Early night. (6pm to 8pm) Dusk (9pm to 11pm) Midnight (12am to 1am) Twilight (2am to 5am) Dawn (6am to 7am) Morning (8am to 12pm).
Hide and Go seek in the dark. Pros: It’s fun, time consuming, and keeps you awake. Cons: It may be a bit loud or hard to find a good spot. Plus, if the seeker takes really long, you might dose off. Scary stories Pros: It’s fun, gets you so scared you have to stay awake, makes you think of stories to tell. Cons: You may get a little too scared, or you or person may be so scared you have to stay awake. For days. Internet Pros: Very time consuming, and keeps you awake. A lot of fun and lots of things to do. Cons: It may be too loud, make you laugh a little too loud, or can’t find anything else to do. Video Games Pros: Very time consuming and a lot of fun. Cons: Depending on what game you play, it can get boring fast, or it might be too loud. Make-up Pros: Time-consuming and many things to do. Cons: Not everyone likes makeup, or it might get messy. Music Pros: It’ll keep you awake, and you can sing, too. Cons: May get too loud. Truth or Dare Pros: Fun and time-consuming, requires creativity. Cons: May get too wild, Most dares won’t work because it’ll make noise, and requires creativity. Gossip or just chat Pros: Exiting and fun, usually time-consuming. Cons: May hurt somebody’s feelings, or get boring fast. Watch TV Pros: Time consuming depending on what show, interesting. Cons: Not everyone may like the show, too loud, or could get boring fast.
If you don’t have much time, or they’re on their way, try not to fool around. Get everything ready before they end up on your doorstep. They probably won’t want to help set up a sleepover, after all, you are the host!
You can also block the crack of the door with a towel or other object that will drown out the sound, that way your friends won’t need to pretend to be asleep. If you accidentally drop something, make some kind of noise or hear footsteps, stop, drop and get into sleeping positions. Once you all are in a sleeping position, stay completely quiet and count 10 seconds. If you hear footsteps, pretend you are asleep, If you count 10 seconds and hear no footsteps, you’re usually good. Need to use the microwave for something while your guardians are sleeping and it’s loud? No fear, there’s a solution for that. When you’re going to put the food into the microwave, try to open it slowly. If you have to jerk it open, put your elbow on it and pull the handle. (That works for doors too) When you put it in, close the microwave slowly and wait at least 10 seconds. If you hear nothing, enter the numbers in. Make sure to put it in a couple of seconds ahead, so you can open it before it ends and starts beeping, and Voila! You have your cooked food.
A good tip to keep awake is to eat spicy or sour foods. They mess with your taste buds and the sugar will keep you up. Same goes with caffeinated drinks. Such as Soda, Coke, Coffee, Monster, Redbull, root beer, or any other brand names. If you can’t eat, or that doesn’t work, try stepping things up a bit. Pillow fights, scary movies, or other time consuming interesting and fun things. If fun’s not the problem, you may just need to splash some water on your face.
