Wondering what to do for your 11th birthday party or 12th birthday party? Here are tons of the best 11th and 12th birthday party ideas to inspire you when planning your special day! Here are some great creative birthday party ideas for girls to mark their ascent in to tweenhood and celebrate their preteen years, the perfect coming of age birthday party ideas, decor and party games for tween girls!
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1. Gift her a birthday wish bracelet
11th birthday wish charm bracelet 👈🏻
12th birthday wish charm bracelet 👈🏻
This is the perfect special gift to give on her birthday and she is sure to always treasure it!
2. Crystals for your birthday set
Crystals for your 11th birthday set 👈🏻
Crystals for your 12th birthday set 👈🏻
One of the cutest gifts ever for an 11th or 12th birthday is this adorable set of crystals for someone turning 11 or 12! It's the perfect gift for their special day and is bound to make their ascent in to tweenhood feel incredibly special!
Cutest ideas for an 11th or 12th birthday party
1. Create some shimmery cotton candy drinks
These 'candyfloss mocktails' are so much fun and are perfect for your party. They look so magical and are sure to steal the show and look incredibly cool! Each cup or glass is filled with pretty pastel candyfloss or cotton candy. Then, add some edible glitter. Once the drink is poured atop the candyfloss, it dissolves in to the drink, shimmering and glittering.
Add some edible shimmer to drinks 👈🏻
To make drinks look extremely pretty, why not add some edible shimmer!
Glitzy silver stars cocktail mocktail drinks toppers 👈🏻
Personalisable wafer cocktail toppers for drinks 👈🏻
These adorable edible drink toppers will match the theme perfectly and make drinks look so cool! Guests of every age will love this and they are perfect for every cocktail or mocktail or party drink of any kind!
2. Add some special heart ice cubes to drinks 👈🏻
Create some cute heart shaped ice cubes for the occasion! These will be sure to wow your guests and impress them no end! You could even freeze some fruit to make your guests drinks look extra pretty!
3. Use some stripey straws
These are so cute and bring an adorable retro feel to the party decor!
4. A decorate a bento cake party activity
Bento cakes are so cute and super popular on social media! Give each guest an un-iced cake to decorate - you could even make it in to a contest and guests can take photos with their creations!
5. Arrange cupcakes to spell the number '11' or '12'
This will make a wonderful table centrepiece for the party! You could even make a number shaped cupcake pullapart, where the cupcakes are arranged in a '11' or '12' formation, but are all iced together as one.
6. Send some beautiful invitations
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Gold and baby pink 11th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Pink watercolour 11th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Pink bow 11th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Gold and baby pink 11th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Pink bow custom photo 11th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Pink bow stylish 11th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Gold confetti 12th birthday party invitation 👈🏻
Baby pink and gold 12th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Pink ribbon bow 12th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Pink watercolour 12th birthday invitation 👈🏻
Blush pink bow twelve birthday invitation 👈🏻
Twelve custom photo birthday invitation 👈🏻
7. Decorate a cowboy hat each
If you are looking for 11th birthday games for girls and 12th birthday party activities for girls, look no further! This is such a cool party activity and will be sure to keep your guests busy for ages, plus your guests can wear them in photos and take them home as party favours. This activity is perfect for a sleepover party too, you could even supply them with a blank pillowcase to decorate instead!
8. DIY some pretty ombre candy cones
For party favours! These look so striking and make really cute low cost and easy party favours - just create layers of pink, purple, blue and silver candy, then tie each with a pretty ribbon and voila!
9. Tie ribbons to the base of drinks
For a fancy and elegant look!
10. Try some fun personalised drinks toppers
These are totally edible and also work so well to decorate party treats and tailor them perfectly to the occasion, plus you can personalise them with a photo design and script of your choice to impress guests no end!
Personalised photo edible drinks toppers 👈🏻
11. Try a heart shaped sugar cookie decorating activity
You could decorate some jumbo heart shaped sugar cookies and even make it in to a contest! You could wrap each and tie with a pretty ribbon for guests to take home.
12. Make some girly or cosmic popcorn
Try some colourful popcorn party favours! Make this by using a few drops of pink (or red) food colouring along with corn syrup and butter (follow this recipe here!) You could even make some chocolate flavoured popcorn and add some rainbow sprinkles or MM's plus some mini marshmallows.
Guests will adore the novelty and you could even add some edible glitter to make it extra magical! You could make little popcorn parcels as party favours for guests to take hope, super cheap, easy and affordable!
13. Play a game of 'guess her age'
One of the cutest birthday party ideas to celebrate your recipient! To set this up, print off some copies of photos of your recipient at different ages and arrange on a big piece of cardstock, in grid formation. Then guests can write their guesses around each picture (including their initials to show who's is who's) - the guest who guesses closest wins!
14. Try a Disney party theme
You could theme it 'Ma11n Street' or 'Ma1n 2treet' after your recipient's age! Reference the Happiest Place on Earth with all the cute vintage Disney touches - even DIY some jumbo sized pennant flags in pastel colours, with special birthday messages on for your recipient - make these from thick paper or cardstock and use them as party decor! Serve some cream sodas and follow a retro theme - you could even set up some soft jumbo pretzels as party favours, tied with pretty ribbons.
Disney Mainstreet Ice Cream party bunting 👈🏻
Grab your ears printable station sign 👈🏻
A dream is a wish printable party sign 👈🏻
Vintage style Mickey mouse character props 👈🏻
Retro Disney movie themed thank you tags 👈🏻
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Retro Disney themed party table food labels 👈🏻
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Disney Mainstreet themed ice cream parlour party banner 👈🏻
Retro Disney ice cream parlour themed party sign 👈🏻
The Happiest treats Disney themed party stickers 👈🏻
15. Set up a cotton candy stall
You are never too old for cotton candy!
16. Set up an ice cream cookie sandwich stall
So much fun - guests can even stuff them with cotton candy too!
17. Try a star sign party theme
Theme the party after their star sign and tailor it perfectly to them! This is a really fun, cute and stylish theme that they will love!
A star sign cake topper 👈🏻
The perfect way to top their cake in style!
Star sign jumbo birthday cake topper 👈🏻
18. Try a pizza making party theme
Or activity! Guests will love being able to make their own pizzas - they could try different shapes and load up on different toppings, decorating their own pizza to eat!
19. Create a photo taking area
Rose gold photo frame birthday party decor 👈🏻
Mini pink and lilac pastel eco friendly balloons 👈🏻
Metallic pink eco friendly balloons 👈🏻
This will definitely appeal to preteen girls and is so much fun to set up, create and to use too! You could use streamers, hanging paper lanterns, create a flower wall or a rustic wall made from pallet boards and decorated. You could even have a black card backdrop for your guests to decorate and write messages on, like a chalkboard!
20. DIY some beautiful pennant flags for a table centerpiece
As a cute and low cost party table centerpiece idea, why not craft some cute pretty pennant style flags from thick paper or cardstock, decorate them with birthday messages or cute phrases or quotes to match the theme, then attach them to skewers and arrange in a pretty vase with some candy or blooms. Deck them out with cute motifs, glitter and sequins to make them look extra pretty!
21. A 'camp [recipient's name]' theme
You could throw a stargazing sleepover night - this is free and something you can do from your backyard, plus you could even set up a campfire and have a safe camping night.
Camp [custom name] birthday party invitations 👈🏻
22. A birthday pinata activity
The most fun for your recipient's birthday! You could fill it with their favourite sweets or candy or special quotes, memories or notes for your recipient! Try a fun and funky pinata design they will love - or even DIY your own to perfectly match their tastes.
Cherry topped birthday cake pinata 👈🏻
Gold custom personalised number pinata 👈🏻
Personalised lookalike pinata (amazing!)👈🏻
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Try a disco ball pinata 👈🏻
No party is complete without an amazing shiny glitterball pinata! These are brilliant as they provide an amazing party game or activity for guests to try, as well as being pretty party decor!
23. Attach black and white photos of your recipient to balloon trails
This looks so cool if you have floating/helium balloons! You could print copies of photos of your recipient when they were younger or use your favourite snaps that represent special memories together.
24. Bake them some cupcakes with edible photo toppers 👈🏻
The best ever gift idea that fuses cake with special memories! Your recipient will be able to treasure the special photos and eat them afterwards - the perfect gift that means you can bond over special memories with your recipient and treat them at the same time. This is also super low cost to put together!
25. Visit a cat cafe
This is a great birthday party alternative for preteen girls, especially if they love animals! A petting zoo or animal petting place would be an amazing option too.
26. A karaoke night or party activity
There is nothing like a karaoke night and your guests will be sure to love it!
27. Throw a mini afternoon tea
Make it an elegant occasion with pretty finger foods, napkins or even Parisian inspired treats like croissants, pain au chocolat and macarons!
28. A music video making contest
This can be such a funny activity and game for your 11th birthday party or 12th birthday party! If you have many guests, you could even split them up in to teams, in to pairs for this activity and they could compete against each other for the best music video! This will be sure to keep your guests amused for hours and is so much fun!
29. Try a themed paint and sip activity
You could create a pretty themed still life display for guests to paint! You could even serve some charcuterie style boards and platters for guests to graze on.
30. Arrange some pretty macarons or mini pastry puffs in tower formation
Try using mini creme puffs or eclairs, ice them in pastel hues and arrange them in tower formation. You could even decorate your creation in mini bows or edible wafer flowers and stars to make a beautiful statement display!
31. Set up a macaron tasting activity
You could give each guest a scorecard and get them to rate different macaron flavours. This is so much fun for guests of all ages and an elegant activity for your special occasion!
32. Do scrapbooking together
A really fun and creative party activity idea that guests will love! A perfect party favour could be their very own basic scrapbook album to decorate, to introduce them to the hobby!
33. Make some pink popcorn
There's nothing sweeter than pink popcorn on your special day! You could even add some edible glitter and even mini marshmallows and serve up in these girly popcorn boxes.
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Baby pink popcorn boxes 👈🏻
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Baby pink striped popcorn cases 👈🏻
34. Try some pink ribbon balloon trails
These look gorgeous for helium or floating balloons! Tie thick blush pink ribbon trails to each balloon - try snowy white balloons too for a gorgeous, magical, yet sophisticated look!
35. Set up a fun milkshakes or freakshakes stall
With all the toppings available! You could even make a freakshakes stall with oreos, donuts, cakes and squirty cream that guests can add to their creation - freakshakes being the perfect combination of milkshake and cake!
36. Throw a gaming tournament
For the gamers!
37. A girls night sleepover party
Throw the perfect girls night with some adorable mocktails, would you rather games, pink popcorn mixed with marshmallows, old fashioned cola bottles with stripy straws and even a pillow fight!
38. Some girly quizzes and games for guests
These make a perfect game or activity for your 11th or 12th birthday party! You could create these yourself or there are also some great printables available; your guests will have so much fun filling them in!
11th birthday themed party games bundle 👈🏻
Who knows the birthday girl best party game 👈🏻
'Birthday scattergories' pink party game 👈🏻
Girls selfie scavenger hunt party game 👈🏻
39. Set up a fun girly picnic occasion
There is nothing cuter - you could set it in your backyard, the park, the beach - you could even deck the area out with some cute bunting!
40. Make a custom cupcake pullapart shaped like them!
A fun cupcake pullapart makes the best birthday surprise - or party table centerpiece - as it looks super impressive and creates the most standout display. You could opt to spell out their age using cupcakes and frosting, or even shape it to look exactly like your recipient - so much fun! Even if it goes wrong, it will sure to elicit a lot of laughs!
Simply arrange your plain cupcakes in a desired shape or formation - then ice them all together as one, creating one whole shape, like joining the dots. Then use colourful frosting to decorate and add the finer details, to bring your creation to life!
41. Set up a birthday baking contest
The most fun ever, why not throw an amazing birthday bakeoff to create some hilarious memories! You could split in to two teams to see who can put together/decorate the best birthday cake - then ask parents to judge the winner!
42. Make some quirky sugar cookies
Custom photo portrait cookie cutter 👈🏻
You could even make some personalised sugar cookies of your recipient/the birthday girl as a special and amazing birthday surprise, with these genius personalised cookie cutters, based on a photo of your recipient! These are so cool and would make for the best surprise cookies ever.
43. Try a cute birthday brunch
Make it an elegant affair with some pink lemonade and mini pancakes and waffles skewers, with fruit like strawberries and some mini quiches and pastries too!
44. Serve macarons with edible glitter 👈🏻
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There is nothing fancier than macarons, they make for the perfect birthday treat! Why not sprinkle with some edible glitter to make the whole experience even more magical, they will look too good to eat!
45. Create flower infused balloon displays
Entwine your balloons displays with pretty flowers for the most beautiful look! You could even opt for some gorgeous pearlescent eco friendly balloons or eco friendly confetti balloons to make a gorgeous statement!
46. Use some gorgeous personalised number table confetti
To make the party table a work of art! These are so pretty and perfect for the occasion.
Personalised glitter birthday table confetti 👈🏻
47. Try mini cosmic brownie message hearts for party favours
Bake some mini brownie hearts, then ice each one with 'ty' or a cute design to say thank you! Pop in some pretty boxes or packaging and tie with a pretty ribbon and voila!
48. DIY some cotton candy party favours
Layer some cotton candy in pretty pastel hues, in cones or tubs for guests to take home as party favours. These look so cool and are a great low cost option for guests of all ages!
49. Set up a glittery glam donut wall
So much fun for guests of all ages! This will also serve as cute party decor - try icing them pink and purple and add some edible glitter decorations to fit the theme.
50. Try a donut tower birthday cake
The best unique twist on the traditional cake for donut fans! Simply arrange pretty decorated donuts in tower formation, then top with a special jumbo topper.
51. Have a gorgeous glittery birthday cake topper
Gold glitter 11th birthday party cake topper 👈🏻
Golden glitter 12th birthday party cake topper 👈🏻
To steal the show and provide the perfect table centerpiece, this will take your birthday cake to the next level!
52. Dress up your pets for the occasion
Dressing up your pup to join in the fun is such a wonderful idea! You could even make them their own little dog friendly cake or treats, so they can join in the party too - or even share the occasion with your recipient! This is an amazing idea if they have a close bond, as they will love sharing their birthday with their furry best friend!
53. A giant blackboard setup/photo memory wall
So all guests can write, draw and scribble their own messages on it! You could set up a giant chalkboard canvas that guests can decorate, with photos, drawings and messages! This would make an amazing photo backdrop for the party, for guests to take photos in front of.
To create the canvas backdrop for guests to decorate, grab some black paper or cardstock and staple it to a base, such as a wall, fence or giant board made from cardboard. Provide guests with some chalks and liquid chalk markers and let them decorate to their hearts content, with neon and pastel markers or even glow in the dark paint!
54. A gorgeous birthday sash for the birthday girl!
You're only a tween once so why not commemorate the occasion with a gorgeous girly sash and even crown!
Rose gold glitter birthday girl sash 👈🏻
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Gold glitter birthday girl sash 👈🏻
Baby pink and gold birthday girl sash 👈🏻
55. Create an ombre statement macaron tower
Try making a pretty pastel macaron tower, with macarons decked out in pretty gradating hues!
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