Ideas for Teen Easter Party for Girls

If your teenage daughter is planning an Easter party (or a sleepover during the Easter season), you'll want to plan some fun activities for the girls. Here are 4 ideas for teen Easter party activities to keep the party goers happily occupied. These activities are best for young teens aged 12 to 14 or 15, since older teens may prefer to keep themselves busy.

Make Easter Baskets to Give to Charity. Young teens can have fun while doing good at an Easter party by making Easter baskets for a charitable cause. Check with local churches and charities in your area ahead of time to find one that will accept the baskets. Provide baskets, decorations such as ribbons and trim, and items to put in them including grass, small wrapped candies, chocolate bunnies or eggs, small toys, inexpensive jewelry from dollar stores, toiletries and so on. You could also ask each attendee to bring some special items to include in her basket. When the baskets are done, wrap each one in cellophane and tie it with a big ribbon.

Get Creative with Eggs. Decorating eggs is one of the most enjoyable Easter season activities for kids of all ages. Have plenty of hard cooked eggs and egg dying kits (or, if your daughter and her friends are eco friendly, ingredients for all-natural dies such as those discussed in the Associated Content article) on hand. Also have instructions for a variety of decorating techniques (you can find plenty of options on the Internet such as those at chiff) and any supplies needed to complete them. Give guests aprons to protect their clothes and encourage them to be creative in devising unique Easter egg designs. If the teens will be using dyes that require boiling water, give them a hand to avoid mishaps or injuries.

Another fun option for an Easter party for girls is to provide eggs that are already dyed solid colors or plastic eggs and let party guests decorate them to look like the heads of specific characters (such as a clown, a pirate, or a cowboy) or of a favorite movie or music star or fictional character. Alternatively, they could make egg animals (see Easter Animals for some adorable animal ideas) or Faberge eggs (see Faberge Eggs). Provide felt tip pens, paint, glue, a variety of fabrics in solids and patterns, felt, cotton, rickrack and other trims, small pom poms, pipe cleaners, and so on.

Create a Peeps Diorama. Supply a variety of marshmallow Peeps in a range of colors and styles, empty shoe boxes, crayons, paint, colored paper, scissors, and glue and let the girls make a Peeps diorama. Fun ideas for Peeps dioramas include Peeps at the beach, Peeps at the prom, Peeps on the slopes, or Peeps as The Simpsons.

Have an Easter Egg Treasure Hunt. Have at least two plastic eggs with candy or inexpensive toys or jewelry in them for each guest. Before the party hide them throughout the house or in the yard. If you want to do a traditional hunt, just let the kids know how many eggs there are and set them free to search. While a traditional hunt is fun, young teens may prefer the challenge of a treasure hunt in which the hiding places are more difficult and written clues are provided to help in the search. Have some extra eggs on hand so that you can be sure that each girl gets at least one egg.