- You're getting too old to be content with a party hat.teen on the party with noise-maker image by Alexey Klementiev from Fotolia.com
As a teenager, you have enough energy and creativity for a unique, fun birthday party, but you are not old enough to drink alcohol or go out to clubs. Instead, find ways to have lively, raucous good time without alcohol. Although some of these ideas are unconventional, they all make time for singing "Happy Birthday" and eating cake. - Make the woods your party destination.camping in the back woods. image by CPonder from Fotolia.com
For a smaller-scale birthday party, invite your friends on a campout. Bring the birthday cake with you, and have a cookout, ghost stories and truth or dare around the campfire. Parents or chaperones can camp at the next campsite over so that you and your friends have some privacy. If you can plan the campout for the weekend, spend the next day swimming, hiking or boating. If you're camping near an open area, a mellow group sport can help you work up an appetite for birthday cake. - Get a friend's band to play for free.Music image by Emil Maga from Fotolia.com
For a fun dance party, have a rock band play at your house in the afternoon. Have the band take time out of their set to play you "Happy Birthday" when the time comes. Instead of having the birthday party centered on a specific program, such as game, then cake and then presents, allow everything to happen at the same time to the background of the music: socializing, dancing, opening presents, eating cupcakes and enjoying party games. When the band's set ends, if guests aren't too tired, have an open jam session. - Don't forget to have a big bonfire at the end of the party.Bonfire image by West View from Fotolia.com
Burning Man is a huge sculptural art festival that happens in the Nevada desert each year. At the end of the festival, a bonfire burns a straw effigy. For your next birthday party, put your and your friends' teenage creativity to work, creating a small version of burning man in your backyard. Have each guest bring an artistic sculpture, play games and create a festive vibe. At the end of the night, after you sing "Happy Birthday," have a small bonfire into which you throw a sculptural representation of everything you want to let go of in the next year. - Each team will need a digital camera.digital camera age image by Steve Brase from Fotolia.com
Hold a photo scavenger hunt with your friends, asking each guest to add to the list of items that the teams must photograph. The guests must then find each item on the list except the one they thought of. Work in teams, and see which team can check off the most items on the list. Be sure to come together for cake and presents at the end of the scavenger hunt. Send out a slide show of the photos via e-mail to all the guests as a belated party favor and memoir.
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