- Gone are the days of the typical paper birthday invitations.party invitation image by robert mobley from Fotolia.com
A teen wants her party to be a memorable occasion that is the talk of all her friends, and it all starts with the invitations. Gone are the days of cartoon character invitations. A teen approaching adulthood wants invitations that speak to her age group. In today's technological world, you have lots of ways to be creative and find the perfect invitations for your teen's style. - Amateur video is used for just about everything these days, so using it to make party invitations is cool idea your teen is sure to like. Leave the content of the video to him and his creativity, but just make sure he works in the details of when and where the party is and what it's for. All he needs is a computer, webcam and microphone, and some video editing software might come in handy for special effects. Getting the invitations out is easy; he can do it the old-fashioned way and email the videos to his invited friends, or just upload it to a social networking or video sharing site and invite friends to view the invitation there.
- Electronic birthday invitations, or e-cards, are another fun way to send and receive invitations. A number of websites, such as evite.com and 123greetings.com, provide free e-cards. Have your teen collect the email addresses for all of the guests and choose from the number of e-card invitations available. You can personalize messages to each guest and review them before sending. This is another method you can leave to your computer-savvy teen to take care of.
- If you have a teen that is turning 16 and will be getting a driver's license, try printing invitations designed to look like drivers licenses. At Party 411.com, you can order driver's license invitations for your particular state with your teens' photo inserted. The information on the license will include the address, the date of the party instead of a birth date, the party time instead of the date issued, and a notation that the license will be suspended if no reply by the date requested to RSVP. This would also be a great momento for your teen to remember an important milestone in her life.
- Create a magazine cover invitation with your teen's picture on it. For the guys you may want something like a Sports Illustrated cover with "All time great running back (insert name) is celebrating his (insert age) birthday." Consider trying this with a Rolling Stone cover or People Magazine cover and include a statement such as, "This is the event of the year! (insert name) is celebrating her (insert age) birthday." Teens can be creative with the wording and personalize the invitation to fit the theme of the party.
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