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For the invites:
Send a princess themed email invite to all of your guests. Go to
http://www.evite.com/app
For the decorations: Pink, purple, white and yellow align nicely with the princess theme. If you want to decorate, think about using things that your child can continue to love and play with after the party. Or buy things that have staying power, like a reuseable table cloth, birthday banners that you can use over and over, etc. There are several online resources that sell environmentally friendly party goods, too. Here are just a few:
http://littlestarcreativepartie
For the Activities:
*Consider having your guests dress like their favorite princess. Remember to include this on your evite.
*Have the option to get your face painted with a princess theme. You can either make your own paint by mixing 1 tsp. cornstarch, 1/2 tsp. water, 1/2 tsp. cold cream, and 2 drops food coloring in a small bowl, or buy some face paints at a toy store.
*Have a princess station where the ladies can put on shimmery make up and lip gloss.
*Have the ladies make and decorate their own princess wand. Precut cardboard stars out of used cardboard or recycled paper. Staple or tape the stars to a pixie stick. Allow each princess to decorate her star with rhinestone stickers, glitter paints, feathers, etc.
*Play a princess game: Buy a used game of Pretty Pretty Princess. Remember, buying used saves items from ending up in the landfills.
*Play princess trivia: Create a list of questions that are related to the princess theme. Each guest will get a piece of paper and a pencil. They will hear a list of questions and will write the answer to each question on their piece of paper. The guest that has the most correct answers gets a prize. If you are working with younger children that can’t write, consider having them sit in a circle and just raise their hand with the answer. You may have to adjust the questions for younger kids, too.
Here are some sample questions:
1) How many dwarfs were in Snow White? 7
2) What did Princess Aurora touch that made her go into a deep sleep? Spinning Wheel
3) What were the three fairies names in Sleeping Beauty? Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather
4) What did Cinderella name the mouse that was found in the trap? Gus
5) What did Arial use as a brush in the movie “The Little Mermaid?” fork
6) What was the name of the coffee cup in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast?” Chip
7) What type of animal was Jasmine’s pet in Alladin? A tiger
8) What did Bell’s father (from Beauty and the Beast) do for a living? Inventor
9) What was the prince’s name in “The Little Mermaid?” Eric
10) What did Snow White eat that made her fall asleep? An apple
*Play Freeze Dance: Here’s
some princess themed music that you can play: http://www.mmguide.musicmatch
For the cake: Use a cupcake pan and you save a lot of waste. You can
simply serve each royal castle on a 100% recycled paper
towel and avoid
the use of disposable plates and forks.
For the drinks: For
a princess drink, use glass cups rimmed with pink sugar. Dip the rim
of the glass in a little water and then dip the rim of the cup in a
plate of pink sugar. To make the sugar, simply add a few red food color
drops to a bowl of sugar and mix. Now you have a festive drink to enjoy
with your castle cakes.
For the favors:
They do have wands. However, if you’d like to give them something
more, than consider making them a gift to take home. For example, a
homemade sugar cookie shaped like a castle, or some home made face paint
(recipe above). If a store bought gift seems better, than consider something
natural like Burt’s Bees radiant
lip shimmer.
Have fun celebrating the princess way!