[purpleblackqueen]

I am throwing DD a birthday party in Jan (Birthday was this month), as her party for her 10th was a disaster and for other reasons.

I am thinking a dance/make up party with her friends from school- with 3 sleeping over.

Was thinking 2-6pm on a Saturday arvo.

WDYT?

[anasam]

It depends if they need you to entertain them or not. DS had a birthday a while back and all I had to do was feed them and they started their own cricket game and I didn't have to do a thing for a few hours.
4 hours is a long time though. If you have to keep dealing with disagreements or bored kids you will be over it by the time the sleepover starts.

[katpaws]

Four hours is a long time. Two hours seems fairly standard from the parties DD has been invited to.

Slumber parties are the work of the devil and should be legislated against.

[purpleblackqueen]

Maybe if I start at 4pm and just have the sleepover, but then 1 friend that hayley wants cant sleepover as her family dont do sleepovers- hence why I thought of the day things too

Not sure

[anasam]

If you are just having the sleepover and it will only be few kids I would start at 6pm. The child who isn't allowed to sleep over could still come but be picked up at say 8 or 9pm.

[JustBeige]

PBQ - my eldest has a friend like that. We just start the party at 4pm and then the parent comes and gets them about 9 or 10pm (whatever suits them). We just wait until after this girl goes home to do the night time stuff like movie watching etc.

Do all the girly fingernail painting etc while she is still there so she can join in.

[kabailz13]

DD1 had 4 friends for her 11th birthday in October and they were here for 4hrs.

They set themselves up and watched two movies (weather was TERRIBLE) with snacks and then we had birthday cake before the girls left - the boy stayed for longer

Do whatever works for you. If the girls are familiar with you and your house, longer doesn't seem as long as if they are all strangers

[Phascogale]

If you are just having the sleepover and it will only be few kids I would start at 6pm. The child who isn't allowed to sleep over could still come but be picked up at say 8 or 9pm.

This is what I would be doing. Or even starting the party around 5pm and having dinner around the 6pm mark.

[cattivo lupo]

It really depends on the kids. Some kids I can have here for a few days, others wold drive me mad after a couple hours .

DD went to a friends house yesterday, not a party, just a little get together. There are 5 of them, and she was there from 2.30 till 8.30. They are such a nice bunch of girls though, that it wasn't a bother. They're gorgeous kids. If it had been the group she used to hang out with, that would be a whole other story. You might remember my birthday party sleepover hell story from earlier in the year, when I sent one of the girls home for being a PITA.

Have fun.

[Holidayromp]

Four hours is a great time. That is how long we had for DD 10 birthday party with DD 6 having three and a half hours. I planned them both down the last minute which is important when you are having a longer party because bored kids play up.

Interestingly enough both itineraries finished about 20 minutes early but the girls were happy to entertain themselves in the lounge room playing limbo.

With DD10: 4 hours

Movie with popcorn
Food and cake
Pass the parcel
Memory game
Wii dance off
Present giving
Free time (20 minutes)

With DD6 3 and a half hours
Movie with popcorn
Food and cake
Musical statues
Pass the parcel
Presents
Free time (20 minutes)