Continuing from our previous post, Celebration Ideas for Kids Aged 7 and Up, here are some activities you can include for the Spa and Glamour Party. It’s best to have more than one adult to help out during these parties. If you have extra time because you have a small number of kids, you can include some party games like, Musical Statues, Pass the Bag like Pass the Parcel but  using a glam bag instead (you can get a cheap one at thrift stores) and have some hair clips , hair ties, headband and even play jewellery as part of the goodies in the bag and Pin the Tiara on the Lady – yes, your “glam” version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Spa Party:

• Have the guests come in their bathrobes (with clothes underneath of course!). You can either buy or make some towelling headbands for the guests. For a tutorial on how to make the towelling headbands, head on to The Haby Goddess’ blog.

• Set up a few small plastic bowls on a table, plastic spoons and paintbrushes (if you can them in white -great!)- this is where they will be mixing their own masks. Have a bowl filled with oats, a smaller bowl with natural yoghurt and another with honey. You can call this the DIY mask station.

• Set up another table as the manicure & pedicure station. This is where you and/or another adult will be doing the kids’ nails and toenails.

• Set yet another table as the tattoo station. Have a variety of sticker tattoos and glitter jewelled stickers for the kids to choose from

• When guests arrive, sit them down at the table and hand each kid a towelling headband to place around their head. Get the kids to mix their own masks in the bowls, then making sure each kid has a partner, paint each other’s faces with the oatmeal mask. Once they’ve all done that, take a group photo – this will make a great Thank You card too! You can either take the group photo and later on print them and stick them onto card stock as a Thank You card or, even on magnetic paper. If you have a Polaroid camera, then this is another instant option. Polaroid images can be included as part of their loot bags.

• After the photo session, give each kid a face towel and head them off to the bathroom to wash their faces. This is when you also start clearing up the DIY mask station and set up the party food.

• As the kids are busy eating their party food, take each kid and bring them over to the nail station.

• Those who have finished having their nails and toenails done can then proceed to the tattoo station. This whole “pampering” process would take quite a lot of time, depending on the number of kids you have.

• Once they’ve all been primped and painted, it’s cut the cake time! Then loot bag and yes – HOME!

Glamour Party:

In most cases, the activities are similar to having a Spa Party, the only difference being, the “Mask Station”, instead of that, have a “Hair Station”

• Set up the Hair Station by having some hair gels, glitter, hair ties, hair clips, fake colourful hair extensions, curling/crimping irons (if you have any, if not it doesn’t matter really) and hair spray.

• Set up the Pamper Station – manicure & pedicure

• Set up the Tattoo Station – this could include some face painting if desired.

• Set up another table as the Jewellery Station – this is where you would have bowls of different beads and stringing supplies

• Set up a Glamour Photo Station – if you can be bothered with painting a huge cardboard into a background, then place this on a wall as a mural for each kid to take a photo in front of with the host. If not, it’s still fine, simply hang some tulle on a wall. Like the group photo idea in the Spa Party, the photos can be used as Thank You cards, magnets or on Polaroid as part of their loot bag.

• Set up a table for the party food. This could also be set up in your kitchen.

• When guests arrive ask them to select the station they want to proceed to first. This is why it’s handy to have a few adults around at each station. The remaining guests can have their party food first. If they’re not hungry yet, they can start at the Jewellery Station to make their own jewellery – this forms as part of their loot bag gifts.

• Basically, the guests and host gets primped and propped up at the different stations and once they are ready gets to take a photo with the host at the Glamour Photo Station. The primping and propping takes ages to finish usually, or at least the jewellery making station. Once they have finished taking their photos, it’s cake time and then loot bag and home. Make sure you ask for the parents’ permission if their kids are allowed to have products on their hair – there are natural products available out there too!

Of course, if you’re pressed for time or have a lack of available adults to help out…or would rather NOT do all the work yourself, there are places out there that host such parties.

• Candy Hair (Victoria)
• Day Spa Parties (Victoria)
• Blissfully Bare (Victoria)
• Beauty on Ryrie (Victoria)
• Kiddy House Boutique (Adelaide)
• In House Spa Treatment (Sunshine Coast & Noosa)
• Kidz Lidz (NSW)

Have you got any more ideas on the type of activities to include? Share some with us.