birthday

[ShellyRF]

I need some ideas for my daughters 5th birthday. She wants a princess party. HELP!!!

[jbaxter]

http://www.celebrateexpress.com/bexpress/ has alot of stuff in it that may give you ideas - in the search field put in princess and see what you come up with

[Diane]

Idea's for a Princess Party...


For invitations you could:

Use castle and fantasy graphics
Orchid's Free Monsters & Medieval Clipart
Outside~
You are invited to the Kingdom of Princess "name"
to celebrate a royal birthday.
Inside~
Castle Location:
Date:
Time:
RSVP to the Royal Party Planner:
OR
hand write the invitations in calligraphy . Roll them like a scroll and tie with pretty pink ribbon. Ask the guests to wear their "ball gowns and jewels" to the Birthday Ball. submitted by Dana Christensen

Decorations:
Decorate with pink and white balloons, purple streamers, etc. Make large tissue paper flowers (fan-fold large sheets of tissue paper, put a twist tie in the center and separate the sheets to make petals, then attach to a dowel for the stem, sprinkle with glitter. Make enough so each girl will be able to take one home. See the Magical Kingdom Party for more decorating ideas.

Cake and Food:
Unicorn Cake; White cake with Pink roses and Purple bows; Castle Cake

Goodie Bags:
Use lunch bags tied off with star garland.

Games and Activities:
Paint a Take-Home Treasure:
Making or purchase plaster-of-paris figures of ballet slippers, butterflies, etc. (girl items) for the girls to paint and take home as a party favor. Plan this as the first activity so they can dry before the girls leave for home.

Princess Pea Guessing Game:
Decorate a jar with lace and ribbons (hot-glued on) filled with dried peas. (You know the story of the pea under the mattress to seek out the true princess). The girls will each guess how many pea's they think are in the jar, and the winner gets a small prize.

Pin the Tail on the Unicorn:
Draw or find a Unicorn poster and play pin the tail.

Find the King's Treasure Chest:
Make clues on the computer, each one rolled and 'sealed' with a sticker and ribbon. Each clue leads to the next until they finally find the 'Treasure Chest', which could be a laundry detergent box, covered with gold foil tissue paper and stickers, etc.
Inside the treasure chest fill with party bags made using pink tulle (net). Cut large squares of the net and gathered up over candy, etc in the center, then tie them with ribbons and put those little ribbon roses on them.

Make Star Wands:
Cut star shapes from thin wood or poster board. Glue to a length of dowel and spray-paint gold. The girls can decorate their own wand with glitter-glue, stickers and foil confetti.

Make Princess Hats:
Buy or make cone hats. To make, take poster board and shape into a cone, staple. Add streamers at the top. Let the girls decorate them with glitter, stickers and confetti like the hats.

Jewelry making:
Purchase "pony beads" and chenille sticks (pipe cleaners). The girls will string the beads on the chenille sticks to make bracelets. This activity is great for younger girls. For older girls use satin ribbon and beads.

I hope these help...

Diane... :wave:

[Linda/NE]

Last summer we had a surprise birthday party for my dd who was 5. The theme of her party was Barbie, but the invitations had Barbie as a Princess. So, we covered the doorway to our front door (between the screen door and the main door) with freezer paper and put up a sign " Welcome to Danielle's Castle" Then she had to break through the paper to get to her surprise.

Good Luck!!