Throwing a party for teenagers is difficult at the best of times. There is a very fine line between a celebration that your daughter and her friends enjoy, and a party that is not quite for 16 year olds. Girls of this age are fiercely independent and yet also still a slave to their peers which can make Sweet 16th party planning tough.The concept that we had to get our head around when organising parties in our daughter’s teen years was that...

Bowling parties remain a firm favourite for kids of all ages for pretty simple reasons. Anybody can play and it's all about smashing heavy things down an alley to smash more things at the other end. In other words, it's just plain fun! But if you've headed to your local AMF bowling alley, you've probably seen the default parties that are thrown and they lack a little imagination. Bowl for an hour, site at a table of 10 with chips, coke an...

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but at some point, your kids are going to ask you to host a slumber party. Don’t confuse this with a sleepover which usually involves only one or two kids. A slumber party starts at six and finishes somewhere into double digits. Feel free to grab a seat if you need to.There is no set-in-stone appropriate age for a sleepover and it depends as much on the kids involved as it does their parents. Helicopter paren...

Who doesn’t love the humble old bumble bee? With perhaps the exception of lady bugs, there’s no other garden creature that has so many admirable qualities. This makes it almost a sin not to throw a bee themed birthday party at least once in your child’s life. The best part is that it is 100% gender neutral so it makes a great party theme for boys and girls and especially a twin boy and girl.So now that that’s decided, where should we begin to get...

Abracadabra! And just like that, another year has disappeared. Take that magical disappearing act further with your own magic themed party. All the other party themes have been done to death but when was the last time your child went to a magic party? We reckon probably never and the fact that it is suitable for all genders and ages makes it a deadest winner.Decoration, food, costumes – we’ll get to all of these below, but you can not have a magi...