One of my favorite traditions is my annual holiday movie night with friends from college. We all bring our favorite snacks, change into matching pajamas, exchange gifts, chat, and watch newly released holiday movies. I also love having friends over for dinner and a movie, cooking or baking, and throwing game nights. If you’re planning a night in, here are some girls’ night in activities I highly recommend!
15 Girls’ Night In Activities
1. Movie night: Watch the newest buzzworthy movie or have a themed movie marathon like watching Oscar-nominated movies, classic rom-coms, or your favorite movies from the early 2000s. Make a big bowl of popcorn and have everyone bring their favorite movie theater snack.
2. Cooking and baking: Instead of going out for dinner, invite friends over and cook dinner and dessert together. It’s a fun activity, less expensive than going out, and you can linger as long as you want.
3. Potluck: Have everyone cook or bake at home and bring their dish. One of my friends hosts a cookbook club party and once a month people buy or rent the same cookbook, bring over a recipe, and discuss their favorites. You could also have a themed potluck, like a holiday cookie bake-off or Friendsgiving.
4. Spa night: Catch up and do a face mask, mani-pedi, and try your favorite beauty gadgets like an LED face mask. Ask everyone to bring over their favorite beauty product or gadget so you discover something new.
5. DIY night: Choose a fun DIY project to do together like making tote bags, tie-dying clothes, decorating mugs, or making friendship bracelets.
7. Book club: Create a monthly book club with friends. You could have a themed book club and always choose books from a specific genre or mix it up each month.
8. Take a class: If you’re hosting a large group, like a bachelorette weekend, consider hiring someone to teach a class. I think it would be fun to do a cooking class, workout class, paint-and-sip class, floral arrangement class, or wine tasting.
9. Hobby night: If you have a group of friends with a similar hobby like needlepoint or baking, do the activity together.
10. Game night: Invite a group of friends or couples over for a game night. You could play classic board games, card games, or trivia games. You could also play party games. There are a lot of fun conversation-starter games that I’d like to try. It would also be fun to do custom trivia quizzes to see how well you know your friends, the host, or your partner.
11. Sleepover party: When was the last time you had friends over for a sleepover? I loved having sleepovers growing up and it would be so much fun to have one as an adult!
12. PowerPoint party: There’s a growing trend in throwing PowerPoint parties where everyone comes with a slide on a set topic. You could each present something under and overrated, share a guilty pleasure, a dating year-in-review if people in your friend group are single, or your starter kit.
13. TV night: If there is a show you love, get together to watch it every week or watch the finale together. In addition to talking about “Love is Blind,” “The Bachelor,” “Bachelorette,” “Married at First Site,” and other shows in your group text, watch together. I think it would also be fun to watch nostalgic shows together like “Dawson’s Creek,” “One Tree Hill,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Sex in the City,” “Felicity,” or “The OC.”
14. Tastings: You could ask everyone to bring their favorite bottle of wine and have a wine tasting, a creative cocktail or mocktail, or cheese. Everyone could leave with a new favorite!
15. Murder Mystery: Buy a Murder Mystery game and ask everyone to dress up as their characters. It’s fun and a great way to break the ice if you’re hosting people who don’t know each other yet.
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