It’s that time of the year again when you go all out looking for ideas to make your teens’ birthday unique! But let’s face it! Teenagers birthday party is different from toddler or young schoolers. They are difficult to please. With a different perception of cool and awesome, you’ll need more than intuition to give them that perfect birthday party. Here we provide 11 best birthday party ideas for teenagers for your selection!
However, you don’t need to worry much about your youngsters’ birthday; feel free to use ideas from this article we have here!
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1. VR Games
Virtual reality games top the list of fabulous birthday party ideas for teenagers. Compared to basic games that require you to sit in front of a screen, VR games are more exciting. Additionally, they improve your kid’s problem-solving skills.
You can choose to host a VR games party in your home. With their smartphones, a few VR headsets, and the right apps, your teens can have a whole virtual experience. Also, there’s a wide variety of VR games to choose from – from sports and swimming to strategy and shooters.
Alternatively, many companies have VR booths you can rent for your kids and their friends. Most companies have party rooms you can chill in after the games.
2. Escape Room
This is one intellect-stimulating activity that’s definitely worth the hype. It promises a bout of adventure and an overall exhilarating experience, whether played online or in person.
Escape room games have a fun ad compelling story for teenagers to follow. Players are locked in a room where they have to work as a team to crack codes and find and solve clues to escape.
Most escape room games have four stages, and players need to decode codes and complete tasks in each stage to move to the next stage.
There are a lot of escape room venues you can rent out. Most of these venues come with different themes; science prison, military, and mystery themes with Sherlock Holmes storylines and detective narratives.
Alternatively, you can set up an escape room in your home. You can easily download and print out escape room game kits. This would save you the stress of coming up with game ideas. Lock Papers Scissors and Escape Room Geeks are some escape room kits your teenagers would love. They have fun games like Rebel Revolts, Escape Room Z, Envy, and lots more.
You can choose to personalize the game printouts by customizing each printout with the birthday kid’s name or the names of party guests.
3. Karaoke Party
Your teenagers does not have to be a mini Whitney Housten to rock a karaoke birthday party. I mean, sweet melody or unpleasant noise, who cares? So long as the teenagers are having the time of their lives singing along to their favorite tunes.
You can set up a mini karaoke studio in your home and rent out or buy a karaoke system–this could serve as a perfect birthday present. Get the kids to perform their favorite songs, and duets or even do a rap battle. Award prizes to the best singers or groups of singers.
Put up karaoke-themed decorations and give out themed party favors. Consider giving out trendy-themed invites in the form of a short video, a gif, or even a bitmoji.
4. Sports Party
You can pick your teenagers’ favorite sports and make it their birthday party theme and activity.
If you have a soccer player at home, organize a friendly game and give out party favors like soccer whistles and personalized zipper pulls. For footballers, consider decoration ideas like football balloons, goal centerpieces, or an inflatable football snack stadium.
If your kid loves to bowl, hire a bowling alley and let them have the time of their lives with their friends. After the party, they can go on to break open bowling pin-shaped pinatas.
You can also plan hockey-themed and basketball-themed birthday parties for your young sportsman. If your kid loves karate, you can decide to host a birthday party at a dojo.
For the winter months, you can host a birthday party at a local pond, a makeshift pond in your backyard, or rent an ice skating rink. Regardless of the location, make sure you have a hot chocolate bar available, as the kids need it to warm up during breaks. Aside from being the lifesaver of ice skating parties, it allows the kids various toppings with their cups of hot chocolate.
You can get sports-themed birthday supplies on the internet or in a local store; from the decoration to the tableware, they are pretty easy to find. You can also choose to host the parties in your backyard, in an open space, or rent a sports center. Go for whichever suits your preference and budget!
5. Movie Party
A movie party is always a fun birthday idea for teenagers. Have a pick of your kid’s favorite movies or any trending movies.
A good thing about a movie party is it doesn’t always come on its own. You can have an excess supply of pizza or popcorn. This way, it can double as a movie and popcorn party or a movie and pizza party. Which teenager doesn’t love a good movie AND plenty of food combo?
An outdoor movie night is a fun alteration to a regular movie party. Put up a projector and arrange a comfortable sitting area in the backyard. If the plan is to spend the night outdoors. Make sleeping bags and warm clothes available for the kids.
If they are up for it, arrange a horror movie party. Be sure to check with their parents beforehand, so you do not cross boundaries unknowingly.
6. Cooking Party
How about exploring different recipes, displaying their culinary skills, having a copious amount of food to eat, and having fun simultaneously?
This birthday idea is ideal for teenagers who love making a mess—or a delight— in the kitchen. Have the guests cook their favorite recipes. Select a panel of judges to examine the various dishes and pick a winner. This panel of judges can be made up of the birthday kid, or parents of the guests.
You can also choose to host the party at a cooking school—many offer party options. In this instance, the teenagers would learn how to cook and then sit down to enjoy their culinary creations.
The best part of the cooking party is that the teenagers provide the party in the process of having fun.
7. Dance Party
A dance party can make his birthday memorable if you have a little Michael Jackson at home. You can make it as simple as allowing the teens to learn and practice dance moves from their favorite music video while having an excess of foods and drinks to keep them re-energized.
Alternatively, you can hire a DJ or curate a playlist depending on the music theme your teenager would prefer – hip-hop, ballet, disco, break dancing, etc. Decorate the room with disco lights or twinkling lights to set the mood.
You can have the kids play different dancing games. Have everyone form a circle and take turns dancing in the middle of the circle, either alone or with a partner. When everyone has danced, they can all vote to select the winner. The winner of each round wins a prize. You can also play freeze dance. Dance style roulettes and freeze dance are other dancing games your teens can try out.
8. Rent a Party Bus
Nothing screams party like a party bus. It gives teenagers that special birthday party feeling they won’t forget for a long time.
You can hire a party bus to take your teens and their friends to their favorite concert, a cool restaurant, or a movie. Each comes with a sound system, disco lights, and plenty of room for the kids to dance and make videos for Snapchat and Tiktok.
You don’t have to worry about the kids drinking and driving. Each party bus comes with a chauffeur to pick them up and drop them off whenever and wherever. No need to worry – the chauffeurs are trained and experienced in transporting loud groups of kids of all ages.
Another pro is that you are in charge of the driving schedule, so you won’t have to worry about the children’s location. Regardless, it is wise to choose a trustworthy bus company.
9. TikTok Party
Tiktok is one of the fastest-growing social media platforms in recent times. Hence, TikTok-themed parties are slowly gaining widespread popularity. Your party is set to go with a burst of creativity, a little imagination, and some fun props.
You can order Tiktok decorations online, or you can choose to do them yourself. In this case, stick to the custom Tiktok colors – pink, teal, and black. You can also print cute TikTok labels for cups, plates, and water bottles.
Tiktok dances, creative photo booths, and theme quizzes are some fun activities for a TikTok-themed party. Consider doing a mini birthday vlog to cover the whole birthday party. Also, serving trending TikTok foods and ordering a custom TikTok cake can accentuate the party’s theme.
Hire popcorn or cotton candy machines, so your guests don’t run out of side snacks to munch on during the party. You can use various products from the Tiktok shop as party favors and game prizes.
10. Graffiti Spraying
Graffiti parties are a beautiful mix of fun and funky. If you don’t want to stress much about planning and execution, hire a graffiti party company to handle everything.
Otherwise, you can pay for a graffiti workshop session and get a professional graffiti artist to paint large pieces on wooden boards with the kids. They could also do personal graffiti paintings they can take home as party favors. Be sure to provide the kids with full-body coveralls to protect them from the paint.
A lovely shift to the graffiti-spraying theme is to organize a graffiti disco party or a neon graffiti party. For a disco-themed graffiti party, rent a local cafe and get a DJ to set the tempo with some cool music to get the party started.
The colorful highlight is what makes a neon graffiti party so cool. From the graffiti backdrops to the rich, colorful lighting and the artistic decor. Neon parties are a way of taking your graffiti parties two steps higher.
Oh! And graffiti invitations are a thing. You can get editable invitations online you can customize them for each guest.
11. Climb Party
Teenagers love adventure. And climbing is one mild and safe way they can feed their yearning for harmless adventure.
Rent out your local climbing wall. Usually, they will prepare various climbing games for the kids and allow you to decorate the venue to fit the party vibe. You can organize a group lesson for the teenagers where they will learn the basics of rock climbing. If they are up for it, you could also do a bouldering session – where they will learn to climb without ropes.
As fun as climbing can be, it can also be exhausting. Hence, be sure to go with enough food and more than enough drinks for when they get worn out. Otherwise, sit in a cafe afterward, relax, eat, drink, and talk about the day. Most climbing centers make provision for this.
Final Thoughts from Pragmatic Lifestyle
Balloons and bounce houses won’t suitable for teenagers anymore. At this point, they have more control over how they would want their special day to be, and mostly, they would need little of your contributions on that day at this age. In essence, they just want to have fun with their group of friends.
With this article, you can be sure to give them and their mini cohorts the times of their lives. Simply sit back and watch your growing kid enjoy their day!
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About Me
Hi, there. I am Lin. Together with my husband and two kids, we live in the beautiful Netherlands in Europe. I am dedicated to self-development, creating quality time for the whole family, and fully supporting kids with their potentials and possibilities with all I have learned from engineering, MBA, and 10+ years of working experience in the energy sector.
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