For My daughters 8th birthday she insisted on a dance party! So to make it cool" for boys to come I had to make it kindof like Punk rock!  So we decided to have a dance party but Punk! INVITATIONS: I contacted someone who did custom invitations that you print yourself on ETSY not very expensive she only charged 8 dollars and then whatever it cost to print off the picture(all I had to do was provide a picture of the birthday girl and she arranged the rest) that has a picture of the birthday girl on it. So we took a picture of Paige in punk rock clothes with a guitar from her WII and put it on the invitation.  So the invitation read: Party like a rock star! Join us and Celebrate Paige is turning Eight! Cool tunes will be provided by DJ **** Date Time Place Dress to Impress!  Have your People Call my People at (phone #). DECORATIONS: Since we were using our local community center I really had to Make it look Good!  I ordered Some cool Rock Posters From Oriental Trading that I put up on all the walls I also ordered some Glittery Star wands that I put in a big hurricane vase for the centerpiece of the food table(to make them stick out I covered a big block of styrofoam in tin foil and inserted the wands) for the table I draped Pink and black table cloths on each table and in the middle of the tables i put balloon weights that i purchased at the Dollar Store and I scattered Black and Silver bead necklaces on the table. Instead of ordering pricey hellium balloons for the ceiling I blew up balloons in pink black and silver and attached ribbon and hung them from the ceilin up-side down This looked so amazing and the kids LOVED IT! I also ordered blow up guitars and microphones so the kids could play with them and later take them home as party favors! ACTIVITIES Since I did hire a DJ(which was surprisingly inexpensive just look on Craigslist!)I didnt have to have games and trust me He was SOOOO worth his money! He got the kids involved and taught them the cupid shuffle and lots of others dances! The kids did the Limbo and musical Chairs!They also had a Lip syncing contest which was really funny to watch the boys do with their guitars! Before we ate the DJ sat Paige in a chair and sang Happy Birthday to her and she thought that was amazing! SNACKS/FOOD: I kept it simple and just did a Taco bar! I bought a huge can of Nacho Cheese from the grocery store and heated it in the Crock Pot and most kids had Nachos but some ate the tacos! But I fixed taco meat shredded cheese lettuce sour cream hard and soft shells and on each table I had a bowl of chips and salsa which was great for the kids while the parents fixed their plates! CAKE/COOKIE: we had a lot of people there so we did cupcakes arranged in the shape of a guitar and a cookie cake with a guitar on it that said Paige is Rockin 8! We let the kids dance around for about 1 1/2 hours then they ate we opened presents and they had about another hour of dancing and it was time to go! FAVORS: In following the Rock Star Theme I managed to get stickers to match the posters from Oriental Trading! I had Made Rice Crispie Treats and with a cookie cutter I cut out a star and iced it with Melted White chocolate wrapped that in saran wrap and put a sticker on it and put in a clear bag with a few more stickers and let the kids take home some beads and either a guitar or a microphone! I also allowed the kids to take home some posters if they wanted easy clean up!!!!  WE had SOOO much fun at this party! We were so scared none of the boys would dance but they did! And they all came Dressed to Impress! We had a wide range of kids their from 3-13 and they all had a blast! I cant wait to start preparing for our next EVENT!!! "