If you are a parent, particularly of an elementary or junior high aged girl, then you know all about sleepovers. The chances are that your daughter has both attended and hosted many of these blessed events. The problem with sleepovers is that they are mostly the same. Girls gather at a home, pizza and other snacks are served, silly games are played, a movie is watched and then the girls stay up way too late into the night. My daughters and I have been thinking of ways to host a unique sleepover, and we’ve learned that all it takes is a little creativity.
I began to brainstorm new ideas for sleepovers after my daughters kept coming home saying that every party had been boring and pretty much the same. We sat down around our kitchen table one morning and determined to let our creativity have the best of us.
Our creativity quickly led us to one of the best ideas we have for our next big sleepover: a themed party. We thought it might be fun for us and for all thirteen girls that are coming to our home to center the sleepover around a theme. Because summer is quickly approaching and yet seems so far away we decided to do a beach theme for the sleepover. Use your...