Cathy Cassidy

Best Friends Day can be ANY date you choose! Just pick a time & date that suits you & your BF and celebrate then... if you have really good mates, you'll know already that any & every day can be Best Friends Day!

The idea of Best Friends Day is to spend time with your best friends and show them how special they are. It's a day to celebrate friendship and to share some good times together. It's a day for fun, laughter, smiles, cakes... and chocolate, of course! Why not plan a special sleepover, a picnic, a day at the beach or a trip to the cinema? Even a full-on party? Get creative... and do something cool with YOUR friends! The most important thing is spending time with each other and having fun... there are lots of ideas below to inspire you and make sure your celebration goes with a bang!

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Friendship Charter

Get involved and take up the Cathy Cassidy's Best Friends' Day challenge to get 20,000 signed up to the friendship charter.

Here are just some of the photos of the National Best Friends' Day celebrations. Click here to send your pic and remember to put 'NBFD' in the box that says 'What is your picture of?'

Click here to watch a video of the celebrations with Cathy

So what exactly will you do to celebrate? There are so many ideas and so many possibilities. Make your dreams come true . . .

Throw a mini-party for your best friends

You could all watch a DVD together, or make your own dream flags to hang in your room. Or maybe you could bake your own Angel Cakes! (Try the delicious recipes coming up.) You could hold your party during the day, or you could use the opportunity to have a fab sleepover, with cool activities planned for the evening.

Hold a cake sale

Once you've baked yummy cakes with your friends, why not set up a stall to sell them? Maybe you could raise money for a charity that really means something to you?

Spend some time with your best friend

You could take the day to enjoy some quality time with your best friend. Go and do some of the things that you like doing together the most, whether that's shopping, going swimming, visiting the park, eating cakes in a bakery, reading books or Mizz together, looking at celeb gossip or just having a chat.

Do something for faraway friends

If you have a best friend who doesn't live near you, then this could be the time to do something special for them. You could put together a package of goodies for them as a treat or you could try to meet up with them for the day. Even just making the time to call them will make them smile!

Invite your friends to a clothes-swapping party

You might not be in love with that sparkly top any more, but maybe one of your friends would look great in it. And you'll all save money by not having to buy new clothes! Why not make it into a pamper party and spoil each other with some new hair looks?

Organize a picnic in the park

Make some little sandwiches, bake some cakes and buy some snacks, then invite your friends for a summer picnic in the park. You could organize some fun games like rounders, an egg and spoon race and hula hooping, or even just take along a frisbee for everyone to play with. Don't forget a blanket for everyone to sit on, and some sunscreen and hats if it's a sunny day.

Lay on a pamper party

Use 4 July to throw a really relaxing pamper party for your friends. Ask everyone to bring their most sensational outfits, and get glammed up together! Try shoulder massages, foot spas, nail art and hair braiding for a completely chilled-out treat.

Funny fancy dress

Laughing with your friends is the best thing in the world so set up a fancy-dress party for you and your BFs. Choose a funny theme to keep you all giggling, like animals, vegetables or celebs, or even dressing up as each other. Make your costumes together and laugh all day long!

Invitations

Send them to your friends to invite them to your event

Event Poster

Print this off and put it up to tell everyone about your party

Friendship Charter

Print of this poster and get all your friends and classmates to sign up to the Friendship Charter.

TAKE UP THE CATHY CASSIDY'S BEST FRIENDS' DAY CHALLENGE TO GET 20,000 SIGNED UP TO THE FRIENDSHIP CHARTER

Dream Flags

Make your own brightly coloured bunting decorated with you and your friends' hopes and dreams

Mizz Magazine Activities

Download these cool activities from your favourite fortnightly mag!

Random Acts of Kindness

Find out how you could do something lovely for someone.

Create Your Own Angel Cake

A delicious recipe for an actual cake, or a gorgeous picture to draw your own.

Friendship Quiz

Take this quiz to find out how well you and your bf know eachother

Scrumptious Cake Recipes

Print off these recipes and get baking. . . YUM!