The following tips are based on our experience of having sleepovers for girls - our little boy is only 5 so we haven't experienced the same for boys yet!
- Think about the age of the children you invite. If your child is the oldest in the year, the youngest ones may not be ready for a sleepover yet.
- Don't invite too many - 4 is plenty - 8 is too many - we know!
- Ask guests to arrive from about 7pm otherwise it will be a very long evening.
- Don't forget to ask them to bring sleeping bags, toothbrushes and a cuddly.
- Ask parents to let you know about any special requirements and make sure you have a contact number for emergencies.
- Have an activity planned for the evening - this doesn't have to be expensive - try making and decorating cookies, playing board games (always more fun with friends), having a quiz night. Rent a video to finish the night off. Musicals tend to go down well - Abba the Movie, High School Musical, Hairspray. No-one seems to mind if they've seen it before.
- Don't structure the whole evening - let them have time to do their own thing.
- Be prepared for a sleepless night! Excited children usually take a very long time to settle down.
- Be prepared to take a child home if they don't/can't settle - there is often one who just wants to go home. Sometimes all they need is to move to another room for some peace and quiet.
- Ask parents to collect by 10am. We were amazed to find 8 children who hadn't gone to sleep until 4am, up and dressed by 7am and asking to be entertained. It was a very long 5 hours until their parents picked up at the appointed time - 12 noon!
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