With the popularity of High School Musical, a lot of girls want to have a dance party for their birthday. Here are some ideas to consider.
Invitations
It is easy to make a cool invitation for a dance party. Just use the cover of any dance party album for inspiration. Take a scrap booking paper that has a deco feel (so it looks like the lights in a disco), add a few star stickers, and print the words, “Dance Party”. Use fonts such as Musicals or Fortuna Dot, free at Simply the Best Fonts. Print the details of the party on the back. You could also place the invite in the front of a CD jewel case for more impact.
Music
Any of the kid dance party CDs are usually preferable, because any bad language has been cleaned up. Artists like Hannah Montana and the Jonas brothers are also popular and you don't have to worry about mature lyrics. You can play the soundtrack from High School Musical or Hairspray or download songs that have no lyrics like Crazy Frog or Popcorn, which are popular because they are cell phone ringtones.
Decorations
You definitely need to section off an area for a dance floor, or maybe just clear out an office or bedroom and designate it as the dance area.
To decorate, simply hang metallic curtains (which you can get from any party supply store) and floating stars. Glow in the dark star stickers on the walls and ceiling would also work. You can buy a large disco ball to hang from the ceiling, again available at any party store, but you can also get mini ones at the dollar store. Several of those may serve the same purpose. You can also purchase disco lights for a few dollars which is essentially a flashing colored light, or you can improvise and use what you already have on hand, such as stringing indoor blinking Christmas lights across the ceiling or just changing all the light bulbs in the room to black. For a final touch, suspend a net of balloons from the ceiling to drop at the end of the party.
You may want to provide the girls with accessories such as feather boas, glitter makeup, glow-in-the-dark necklaces and bracelets, colored hair pieces and play microphones.
Dance Games
Spot Light Dance - One parent should put on a blindfold (to be fair), then have the girls dance. Standing on top of a step ladder, lower the lights and sway a flashlight around and when the music stops, whoever the flashlight is on is out.
Limbo - Limbo contests are always fun, especially to music. Just get two volunteers to hold a stick while the girls take turns limbo-ing under it. After each round lower the stick another inch.
Freeze Dance - Have everyone dance and when the music stops they have to freeze or hold their position. Whoever is the first to move is out.
Conga Line Musical Chairs - Have the girls create a conga line to dance around a group of chairs. A conga line is where the girls must put their hands on the hips of the person in front of them. Stop the music and whoever doesn’t get on a chair is out.
Activities
Purchase a wooden letter for each girl’s first initial of their name. Then have them decorate the letter by gluing on craft store rhinestones that resemble the mini mirror tiles on a disco ball. It makes a cute accessory for their room.
Loot Bags
It is fairly inexpensive to make a copy of the CD of the music you played at the party for each girl’s loot bag. Glitter nail polish, a dance charm on a chain, or dance snap-ons for Croc shoes are all fun things to add to the loot bag. Put it all in a sequined pull string sack.
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