14th Birthday Party Ideas

14th birthday party napkin


It is time to turn 14 years old in style. What an exciting time to celebrate, becoming older and more independent. Use these simple 14th birthday party ideas to enhance your event by staying trendy and having fun with your guests.

14th birthday party napkin

It is time to turn 14 years old in style. What an exciting time to celebrate, becoming older and more independent. Use these simple 14th birthday party ideas to enhance your event by staying trendy and having fun with your guests.


14th Birthday Party Invitations

There are two great options for sending out your very own custom 14th birthday party invitations.

  • Digital - create a digital card that looks like a polaroid picture. Inside the white frame, add a picture of yourself or with the friends you are inviting or a pretty scenery or a picture related to your theme. Then, on the bottom, thicker part of the border, choose a font that looks like handwriting and write out your party information, starting with “I’m turning 14 and it is going to be FABULOUS”. 
  • Retro - make handmade cards and send them out in the mail, making sure to send them out early to give time for delivery. This is special for many people who do not regularly get letters in the mail. Cut out a 5 x 7 inch piece of watercolor paper. Near the top of the page write “guess who is turning…”. Underneath using your favorite pastel color, paint the number 14 in large bubble letters. Once dried, write the word fourteen across the numbers using fancy cursive or calligraphy lettering. Then, near the bottom of the page write your party information. 



14th Birthday Party Decoration Ideas

  • Photo wall - have mylar balloons of the numbers 14, balloon towers, and layered tassel curtains
  • Hang streamers and have extra balloons
  • Always have some music in the background, with an ongoing playlist that everyone can add to and request songs
  • Have disposable cameras that can developed later
  • Hang a welcome sign
  • Have a wooden cutout of the number 14 and have the guests sign it with marker with a birthday message, like a party book
  • Create a snack bar with bite sized treats for the guests to snack on when arriving.



14th Birthday Party Theme Ideas

  • See all our teen party themes here



14th Birthday Party Ideas - Activities

  • Host a sleepover
  • Go to the beach, swimming, or to a waterpark 
  • Go to the movies, a drive in movie, or set up your own projector 
  • Play laser tag and divide into teams
  • Go ice skating, preferably outside
  • Go roller skating
  • Go glow in the dark bowling or mini golfing
  • Go downhill or cross country skiing
  • Just hang out and listen to music or sing some karaoke 
  • Take a group lesson like dancing, painting, or clay sculpting
  • Go to a concert to see a band or individual perform
  • Go to a sporting event
  • Go to an art museum
  • Go to a spa, or host your own spa day
  • Play some games at an arcade
  • Go rock climbing
  • Get a bunch of good magazines and take all the quizzes
  • Play paintball



14th Birthday Party Ideas - Games

  • Truth and dare, have some premade appropriate questions or activities in separate jars to choose from 
  • Two truths and a lie, get creative and test the knowledge of your friends
  • Never have I ever
  • Have a food-eating contest, be blindfolded and identify the food, for example, Sprite from 7up or KitKat from Coffee Crisp
  • Have a scavenger hunt, at your house, at the mall, or around your neighborhood, having your guests take pictures of the items as proof 
  • Play some outdoor relay races
  • Do the limbo, who can get the lowest - if the whether cooperates, use a stream of water from a garden hose
  • Have a video game tournament
  • Go to a park and play soccer, baseball, basketball or ultimate frisbee
  • Beach volleyball
  • Play charades
  • Have trivia of your favorite show or movie to determine who knows it best
  • Have a piñata
  • Have a board game night or play cards
  • See all our classic party games here



14th Birthday Party Food Ideas

  • 14th birthday cake with a double layer of vanilla and chocolate, topped with chocolate icing and Smarties with 14th candles on top.
  • Aesthetic birthday cake with a painting effect with thick pastel colored swipes 
  • Cookie decorating - have prebaked cookies in the shape of the numbers 1 and 4. Have icing, sprinkles, candy, and ice cream
  • Frozen lemonade or smoothies  
  • Go to a restaurant
  • Have a Barbeque with hotdogs and hamburgers, baked potatoes, and toasted peppers
  • Popcorn, chips, and dip
  • French-fries and onion rings
  • Chicken wings and chicken fingers
  • Chocolate fondue with fruit
  • Make fruit kebabs
  • Nachos with salsa, and sour cream
  • Chocolate and candy bar
  • Make your own tacos
  • Go out for ice cream
  • See some fun Birthday Cakes, Cupcakes and Other Fun Cake Ideas!


14th birthday party cake
14th birthday party candy bar with a jungle theme
  • 14th birthday cake with a double layer of vanilla and chocolate, topped with chocolate icing and Smarties with 14th candles on top.
  • Aesthetic birthday cake with a painting effect with thick pastel colored swipes 
14th birthday party cake
  • Cookie decorating - have prebaked cookies in the shape of the numbers 1 and 4. Have icing, sprinkles, candy, and ice cream
  • Frozen lemonade or smoothies  
  • Go to a restaurant
  • Have a Barbeque with hotdogs and hamburgers, baked potatoes, and toasted peppers
  • Popcorn, chips, and dip
  • French-fries and onion rings
  • Chicken wings and chicken fingers
  • Chocolate fondue with fruit
  • Make fruit kebabs
  • Nachos with salsa, and sour cream
  • Chocolate and candy bar
  • Make your own tacos
  • Go out for ice cream
  • See some fun Birthday Cakes, Cupcakes and Other Fun Cake Ideas!
14th birthday party candy bar with a jungle theme

14th Birthday Party Favors

  • Decorated cookies
  • Developed photos from the photo wall
  • Small helium balloon 
  • Candy sleeve with gummies and chocolates
  • Phone/computer/water bottle stickers
  • Journal and colored pens
  • Favorite drink wrapped in tissue paper, like Gatorade or a flavored ICE drink