Teen Party Idea: Guitars and Musical Notes

Scott is my first grandchild! (I now have 2 more: Lacey, 14 and Douglas, 6) It's hard to believe he's 16 years old now! When Scott was about 9 years old he wanted a guitar for his birthday. Of course, Grandma got him one! He didn't do much with it then, but never lost his desire to learn to play. A few years later he took bass guitar lessons in Middle School. That year he asked for an electric guitar for Christmas. When he got that, he taught himself to play it. He did so well, he was rewarded with a much nicer electric guitar the following Christmas. He loves to play and does so well! He even writes his own songs. He's put a lot of hard work and effort into his music! I'm very proud of him!!

PS. This year (2012) Scott is 18 years old and graduating for high school! He still loves music and will be studying in that field at college in the fall.

Scott is lucky enough to have a cousin, Ashley, who makes birthday cakes and she's very good at it! She's only 17 years old, but has her own cake decorating business, Ashleys Creative Cakes! She made the guitar cake for Scott's party using a guitar shaped cake pan and fondant icing. She also made cupcakes with music note picks (see below)! She made the picks herself using royal icing. You could actually eat them!

AshleysCreativeCakes.com

These Rock Star, guitar theme party supplies are also a great choice for a musical theme party. These weren't available when we did our party, but I like them just as well. It depends on whether you want to have more of a "music note" theme or a "guitar theme" for your party. You can also purchase these at PartyPantry.com.

Rock Star Party Supplies >>

Vicky decorated with a Happy Birthday banner, musical note danglers, musical note centerpiece, and a guitar balloon. You could also add a musical note balloon, lights, banner, and/or a musical note scene setter. Most of these items are available at PartyPantry.com, others she found locally.

Musical Notes Decorations >>

This Musical Note balloon could be used for any musical theme party. Add other decorations of your choice of instrument or musical theme. Fun idea for a Rock 'n Roll party, 60's theme party, Disco party, or whatever. Use the music note cookie cutters above for party cookies.

Musical Note Balloon >>

A fun party game for any age that can also double as a decoration is a pinata. This guitar pinata would be perfect for your guitar theme party. You can purchase the guitar pinata at PartyPantry.com. They also have the pinata bat, blindfold, and pinata filler.

Guitar Pinata >>

This flashing LED guitar necklace is a great favor idea for a guitar theme birthday party! It's cool enough for even teen guys to wear. There were different aged children, both boys and girls, at our party, and these were suitable for everyone. Notice the guys are all wearing them in the picture below.

Guitar Favors >>

What to do at a boy's teen birthday party? Good question! These guys mostly just entertained themselves by talking and playing video games. There was a paddle boat available and they went out on that and had lots of fun. They were having so much fun, we were sure it was going to capsize, but it didn't.

At this age, they're a little beyond organized games, so don't worry about that! Here are some other ideas:

1. Since this is a musical theme party, you could invite anyone that plays an instrument to bring it along and play at the party. Or, they could play a song together.

2. Another idea would be karaoke.

3. You could also have dancing, if girls are also invited. :-)