The mall is certainly the place to be for fashion, but you do not have to shop and buy to enjoy the full range of fashion fun the mall offers to teens. In fact, the best dress up games at the mall do not involve buying anything at all - you are just trying on clothes with a friend. What could be more innocent - and fun - than that?

The Mall Dress Up Games Basics

When you go to the mall ready to play, be sure you bring a friend along that is game and can have a good time with fashion, too. You can play these sorts of fashion games alone, but it is much more fun to play with someone else. Once you have the right friend in tow, head to one of the larger department stores in the mall. You are looking for one with a wide variety of clothing options that do not have heavy monitoring of the dressing rooms. You are not doing anything wrong, but having someone watching your every movement can be daunting.

Once you arrive, plan on several rounds of play. Start with the first task. The best part is you get to make it up. The first task of the game might be to pick out an outfit you think is absolutely adorable. You and your friend get five or ten minutes to shop around and find the pieces you need. The next task might be to find a hideous formal gown. Again, shop for a minute. If you can, hide the finds from your friend. Make up a third round, perhaps a totally goth or prep outfit and then head to the fitting rooms.

If you can, bring all of your items into the fitting room. If you are limited, play along and bring in only one outfit at a time. So long as your friend is playing the dress up games the same way, it should be fine. Pull on the outfit and then do a dramatic reveal between two dressing rooms. Or if you are totally comfortable with your friend, share the big dressing room (so long as nobody needs it more than you do) and keep the game more private.

Laugh or cheer for the outfits and snap a picture to remember how fun the look way - even if it was hideous. Do this for each selection until you have completed the full round of dress up games. You can either choose a winner for the entire game or for each outfit that makes up a round of play. Either way, the winner gets a free smoothie or some other small treat.

Clean Up Dress Up Games

Do not forget to clean up your dress up games when you are finished. Cleaning up keeps you respectful of how much work it is to pick up and hang all of the clothing you are not actually buying. So if you can not find where everything goes, at least hang everything neatly again to be ready for the sales lady. And if you find something great, absolutely buy it - it is the best way to build your wardrobe.