Is there any party more delightful than sweet 16? If you’re stuck for 16th birthday party ideas, then you need to sit back and start counting! It’s easy enough if you remember that a sweet 16 party is all about that magic number. How many sweet sixteen balloons do you buy? Sixteen, of course. Turning 16 can be the perfect time for an all-girls party or for a co-ed gathering. No matter what you choose to do, talk with your sweet 16 birthday girl first for her ideas. She might be hoping for a good old fashioned slumber party or something a bit more elegant that announces she is approaching adulthood.

Ideas for an informal 16th party can take advantage of the classic teen foods like pizza, ice cream sundaes, sub sandwiches, nachos, and lots of soda. When thinking about a more “sweet” party, consider sixteen delicate and tiny birthday cakes surrounding one floral arrangement. Another idea is to keep the guest list to sixteen friends. How about a party where the guest of honor opens sixteen mystery boxes to find one final gift tucked inside? Or a cluster of small items like sixteen favorite candy bars, sixteen colors of nail polish, sixteen gift certificates to favorite fast food restaurants or sixteen movie tickets? Invitations to your party could be presented on candy bar wrappers for the chocolate fiend. For mystery, you could send out a small key enclosed in each of the sixteen invitations. Once your guests arrive, let them try their luck at opening a small chest which contains sixteen special prizes. Keep in mind that often the most creative and appreciated items are the least expensive.

Personalizing your balloons with gifts is original and a great way to surprise your friends and family. This is done buy filling your balloons with small gifts and presents. Balloons are a big part of a party or special occasion but why just have them hanging around when they can do much more to surprise your visitors or for that unforgettable birthday party. You can either purchase a machine that will stuff the surprise items in the balloons for you, or you can simply do it yourself by the use of a plastic tubing or pipe at least 5 inches in width. You will be using 18 inch balloons for this project.

Start by stretching the ends of the balloons to loosen. Place that end onto the plastic tubing so the other end will be used to place the item into the balloon you will also need a household vacuum set on exhaust to fill balloons with air. As stated stretch ends of your balloons, than roll the neck of your balloon down twice, thus to make it shorter. Using your two fingers, place one finger at a time into the balloon, keep adding one finger at a time until you have all fingers inside the balloon with the neck of the balloon wrapped around your palm.

At this stage you can then place the end of the plastic tube into the neck of the balloon you may need to carefully work the balloon onto the plastic tubing and remove your hands. Attach the other end to the vacuum and set to exhaust so the balloon is filled with air. Place shredded paper on the bottom of balloon to protect it from potential sharper items. And then simply start filling your balloons with small items that will surprise anyone. once items are placed in balloon work the neck of the balloon of the plastic tubing and repeat the process.