Last week my son turned 12 and we celebrated with his friends this weekend! We usually do a celebration with friends and a separate celebration with family as it just makes life easier for us and my son is glad that no embarrassing stories are shared in front of his pals. For our family shindig, we decided to go paintballing. My husband and son regularly paintball and my husband bought my son one the best paintball marker for his birthday so we wanted to put it to good use. It’s safe to say that I lost, of course, but we wanted to carry on the paint theme through to the birthday party he wanted with his friends and that’s where the idea for a glow in the dark party came from.
My son made it very clear that he wanted a simple sleepover party with the guys, and is past the stage of wanting themed parties like Army and Star Wars we’ve done in the past.
What a fab party! Brilliant idea for a difficult age, I have 2 teenage boys and I'm pretty sure they would have loved this. Maybe next year!
This looks like a great party! We found the most important tip was to hang the black bags/tarp on the walls. We did a glow party and I posted free invites on my site.