.

It sounds like you have lots of great ideas to make your daughter's birthday extra special! I love the decorating the pillowcase idea. They will really enjoy that! And little girls always love getting dressed up and having their nails and toenails painted. You can't go wrong that with that. I also saw a cute idea on better.tv. They have a section of kid's crafts and they show how to make princess hats. They are very simple and would be fun for the girls. Plus then they get to be princesses! You can take a look - http://better.tv/bettertv/?cid=713329314&lid=647738100&tid=1111384532&or...

I hope she has a wonderful birthday!

*~* GLITTERY.HOMEMAKER *~*

I LOVE the tea party on the front lawn! Must do that in the next few years, how elegant!

What ended up ACTUALLY occuring (as opposed to what i planned):

Pajama Party with about 12 from 4:00 to 7:00:

--Pillow case decorating (got fabric markers at the store, much easier than the fabric crayons, no ironing needed). The kids LOVED this, universally.
--Magic Nuudles craft station
--Groovy Girls and My Little Pony playing (I only allowed everyone to play with the two set of toys--unregulated access to the whole playroom takes three days to clean up.)

At the snack table:

--two different fruit plates and one veggie plate
--a bowl of olives
--a bowl of pomegrante seeds
--orange juice
--water

Around five thirty we opened presents. At around six we started the Pancake Dinner. DH made the pancakes, which the kids loved. He makes great pancakes and he was my savior in the kitchen that night. The kids got to eat as many pancakes as they wanted. Then we cleared the table and served the cake. I made a singing cake, but since I used a sugar substitue (Xylitol) it didn't actually sing. It also didn't taste much like a birthday cake, I don't recommend it for little kids. Then the younger girls and the boys went home and the Sleepover started (around eight girls).

At around seven thiry we descended downstairs to watch a movie. I'd gotten Annora The Last Unicorn for her birthday and we watched that. The flaming bull scenes were a little intense, but there's no real violence, so everyone seemed OK with it. (Ages ranged from five to ten.) By the end of the movie everyone was tired, so we brushed teeth, pottied and went to bed. The girls had laid out their sleeping bags before the movie, everyone was already in their jammies, and we settled down fairly quickly. I sang some lullabies, a few girls told bedtime stories, we sang some more, and after about half an hour all but four of the girls were asleep. I played soft music and by 11:00 the last night owl was down.

The girls got up at 7:30 am and amused themselves nicely with the toys DD'ed gotten the day before. Breakfast was hot and cold cereal. Those who wanted to were able to finish their work on their pillow cases. Getting everyone's gear ready for departure at 10 am was surprisingly easy, and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. Several mothers have told me that their girls are still talking about the party and what a good time they had.

Everyone went home with a gift bag and their pillowcase. It took me about two days to recover. But we all had a blast.

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Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing "Embraceable You" in spats.

-- Woody Allen

Hi,
On Wednesday I am having a spring break slumber party for
30 girls. My advice is to make sure you over plan. This is our third year planning this. We all meet at our local church in our Pj's. We play games, eat pizza, watch movies, sing karaoke,several crafts, there is rooms upstairs for those kids who need to sleep otherwise there is no bed time. My Daughters never go to sleep at this event. Basicly the girls run the evening. I always have 10 movies, lots of music all kinds, pizza for dinner and doughnuts for breakfast. We also have parents cell numbers available for those who can't behave. With a little planning we always have a great time. Just relax and have fun being a kid too.
If you are having fun your kids will, too.
Good luck!

last year for my daughters 6 b day. I hired some high school cheerleaders for about $25. they came over and taught the girls a cheer. then did a dance for them. they stayed with the girls and ate cake. we bought cheap pom poms from the doolar store in the school colors. for them to take home. we also had the girls make their own ice cream sundaes. and mega phones.. then we let them play outside after present time. (For their own play time.) It was a hit and the girls still know the cheer the older girls taught them. Make sure that the girls you hire are to know that the cheer is to be rated g... the high school girls loved it as much as my six year old.. By far the best party yet.. this year thinking carnival theme....ps... has some boys at th party, they thew the football around while the girls did the cheer...