Hosting a teepee slumber party with Slumber Tribe

OK so you have hired a fully styled teepee package now by adding just a few items you can make it all come together WITHOUT a trip to your local department store! Supporting Melbourne small business is so important. I hosted my daughters 12th bday party over the weekend and have noted a few ideas for you.

Party Table & Cake Cart

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New to Slumber Tribe

Cake Cart hire $40 with any party package

Picnic Party Table incl. floor cushions that seat up to 6 kids, chandelier, partywear and DIY balloon package with further details coming to website soon

Floral Robes for hire

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A Floral Robe for each of your guests will make them feel that little bit special available to hire with your teepee slumber party for $5 per guest. why hire? they make for gorgeous photos without the excess gifting!

Navy & Aqua up to 12 available

SugarHQ Rainbow Floss Cake

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Order direct from SugarHQ

Custom colours and flavours ordered online and or packaged floss for take home favours, these can be posted for convenience. The girls where totally fascinated by the slicing of the cake and when you have allergies to consider this meant that everyone hade some b’day cake!

Leccapops Party Favours

Beautiful lollipops from Leccapops. I choose the floral & vanilla to suit with the theme Tribal Princess & Boho LUXE. With so many option to choose from and all inexpensive take home party favours the girls absolutely loved them….and when you have to consider allergies this is a no brainer!

celebrating our 4th year of styling the best teepee slumber parties in Melbourne!

Last weekend marked 4 years since our first weekend of parties, and it has also the hardest week of my life! Since early October my dear mum has been in and out of hospital and by her side until she passed away with her funeral last week, I really haven’t felt much like celebrating and being on socials. However with weekends full of bookings the last 2 weeks, I’m grateful to have a business that has kept me strong and continues to feed my soul after all these years and in the saddest off times. Family is everything, the rest is a blessing and 2020 I’m done with the miserable year you have been for the world, there is only a brighter year ahead.

With love Fiona

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When can we have a sleepover? What are we going to do during the holidays?

Hello lovely people of Melbourne! Are you hearing this from your kids too! I’ve been asked quite a few times lately if I’m able to supply DIY teepees for families during this much harder lock down period with many of you looking to find ways of offering something that sparks creative and magical play, sadly I can not. Our kids are desperately missing the normality of their childhood and friends and its heartbreaking, but I also think they are more resilient than we realise, yes its tough as hell but we will be okay. My daughter who is 11 and an only child is building blanket cubby’s and having virtual sleepovers with her friends each weekend, they had all spent the afternoon making a blanket cave, kicking off with virtual tours, before watching episodes of the Babysitters Club with screen share and of course midnight snacks hidden! What things have your kids been doing to stay connected? I would love you to tell us your stories and share ideas to help other families including mine through the holidays. And while we wait intently for regular updates from the Premier as to when things may change I’m adding lots of additional fun to our range of extra’s and activities for when we can safely have sleepover teepee parties again. Be kind to yourself, miss you!

Fiona x

Love this pretty Unicorns Love party from early July

Love this pretty Unicorns Love party from early July

Boho Luxe is here

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Our large canopy slumber party experience had its premier party back in late Feb for my daughters 11th bday and since early March 2020 parties have been a challenge to plan for so I have delayed its official launch. However it did manage to sneak in a family party before our 2nd round of restrictions were imposed. 2 very special sister’s who turned 10 in ealy July had a teepee party planned with 3 of their closest friends only to have this cancelled in the week leading up. Mum, Victoria called back to ask if the adults in the family would fit in a teepee I suggested Boho Luxe would be perfect for them to surprising the twins with a family glamp out with mum and dad. Providing extra mattress for length and double stacked for comfort and a special sleepover party it was. Some images below of its prettiness, perfect for the older teens who don’t quite fit in a teepee and the older girls do enjoy the freedom to lounge! Available for hire and set up as soon as we can have guests stay overnight peeps. Pricing starts from $400 for a 4 person set up.

custom @HelloMarla chandelier Love this piece so much, your girls will want one too!

custom @HelloMarla chandelier Love this piece so much, your girls will want one too!

cosy corners Boho Luxe

cosy corners Boho Luxe

How is Slumber Tribe different to the others......

What is it that Slumber Tribe offers which is different to other suppliers of teepee sleepover party hire providers? Firstly, when I began planning out what this business would deliver and offer the parents and families in Melbourne, I had my own needs at heart and that part was simple but being different from all the others that followed, that I didn’t predict. However it propelled me forward with confidence and through that I have learnt not to look behind or glance sideways for too long, just forward. My road ahead is different and my inspiration doesn’t come from others doing the teepee party thing. It's in all the other places I find beauty that inspire me to create playful and sophisticated sleepover party styling for Slumber Tribe and I am always sourcing and making my own materials for styling and finding other beautiful makers to collaborate with. I don’t go on a bargain hunt expedition and gather a lot of stuff from discount stores, most of this is heavily used in DIY parties and this is totally fine and fun but its time-consuming and not for everyone. My customers want to have this all delivered and set up without much fuss other than making the space clear before I arrive this generally requires the movement of some furniture for me to work in. What happens after the party? packing up the equipment takes 10-20 mins and its left for picked up on a Monday while you go about your day and the kids are back at school.

In my 4th year of business, I cant wait to meet all the new families and create that fabulous sleepover party for your children, in your home, with Slumber Tribe….

Fiona x

Sorbet Dreams teepee slumber party styling at its best

and thats a wrap.........

2019 has been a HUGE year at Slumber Tribe…. Celebrating our 3rd year in business in October with many repeat clients some coming back for a 3rd time along with new amazing clients that receive the professional service and everything possible to host their very own sleepover party for all to admire and adore! 2019 was a massive year of ups and downs behind the scenes also and all while juggling family life, school runs and keeping the wheels turning at home, managing a business like Slumber Tribe can be a bit of a beast at times, being all consuming and exhausting but with each week brings new families who welcome me into their homes there is nothing I’d rather be doing than creating magical teepee slumber parties for your families. I cant wait to show you a dreamy new project in 2020 and I’m feeling ready for a wonderful new year and can’t wait to set up and photograph some of the most beautifully styled teepee parties in your home! Wishing everyone a safe and happy year ahead.

Fiona x

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Creating the best party favors for your slumber party!

Each week I get to meet and work with my beautiful clients (yes you are all amazing to me!) helping them create the best of slumber parties in Melbourne being able to come up with special details and touches for my client by sourcing or create it myself. These days are special for our kids and parents, the memories and joy that come from hosting a simple slumber party or a mega sleepover with Slumber Tribe you are guaranteed the best in the business, professional service, styling and quality bespoke equipment and gifts.

Its the extra details that guarantee a slumber party super awesome fun and memorable for your child and friends, I love nothing more than helping you with these special details. For example this weeks Palm Beach Slumber Party required a special party bag as the guests had all recently received a Mini Sunjellies basket in Dec so I came up with this little reusable pouch, made by Slumber Tribe filled with treats of your choice. So many other ways to use them, these are a few I though of, bathers and googles when heading for a swim, toiletries, those tiny little toys that our kids love to collect…..I’m sure you can all think of one that you would use it for.

Look forward to creating more of these cute pouches soon, at between $8 - $10 each you to can have your very own to suit your style and theme.

Fiona X

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Sunjellies make the perfect mini basket for party favour gift bags

Slumber Tribe is so proud to be able to exclusively supply these gorgeous mini retro baskets to our slumber party customers. We think they are a brilliant way to make up sleepover party favour and gift bags with many colours to choose from to suit your Slumber Tribe theme. I popped down to Kmart today and was able to put together very easily some fun items and examples to fill these divine baskets all for under $20 each, incl the baskets as shown in these pics! Available to Slumber Tribe teepee party packages Sunjellies mini retro bags are $15 each with purchases for slumber party bookings of 4+ at just $12 each. Please go to www.sunjellies.com to see more of the original jelly bag co. shoes, totes and baskets for everyone!

The Unicorn Party styling made easy

The Unicorn teepee sleepover party is the most requested theme at Slumber Tribe. We have styled unicorn parties with many of our themes Tribal Princess for the glam pink unicorn styling, Sorbet Dreams for the bright and colourful and our new Unicorns Love Rainbows, a rainbow soft fabric with pretty white dots. You can create a fabulous unicorn sleepover party yourself by adding a unicorn cake/cupcakes and cookies like these pictured from mylittlecookieco Insta, FB @gmail.com, these cookies are conveniently baked and packaged and posted to your door. The best table styling items are found at www.poppiesforgrace.com and extra’s like Slumber Tribes pretty flower unicorn headbands at $8 will have the girls ready for photo booth fun that also create plenty of imagination play for the slumber party with unicorn pencil cases/purses available soon which are inexpensive novelty party favour. Contact us at www.slumbertribe.com.au to arrange your daughters Unicorn Teepee Sleepover or Slumber Party.

Creating the happiest teepee sleepovers is easy!

Our distinctly styled set ups provide the host a canvas to add a personal touch to the party Leaving the teepees clear allows room for each kid, sleeping pillow and most often a bedtime softy, if you start filling it with novelty items it really becomes clumsy for the guests. A balloon installation, a decorated party food table, and some thoughtful party favors work to complement beautifully. Essentially less is more, that goes for the sugar also! you can create a happy sleepover party environment with pleasantly comfortable teepees for sleeping as well as a suitable craft activity, games or movie viewing they just don't need all the extra stuff that essentially clutters the space. using the trays for eating some basics like the typical pizza and pancakes and movie time popcorn and treats is something they all look forward to, and having room to do this makes far more practical. I We use small tealight jars and lanterns for the kids that need a little light for sleeping, while others need the darkness they can pop them inside the teepee with them. 

sorbet dreams teepees for sleepover party hire