80+ Frugal and Fun Girls’ Night Ideas for Adults

A happy mom is a better mom! So, I recently decided that I need to start planning to have a girls’ night once a month.

The idea is to create a reason to get together and provide an opportunity to relax, interact, and connect. It is therapeutic and fun! Everyone has some sort of skill, talents, or connections that they can utilize and share!

I think it would be fun to change it up and let each person take a turn hosting or choosing the activity. However, I want to keep it simple enough that is doesn’t become a source of stress for anyone. So, I came up with a bunch of easy, frugal and fun girls night ideas…

Some of these ideas may be better for smaller or for larger groups. I think most groups would be great at 3-6 people. Mommas can set it up so the dads watch the kids for girls’ night, then the moms watch kids so the men can have a boys’ night! 

Girls’ Night In Ideas for Adults:

At-Home Spa:

What better idea for a ladies get together than a relaxing at-home spa night?

1. DIY hair deep conditioning treatment
2. DIY face masks (Clarifying Facial Mask Recipe or All Natural Face Peel)
3. DIY hair mask
4. DIY pedicures or manicures
5. Do a makeup makeover, try out some makeup tutorials you’ve pinned
6. Experiment with hairstyles and styling tricks (find a lot of ideas on Pinterest!)
7. Waxing Party: hair removal togetherness & bonding
8. Make your own bath salts, salt scrub and/or sugar scrub
9. Mix up some aromatherapy mists

Food:

Food is an essential part of any girls night in!

10. Freezer Meal Cooking: Get a group of friends together and cook ahead for your families
11. Pinterest Girls’ Night In: Each person bring a craft or food item from Pinterest
12. Cocktail Party: Make some fun specialty drinks together (virgin versions are still fun, Mock Mojitos)
    
13. Make sushi together
14. Fondue Party (cupcake fondue, cheese, chocolate, sweet and savory dips, fondue recipes, Fondue Cookbooks)
15. Potluck dinner
16. Favorite Things Party: Bring a favorite thing and favorite food to share
17. Spotlight Night: Pick one person that you want to spotlight. Have the host share a few of their favorite things, take turns hosting and sharing
18. Fire Pit: Roast marshmallows, make s’mores, campfire eclairs
19. Assemble mixes in jars as gifts
20. Cook-off Challenge: Everyone brings their own homemade version of something, then you do a blind tasting and vote for the best food
21. Smoothie-making/tasting Party: Everyone bring ingredients, create new concoctions, share favorites (Smoothie Recipes)
22. Make your own pizzas (Pizza Recipes)
23. Decorate Cookies: Provide many colors, candies, and tools for decorating sugar cookies or other tasty treats
24. Gingerbread House Competition: Each decorate a gingerbread, rice crispy treat, or graham cracker house. Best one gets a prize!
25. Everyone bring their favorite popcorn to share (Popcorn Recipes)
26. Make gourmet caramel apples (Caramel Apple Recipes)
27. Stay in and have your favorite foods delivered

Look for grocery coupons and other deals in our Deals Database!

Just Hanging Out:

Often it is fun enough to just invite the girls over, have a few snacks around, and talk with each other! Here are some more ideas…

28. Gift-wrapping party: fun idea for just before Christmas
29. Girls’ Night Book Club
30. Soak in a hot tub
31. Watch a chick flick or other movie at someone’s house (You can stream movies on FandangoNOW or VUDU!)

Games:

32. Play a game or two (The Game of Things, Bunco, Scattergories, Jenga, Apples to Apples, Catch Phrase, Taboo, Wackee Six, Codenames, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, Spot It, Uno Attack, Clue, Charades, see more popular games)
33. Just Dance competition/party
34. Mario Kart Tournament

Crafts:

35. Make hair clips or headbands (DIY Baby Headbands)
36. Make jewelry (DIY Bird Nest Necklace)
37. Combine crafty supplies and make greeting cards together
38. Seasonal/Holiday craft project (wreath, decor, etc)
39. Find something for your home at a thrift shop and re-do it, then have a show-it-off party
40. Make candles (DIY citronella candles)
41. Sewing Party: bring your sewing machines and projects and work on it while you chat, make skirts or pillow covers
42. Scrapbooking Party: Bring your stuff and get caught up while you chat and share
43. Make string art decor
44. Decorate journals

See more DIY Craft Ideas that we have posted!

Exchanges:

45. Book Exchange: read new books by swapping with friends
46. Favorite Recipe Exchange
47. Swap favorite healthy or all-natural recipes (food, cleaning, beauty)
48. Coupon Swap Party
49. Dust Collectors: Swap clothes, house items, toys and whatever you have that is collecting dust
50. Lingerie Gift Exchange
51. Garden Exchange Party: Everyone brings the surplus from their garden
52. Clothing Swap: bring something cool that you don’t want anymore, but someone else might want, fashion show
53. Fashion Accessory Swap
54. White Elephant Gift Exchange: bring something fun or funny from your home that you can give away
55. Kitchen Gadget Swap
56. Freezer Meal Swap
57. Re-gift Exchange: bring a gift you’ve received but don’t want to keep
58. Handmade Gift Exchange

On some of the exchange or swap ideas, you can offer a prize for the best or worst things. You can draw numbers for who gets to choose first or find some other creative way to make it even more fun.

Themed Parties:

59. Everything Pink Party (or other color)
60. PJ Party
61. Everything Chocolate Night
62. Downton Abbey Party, or another favorite show or movie (have costumes, foods, decorations, and/or entertainment that fit the theme)
63. Favorite Things
64. Nationality Themed Party: Pick a nationality and do everything you can think of that fits the theme (could be a GNO too)
65. Betty Party: Betty Crocker, Betty Ford, Betty White & Betty Boop. Calories, Cocktails, Cackles and Curves! “Name that Betty” trivia game for prizes, bring a Betty Crocker (calorie) or Betty Ford (cocktail). (Thanks, Tammy)

Girls’ Night Out Ideas:

Of course, I always look for a discount or coupon before I go out! Look for Coupons and Deals:

• Groupon
• LivingSocial
• Restaurant.com
• Fandango

Some of these sites often offer coupon codes on local deals too!

66. Go out for frozen yogurt
    
67. Treat yourselves to a gourmet cupcake or donut
68. Go to a movie
69. Get pedicures or manicures at a local beauty school or another venue
70. Go to a local concert or performance: live music, community theater, dance (lots of options if you have a college nearby)
71. Go to a restaurant for an appetizer or dessert
72. Choose a new restaurant, try something new & adventurous
73. Mall Makeover: Hit the makeup counter at a department store and get your makeup done for free
74. Get massages
75. Hit a bucket of balls at the driving range
76. Train for and run a 5K
77. Bowling
78. Find a food truck and order something new
79. Try a fitness class together at the local rec. center
80. Chocolate Tasting (could be done at home too)
81. Mini Golf
82. Cooking Class or Demonstration
83. Pottery Painting
84. Go to a museum or gallery
85. Play Tourist: Visit a local tourist attraction
86. Go shopping: mall, department store, thrift shop
87. Volunteer: participate in charity or community service

Get out and enjoy yourself, your friends, and the lifestyle of the Fabulessly Frugal!

I did some serious brainstorming to come up with some of these ideas that I thought would work for me, but I also found some of the ideas I liked here, here, here, here, here, and here.

I’d love to hear about your girls’ night ideas too!