58 Things You Did at Sleepovers in the Early 2000s

Updated on 8/23/2020 at 3:25 PM

If you grew up in the early 2000s, you know there's nothing that can compare to the pure joy and excitement you felt when you heard you were allowed to have a sleepover with your best friends on a treasured Friday night. You knew a wild evening of Mean Girls quoting, MySpace profile updating, and homemade music video creating was about to commence, and just the sheer thought of it made you burst with joy. As you packed for your exciting excursion across the street, you blasted "I'm a Slave 4 U" while you tucked your new Nokia into your backpack. (Hey, who knows? Your crush just might text message you!) You made sure to grab your velour tracksuit so you could match with your friends, and you threw on your bermuda shorts and styled your hair into a side pony just in case your BFF's cute sibling was home. As you made your way to their house, you could already smell the Easy Mac cooking up in the microwave. Yum. Your night hadn't even started yet, and you knew it would be one for the books.

If you're feeling serious nostalgia, then you, too, know how great it was growing up in the early 2000s. From flipping through YM Magazine to showing off your newest Hollister shirt to your besties, having a sleepover back then was cool. beans. Read through the most iconic things that happened at sleepovers in the early 2000s, and try not to cringe when you realize you and your friends still do some of these things to this day . . .

You Had to Plan Your Sleepover Around the Latest Disney Channel Original Movie

Someone Always Arrived in a Denim Dress

While Someone Else Withstood the Itchiness of Their Popcorn Top

You Hopped on Your Bikes and Rode Past Your Crush's House

You and the Crew Shook It Like a Polaroid Picture

Using *67 to Prank Call Your Classmates Was the Peak of the Night's Entertainment

You All Gushed Over the Thought of These Two Being Together Forever

If Someone Had a Crimper, You Knew the Drill

You All Spent Hours Choosing a Song to Play as Your Outgoing Voicemail Messages

And recording it at just the right moment.

You HAD to Give Each Other Makeovers

You Showed Off Your Newest Low-Rise Jeans

You All Pondered What You Should Say Back to Your Crush's "Hey" Text

Everyone Organized Their Top Friends on MySpace With the People at the Sleepover First

It was never without drama.

You Snapped Pics of Each Other All Night long

And Quoted Mean Girls Religiously Because It Was Too Fetch Not To

You Each Downloaded Music From Kazaa and LimeWire and Burned It Onto CDs

You Used Your Friend's Small Dog as an . . . Accessory?

You Learned the Cheer Routines From Bring It On

And Everyone Cringed When They Heard That Jessica Simpson Thought Tuna Was Chicken

Someone Did Front Twists in Everyone Else's Hair

Ordering Pizza Was the Highlight of the Night

You Watched the Latest Drama Unfold on The O.C. With Your Friends

You Covered Each Other in Your Finest Blue Eyeshadow Shades

You Each Had Different-Colored Velour Tracksuits

Everyone Played Snake on Their Nokia Cell Phones

And You All Swapped Case Covers When Someone Got a New One

Nokia 5165 Vintage Cell Phone With USA Flag Design ($30)

Nokia 5165 Vintage Cell Phone With USA Flag Design

From

$30

You and Your BFF Practiced the Routine to Lizzie and Paulo's Dance Number

Everyone Flipped Through Their YM Magazine Looking For Juicy Tidbits of Celeb Gossip

YM Magazine ($38)

YM Magazine

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$38

You Did a Fashion Show With Your Newest Hollister Haul

You Swapped Gauchos With Everyone So You Had Fresh Styles to Wear to School

Everyone Vowed to Stay Up All Night, but No One Actually Did

Everyone Tried to Imitate Monique's Iconic Line From This Scene in She's the Man

Rehearsing it just in case your BF dumped you — and from the top! "OK, let me put a stop to that little brain fart right now. Girls with asses like mine do not talk to boys with faces like yours."

Dance Parties Took Up a Majority of the Night

You Counted Who Could Roll Their Soffe Shorts the Most Times

You Vowed to Do a Scavenger Hunt as Cool as the One in Sleepover

The Coolest of the Crew Would Teach Everyone Else How to Perfect the Hair Bump

Heading to 7-11 to Mix Slurpee Flavors Was a Must

There Was a Time in the Night When Everyone Would Sing Avril Lavigne's "Complicated"

At the top your lungs, of course.

Slugging Down Capri Suns in as Little as 1 Sip Was Protocol

Capri Sun Pacific Cooler ($15)

Capri Sun Pacific Cooler

From

$15

Falling Asleep to Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite TV Specials on the Couch Happened Every Time

And not having to get up for school the next day was the best.

Your Friends Whipped Out Their Skip-Its When You Came Over

You Searched For the Perfect Pair of Traveling Pants

If Someone Didn't Know the "Burns" From White Chicks, You Taught Them

You All Smothered Your Lips in Tube Lip Gloss

Like this Lancôme Juicy Tubes Original Lip Gloss ($20).

Lancôme Juicy Tubes Original Lip Gloss

From

$20

Someone Would Illegally Download "Turn Me On" on LimeWire

Heading to Blockbuster to Rent a DVD (or VHS!) Was the Big Outing of the Night

Even When Everyone Went to Bed, You Still Wore Your Livestrong Bracelets

Like this Livestrong New Yellow Cancer Support Bracelet Wristband ($6).

Livestrong New Yellow Cancer Support Bracelet Wristband

From

If It Was Summer, Your Parents Let You Set Up a Slip N' Slide in the Backyard

Like this Water Slide ($170).

Water Slide

From

$170

You Tried to Play Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Without Cracking Up

Taking New MySpace Pics With Your Digital Camera HAD to Happen

Someone Always Rocked a Side Ponytail

While Someone Else Sported Their Stick-Thin Eyebrows

The Squad Got Excited When Someone's Parents Brought Home Legally Blonde From Blockbuster

Someone Always Told a Scary Story That Their Older Sibling Swore Was True

Baby Bottle Pops Were Always Scattered Across the Floor

Baby Bottle Pop Candy Assortment ($23)

Baby Bottle Pop Candy Assortment

From

$23

Someone in the Group Secretly Wanted to Date John Tucker

Even though he was the biggest player.

58 Things You Did at Sleepovers in the Early 2000s

You Had to Plan Your Sleepover Around the Latest Disney Channel Original Movie

Someone Always Arrived in a Denim Dress

While Someone Else Withstood the Itchiness of Their Popcorn Top

You Hopped on Your Bikes and Rode Past Your Crush's House

You and the Crew Shook It Like a Polaroid Picture

Using *67 to Prank Call Your Classmates Was the Peak of the Night's Entertainment

You All Gushed Over the Thought of These Two Being Together Forever

If Someone Had a Crimper, You Knew the Drill

You All Spent Hours Choosing a Song to Play as Your Outgoing Voicemail Messages

You HAD to Give Each Other Makeovers

You Showed Off Your Newest Low-Rise Jeans

You All Pondered What You Should Say Back to Your Crush's "Hey" Text

Everyone Organized Their Top Friends on MySpace With the People at the Sleepover First

You Snapped Pics of Each Other All Night long

And Quoted Mean Girls Religiously Because It Was Too Fetch Not To

You Each Downloaded Music From Kazaa and LimeWire and Burned It Onto CDs

You Used Your Friend's Small Dog as an . . . Accessory?

You Learned the Cheer Routines From Bring It On

And Everyone Cringed When They Heard That Jessica Simpson Thought Tuna Was Chicken

Someone Did Front Twists in Everyone Else's Hair

Ordering Pizza Was the Highlight of the Night

You Watched the Latest Drama Unfold on The O.C. With Your Friends

You Covered Each Other in Your Finest Blue Eyeshadow Shades

You Each Had Different-Colored Velour Tracksuits

Everyone Played Snake on Their Nokia Cell Phones

And You All Swapped Case Covers When Someone Got a New One

You and Your BFF Practiced the Routine to Lizzie and Paulo's Dance Number

Everyone Flipped Through Their YM Magazine Looking For Juicy Tidbits of Celeb Gossip

You Did a Fashion Show With Your Newest Hollister Haul

You Swapped Gauchos With Everyone So You Had Fresh Styles to Wear to School

Everyone Vowed to Stay Up All Night, but No One Actually Did

Everyone Tried to Imitate Monique's Iconic Line From This Scene in She's the Man

Dance Parties Took Up a Majority of the Night

You Counted Who Could Roll Their Soffe Shorts the Most Times

You Vowed to Do a Scavenger Hunt as Cool as the One in Sleepover

The Coolest of the Crew Would Teach Everyone Else How to Perfect the Hair Bump

Heading to 7-11 to Mix Slurpee Flavors Was a Must

There Was a Time in the Night When Everyone Would Sing Avril Lavigne's "Complicated"

Slugging Down Capri Suns in as Little as 1 Sip Was Protocol

Falling Asleep to Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite TV Specials on the Couch Happened Every Time

Your Friends Whipped Out Their Skip-Its When You Came Over

You Searched For the Perfect Pair of Traveling Pants

If Someone Didn't Know the "Burns" From White Chicks, You Taught Them

You All Smothered Your Lips in Tube Lip Gloss

Someone Would Illegally Download "Turn Me On" on LimeWire

Heading to Blockbuster to Rent a DVD (or VHS!) Was the Big Outing of the Night

Even When Everyone Went to Bed, You Still Wore Your Livestrong Bracelets

If It Was Summer, Your Parents Let You Set Up a Slip N' Slide in the Backyard

You Tried to Play Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board Without Cracking Up

Taking New MySpace Pics With Your Digital Camera HAD to Happen

Someone Always Rocked a Side Ponytail

While Someone Else Sported Their Stick-Thin Eyebrows

The Squad Got Excited When Someone's Parents Brought Home Legally Blonde From Blockbuster

Someone Always Told a Scary Story That Their Older Sibling Swore Was True

Baby Bottle Pops Were Always Scattered Across the Floor

Someone in the Group Secretly Wanted to Date John Tucker

It Was a Successful Night If You Were Covered in Crystal Tattoos by the End of It

Pillow Fights Were Bound to Happen

Let's Face It: Sleepovers With Your "Homeskillits" Were Just Off the Hook