Slumber Party for 11-year old boy My son just turned 11 last month, and I spent hours researching the perfect party and scouring the web for ideas. The party turned out extremely well,
even if I do say so myself. "That was the best sleepover ever!" was overheard whilst the boys were leaving in the morning, which gave me a huge sense of pride at my accomplishment.
Here's the way it all happened. I had written down about 60 different games for my son to select from and he chose about 7. He is pretty cool, so he only wanted cool games! Here is the schedule of events as planned: Nick's Birthday Party Schedule of events 6 pmGuests arrive – play foosball/ps2/gamecube 6:30Treasure hunt – feed the penguin game 6:45Hide and remember the tray items (2 times) 7:00Squirt gun game 7:15Pizza 7:30 Jeopardy Game 7:50Hide and seek in cul de sac 8:15Open presents 8:30Ice Cream sundaes (Nick doesn't like cake and decided on this instead) 9:00Set up sleeping bags 9:15+Video games, etc. 11:00Lights out Here were the jeopardy question answers I wrote (answers not included, sorry.) Cooking for Beginners $100 Answer: This is bread, dipped in egg and fried. Cooking for Beginners $200 Answer: Grain often served with Chinese food Cooking for Beginners $300 Answer: Dried vegetable kernel that explodes when heated Cooking for Beginners $400 Answer: Mexican favorite containing meat, cheese, lettuce, sauce served in a folded shell Cooking for Beginners $500 Answer: Italian favorite containing long, thin noodles and covered in tomato sauce School Subjects $100 Answer: It's where you learn sums, quotients and products School Subjects $200 Answer: It is a mid-day food time. School Subjects $300 Answer: Class designed for kids to get exercise School Subjects $400 Answer: It is the "fun time" at school that you will not have in Jr High or High School School Subjects $500 Answer: This subject includes essays, poems and writing papers Cereal Mascots $100 Answer: This cereal has a Toucan named SAM Cereal Mascots $200 Answer: Snap, Crackle and Pop Cereal Mascots $300 Answer: He is the scary mascot for Cocoa Krispies Cereal Mascots $400 Answer: This corn cereal is represented by an animated, ship's Captain Cereal Mascots $500 Answer: A silly rabbit represents this cereal T.V. Shows $100 Answer: Stars Tommy Pickles, Angelica, and the twins T.V. Shows $200 Answer: Stars Hyde, Kelso, Donna, Jackie and Fez T.V. Shows $300 Answer: Stars Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey and Monica T.V. Shows $400 Answer: Animated series featuring Homer, Bart, and Madge T.V. Shows $500 Answer: Boring Adult information show parents watch at 5pm Video Games $100 Answer: Sequels include Loopy Landscapes and Wacky Worlds Video Games $200 Answer: Famous company that makes the X-Box Video Games $300 Answer: Sequels include House Party, Making Magic and Hot Date Video Games $400 Answer: Named for 2 colors, in this game you play God Video Games $500 Answer: Company that created and sells the PlayStation and PS2 Numbers $100 Answer: Number of legs an Octopus has Numbers $200 Answer: This is how many states are in the United States of America Numbers $300 Answer: The number represented by the word "tri" Numbers $400 Answer: Number of planets in our solar system Numbers $500 Number of cards in a regular deck of playing cards – not counting the jokers Treasure hunt clues were as follows: Clue: If you can be Sly as a fox, You'll find a clue Behind the mail _ _ _ Clue: In this small room Is a tile with a flower Your next clue is In the _ _ _ _ _ _ Clue: Out in the front Now don't get stuck. Find this clue And you're in luck Clue: Go to the park If you are able To find one more clue Under the _ _ _ _ _ Clue: Where Foothill Ave And Knollwood meet You'll find a clue On the sign of the street Clue: Don't get ashes On your face. Your next clue's In the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Clue: Your next clue is: Go to the back Find it in something Round and black Clue: I thought it might Be really neat To put a clue In the piano _ _ _ _ Clue: Your next clue If you haven't heard Is where we like to Feed the bird (s) Clue: Because we didn't have a bridge We put the next clue In the _ _ _ _ _ _ Clue: Go towards Dad's shop To find one more The Clue's on the back Of the garage _ _ _ _ Clue: I will tell you 'Cuz I know Under the kitchen table Is where you should go Clue: You will really Be a star if you Look under the bumper Of our black car Clue: When all else fails Check the plants At our front door But watch for ants Clue: 1 It's great to live On the west coast Your first clue's On the front light _ _ _ _ Clue: One more clue I had to hide – is to Go out Front, Right And look on the Side Clue: 17 The end is near Here's one more clue You'll find it somewhere In a shoe Clue: Last Clue! In the kitchen island For your party pleasure You will find Your winner's treasure! Other games: Feed the penguin: split kids up and make two lines about 5 feet apart and the guys on one side try to throw cheese goldfish into the mouth of the guys on the other side. Squirt gun game: need two buckets for each boy. Fill one bucket with water and each boy gets a squirt gun to shoot water into a bucket about 8-10 feet away. This was really fun! Hide and remember tray items: This is really fun. You put 10 things on a try and show them to the kids for exactly one minute. You can go over what each item is if you want to. Then you cover the items and take them away. Kids try to remember that 10 items and write them down on a sheet. Here is the sheet I made for us: Birthday Party Memory Game Sheet 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) TOTAL: How many items can you remember? Hints I would give to other moms and dads attempting this kind of party: 1)Try to schedule a lot of things and put the schedule up for all to see. If there are a lot of things to do, the kids never get bored and can't get in to too much trouble. 2)Give a specific time for the parents to p/u the guys in the morning. 9am is good. 3)Don't expect to get much sleep yourself. Resign yourself to the fact that you are going to be greatly appreciated, so just go with it. 4)Take the time to go over with your child before the party what being a good host really means. Explain how it is his responsibility to make sure every person at the party is having a good time. 5)Renting a good movie like Pirates of the Carribean is a good way to get the guys to chill out a bit before them go to sleep \*yeah, right!\* 6)Don't kill yourself making a hot breakfast, put out some cold cereal and milk and bowls and let them do their own thing. 7)We took lots of photos and included them on the thank you notes to the party-goers. 8)Get good prizes, but do NOT spend a fortune! I had excellent success at the 99 cent store, Big lots, and Party city. Prizes we gave away were: Playing cards, king size candy bars, holographic stickers, etc. Have a good time! Jeopardy answers: Cooking for Beginners 100French Toast200Rice 300Popcorn 400Taco 500Spaghetti School Subjects 100Math 200Lunch 300PE 400Recess 500English/Writing Cereal Mascots100Fruit Loops 200Rice Krispies 300Count Chocula 400Captain Crunch 500Trix TV Shows 100Rugrats 200That 70's Show 300Friends 400The Simpsons 500News Video Games 100Roller Coaster Tycoon 200Microsoft 300The Sims 400Black & White 500Nintendo Numbers 1008 20050 3003 4009 50052 To help keep score we wrote the amount of the question on the question cards, and gave the card to the person who answered the question correctly. Then we added up the money at the end. We did have some problems. With a lot of boys yelling out answers it can get a bit overwhelming. It would be better to have a bell for each boy and before they answer they should be called on, even if you only give everyone a spoon and an overturned bowl to "ding". You might also try to do this kind of early before the guys get too wild. It sure was fun though!
