Thread: Zombie party ideas for 13 year old

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My daughter decided she wants to have a Zombie theme for her 13th birthday sleepover at the end of this month (nothing like advance planning!!)

I need some creative ~tame~ ideas. We're having probably 8 12-13 year old girls, so it can't be too gory or over the top (yeah, I know. Sad. ) We'll have dinner at the local pizza buffet and then convoy out to my sister's house, who has more room, for the sleepover. I'm going to take a bunch of my props & stuff out to set up the weekend before.

So I need ideas for games / snacks / breakfast. I'm sure there will be a bonfire & smores that evening. Oh yeah, and how to word the invites to parents know the sleepover will not be at the same place as the drop off.

Also, how do you get people to RSVP???? Last year I made sure my name & cell # were on the invites & we still had 3 show up who hadn't called. That is a huge pet-peeve of mine. It takes all of a minute to call & say "yes, my kid will be there" or "no, my kid won't be there". GRRRR.

OK, off my soapbox - thanks in advance !!!

Quick ideas for activities:

Movies of course - I think Night of the Living Dead (the original!) is ok for this age group and still one of the best out there. If you're looking for something lighter, there are quite a few... though My Boyfriend's Back is the only one I can think of off the top of my head

Create a story - sit in a circle and each girl adds to the story. You can supplement with starter cards and interject with oh-no-now-this-happened - might help for those girls who get a bit stumped.

Zombie Dress-up - this could get a bit messy, so might want to follow up with Zombie Clean-up if you do Get costume makeup and let the girls decorate each other - it's sort of a variation of the makeup/dressup done at slumber parties lol Give out prizes for scariest, most realistic, silliest, most glam zombie, or whatever - you could even just come up with prize at the time so each girls gets one.

Zombie Rock Band - if you have a karaoke machine or Rock Band game, or just background music - it's like karaoke, but sing like a zombie. Moaning and groaning along... maybe I'm the only one that thinks that sounds hilarious LOL

I'd love to come back to this and offer up some more ideas - this sounds like a lot of fun!

There is a thread Zombie Hole - Game for a zombie beanbag toss game that might be worth looking at.

As for food here's what I recommend:

1) Finger sandwiches

2) Eyeball Soup (peeled grape tomatoes with sliced olives inserted in them)

3) A cake in the shape of a human head (see Melting Head Cake, just google the name it should come up.)

4) Candy corn teeth

5) BLT with fried egg sandwiches (in this case the BLT stands for Brain, Liver, and Tongue (not really, but create a little sign to put in front of the serving plate). I think I posted a recipe for a BLT with fried egg sandwich earlier but if you can't find it, PM me and I'll send it to you.)

Gorey - that melting head cake was awesome! I would love to know what everyone's reaction was to it!

Those are some great ideas!