What’s better than a night of fun with your friends? Hosting a sleepover is a great way to bond with your friends while you laugh the night away. But once everyone is there, what do you actually do?.
In this article, I’ll list 45 things to do at a sleepover that you and your guests can try for a night you’ll never forget.
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Why a sleepover?
It’s one thing when you spend the day with your friends, but spending the night? Fun Pro Max.
A sleepover party is a childhood rite of passage. Staying up super late with your closest friends, eating lots of junk food, and watching endless hours of television… sleepovers are filled with so much fun!
Now you’re thinking “What do 13-year-olds do at a sleepover?
A sleepover is as fun as it looks! There are many things to do at a sleepover. And the funny thing is that they aren’t only for youngsters! Sleepovers aren’t just for teenagers but also for adults.
Some can help you get your creativity going. There are outdoor activities so you can get your energies out, and indoor activities that work no matter the weather.
Try them out, and it’ll be morning before you know it.
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Fun Things to do at a Sleepover
Pillow fight
Isn’t this the best? Girls do a lot of fun things during sleepovers! Set some ground rules first — no hitting in the face! — then let them go crazy. Maybe hide your best pillows, too.
Watch a movie
This is a sleepover classic! Parents don’t usually let children watch television for so long, but at sleepovers, you can! The kids can get their sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows and line them up like they’re at a drive-in movie.
Create a scavenger hunt
You can either challenge your close friends to find a certain number of items on a list and see who gets them all first, or send them searching all over the house for clues, solving puzzles and following a path leading to some kind of prize at the end
Film a TikTok video
What do you do when you’re bored at a sleepover? In this world of TikTok, you can try out an internet-famous dance routine, perform a favorite song or demonstrate some other talent. Let your guests pick out their outfits, do their own hair, and write the script or choreograph the moves themselves.
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Not just cookies, but other pastries, because this is one of the best things to do at a sleepover! The sweet aroma of baked goods will be in the background for the rest of the sleepover.
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Try to do an escape room
If the sleepover guests have sharp minds and keen intellects, you can get an at-home escape room or mystery kit, and see if they can unravel all the clues before time runs out.
Face paint
Take that sleepover makeover one step further with a clever face-paint design, or be brave enough to let the kids try to do it themselves. As they get older, things like shiny temporary tattoos can add to the glam.
Have a theme
What do you want the sleepover to look like? A Marvel hero sleepover or Barbie? Choose a good theme.
Create paper planes
Anyone can make a paper plane — the true test is seeing who has the skills to throw the aircraft through one of the targets. The highest score wins!
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Create funny hairstyles
The cliché is that girls spend sleepovers braiding each other’s hair and telling secrets. Of course! But no one says it has to be the normal, three-strand braid. Try fishtails, waterfall braids, corset braids, and other hair creations.
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Desert decorating
What do you do with your bestie at sleepovers? You never get too old for sprinkles, chocolate sauce, frosting, M&Ms, and other fun cupcake toppings. Put out bowls of treats, let them go wild, and prepare for the sugar rush that follows.
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Watch a scary movie
It’s not a sleepover if you don’t put on a scary movie late at night after the host’s parents have gone to bed, and watch it through parted fingers when the terrifying moments happen. This is one of the best things to do at a sleepover.
Pair movies with popcorn
Depending on how adventurous your eaters are, you can pair the movie with different popcorn flavors. It sure beats the old microwave bag!
Create a movie bingo
If you plan on doing a movie marathon, keep a running Bingo game going, where players can check off certain movie tropes as they happen. You can buy one on Etsy, or DIY your own and tailor it to the movies you plan on watching. Especially if you’re planning on watching all teen movies.
Make friendship bracelets
Move over; friendship bracelets in the building! For these creations, kids can first color the paper with watercolor paint, then cut and fold them into a bracelet shape. It’s one of the best things to do at a sleepover because they will treasure the memory.
Prank calls
Who hasn’t decided to call their teacher pretending to be their lover? This is fun but make sure they don’t catch you!
Never Have I Ever
Everyone sits in a circle with all 10 fingers up; each guest gives a scenario that they haven’t done, starting with “Never have I ever…” If the others have also never done the scenario, they put a finger down. The last person with a finger up at the end is the winner.
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Have a photo booth
Set up a simple streamer backdrop, put out a bunch of props and costumes, and let them take selfies all night long. You can have them as mementos of a fun evening.
Karaoke
Fire up the old karaoke machine and let loose. Print up lyric sheets for everything from Disney tunes to Top 40 hits to get things started.
Serve hot chocolate
If it’s a cold-weather sleepover, have the kids play outside, and then offer them hot chocolate. You can go for the packet, and then offer mix-ins like peppermint, orange, or pumpkin spice.
Things to do at a sleepover when you are bored
Play video games
Boys! This is for you.
Board games: Monopoly and other Card games are best for this! But on sleepover night, challenge them with something they haven’t played before.
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Manicure
Girlies! Pull out all your old nail polishes, and let kids as young as 8 easily add patterns and designs onto their nails.
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Spin the bottle
To add an element of chance to a girly manicure night, gather the kids in a circle and grab a bunch of nail polish colors. Select a bottle, spin it in the middle, and whoever it points to has to paint one nail that color. Continue until all the nails are painted. It’s one of the fun things to do at a sleepover.
Do a face mask
Because no photo is more hilarious than a bunch of kids with beauty cream all over their faces.
Play charades
Charades are fun games for both genders to participate in. Luckily, there are mobile games that can help out!
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Do bizarre things
Sleepovers are great to do crazy things with your friends! And experiments are one of the fun things to do at a sleepover.
Do a dance video
What’s a sleepover without competition? Who doesn’t like the competitiveness of an individual dance contest? This is one of the fun things to do at a sleepover. You can even split them into two teams and work together to choreograph a group routine.
Have a pancake brunch
This is a great post-sleepover activity where everyone can talk about all the fun they had the night before while whipping up a batch of super-easy pancakes.
Play Truth or Dare
No, not the s3xualized version; the classic party game has been a sleepover staple for years! Go and get 250 Truth or Dare questions for inspiration!
Play dance freeze
You know how this game goes: Everyone dances along with the music but must freeze immediately once the music stops. Keep as still as can be during that moment of silence until the music starts playing again! It’s fun!
Play “Would You Rather”
A rousing game of Would You Rather is a favorite activity during a sleepover, too. These “would you rather” questions are kid-approved for hours of fun!
Have a black light party
Swap out the lightbulbs in the room with some black light bulbs before the party starts. Let your guests paint themselves (or each other) with glow-in-the-dark neon body paint, and arm them with glow sticks and turn the lights off for an epic dance party!
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Spa treatments
Have your friends DIY their own cream mask by adding some honey to a scoop of plain or vanilla yogurt. Don’t forget the cucumber slices to cover their eyes!
Ask crazy funny questions
Having the kids ask one another funny questions is one way for them to really get to know one another even better than they think they do! It’s one of the fun things to do at a sleepover.
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Have a water balloon fight: This outdoor activity definitely works but make it more fun! You can also fill the balloon with something different.
Play Two Truths and a Lie
Each participant must share two facts about themselves and one lie. Then the other guests must correctly guess which statement is a trick and which two are the truths!
Scavenger hunt
This is a sleepover activity that can be played inside the house or out in the yard. Make it more challenging by planting clues for objects they need to find in each room and sending them off on the hunt with a map.
Give each other temporary tattoos
Forget about those temporary tattoos that you use a sponge and water to transfer! Let your imaginations run wild by setting up the crew with markers.
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Make bubbles
Do you know that if you put highlighter ink into bubble soap, you’ll make a concoction that glows under a blacklight? This is one of the most wholesome things you can do under a blacklight.
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Scary things to do at a sleepover
Tell scary stories
Sharing ghost stories is another time-honored tradition and one of the best things to do at a sleepover. One way to scare your friends is by telling a spooky urban legend—with the lights off, of course.
Camp out in the living room
Bust out the extra blankets and let the kids build a fort in the living room to spend the night sleeping in!
Do Jenga
You can make a game of Jenga about more than just trying to keep the tumbling blocks from falling. Make it a competition! Write a truth or a dare on different blocks.
Indoor camping
Blanket forts and sleeping bags can bring that summer camp vibe inside, where you don’t have to worry about mosquitoes or inclement weather!
Piggy Back Races
Have one guest hop up on another’s back and race down the hallway, then race back switching positions! The first partners to reach the start line are the winners.
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Conclusion on things to do at a sleepover
I hope you found tons of fun things to do at your sleepover with our list of memorable games, activities, crafts, and food ideas. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, or just looking to spend quality time with friends, it’s time to tackle your guest list and get planning!
Which of these fun sleepover ideas will you incorporate into your next slumber party?
