Looking for a great party for the space and adventure lover pre-teen in the family? How about a Space Alien party?

First off, of course, everyone knows that the only way a Space Alien could get to the party is if they have arrived in a spacecraft. make building one the first priority of the space party. Your guests can totally involve themselves in the construction and painting of the alien vessel. You will need to find or pruchase about 10 cardboard boxes to asemble into a large ship ahead of time. Get stryofoam balls and pipe cleaners to set up as levers and antenna for inside the ship. Any buy poster paints for the exterior painting. Aluminum foil and toilet paper rolls will also come in handy, as will some quick-setting glue. You could also purchase some glow-in-the-dark paint for a reat effect when the lights are out!

The party ideas are endless here. You could set up a goopy-slimy food creation area with all sorts of alien creations ready to be made. Blind-folded guests could be invited to stick their arms into a bucket of alien-goo made from jello and spaghetti.

For the party food, green kool-aid and jello fits the bill, along with any number of green & gooey treats. A cake in the shape of a spacehip will be a great hit as well.

After the cake and gifts, a space-alien movie would be the next feature of the night, with the spaceship as the backdrop of course! You should really assess the age and maturity level of the guests as you do not want to choose anything too mature for the group as a whole.

For the goodie bags, glow in the dark erasers, pencils and little alien candy creatures will be a hit.