A Twist And Shout Sweet Sixteen Party!Your daughter will be turning sixteen soon and you would like to do something extra special for her birthday party this year without it taking borrowing anything against her college fund. With the growing trend of high end, glamorous and expensive sweet sixteen parties, it is difficult to know where to start when working with a budget. The first thing to do would be to sit down with your child and discuss what type of theme they would like for their sweet sixteen birthday party. Having a specific, set theme allows for you to go all out on coordinating decorations, flowers and colors to really tie everything in and make it an outstanding party. A fun idea that can be done with a large or small budget is to have a 50’s themed birthday party, modeled after the hit movie “Grease” starring Olivia Newton John and John Travolta. Your choice of venue could be to see if you could possibly rent out a fifties style diner for your party, equipped with a juke box and a milkshake maker. Your guests can arrive in poodle skirts and bobby socks and twist the night away to the fun songs of the fabulous fifties! If your budget allows, you could hire an entertainer who could impersonate your favorite rock and roll star from the fifties like the famous, Gold Lame’ Elvis Presley. Your birthday party menu could include all of the favorite foods from that time era. Good, wholesome, stick to your ribs kind of food that Grandma used to make like, macaroni and cheese and meatloaf. To keep your budget down you could actually even ask your Grandma to help prepare the food. That would keep your catering cost way down and you know that your meal will be prepared with a lot of tender loving care. For a fun way to blow out your candles, have a cake made in the shape and décor of an LP record labeled with your favorite song or artist from the fifties. You won’t need to spend a fortune to make a memorable birthday party for your sweet sixteen year old. With a little creativity and imagination, a fun time can be had by all.
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