February 20, 2021 Miss Your Friends? Plan a Virtual Party! Part 2 How To Have a Super Fun Virtual PJ Party In 8 Easy Steps! Today on Ask Nikki, I am posting PART 2 of my advice column about how to spend time with friends during the COVID pandemic. Here is the original letter that I received from a group of friends DYING to hang out together: Dear Nikki, Since the pandemic, I haven’t been able to hang out with my best friends for what seems like FOREVER! We all miss each other and are totally MISERABLE :-(! To make matters worse, our parents have decided that we shouldn’t spend time together in person until the COVID situation is under control. Do you have any ideas for how we can hang out with each other and laugh and have fun?BROKENHEARTED, BITTER, AND BORED BFFs! (Kiara, Amy, Olivia, Emily, Sofia, Emma, Ava, and Imani) Dear BROKENHEARTED, BITTER, AND BORED BFFs, YES, I have SO MANY IDEAS for you that I’m posting a PART 2 to finish answering your question! Part 2 will include Steps 5, 6, 7, and 8. I will also be sharing two NEW videos from a group of friends that had a real virtual party online. Below is just a quick summary of the first FOUR steps that I covered in Part 1. You can read that entire column in more detail here . HOW TO HAVE A SUPER FUN VIRTUAL PJ PARTY IN 8 EASY STEPS! Step 1) Make a List of Friends You Plan to Invite To Your Virtual PJ Party Step 2) Choose A Video Conferencing Service For Your Party Step 3) Select a Date and Time and Send Out Party Invites Step 4) Choose Fun Games and Activities That Can Be Played Online and here are the final FOUR steps!… Step 5) It’s a PJ Party! So Have Fun Wearing Your Favorite PJs Yes, it’s a virtual party, but it’s STILL a PJ party! So, make sure you and your friends wear your favorite pajamas! The more SILLY the PJs the more FUN! Those neon yellow, fuzzy Sponge Bob PJs would be PERFECT! You can also wear a T-shirt and leggings or a hoody and sweatpants. Just grab some super-comfy clothing that you want to hang out in. PJ FASHION SHOW! A fun activity would be a virtual fashion show complete with over-the-top commentary. You can take turns describing each friend’s outfit or each person can describe their own. Try not to laugh! PJ FASHION AWARDS! After you finish your trendy fashion show your next activity can be the “PJ Fashion Awards.” You and your friends will have a blast deciding on the PERFECT award for each person’s pajamas. PJ Award categories can include: Most Cute, Most Comfy, Most Fashionable, Most Colorful, Most Kay-Ray-Zee!, Most Fuzzy, Most Sporty, Most Likely To Be Worn To the Mall, etc. You can make up even more funny awards. SLIPPER CAM! Time to show off your fav foot fashion for even more laughs. Now you have an excuse to wear those super cute, fuzzy bunny slippers that your grandma gave you for your birthday. Giving out “Sassy Shoe Awards” might be fun! Step 6) Plan a Menu That Includes Several Yummy Snacks Everyone LOVES snacks! The yummy food is probably the best thing about parties. But, because your event is virtual, each party guest will need to plan for snacks ahead of time. For salty snacks, you can have popcorn, chips, pretzels, or trail mix. For sweet snacks try cookies, cupcakes, ice cream, or candy. Guests can also eat whatever healthy snacks are in their kitchen like fruit, veggies, nuts, cheese, or juice. Our superfan, Lemonerdy, and her friends each purchased a frozen pizza. They popped them in the oven at the same time and then ate hot, cheesy pizza together during their party! YUM!! Step 7) Make a Schedule to Keep Things Moving Your party can be 90 minutes, two hours, or slightly longer. However, to keep things from getting boring, make a simple schedule of events. The schedule should list all of your games, activities, and snacks in the order they will occur along with the time allotted for each. Choose a fun and exciting game to get your party started. Then, bring out the snacks for a session of giggles and gossip. Since you and your friends haven’t hung out together in ages, you’ll probably have A LOT of catching up to do! If you have a schedule, your party will be well planned and organized. However, don’t let the pressure of trying to stay on schedule undermine the fun! Be flexible, and just go with the flow! Step 8) Enjoy Hanging Out With Your Friends! For the past year, most of us have not been able to spend much time with friends. So, a virtual party is a PERFECT solution! You’ll LOVE hanging out with your BFFs again and will cherish every minute. DORKY DRAWING GAME! Did you know you can share computer screens with your friends just like a real sleepover? Here is a really fun game you and your friends can play together. Go to the Dork Maker game on our Dork Diaries website and then share it with everyone at your party using the video conferencing screen share program. Next, secretly select a friend and then create/draw her using the Dork Maker. Try to make your drawing look as much like your friend as possible by selecting details that match her face, eyes, smile, hair, glasses, braces, etc. Once the artwork is completed, everyone has to GUESS which FRIEND it is! Each person gets a turn to share their screen with the group while they use the Dork Maker to draw a different friend. Watching your friends try to create each other using the Dork Maker will be HILARIOUS! I hope you enjoyed MY advice on “How To Have a Super Fun Virtual PJ Party In 8 Easy Steps!” It’s YOUR party with YOUR friends, so just CHILLAX and have FUN!! As long as everyone is chatting, laughing, and having a blast hanging out together, YOUR virtual PJ party will be a HUGE success! YOU GOT THIS :-)!! Our superfan, Lemonerdy, had a virtual party and with five BFFs! Check out the two new videos below of them having fun with our “Dork Maker” and “Which Dork Diaries Character Are You?!” activities online. Dork Maker Game Which Dork Diaries Character Are You? Do you have advice or suggestions for how to have the BEST virtual party ever? If so, post them below. QUIRKY QUESTION: If you could have a virtual party with any FIVE famous people (fictional or real) as guests, who would you choose? Post your FANTASY GUESTLIST in the comments section below.
BTS says February 26, 2021 at 12:22 pm I can only choose 5 people! I want to choose all 7 bts members because they are so kind and nice and beautiful! But, I guess i will choose someone else than any of the bts members because i cant just choose a couple. If one member goes the rest come so.. i would choose… Rose from BLACKPINK Jennie from BLACKPINK Lisa from BLACKPINK and Jisoo from BLACKPINK and last would be… YEONTAN! (BTS V’s dog) LOL sorry that all these people were from k-pop groups. I love k-pop! Reply to this comment
BTS says February 26, 2021 at 12:18 pm My guest list Includes real and fake people EVERY BTS MEMBER!! IM OBSESSED WITH THEM! MY HERO ACADEMIA PEOPLE. (I LOVE MY HERO ACADEMIA) Ochako Uraraka, Tsuyu Asui, Himiko Toga, and Mina Ashido My real life friends Youtubers Kelli Maple, Prodigy Pro, BLACKPINK And thats it. All of us would wear My hero academia pj’s and eat korean food like japchae (Which i LOVE) And Ramen and we would binge watch my hero academia and Listen to bts and do bts quizzes and yeah Reply to this comment
LOVE YOUR BOOKS says February 26, 2021 at 3:55 am I LOVE YOUR BOOKS SO MUCH THAT MY MUM TELLS ME THAT I READ THOSE BOOKS TOOOO MUCH!!! I READ THEN ALL THE TIME, EVEN WHEN I AM HAVING DINNER. THAT’S HOW MUCH I LOVE YOUR BOOKS! I HOPE YOU’LL WRITE MORE! Reply to this comment
LOVE YOUR BOOKS says February 26, 2021 at 3:52 am I LOVE YOUR BOOKS SO MUCH THAT MY MUM SAYS HOW MUCH WILL YOU READ THOSE BOOKS. AND THAT I READ THEM WHEN I AM MAKING FOOD OR ANYTHING REALY Reply to this comment
Party planner superhero says February 25, 2021 at 10:05 pm Wow, Nikki, that’s a great idea! Reply to this comment
star says February 25, 2021 at 9:35 pm Hi, I love your books and also the way you made MacKenzie dig for a “present that Brandon gave her!” I also loved how you all looked so cute in your dresses and how Zoey and Chole had your back for everything: mean people, mean posters that were put up, and more!! Reply to this comment
Zo Zo says February 25, 2021 at 6:24 pm I loved the advice Nikki! It was very helpful! Reply to this comment
TomHollandLover123 says February 25, 2021 at 5:39 pm 5 Famous People? WOW!!! My number one is definitely Tom Holland Then maybe Chris Evans And of course Elizabeth Olsen And then Zendaya And for fifth I’d have to go with.. hmm… probably Jacob Batalon Reply to this comment
Dork Diaries Superfan says February 25, 2021 at 12:22 pm Hi! I know my other comment was a while ago, but I had to finish my chores. As well as my little brother’s. So I’m here now! This time I’m gonna try something different. Something called… JUICY SECRETS BY DD SUPERFAN! I spend every spare second on this website, and know all the DD characters inside-out. Squee!! Nikki Maxwell’s Juicy Secrets: Nikki talks in her sleep. (OMG!! Can you believe it?!) Her star sign is Gemini (due to the fact her birthday is in June like mine!) Nikki is left-handed. Nikki collects McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys. (LOL! Bet that one got you laughing!) Her favourite movie is Teen Beach Movie. Chloe Christina Garcia’s Juicy Secrets: Chloe sometimes wears glasses. She has a short temper. She may have a crush on Max Crumbly. Her little brother’s name is Joey. She likes to wear tank tops. More DD character’s secrets you never knew in my next post. BYYYYYEEEE!! Reply to this comment
secrets are coool says February 25, 2021 at 2:45 pm OH WOW, HOW DO U KNOW THIS???!! THIS IS AMAZE SECRETS A LITTLE EMBARRASSING THO!
Chloe superfan says February 25, 2021 at 1:25 am I always get Chloe! Anyways I looooooooooove her. Reply to this comment
Niceee says February 25, 2021 at 1:24 am I always get Chloe! I looove her anyways Reply to this comment
Anonymous says February 24, 2021 at 5:10 pm I’m gonna go to the dork maker right now Reply to this comment
Just Add Magic says February 24, 2021 at 2:58 pm Hi, Can I act in the Dork Diaries movie? I am an American actress and I acted in “Just Add Magic.” I am looking forward to being Nikki or Mackenzie. I would prefer Nikki. I really want to act in the Dork Diaries movie after corona. Thanks, Talented Actress Reply to this comment
Anonymous says February 25, 2021 at 1:57 pm This seems cool! Maybe I could be Zoey! I have short hair like her and all I need to do is to straighten it! Plus, she’s black and African-American. I’m Haitian, but I think I can manage!
Anonymous says February 24, 2021 at 2:21 pm Dear Nikki, in class we read a book and now we are supposed to do a report on it. But I didn’t pay attention, and now I know NONE of the answers! PLEASE HELP THE REPORT IS DUE TODAY!!!!!! Reply to this comment
BookWorm says February 24, 2021 at 4:40 pm Maybe you could speedread the book or if you have enough time, read it entirely for an hour or two. If you don’t have enough time, start reading the first few chapters, skip some chapters if you what will happen or are just not important. You can get the book done in 2 hours if you skim it if it is a 200-300 page novel.
Dorky Diamond says February 24, 2021 at 1:33 pm Dream Fantasy Sleepover Guests- Nikki (for the simple fact that she’d bring some dorky humor to the table) Mare Barrow from ‘Red Queen’ (a ‘shocking’ option, but she would be nice to meet in person) Bast from ‘Red Pyramid’ (An Egyptian goddess taking the form of a black cat? Who wouldn’t see that as cool?!) Any of the main Daughters of The Moon characters (Vanessa is somewhat like Nikki, Catty would be a blast to be around, Serena would be interesting to play truth or dare with (same with Vanessa), Jimena would allow us to learn/speak Spanish, and Tianna is probably my favorite of them despite being the ‘odd one out’) XJ9/Jenny Wakeman from ‘My Life As A Teenage Robot’ (A childhood favorite of mine that I’ve always wanted to see how she’d do sleepovers with us humans) Reply to this comment
Rebeca! says February 24, 2021 at 12:51 pm OMG TYSM!! This was soo helpful! Nikki you rock! BTW… I’m just like you! Brown short hair, awesome dorky fashion sense, and ofc have two BFFS! DORK TWINS!!! Reply to this comment
Mackenzie (cosplay) says February 24, 2021 at 12:48 pm Ughhhhh Nikki!!!! You don’t even have any friends!! Chloe and Zoey are just little children who look up to a bad influence!! They should be my BFF’S! Not yours! Now let me just say “don’t hate me because I’m beautiful!” Now I must Sashay away and never come back to this site ever again! Reply to this comment
Kaliyah says February 25, 2021 at 9:00 am you just hating not trying to be rude tho sis looking like spongebob with yo square looking self stop hating on Nikki
BlackCatGirl says February 25, 2021 at 12:58 pm Nikki, she is just joking. HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BlackCatGirl says February 25, 2021 at 1:03 pm (Nikki cosplay) Just eat your designer bag and zip your mouth for the rest of your life. And all you know is about barf designers.
Cure Summer says February 24, 2021 at 11:49 am Remember to never invite people like Mackenzie! Lol. Reply to this comment
royale dork UwU says February 24, 2021 at 3:06 pm Yeah, they most likely will be very mean and annoying if u invite them
INEEDTOHAVEAPJPARTYWITHMYBFF says February 24, 2021 at 11:18 am dude i gotta make one of these me and my bff has changed schools and bc of covid we couldnt meet now ima plan everything YAAYYYYYYYYY Reply to this comment