Fun Teen Birthday Party Activities for a Group

Teenagers dreaming of a big birthday party may be looking for awesome ideas for all their friends. Finding and pulling off an epic teen group party can be a challenge, but also a lot of fun.

What is there for teenagers to do? Where can teens go for a great time? What are some cool party activities and fun games?

How to Choose Teen Group Party Activity Ideas


Each group of teens will want different experiences at a party. This depends on ages of guests, common interests, and personal style of the birthday teen. Following are loads of party ideas, activities, and suggestions for things to do at a teen gathering. Not every idea will fit every group, but many birthday party ideas can be adapted to fit lots of teenagers.

Will the group prefer to do something active, exciting, or mellow? Depending on the group (boys, girls, or co-ed), the following activities will work for various aged teens.

Active Sports Birthday Parties for Teenagers

Visiting a skateboard park, roller skating rink, or ice skating rink is amusing for a group of any size. Many skate rinks have party rooms available and sometimes offer entire party kits. If the teens are older, heading out for pizza or burgers afterward might be better.

Regular or cosmic bowling is always popular. Local bowling alleys can give out information on group rates, cosmic (glow-in-the-dark), or late night bowling with loud music. Very large groups may be able to bring their own music, be it rock, country or Christian. Simply bowling a couple games and then moving on to eat cake and ice cream may be plenty.

Cheap Group Activities for a Teen Birthday

A video or digital photo scavenger hunt is a fun and funny group party activity. For this party game, teens work together in small groups. Each bunch of teenagers gets a list of unusual and silly goals. The object of the game is to find items or perform the actions on the list and catch them on film.

Some suggestions for a scavenger hunt list include taking shots of: a pink hat, someone kissing a fish, a group member singing, etc. The hunt should be held in a venue with lots of people and things to explore, such as a shopping mall or a busy park. A long goal list is helpful, adding flexibility and challenge. Points and prizes may be awarded for things like: capturing the most items, most creative, bravest person, and most amusing. This is an activity that is great to do, and then hilarious to review as a group.

Is a community center available? Many have swimming pools, laser tag or other games, video game systems, dance floors, and party rooms. ``

Other Fun Party Ideas for Teens

Teenagers without need of supervision might enjoy a trip to a mall with a time to meet in the food court for ice cream or a meal. Many malls also have movie theatres or amusements. One shopping center features a miniature golf course.

Fun theme restaurants are cool. Some examples include The Rainforest Café, Red Robin, a pizza parlor with video games, or another local hangout.

Amusement parks are terrific, as are fairs and carnivals.

Local newspapers list upcoming special events, concerts, and performances.

Many of the above ideas cost money. Guests might be asked to help with costs, perhaps in lieu of gifts. A great party with good friends is the best gift for any teen.

Plan a Runescape Theme Birthday Party for Teens

Runescape in real life? Well, the weapons may have to be left in cyberspace, but there are many great Runescape online game concepts for a cool party. For a birthday party or another event, teenagers will have fun bringing Runescape to life.

Runescape is an online browser-based game played by people all over the world. The game holds the Guinness world’s record (at time of publication) for most popular MMO or MMORPG.

Teen Rune Party Invitations

Runes are fairly simple to replicate for invitations. Grey paper circles with hand drawn rune markings may be glued to the front of cards. If any of the Runescape runes match party activities (water runes for a pool party, for instance), those might be chosen.

Invitations can include a brief description of the game and a link to the online gaming site. Often, several friends are already meeting online to play Runescape together, so everyone invited may well be familiar with the game.

Runescape Party Foods and Rune Birthday Cake

Party foods can include some of the foods featured in the game. Some of the edibles in the Runescape online world include:

Bananas, grapes, and green apples
Chicken, Steak, or various types of fish (salmon, trout)
Shrimp, crayfish, lobster
Stew
Potatoes
Bread
Apple pie, chocolate cake, or cake with powdered sugar on top

One cake decorating idea is to make a round cake with grey frosting or fondant icing. A rune design can be piped onto the cake. Rune cupcakes would also be fun to make. Cakes or cupcakes can also feature rs gold (gp).

Runescape is set in something like medieval times, so brown paper plates, wooden bowls, or pewter all fit the theme.

A big leafy cabbage will make a great centerpiece, as cabbage is kind of a joke in Runescape. Adding a pick with a little sign reading “Cabbage, Yuck!” will get a chuckle out of teenagers.

Rune Party Game for Teenagers

Rune Hunt: In the MMORPG game Runescape runes are often found on the ground. A fun party game idea for this theme is to set up a rune hunt, much like an Easter egg hunt. Runes may be “crafted” during or before the party with permanent markers on round grey rocks or heavy grey paper. Finished runes are hidden and the guest who finds the most or the highest-level runes (rules can vary as preferred).

Other games may be invented depending on what is available for use. Some of the skills trained in RS are fishing, woodcutting, fire making, gardening, combat, cooking, rune crafting, and magic.

If all party guests have access to laptop computers and wireless Internet, teens can spend an hour or so of the party actually playing Runescape online together. The Runescape town of Falador even has a Party Room. Teenagers might want to stretch out this time, so a slumber party may be a great idea.

Runescape Party Ideas for Teens – Décor and More

Decorate the party area like a favorite Runescape town with banners, signs, etc.
On invitations, ask guests to dress like their Runescape character
Party favors ideas include Runescape membership gift cards, gold chocolate coins, and magic tricks.
Play Runescape music
Make paper Runescape's "party hats".

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