Slumber Party Fun!

Giggling into the night, whispering secrets close to the heart, playing silly games, watching movies and eating yummy snacks into the wee hours of the morning - these are memories we women have, and memories in the making for our daughters!

Here are great ideas for hosting the best-ever Slumber Party. From puffy cloud and moon invitations to a fun marshmallow toss game, you'll find lots of great ideas for invitations, party favors, table decorations and music ideas to host a slumber party your daughter and her friends will never forget!

Stay tuned for the last two installments of this e-series - easy party recipes and silly party games. There's a lot more fun on the way to your inbox!

Laura Scott
editor, Creative Girls Club

Slumber Fun Sleepover

Have your girl's friends bring their
sleeping bag and pillows and tell
them to get ready for a night of
unforgettable fun!

Marshmallow Toss

Lay a line of tape on the floor. Six feet from tape, set up a row of mugs, one for each guest.

Line guests up behind tape, facing mugs. Give each guest some miniature marshmallows.

Set timer for three minutes. See who can throw the most marshmallows into her mug. Make sure no one steps over the line!

 

Sweet Slumber Cloud

Things You'll Need

  • 4 x 5-inch white invitation card with envelope with fold along 4-inch edge
  • Light blue parchment card stock
  • Yellow print decorative paper
  • Light blue craft paint
  • Round painting sponge or small piece of sponge
  • 1 clear and 2 blue small rhinestone stars
  • 1 1/2-inch silver star spangle
  • Glittery dimensional paint
  • Shiny white dimensional paint
  • Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
  • Paper plate
  • Paper towels
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Glue
Trim edges of card so that invitation is shaped like a cloud, about 5 x 3 1/8 inches. Fold should be on left edge.
Pour a little blue paint onto paper plate. Dab sponge into paint. Dab sponge onto folded paper towel until most of the paint comes off. Dab sponge lightly around edges on front of invitation. Set aside to dry.
Trace patterns for small star and moon onto white paper. Cut out. Trace around one star on back of blue parchment and one moon on back of yellow paper. Cut out.
Using computer or a black felt-tip pen, print "SURPRISE" and "BIRTHDAY SLEEPOVER PARTY" on blue parchment. Cut out each phrase.
Using computer or pen, print out party information (see photo). Cut out. Glue party information inside invitation. Glue moon, star and other phrases to front of invitation as shown.
Glue star spangle to paper star. Glue blue rhinestone star to moon for eye. Glue other blue star to spangle. Glue clear star to invitation near top.

Draw smile on moon with white paint. Add swirls and curlicues of white and glittery paint to front of invitation. Let dry.

Slumber Songs

Serenade your friends with a collection of sweet bedtime tunes! Burn them onto a CD before your party. It will make perfect background music!

Dream On
Dream Baby
Sleepy-Time Gal
Dream a Little Dream
Sleepless in Seattle
Lullaby of Broadway
Lullaby and Goodnight
Daydream Believer
 

Slumber Fun Table Accents

Things You'll Need

For each place mat:

  • 12 x 18-inch sheet white craft foam
  • Light blue parchment card stock
  • Solid yellow card stock
  • Yellow print decorative paper
  • Light blue craft paint
  • Round painting sponge or small piece of sponge
  • Craft glue
  • 1/2-inch double-sided tape
  • 6 blue small rhinestone stars
  • 5 silver 1 1/2-inch star spangles
  • 4 inches 1 1/2-inch-wide blue gingham ribbon
  • Yellow paper dinner napkin
  • Glittery dimensional paint
  • Shiny white dimensional paint
  • Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
  • Paper plate
  • Paper towels
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  Place Mat
Trim edges of craft foam to make cloud shape.
Pour a little blue paint onto paper plate. Dab sponge into paint. Dab sponge onto folded paper towel until most of the paint comes off.

Dab sponge lightly around edges of place mat. Set aside to dry.
Stars & Moon
Trace patterns for small and large stars and moon onto white paper. Cut out. Trace around one large star and four small stars on back of blue parchment.
Trace one moon on back of solid yellow card stock. Cut out.
Trace another moon on back of yellow print paper. Cut out, cutting a little inside pencil lines so this moon is smaller. Glue a star spangle to each parchment star. Glue a rhinestone star to each spangle.
Outline all parchment stars with squiggly lines of glitter paint. On large star, add a squiggly outline of shiny white paint inside glittery outline. Let dry.

Glue print moon in center of solid moon. Glue on star rhinestone for eye. Outline smaller moon with squiggly line of glittery paint. Add smile with shiny white paint.
  Finish Place Mat
Glue small stars and moon to place mat as shown. Add squiggles of glittery paint and white paint around edges of place mat.
  Finish Napkin Ring
Shape ribbon in a ring. Where ends overlap, tape them together with double-sided tape.
Attach another piece of tape to this seam, and press napkin ring onto place mat.
Glue large star to top of napkin ring. Roll napkin and put in ring.

 

 

Slumber Fun Centerpiece

Things You'll Need

Moon and Star Cookies:

  • Refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • Star and moon cookie cutters
  • Rolling pin
  • White paper lollipop sticks
  • Cookie sheet lined with baking parchment
  • Spatula
  • Oven
  • Pot holders
  • Wire rack
  • Tub of white frosting
  • Yellow and blue sugar
  Moon & Star Cookies
 

Note: Make sure you supervise the oven and hot cookie sheet when the girls bake the cookies.
Roll out cookie dough 1/4-1/3 inch thick. Cut star and moon shapes with cookie cutters.
Use spatula to move cookies onto cookie sheet. Stick a lollipop stick in side of each cookie. Bake cookies following directions on package.
Using pot holder or oven mitt, carefully remove hot cookies from oven. Use spatula to move cookies to wire rack to cool.
Frost cookies with white frosting. Decorate stars with blue sugar. Decorate moon with yellow sugar.

Things You'll Need

Cloud Ornaments:

  • White craft foam
  • Light blue parchment card stock
  • Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
  • Glittery dimensional paint
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Plain white paper
  • 8 white paper lollipop sticks
  • Wire cutters
  • Craft glue
  Cloud Ornaments
Write song titles or other phrases on blue parchment with felt-tip pen (or print them out on computer). Leave enough room between titles to cut out a cloud shape around each.
Cut out simple cloud shapes around titles. They should measure about 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches. Check the cloud pattern to make sure your paper clouds will fit on it with room to spare.
Trace cloud pattern onto white paper. Cut it out. Trace around pattern onto white craft foam eight times. Cut out with scissors. Erase any pencil marks.
Glue a blue cloud in center of each foam cloud. Decorate clouds with swirls of glitter paint. Let dry.

Trim eight lollipop sticks with wire cutters. They should measure 3 3/4 inches. Glue one to back of each cloud.

Things You'll Need

Wreath:

  • 12-inch plastic foam wreath
  • Adhesive dots or craft glue
  • 1/2-inch double-sided tape
  • Small blue and clear rhinestone stars
  • Fluffy craft stuffing
  • String of tiny clear Christmas lights
  • 1 1/2-inch silver star spangles
  • 1 1/2-inch blue gingham ribbon
  • Wire nippers
  • Tape measure
  Wreath
Use tape measure to measure length around wreath. Cut a piece of ribbon that long, adding about 1/2 inch so ends will overlap.
Wrap double-sided tape around wreath. Cover sides of wreath with ribbon, pressing it onto tape. Cut tiny piece of tape to hold ribbon end in place.
Pull handfuls of stuffing and glue them over edge of wreath. Use only a little glue. Don't mash stuffing flat. You want to make fluffy clouds. Pull another fluffy lump of stuffing to rest in center of wreath.
Glue a star rhinestone in center of each star bangle. Glue bangles to stuffing. Glue a few clear star rhinestones to stuffing. Let dry.

Poke sticks of cookies and clouds through stuffing into foam wreath.
  Add Starlight!
Before guests arrive, arrange Christmas lights on table so that they will fit in center of wreath. Set wreath over lights, leaving light plug free.
Plug lights into nearest outlet. They will "sparkle" through the clouds.
 

Safety Note: Use an extension cord if needed. Don't put cord where you will have to walk over it. Don't cover the cord with sleeping bags, pillows or blankets. Unplug the wreath before you go to sleep.
 

 

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