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Sweet 16 Party Ideas?

Does anyone have any great and fun ideas for a sweet 16 birthday party?
the birthday girl [who is a partier/dancer] loves:
1. the color pink, has a theme called "pretty-in-pink party city"
2. has a food and cocktail bar
3. going to have a dance stereo system [like hooking up an iPod or something] or she's hiring a DJ
4. it's going to be in a indoor clubhouse room kinda like a countryclub room we're rent-out type thing...when the lights are turned off, it's pitch black, so we need some awesome lighting that's affordable

http://www.reasontoparty.com/party_themes.htm
http://www.party411.com/sweet16.html
http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com/html/sweet_16_party.html

These are good sites for sweet 16 party ideas. You may find something.

You can try telling everyone to wear pink to the party and bring something pink with them. Whoever brings the most interesting, etc (make categories) pink object will win a prize, and the prize will be something pink, too.

Naughty vs Nice party would be interesting, also. You could decorate half the party as Naughty, in dark colors like black and really dark pink or red, with broken hearts or devils horns, or to follow the pink theme, get playboy bunny items. For the nice side, put up teddy bears and pale pinks, roses, complete hearts, angel wings, and stuffed animals. Assign a side to each person coming who will have to wear something to compliment both sides.

Seven Deadly Sins party for pink would be interesting an inCREDibly unique. Or a Seven Holy Virtues party for pink, which would be the exact opposite. Make an event or station for each of the 7 Deadly sins (Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth,
Greed, Gluttony, and Lust). Gluttony would be the food station so you'd put a big sign above it in pink with the word written on it. Serve only foods that are white or pink, too. You could wear envy and wear a beautiful gown or dress. Sloth could be on a sign dangling above all the tables and anywhere people can sit since people are being lazy and sitting down (have a dance floor to prevent complaints of being lazy). Greed could be posted above the presents table. Lust could be above the dance floor, or if you separate the boys and the girls, have a centerpiece on the tables that say LUST on them. Anger could be above the exit, and you can have it covered with balloons. When the party is going to end, have the balloons cut, showing anger for having your guests leave. Likewise, you could have a pride sign above the entrance so people can see it coming in, or give everyone a necklace or ID with PRIDE written on it.

I'm having a rockstar/concert theme for mine in 3 weeks. Mine hasn't happened yet. It'll take place in about 3 weeks, though. The theme is rockstar/concert, and for invites I designed tickets on my pc and printed them on cardstock. I mailed them out and told everyone to wear a black, lime green, or silver top (the colors of the party, but you could change yours to hot pink, silver, and white, or some other shades of pink) and jeans on the bottom. I'll be wearing a red plaid skirt, however, to stand out.

When they arrive, they will get checked for alcohol, and then they'll have their tickets ripped and given back to them. They'll go inside, receive a backstage pass, sign either a penguin or a star (the 2 shapes I designated for the party, penguins because my nickname is Penguino) and they'll drop it in the box.

They'll sit in assigned seats until the time I make my opening announcement, and then I'll dismiss them to eat. My brother is going to be DJing, too, so we'll have a bunch of rock and metal songs playing. For food I'm picking fruit punch, pizza, veggies, the usual, and I've yet to pick a cake design. I'm putting up streamers and balloons, and at each table (I chose cafe to seat 4 since I'm planning on about 30 people showing up) I'm placing a centerpiece along with a live goldfish in a small bowl and a small bottle of bubbles.

I custom-designed hoodies and will give them to my 5 closest friends, and I'm raffling 2 shirts that look like the hoodies. There will be a sweet 16 candle ceremony. I was going to have a guitar hero competition, but the place I'm renting told me they would prefer to use the projector for movies only. I'm placing disposable cameras at each table, also, so people can take pictures, too.

I was thinking about a pinata, but since I'm already giving out glow-bracelets and LED necklaces, I figured I won't. Lots of balloons and streamers, though, and a dance floor. I was very tempted to rent a limo to make a big appearance, but I decided it was a waste of money and it'd be too much like the show.

http://www.theglowpro.com/
http://glowproducts.com/

These are some good sites for glow goods and rave-wear/items.

Game ideas:
http://www.reasontoparty.com/party-games-info.htm#Teen%20Games
http://www.party411.com/sweet16-party-games.html

You can get hoodies or shirts or stickers/pens custom-made at http://www.customink.com/indexb.html. I wouldn't recommend doing iron-on transfers. I tried that and all I got was a burnt pillowcase under my shirt and a waste of 15 dollars I could have used for something useful. You can also give out personalized candy bars or wristbands. If the party girl is up to it, raffle off a "date" with her. If a boy wins, he gets to go on a date and all he's got to do it pull the card and give it to her. If a girl gets it, an outing at the mall or something.

I would also say to go with an Ipod hooked up to speakers, or a laptop, because it isn't expensive, you can pick EXACTLY what you want to play, and you just need to have someone go check and make sure everything is working fine every 30 minutes or so. The money you would be paying for a DJ you could spend on something else.

Decorations aren't a big deal unless the place you're renting says you can't attach anything to the walls. In that case, you would have to stick to table decorations and lots of balloons. If you seriously want streamers, you can get balloons filled with helium, and then tie streamers to the base of the strings and attach clusters of balloons. Let them hang against the walls, and you'll have hanging streamers with lots of balloons, but the streamers will be floating.

E-mail me at backlash_symphony@yahoo.com if you want any more help. Good luck!