The unsuspecting victim thought she was out for the night with her parents, going to a Greek restaurant….
However, we had a surprise in store for the birthday girl. Can I just say that I love surprise parties, especially when they are actually a surprise!
She is way into taking pictures and instagram, combined with the mall, I thought it would be perfect for 12 year olds. I invited a few soccer friends, and then a few school friends. We split into two teams so that the girls would feel comfortable in their own groups. I had Kaylee switch teams halfway during the scavenger hunt because I knew she would want to be with both.
I had two very sweet friends help out with the teams. I gave each one of the teams a flashy purse that had a mall directory, pen, scavenger list, change for candy dispensers, and then giftcards for some of the activities.
Here are a couple of candids….
We ended with blizzards from Dairy Queen at the food court.
Kaylee had a blast! Happy 12th My Kaylee Girl!
11 comments:
what a fun idea! I might have to borrow it for one of my girls!
How fun!! I think I will be saving this idea, my oldest would love it!!
How fun!! I think I will be saving this idea, my oldest would love it!!
I don't like being the object of surprise parties, I think I'm too much of a control freak!
THis looks like a lot of fun, though! I also love how you emphasized at the beginning how they should be considerate of others.
Love it! You are such a cute mom!
Beth
I'm stealing this! My oldest is 7 but this is getting filed away for her 12th. Love it!
She is beautiful and how awesome was this surprise party!!!!
Cute idea!!!
Cute idea!!!
May I please pin your fabulous idea for this birthday party? It's such a great list and so perfect for tweens - thank you for sharing it. I can see our granddaughters having fun with this in a few more years. Happy Spring!
Of course you can pin it! The party was a BLAST! :)
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