Sweet Sixteen Themes Inspired By The Movies

And you get to be the Director

It's party time for your teenager! At sixteen, your daughter is going to have expectations beyond pink cupcakes and a hired clown blowing bubbles for entertainment. Never fear; there are dozens of sweet sixteen themes to consider when you're planning her birthday party. All you need to do is design one around your daughter's personality and what's important to her. In fact, using sweet sixteen themes makes it easier to plan the event because it means that all the decorations, food and accessories radiate from a central concept. One of the biggest and best ideas is to revolve the theme around the movies, because sixteen year olds love going to the cinema.

Grease - Invite everyone to dress in clothes from the 1950's or even to come as their favorite character from the movie. You can set up a beauty salon in the bathroom and have a slumber party complete with fluffy slippers, story telling and bubble gum. Your daughter can choose to go as old-fashioned Sandy or popular Sandy. It's a fantastic sweet sixteen theme for girls who enjoy the music and excitement of Grease.

Sixteen Candles - The old Molly Ringwald flick is a great one to pop in the DVD player at the party. Everyone can watch it and have fun comparing the 80's with the current day and you can bet they'll have a huge giggle at the fashions. The movie itself is about a girl whose own sweet sixteen theme centers on embarrassment and humiliation and the fact that her parents forget about her birthday! Good for a laugh.

Beauty and the Beast - Create a celebration of Disneyesque proportions. With your daughter as Belle and her date as the Beast, this is a sweet sixteen theme that has the potential to enthral everyone in attendance. A dinner dance where the guests wear ballgowns and tuxedoes is a scene of elegance and the highlight of the evening is when Belle enjoys the first dance with her father. Bouquets of red roses and baby's breath make perfect centerpieces and guests can be presented with small silver-plated hand mirrors as favors.

Oscars Night - Roll out the red carpet and order a limo for the guest of honor. As sweet sixteen themes go, Oscars Night is perhaps the most glamorous. Find a store that supplies trophies and have them make up Academy Awards replicas. They'd be perfect as favors. Offer sparkling grape juice in champagne flutes to under-age guests and hold a presentation for various awards such as "Best Dressed", "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Daughter".

Legally Blonde - Reese Witherspoon is currently every girl's movie idol. A party with a pink color scheme, lots of balloons and confetti and a visit from a mobile beauty salon are just the things for this sweet sixteen theme. For food, try a delightful high tea, complete with dainty sandwiches, strawberry tarts, delicate cakes and pink lemonade.

Planning a party with a sweet sixteen theme needn't be a challenge. It should be fun and enjoyable and the perfect opportunity for mother and daughter to work together on something wonderful.