Young people bring their own brand of appreciation to Valentine's Day. Young people look at a cache of valentines as a sign of popularity and friendship. Entertain young people at a Valentine's Day party by bringing together elements to keep the kids interested. Attend to decorations, refreshments, activities and goody bags for a successful Valentine's Day party. Emphasize red's bold contribution to the color scheme. Put hearts at center decorating stage. For tweens, organize a party to appeal to budding ideas of love, while subtly encouraging the kids to be kids. Cut costs by printing your own invitations and party favors. Does this Spark an idea?
Theme
Decorate a tween Valentine's Day party with bright balloons.
A romantic movie, appropriate for tweens, will draw kids' interests in the party. Order or print your own movie ticket invitations. Print on pink stock with red type announcing the movie, date, time and location. Decorate with Valentine's Day colored streamers and sweetheart balloons. Invite each guest to take a party favor labeled with the guest's name on a child's paper Valentine.
Menu and Favors
Popcorn and movies go hand-in-hand.
Typical Valentine's Day fare makes the party colorful and tasty. Supply red, white and pink-frosted cupcakes, chips, popcorn, mini-sandwiches and soft drinks. Spread paper valentines around tables with colored pencils for guests to "send" quick valentines to each other. Fill Valentine's Day party favor bags with heart-shaped candy, Valentine's Day tattoo stickers and small chocolate samplers. Let the kids take home a balloon from the decorations.
Activities
Show a movie adaptation of "Cinderella."
Center party festivities on a movie and a drawing for prizes. Ask each guest to write his or her name on a paper valentine located on tables. Drop the cards in a bowl. Hold a drawing before the movie. The first person's name drawn wins a large heart-shaped box of chocolates. Draw two more names for winners of smaller Valentine's Day boxes of chocolates. Follow the drawing with a showing of a romantic movie. DisneyFamily.com lists a selection of movies appropriate and entertaining for tweens. Romantic movie ideas include "The Princess Bride," a romance filled with schemers, villains and humor, and "Ever After," the story behind of the Brothers Grimm's "Cinderella."
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