4 Focus Points for How to Throw a Teenage Party Without Alcohol

4. Fun activities and party games

One of the biggest tips for throwing a party without alcohol is to organize fun non-alcoholic party games and activities that will help keep your teenage guests entertained.

A fun idea is to choose games that either go with the theme of the party or can be adapted to the theme of your teenage party.

But when selecting these games, it is important to choose games and activities for groups. This way everyone has the opportunity to get involved and it leaves little or no chance for anyone being bored.

When planning and organizing party games and activities, you also need to remember that these are a group of teenagers. Teenagers do get bored very easily so you need to make sure you choose things to do without alcohol that are sophisticated enough for them to be fun.

If you are looking for fun activities for a teen party, some ideas are:

• Dance Competition

Depending on how many guests there are,

• Split your group of teenagers up into smaller groups of let’s say 3 or 4 people. 
• Select 3 or 4 judges to choose a winner
• Give them about 15 to 20 minutes to prepare a dance
• Let each group perform
• Announce your winner

To make it a little more fun, offer some small but interesting prizes that they can win. This will help motivate them to put some effort into the dance routine.

• Capture the Flag

Capture the flag is one of the most popular group games there is. It is also a game to be played outdoors that is so much fun. The basic way to play this game is as follows:

• Players are divided into two teams
• Each team needs a flag
• A territory must be set up for each team that outline the borders
• Each team then places their flag in their own territory
• Each team selects their attackers and their defenders
• The attackers are the ones that need to sneak into the other team’s territory and retrieve their flag without being caught.
• The job of the defenders is to capture the players of the opposing team by tagging them before they can get to the flag and throw them in jail
• Team members of the captured players can set them free by sneaking across and tagging them

• The Truth or dare balloons game

To play this game all that is needed is a bunch of balloons and truth and dares that have been written onto small pieces of paper. One piece of paper with either a truth or dare is placed into a balloon before you inflate it.

Then have all the teenagers at the party in an area with enough space for them to be able to bounce the balloon that they have chosen in the air while they are dancing. 

When the music stops or they allow it to touch the floor they will then need to pop the balloon and complete the truth or dare that is inside. This carries on until there are no more balloons left. 

• The Dare Contest Game

This one is if you don’t like the balloon truth or dare game but still want to have a daring type of game to play. Before the party, make a bunch of fake money for each player to earn by doing different dares throughout the party.

At the end of the party, each guest can use the fake money that they have earned to buy certain items. To make it fun you will need small items that aren’t that expensive but are also what teenagers will like.

• Flashlight treasure hunt

This is a fun and interesting game to play outside and in the dark. It works exactly like the original treasure hunt game, the only difference is that it is in the dark.

• Colored water fights or war

Another fun game for teenagers to play is colored water fights or war which works very similar to paintball. Ask your guests to wear old clothes preferably light colors. 

Then divide the teenage guests into about four teams depending on how many guests you have. Give each team a color, water guns or they can fill balloons with water that has been dyed with their team’s color.

Make sure your play area is outside, big and filled with plenty of places where they cover. The players will then shoot the members from the other teams with their water guns or balloons while avoiding getting shot themselves. If you are hit, you are out and the last one standing will be the winner.

• Spin the bottle and give a compliment 

This is another popular game that can be played indoors. I am sure almost everybody knows this game as it is exactly what the name says. The only thing that is required is groups of teenagers that know each other at least a little.

Divide all the teenage guests into groups consisting of at least about 8 players. Ask each group to form a circle and then give each group a bottle to spin. Each player will spin the bottle and once the bottle stops, instead of doing truth or dare, they must give that person a compliment that the bottle points to.

So if you are wondering how to throw a teen party without alcohol. All you need to do is discuss the importance of not allowing alcohol at the party with your teenager. Then get them involved in the planning and organizing by making sure your main focus is on the food, alcohol-free drinks, music and activities as they will keep the guests entertained all through the party.