This year for my birthday I decided to go tropical!I had a Hawaiian Dance Slumber Party!For Invites I had little S.O.S bottles and inside were notes that said,"HELP!Help celebrate Jordan's 12th Birthday!When,Where,Time party started,Time party ended,What time should the parents pick up the kids,RSVP,ect."Then on the bottom of the note was what the kids should bring!In the bottom of the litle bottle was sand and shells!Note:Little bottles can be found at a craft store!I had my party by a pool!We had Tiki polls and palm trees!And candles that smelled tropical!On one table was all the snacks like potato chips,pretsals,cheese puffs,ect.Then on the other table was my cake!It was a cookie cake!You can have any kind of cake but I think that's the best!(I put 3 phone books on the table then a cloth to go over them then I put the cake on the cloth so it looked like a grand centerpiece!)I had a lot of tropical decorations!They're very cheap at a local Paper Factory or Party City and even the Dollar Tree!Then the guests arrived!When they entered I gave them a lei,a hula skirt,and a name tag with their Hawaiian name on it!After, I told them to get dressed in their swim suits!Then we swam for about 3 or 4 hours!It was time for the games!We had dance competitions,hula hoop contests,and ofcourse...the LIMBO!We danced to all kinds of Hawaiiain Music such as Surf City,Surfin USA,Hawaiian Roller coaster Ride,and many more!My Nanny was the DJ!Guests requested songs and she played them!We made crafts also!Each guest was given a Plastic Picture frame with their Hawaiian names on it!They were given a bag of shells to decorate the frame!My mom had earlier taken a picture of my guests and I and would later print them out and put them in each of the guest's frame!After long hours of swimming and fun games we have to eat!So we all headed home for dinner!We had Pizza!While we ate we watched movies!After my mom made us let our stomachs settle because she knew we were wild!After that we played some more games!We had a pajama contest and a fashion show!We did each others make up and hair and we all had a blast!While we were doing all these wacky things my mom was taping us!We watched it and everyone got a copy to take home in the morning!But Morning was already there!We had stayed up till 2:00 AM!So we got out our sleeping bags and hit the sack!In the mornin everyone had pan cakes and next to their plate was their party bag!Inside was a mini bag that me and my mom made ourselfs that said Beach in a bag!It was a bag filled with sand,shells,and tiny little slippers!In the party bags was also little things like pencils and stickers!My guests left happy!I hope this idea helps you alot because it sure helped me!P.S-You can twist this idea around!It doesn't have to be just like my party!