Creative slumber party activities for a memorable sleep-over
Slumber party activities can go beyond commercial tie-ins and junk food. Here are activities and themes for sleep-overs that engage kids' desire to create, explore, discover, or experience something new and different._______________ Sponsoring link: 365 Kids Games: Newly released 365 surefire ways to keep the kids entertained, every day of the year. _______________ Edible necklace: Remember candy necklaces? Let kids make an edible breakfast necklace as one of their slumber party activities. In the evening, have kids string dry cereal that has openings, such as Fruit Loops, Cheerios, or health food store versions of these cereals. They string them like beads onto thin elastic thread and an adult ties the ends together. Put each necklace into a baggie labeled with the child’s name and deliver them early in the morning. Avoid stronger beading string for safety, you actually DO want something that would break if tugged on too strongly, and give them to kids in the morning when they’re awake and active to avoid choking. _______________ (Like all Great Group Activities articles, this one is copyright protected, but you can easily and legally share this article with the tools at the bottom of the page) _______________ 
Teddy bear sleepover for the youngest. That first slumber party is a little scary. But not as scary if you’re the "parent" comforting someone who’s even more scared than you. Turn a first slumber party for young kids into their Teddy bear’s (or doll’s) first slumber party. Each brings a bear who’s never been away from home at night. Cut fleece cloth ahead of time Teddy bear blanket size and let the kids decorate blankets for their bears to tuck the bears in at night and take the blanket home as a party favor. Let the kids set up a finger food dinner for themselves and the bears, dress them in pajamas, let them watch a movie with them, and wake them the next day to sit around the breakfast table together. Make journals or scrapbooks. The children’s section of your public library has kids’ books with visuals on how to make blank journals or scrapbooks. Choose one and hold a journal or scrapbook making workshop with the kids, providing all the materials. Hold a craft or car model workshop for kids to make their own party favors. You provide the cool craft materials or car models and instructions, and let kids make whatever craft you’re comfortable with teaching: salt-dough beads (you fire them in the oven while they sleep), kites, decorated drinking mugs (white mugs and glass or ceramic paint), doll clothes, toy parachutes for plastic action figures (be sure to test this one to make sure you have the weight right so it will work), bath bombs, and so on. More slumber party activities: With the longer amount of time slumber parties afford (vs. a shorter daytime party), adapt the following group activities for slumber party activities: The Indoor Camping Adventure  Custom Search Return from Slumber Party Activities to Great Group Activities Home |
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