Girls Sleepover Party

Top six tips for great girls sleepover parties

1. Plan where you’re going to sleep before everyone arrives so you don’t have to interrupt the party by moving furniture around. Make sure there’s plenty of room for everyone by pushing things like sofas and tables right to the edges of the room.

2. Give your sleepover a theme. You could go for movies, music, a colour (lilac and silver are our favourites), your favourite hobby or try a spooky Harry Potter-themed party. Tie in your decorations, food and activities, and you could even ask your guests to dress for the theme!

3. Gather together a slack of magazines for inspiration in case you run out of things to do. They often have fun makeover ideas, song words to get you in a musical mood and quizzes that you can all do together.

4. Ask everyone to bring along their fave CDs – pop compilations are especially good – and then get dancing. Make up your own routines or copy those you’ve seen your favourite stars performing. You could even have a dance competition and ask mum or dad to be the judge.

5. Include a mini swap session as part of your sleepover. That sparkly top you never wear, or the book you’ve finished reading might be just the thing your best mate’s looking for, and she’s bound to have something you’d love, too. Make sure everyone checks with an adult that they’re allowed to exchange their goodies before you start swapping.

6. Have fun designing your own pillowcases as a special sleepover souvenir. Ask everyone to bring along a plain white pillowcase, and then use fabric pens to decorate them. Don’t just stick to your own, though – pass them around so everyone decorates a small section of everyone else’s pillowcase and then autographs their artwork with a special message!