If you are throwing a birthday party for teens, it is always better to keep it fun and interesting.
Short of keeping the beer flowing, one way that you can keep the party fun is to play group games.
Party games can roughly be classified into ice breakers and main games.
Some of games that you can play are relay games.
Then there are specific games like forbidden letter or sound, newspaper fashion show, no mirror makeover, Chinese mimes, balloon truth or dare, find my partner, arranged marriage, tag a girlfriend or boyfriend, cheeto head, balloon buzz, balloon header, balloon wars, barnyard antics, popping balloon partners, pass the hat, pin head, knock-kneed, squeeze play relay, Other games that your teens can play are truth truth and lie, candy relay game, get to 100, touchy feely spoons, underwater swimming, ping pong ball Races, pop song charades, unwrap it, the greatest story ever told, soda can tower, sign in board, paper clip chain, foot script, draw a house, balloon train race, zip zap, draw a what?, clothing relay.
Now why do teens birthday need to be fun? It is true that teenagers like to socialize and simply hang out during a party, parties without games tend to become boring and be overtaken by social cliques among the invited guests.
Getting everyone involved through party games makes sure everyone gets involved.
Try to incorporate different types of games in your party, with at least one game for the social butterflies and one game for the shy types like the sign-in board game.
That should give you a well-rounded party that gives the shy guests with something to do and give attention to attention-hungry teens.