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.
Spanglish Nerd Bookworm says February 22, 2021 at 7:38 am Nikki , I was finally able to finish the column The thing is I’m not really into PJ parties but me and my friends love hanging out after school !! Reply to this comment
cindercosmiccat says February 22, 2021 at 7:14 am I have some really nice and super cute purple owl PJs that I loooove! If I ever do this I will totally wear them!!! Although my slippers are kinda grotty so I’m not sure about those… However I am a HUGE snack lover!! Here is a list of (slightly random) snacks I recommend: 1. Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers are DELICIOUS!!! If you don’t know what they are, they are basically layers of wafer and caramel surrounded by chocolate – the best ever chocolate bar. If you don’t have them…. I feel sorry for you 🙁 they are soooo yummy!! (OK, I’ll stop rubbing it in now) 2. Microwave Meringues!! It is NOT a myth that you can make meringues in the microwave, I have done it myself!! You make a kind of dough out of egg white and icing sugar, then make it into small balls and put it in the microwave. Make sure the balls are small because they EXPAND GINORMOUSLY!!! 3. Frozen peas. No, I’M dEfIniTeLy nOt crAzY!!!! Seriously. For some reason frozen peas are DELISH!!! 4. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches 🙂 🙂 🙂 the best sandwiches ever!!! Goodbye and good luck from the craziest cosmic cat ever, cindercosmiccat xxx Reply to this comment
cindercosmiccat says February 22, 2021 at 7:19 am P.S. My nickname used to be cosmicCat9 but I changed it. Hope you all have a BOOTY-FUL day 😛
DorkyReader says February 22, 2021 at 11:58 am SOUNDS DELISH!I might try this if I ever do a party like this. I’ll try reciepe 1,3 and 4!
cindercosmiccat says February 24, 2021 at 8:47 am My part 2 of DELISH snacks: TOAST PIZZA RECIPE Yes, you read that right!! 1. Cut a slice of toast into a triangle shape 2. Spread with tomato puree, tomato sauce or ketchup (I hate ketchup but if you like it, then bring on the ketchup!! Use it all you like!). 3. Pick some toppings to put on top according to what you like. For example, I like to use tomato slices, red pepper and mushroom. (I am vegetarian and also hate parsnips and parsley and basically anything beginning with ‘pars’ that’s edible). You use whatever you like!! 4. Put on your toppings and NOW you can add cheese!! I like to use grated cheddar cheese but again, put on whatever cheese is your favourite. Or leave out the cheese if you’re vegan. 5. Put in the microwave on 750 WATTS (not to be confused with degrees, if you can get 750 degrees on a microwave!!!!!!) for 30 seconds. 6. Now, EAT!! delish!! I invented this recipe by myself!! Hope you like it!! Love and luck from cindercosmiccat xxx
MovieDiary! says February 22, 2021 at 5:10 am Hiya Nikki! You know the D.D movie? You should do a movie diary! So, we can see how the movie was made(like diary of a wimpy kid)! Idea for most titles: tales of a NOT-SO unpopular movie actress England: Movie dork Cmon PLSSSSSS can u do movie dork? Reply to this comment
Toho Dork Diaries Movie says February 22, 2021 at 12:21 pm Japanese Title: Dork Nikki: Movie Manga (ドークニッキ: 映画マンガ)
Zoeysha says February 22, 2021 at 1:31 am Nikki Maxwell (You) Chloe Garcia Zoeysha Franklin RRR Brandon Roberts Reply to this comment
DORKY Artist #11 says February 22, 2021 at 1:17 am Oh by the way if I could invite 5 people I would invite NIKKI, CHLOE, ZOEY, BRANDON, MAYBE MACKENZIE, AND BRIANNA!!!! And can’t I just fit Brianna in?! 🙂 And hi guys I sent my Fan Art Again! Again it was drawn digitally so if it’s FREAKY AND WEIRD I’m sorry my art looks better on paper. And my name is also DORKY Artist #11 and I’m from Earth! :p I at least hope some of you guys will love it 🙂 ~DORKY Artist #11 Reply to this comment
Queen Disney says February 22, 2021 at 12:29 am my list Uma (descendants 2) Liv Rooney (Liv and Maddie) Maddie Rooney Evie (Descendants) K.C (K.C undercover) i sooo wanted to add more people, so i might post again!!!! Reply to this comment
BlackCatGirl says February 22, 2021 at 1:28 pm i love K.C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dorky Princess says February 22, 2021 at 12:13 am I would like to invite – 1. Nikki Maxwell 2. Hannah Montana 3. Harry Potter 4. Greg Heffley 5. Zoeysha Franklin 6. Chloe Garcia 7. Lilly Truscott Reply to this comment
Kitten lovers says February 21, 2021 at 11:41 pm Nikki your a Genius. Your ideas are very much unique, interesting and great. Reply to this comment
Dorky Reader says February 21, 2021 at 10:42 pm Nikki, Zoey, Chloe, Violet, Marcy. U guys are my favourite. (In girls…my parents don’t allow boys…or I wanted some guys on this list) Reply to this comment
Koala dork says February 21, 2021 at 9:45 pm So my fantasy guest list is Nikki Maxwell Taylor swift Liv Maddie Carly shay from icarly And my real guest list is using fake names Cat Princess Lollipop Cake Thanks, Koala dork Reply to this comment
CCP Queen says February 21, 2021 at 9:39 pm Thx for the instructions! I will be making my own! Reply to this comment
Thalia Grace says February 21, 2021 at 9:20 pm I would invite- 1.Thalia Grace 2.Annabeth Chase 3.Hazel Levsque 4.Percy Jackson 5.Katie Gardener 6.Artemis 7.Hylla 8.Reyna 9.Stoll brothers 10.And chloe, zoey and you! Reply to this comment
Anonymous says February 22, 2021 at 6:04 am I read Percy Jackson and Heros of Olympus too! I love it! My party list would be exactly the same as you!
Girlwholovesthesebookssomuch!! says February 21, 2021 at 7:08 pm Yessssssss!!!! Reply to this comment
uwu-y says February 21, 2021 at 5:26 pm me- Annabeth Chase Conner Bailey Percy Jackson Brystal Evergreen Alex Stowe Piper McLean Alex Fierro Mr. Today/ Marcus Today Leo Valdez Simber Reply to this comment
Beach vibes says February 21, 2021 at 4:27 pm My list These r all fictional because I thought it would be more fun that way one -Annabeth Chase -Sadie Kane -Zia Radish -Jaz/Jasmine (idk her last name, but shes from Kane Chronicles) -Nikki Maxwell Ps Hermioniie Granger was very close to getting on this list as well as Chloe and Zoey, but I chose my absolute favorites Reply to this comment
Dork fox says February 21, 2021 at 4:22 pm Rachel Renee Russell,Jeff Kinney, jack black , mark mothersbaugh And all of the dork diaries characters and I will curse Mackenzie with kindness for ever Reply to this comment
I ❤ Dork Diaries says February 21, 2021 at 2:22 pm ~ Hermione Granger ~ Ginny Weasley ~ Nikki Maxwell ~ Violet Baudelaire (From a Series of Unfortunate Events) ~ Alex Bailey ~ Annabeth Chase ~ Piper McLean (Yes ik that my list is more than 5 but I LOVE reading) Reply to this comment
Anonymous says February 21, 2021 at 5:48 pm I just finished book one of a series of unfortunate events!!!
HARRY POTTER CRAZY says February 21, 2021 at 7:41 pm Yes I totally so agree looks like I’m not the Only Harry Potter CRAZY FAN Around here. Ok, so, here’s my party guest list, I might put actors and characters but all related to Harry Potter -Fleur Delacour -Emma Watson -Evanna Lynch -Bonnie Wright -Daniel Radcliffe -Rupert Grint -Rose Granger-Weasley -Scorpius Hyperian Malfoy Albus Severus Weasley And Severus Snape I know but he’s really a good guy not bad guy.
I ❤ Dork Diaries says February 22, 2021 at 11:33 pm I’m adding a few more to my list… ~ Katniss Everdeen ~ Aru Shah (From the Aru Shah books [they r Rick Riordan presents books]) ~ Leila Vernon (from the Magic Misfits) And that is all (for now lol)
BrandonMaxwell says February 21, 2021 at 1:33 pm For One Of My Actual Parties Real Famous Guests: 1. Rachel Renee Russell (The Misadventures Of Max Crumbly And Dork Diaries) 2. Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor V And Sailor Moon) 3. Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid) 4. Masahiro Sakurai (Super Smash Bros.) 5. Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man And Avengers) Fictional Guests: 1. Maxwell “Max” Crumbly (The Misadventures Of Max Crumbly And Dork Diaries) 2. Erin Madison (The Misadventures Of Max Crumbly And Dork Diaries) 3. Brandon Roberts (The Misadventures Of Max Crumbly And Dork Diaries) 4. Link (The Legend Of Zelda) 5. Godzilla (Godzilla/Gojira) Reply to this comment
Xbreelee says February 21, 2021 at 11:20 am My party guests would be the members of BLACKPINK. Reply to this comment
Dorky Big Sis says February 21, 2021 at 10:06 am If I could invite famous people, I would invite: Taylor Swift Selena Gomez Um… That’s all I could think of If I could invite my friends: Real life: Bailee Alaina Sinclaire Mackenzie (Not Nikki’s enemy) Teyah My cousins(We have been begging for another sleepover for like, FOREVER! And that’s it Reply to this comment