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Sweet Sixteen
I'm turning 16 this summer and I want to have a pool party and a nice dinner. To have a nice dinner I want everyone to be dressed up but after the pool everyone is super ratchet and dirty. So how would I incorporate that into the pool party? Also, since the party will be dinner should I make it a sleepover or should I just send everyone home after dinner?
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I'm going to assume you have a pool at your residence...
Have you considered catering or making it a pool and grill party?
If your parents or a friend/family member has a grill, this might be a good option.
This way you can eliminate a lot of the overhead expenses of having a lot of people to take care of at a restaurant (gas, several meals, a huge tip, ect) by having your parents or whoever is paying buy a bulk box of burgers and their fixings, hot dogs, or whatever else you might want to have them grill.
I know this might sound a bit underwhelming, but there are some really delicious frozen burger brands such as "Bubba Burgers" that can be bought in grocery stores and are made of 100% Angus beef.
Of course you could also go the hot dog route or whatever else you might want grilled.
Another option is having a Mexican food themed party. Tacos would be an easy choice as most people like them and it would be easy to customize by just making up a large amount of seasoned beef and buying the other ingredients (lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese, sour cream, ect) and setting it out buffet style. You could also offer them the choice of burritos by supplying flour tortillas and refried beans. Salsa, guacamole, and queso dip are also cheap to buy (or make actually) and with tortilla chips you would then also have an appetizer. Add in a pot of spanish or yellow rice for a side and you have a full dinner for less than it would cost to take everybody out for dinner.
You could also order pizza, wings, pasta, and other items from a delivery places or you could pay a catering company to make something everybody will like and deliver it to your home. This would also eliminate the need to shuffle everybody to a restaurant, but you would still be getting a restaurant like dinner. Some catering places even let each guest choose what they want ahead of time.
I personally think a sweet 16 sleepover would make it extra-special, but then it might be a pain as people will most likely want to shower after getting out of the pool and I don't know how many bathrooms or guests you're going to have. Of course there's also the worry of where everybody is going to sleep and on top of this, you'd also then have to cover breakfast for them or snacks if they get hungry later on in the night. It might be worth it though because sleepovers are always fun and you'd get to spend extra time with everybody. Breakfast could be easy if you just go the cereal or pancakes route. If you decide to make it a sleepover you could also turn it into a movie night and a few bags of popcorn would eliminate the need for snacks later on and would also be really cheap. This way you could also just have everybody lay out in the living room with blankets and pillows which would make for an easy sleeping arrangement.
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The advice may be different depending on whether you have to rent the local pool during non public swim hours, (our church did that for baptisms) or if you live somewhere hot where some people have a pool in the backyard, options are easier.
Since you didn't state which, I will try to cover both.
If rented elsewhere, I'd suggest everyone go out to dinner first dressed up and bring a bag for pool later with towel and bathings suits. As to where the bags go while at a restaurant, designate a couple cars for storing the pool bags in while dining. Then take time to let food settle before going swiming.
If having the party at a private home with pool, you could do the pool first if thats your first wish. Although it would be hard for those wanting to fully wash up or rinse out clorine to do so depending on if you have a lot of guests and only 1 or 2 bathrooms. You would have to get the permission of other parents okay with a group of boys or girls coming to their places, just the homes of invitees close enough for them to all have time to clean up and dress up for going to dinner.
If you really want to do all without the hassle of the fuss and don't care what day its actually held, you might consider spreading this out over two days. That way, some who can't make one day may be able to attend the other event. Choose two days back to back, one for the pool party and the other for dining with even dancing and music afterward. Of course, a lot is up to whether the parents and other parents are able to help out with any of these details.
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