Teen's Funky Fairytale party!  For my daughter's 14th birthday, we decided to host a Funky Fairytale party. This is a great idea for teens as it's not babyish like a normal 'fairytale' party. It's for teens only! I guarantee your teen and her friends will love it! We decided that the time would be from 4pm to 7pm, with 10 girls coming and 3 sleeping over. The invitations were typed up on gorgeous unicorn paper (tying in with the fairytale theme) we found for only $2 at a discount store: ONCE UPON A TIME.... DEAR_______, YOU'RE INVITED TO ANNA'S 14TH FUNKY FAIRYTALE PARTY. TIME, DATE, PLACE, RSVP, ETC. COME DRESSED UP AS YOUR FAVE FAIRYTALE CHARACTER! LOVE ANNA.  We held the party at our house as we've got a huge backyard. But, if you have a flat or you don't want the party held at your house then other options are PARKS, A HIRED-OUT HALL, A WATERSLIDE PARK OR ICE SKATING RINK. WHY NOT EVEN TAKE YOUR PRINCESSES TO THE MOVIES AS WELL? Here was our plan: Decorations: From our trees we hung up candy such as Chupa Chups, candy snakes etc, and using our cubby house we stuck lollies all round it as THE WITCHES HOUSE FROM HANSEL AND GRETEL  We hung up rope from two trees that were close together, making a kind of enclosure. Then from the rope we hung up multicoloured streamers. In the middle of this we sat a mini table and chairs for the girls. This was really cool and the girls enjoyed having somewhere to sit, screened away from everyone! We scattered pastel-coloured balloons all through the house and tied the balloons to trees outside. A red carpet was put outside for the girls to walk on (like in Shrek) and we took photos of them as they walked with style down it. Games: Play pin the tail on the wolf- a traditional fairytale 'baddy'. Dip for marshmallows in a bowl of flour- so fun using only mouths! Go for a walk around your neighbourhood in your costumes which is guaranteed to cause some laughs with the girls Play pass the parcel- the traditional way but with dares. The doughnut game- hang up doughnuts from your clothes-line or from trees using string and race to see who can eat the doughnut first without using your hands! Make up a scavenger hunt- for example, LOOK IN THE PLACE WHERE CLOTHES GO ON HOLIDAY (LAUNDRY ROOM) Play sardines- one 'hider' hides in her choice of place, and the rest of the people, the 'seekers' have to look for the hider. When they find her they hide with her. The trick of this game is not to let the other team members see where you're hiding. The last person to find the 'hider' becomes the new 'hider'. A great game to play is MURDER IN THE DARK- either inside or outside at night, as it has to be dark when you play. Nominate one person to be the 'murderer' and the rest the 'hiders'. The hiders hide and the murderer has to find them and scare them. The person the murderer has just found becomes a murderer too. MAKE SURE THE LIGHTS ARE OFF WHEN YOU PLAY THIS! \*SEE RESOURCES FOR MORE GAMES  Food: Snacks- Meringues Mini pavlovas with fresh fruit \*resources Cupcakes decorated with bats, fairies etc\* see resources Chocolate spiders \* resources Fairy bread Candy Dinner- Barbeque or roast Hot fries Salad or veggies Pizza Dessert- Icecream Birthday cake\* resources Make your own sundae Chocolate Drinks- Soft drink, juice, water etc Prizes: At Anna's party we gave away prizes to her friends, just cheap or bargain things like these- Cute bracelets approx. $2 Body spray approx. $2 Lipgloss/balm approx $2.50 Bath items like baths salts, etc approx. $2.50 We found another great idea is to copy a favourite, new CD and give a copy to each girl. Party Bags: Buy some cute bags, like the ones we bought from online store for only 25c each! \*resources Fill the bags with: Candy Chocolate A thank-you note- saying thanks for coming or thankyou for your beautiful gift  Resources for more ideas: Going Batty cupcakes- http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/cake/cake_batty/Chocolate Spiders- http://holiday.allrecipes.com/az/ChcltSpidrs.asp Mini pavlova nests- http://www.hospitalityaustralia.com.au/Recipes/view.php?id=88 Party Bags- www.carnivalandtoy.com Birthday cakes- http://childparenting.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=childparenting&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.womansday.com%2Fxp6%2FWomansDay%2Fcooking.xml%2F0201silly_summary.xml Party Games- www.partygamecentral.com