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Party Themes. PJ Party.

If you want to host a PJ Party-day or night-all your guests need is sleepwear! Once they're dressed for bed, keep them wide awake with lots of sleepytime games and activities!

INVITATIONS
COSTUMES
DECORATIONS
GAMES
ACTIVITIES
FOOD
CEREAL PILLOW CAKE
FAVORS
VARIATIONS
HELPFUL HINTS

INVITATIONS up

Photocopy and cut out pictures of your guests, using a yearbook or snapshots borrowed from parents. Fold construction paper into a side-fold card. Open the card and place a cut-out head near the top, leaving room for a body. Dress the body in pajamas by cutting out a pajama shape from a piece of flannel fabric and gluing it underneath the head. Close the card and cut out a hole in front to reveal the child's face. Write "You're invited..." on the outside of the card, and "...to a PJ Party!" on the inside, along with the party details. Mail to guests.

COSTUMES up

Ask your guests to dress in sleepwear- pajamas, long Johns, robes, and slippers.
Tell the guests that teddy bears, blankets, pillows, and other sleeping accessories are also welcome.

DECORATIONS up

Set up the party room to look like a giant sleeping area.
Spread out mattresses, or cover the floor with sheets, blankets, and lots of pillows. Host the party right in the middle of the giant "bed."
Keep the lights dim.
Play lullabies for background music.
Hang up pictures of people who are sleeping or are dressed in pajamas.
Set teddy bears and other sleepy-time items around the party room.

GAMES up

Play the Slipper Game. Put all the guests' slippers into a pile. When you say "Go!" have the kids race to see who can locate and put on his or her slippers first.
Play the Slipper Game again, but this time blindfolded. Have each guest, one at time, feel the slippers and try to guess which ones are his or hers.
Play Hide the Slippers. Tuck the slippers into nooks and crannies around the party room. Let the guests try to find them in a kind of treasure-hunt game.
Set out all the slippers in a row, and have the kids match the slippers to the guests.
Have the kids close their eyes, pass the slippers around in a circle, and i dentify their owner just by feel.

ACTIVITIES up

Make Pillow Case Creations. Have the kids bring a plain white or lightly colored pillow case to the party, or provide them yourself. Set out felt-tip pens and puffy paints, and let the kids decorate the pillow cases.
Tie-dye the pillow cases. Tie knots in the cases, dip the entire cases in fabric dye, untie the knots, and dry the cases in the dryer.

FOOD up

Have a Breakfast Buffet any time of the day, by offering a variety of cereals and breakfast foods. Let the kids choose what they want to eat.
Serve hot chocolate in coffee mugs to wash down breakfast.

CEREAL PILLOW CAKE up

Bake a rectangular cake; cool.
Cover the cake with fluffy white frosting so it looks like a soft pillow.
Crush a cup or two of colorful sweetened cereal, such as Trix or Fruit Loops, and sprinkle over the Pillow Cake.

FAVORS up

Send the sleepyheads home with tiny teddy bears.
Give the kids new toothbrushes to use at home.
Hand out small pillows or pairs of sleep socks to go with the kids' pj's.

VARIATIONS up

Choose another fashion theme for your party. For example, have a Fashion Mistake Party, where the kids come dressed in clothes they hate or bought by mistake; a Grunge Gear Party, where the kids wear their grungiest clothes; a Parent's Closet Party, where the kids wear something from mom's or dad's closet; or a Baby Clothes Party, where the kids choose something a baby might wear.
Take the kids out to a coffee shop for a midday breakfast-still dressed in their pajamas!

HELPFUL HINTS up

Warn the kids to dress warmly enough, and to bring a robe and extra socks just in case.
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