A thirteenth birthday party is an important happening: this is the age that is considered as an origin of the teenager years. Though growing up is a long and individual process, 13 years are the approximate boundary, so it would be cool to highlight the process of transformation from a child to a teenager by devoted to it, a special 13th birthday celebration.
Besides, many people start high school when they turn 13, this way for them this happening is related to even 2 important things in life.
In spite of the significance of the event, the party doesn’t have to be expensive, your attention is what matters.
Look through this article to find lots of great 13-year-old bday ideas.
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Since turning 13 is some kind of a symbol of transformation, special meetings and events connected with the adult world could be organized. Party Ideas for a 13-year-old boy can include a camping trip for men only would be great. Girls can go to a beauty salon with their mother or some other significant woman or just have a talk to her in the restaurant. The kid will be able to feel himself/herself older.
Birthday party ideas for 13-year-olds
Planning a 13 year old’s birthday party
13 years old is already the age when kids start feeling that they are old enough for more “grown-up” parties or not celebrating their birthday at all.
If your kid feels like that, you should be understanding and not impose the celebration that you want. Kids will be grateful to you for this gesture.
This way, to let your kid organize or just choose the kind of celebration would be a cool idea that brings joy to the kid and you won’t go wrong with the preferences of the kid concerning the celebration.
Of course, many kids also want to have a big fun party, but, maybe, it will differ from the previous ones by the topic. As you understand, 13 year old bday parties depend not only on the age but also on the kind and the state of a person, so the kid may want to organize a small quiet party for close friends only. Such a celebration can be just a modest sitting in the café or at home.
If it is the case when a kid doesn’t want to organize any party, you can suggest gathering the family together and spend an evening in the cozy home atmosphere.
No matter what type of celebration you plan to have, there are lots of gorgeous 13-year-old birthday party ideas.
13th birthday party themes
The traditional themed party most likely won’t suit to your kid, so try to propose more neutral variations with the accent on some topic. It can be either activity, kind of food or surrounding.
Except for the necessary part of the themed party, which is decorations and food, an interesting idea for a themed party is making invitations in the chosen style.
Among the terrific themes thirteenth birthday party there are:
Movie Party
The topic of movies suite for every age. You need only to pick the movie itself correctly. Making decorations, don’t be afraid of going too far. Your home can become really a cinema. Make different kinds of popcorn in carton boxes, buy some ice cream, turn off the lights, and so on. However, follow the tastes of your kid.
Invitations, of course, should be made in the manner of movie tickets.
Movie party ideas for 13 year olds girls are about girly decorations and watching melodramas and other girly films.
Beach Holiday Party
Here you don’t have to make any birthday party themes for 13 year olds: unbelievably beautiful nature is self-sufficient in itself.
Search for an appropriate place on rental websites like Air BnB (it has apartments all over the world), Zillow (in the USA), Agoda Homes (Asia). A place has to be spacious, beachy. If you haven’t a possibility to go to the sea, you can buy an apartment with a swimming pool.
It is not necessary to rent a place if you know someone who rents out one. Even in case, you don’t, maybe, a relative or a friend of a person you know has a cool apartment.
Pizza Party
Pizza is one of the most popular dishes among people of all ages, especially young people. This party topic is relevant to both boy and girl teen birthday party ideas. For kids, the great decision would be to make a cooking pizza party. Picking this party variation, you have both activity and food for the party. Besides, everyone will get food to their taste. Just prepare all the ingredients: dough and toppings. Do it in advance because yeast dough rises approximately 1 to 2 hours.
An extreme way to make a party with pizzas is to take everything for pizzas and turn on cool films.
High Tea Party
This kind of party definitely belongs to 13 yr old girls birthday party ideas. Warn the girls to wear suitable for the party clothes, which are sophisticated dresses, for example. Since the etiquette of the high tea party is not really common, you may have to show the girls how to behave according to the rules of etiquette.
There are many places providing high tea, among them you can find plenty of average level places, that’s why you should do research and pick an appropriate one that will bring you a true experience. A great idea for the gifts is a high-quality handcrafted tea set.
Hunger Games Party
The format of the birthday party is rather for 13 year old boys than for girls, though there are some exceptions.
We don’t propose a laser tag game for kids, imagine how cool would be to organize a full immersion in the forest adventure in the style of Hunger games with paintball shootouts, long walks, and food on the fire.
It’s a great possibility to go out of routine for teenagers and feel like true soldiers, wearing camo gear and big guns, doing their important mission.
Speaking more seriously, such a trip will give a possibility to throw out the energy and, of course, to have fun.
Music Thirteenth Birthday Party
One more universal kind of idea for 13th birthdays is a musical party. Mostly, teenagers listen to music a lot. An unusual idea for invitations is making them of the old CDs: write the information with a marker.
With the help of a simple music software program on a computer, you can create an own musical studio. Guests will be able to create the music right during the party. As for decorations, hang album covers, posters, and fake trophies up on the walls in the rooms. If you want to add a night atmosphere, dim the lights or turn colored lights on.
In case the birthday party is not at home or you live in the countryside, you can organize a karaoke party. To rent a karaoke system with a karaoke machine, microphones, speakers and a screen is actually really cheap.
The simplest idea is just to rent high-quality speakers and maybe a smoke machine and make a dance party.
In-home Cake Decorating Party
Nowadays there are many different kinds of in-home classes. However, a cake decorating class is one of the most suitable girls’ thirteenth birthday party ideas.
It’s not difficult to find a chef offering such a service. The advantage of in-home classes is that trainers bring all the necessary for the class equipment. In the case of the cooking class, it will be both instruments and food. One more plus of in-home decorating cake class is that you get activity and 13 years old birthday cake at once.
The disadvantage is that the cost of an in-home class for a big amount of guests may be really high. That’s why, if you’re not in a good financial situation and want to have an in-home class party, you should make a small party for close friends only. Another way out of the situation implies the invitation of the trainer you know. Maybe one of your friends will agree to teach a class for a fixed price.
Except cake decorating class there are some other suitable for the birthday party themes: make-up, drawing (it can use unusual materials and techniques: sketching, ebru – drawing on the water surface), pottery, sewing and so on.
Birthday party games and activities for 13 year olds
It happens quite often that you can’t find games and activities for teenagers. Many of them just want to hang out, communicate with each other, eat and relax.
However, if your kid and guests aren’t really against games and activities at the party, games shouldn’t have very strict rules, let teenagers feel the freedom that they wish. Games should be fascinating and closer to gown-up activities. Besides, you have to make a plan B with many party birthday ideas
just in case.
Structured games can suit the slumber party since there’s often not so much to do at home and the atmosphere is quite calm.
If you don’t arrange any activities, there are risk kids will get bored and that they will start to quarrel with each other. Picking this option, make sure that there are lots of variable interesting games.
Birthday venues for 13th birthday party
As you know, the organization of the party at home has its consequences in the form of a huge mess all around the apartment. Make a party elsewhere to avoid it.
If you don’t know what to do for your (or your kid’s) 13th birthday there is a great number of birthday venues for 13 yr old birthday parties:
- Rock Climbing
- Ten Pin Bowling
- Laser Strike
- Movies
- ‘Grown Up’ Restaurant
- Horse Riding
- Art and Craft Workshop
- Gaming Parlour
- Blo Karting
- Go Karting
- A special sports event, show, or concert
- Aquatic Centre or Water Park
- Theme Park
3 final tips for making 13th birthday party memories
Special occasions are perfect for the creation of a new family tradition. Parties for the thirteenth birthday party are definitely on the list of such special occasions.
Since the age around 13 is the age of your child’s transformation from a kid to a teenager and your relations will change, a great decision would be to make the birthday memorable.
Contact their fav celeb
By the age of 13 many people have interests in a particular area where there’s a celebrity they admire.
Many celebrities are cool with the idea of mentoring young people. They achieved success and they want to direct and motivate others.
Of course, arranging a meeting with a celebrity is usually impossible, so we propose you ask a celebrity about sending a letter to your kid. This gift will bring huge excitement to a teenager which he/she will probably remember for life.
Give them a grown-up experience to remember
In case you see that your kid really wants to feel more self-sufficient and grown-up, organize a grown-up party or trip for the birthday child. As an option, it could be a dinner at the restaurant, a sea trip, a day of spa treatments, etc.
Moreover, planning a teenage birthday party of such kind, try to talk to your kid like with a grown-up. Discuss the future, plans, changes including those which will happen when the kid will become older. The kid will appreciate your attention and wish to delight him/her.
Let them be a little more grown-up
This way, you will bring a little more structure in life and make a transition of the kid to a grown-up life a gradual process in which extent of freedom will be adequate to kid’s age.
Except for this, the kid will get another reason to look forward to the next birthday.
This allowed thing can be anything you want: from permission to go to the cinema alone to getting an own credit card.
We wish you good luck and lots of brilliant 13th birthday ideas for organizing a party!
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