Princess Make-Over Party

Photo by Punch Photography

When my daughter requested a 'make-up' party for her 5th birthday, this was not the theme I was hoping to hear from her at such a young age!!  But keeping in mind her age and her love of princesses (and all things girly) this was the 'Princess Makeover Party' I came up with....

The Princess Beauty Salon!

The party room was organised with tables for a 'Princess Beauty Salon' - lots of hair accessories and play make-up were added to boxes next to each styling doll.  Also tied to each chair a beauticians uniform for each guest to wear.
Beyond the 'Princess Salon' were 4 lifesize  princess cutouts stands (shapes cut from mdf).  Each cutout had dressing up accessories attached via velcro spots and this enabled the girls to take the accessories and dress-up as a princess.  The velcro dots were also great for enabling the children to return the accessories and actually dress-up the cutouts again and again!

Life-size Princesses

Tutu skirt, wand, necklace, earrings and handbags added

supercute beautician uniforms!

The dessert table within the party room was to resemble a princess dressing table.  It was filled with pastel pink and green goodies!! The pink chocolate princess slippers were a big hit with the girls!

The yummy princess dressing table!

Closer details.....

photo by Punch Photography

photo by Punch Photography

photo by Punch Photography

photo by Punch Photography

Chocolate slippers from Not On The High Street

Instead of a birthday cake I opted for individual cupcakes and made toppers to turn the simple cupcakes into princesses.

photo by Punch Photography

I found a very cute second hand dressing table and decorated this as a favour table.  Candy handbags could be filled with lots of  treats, including personalised chocolate bars and a candy lipstick.  The drawers of the dressing table also contained further play jewellery, feather boas and dress up items.  Next to the dressing table was my favourite feature, a basket filled with to pink poodles for the little princesses to 'Pick a Pooch'!

photo by Punch Photography

photo by Punch Photography

photo by Punch Photography

photo by Punch Photography

photo by Punch Photography

Pick a Pooch!

The favour dressing table

With the age range of  the four guests 2 years to 8years - this theme worked really well, accessible to all age groups.  The girls really enjoyed the activities - particularly their 'Salon'! - Some very interesting hair styles created!!!

photo by Punch Photography

I added in a few of my own basic party snaps to this post but have to say a big thank you to Punch Photography  for their gorgeous photos of the details of this party!

I will add images of the co-ordinating  princess 'colour-in' invitations and partyware on my Facebook page Lila's Party so please pop by for details :)  x

 

Easter Party at Bunny Meadow!

With the weather so cold and gloomy I was determined our Easter party would in contrast be warm, bright and overflowing with springtime cheer!

Paper grass (you may recognise from Snow White inspired party!) was perfect to transform the party table into 'Easter Bunny Meadow'. 

The 'Meadow' was to be the final destination on our Easter egg hunt, so it had to be filled with lots of treats and goodies for the children to add to their baskets!

I also aimed to create a highly interactive party table.  Lots of nice textures and cute objects for the children to explore and lots of hidden treats within the display!

Easter Bunny Meadow!

 One confession I must make at this point is although I had many good intentions of making cake pops,  cupcakes and a number of other yummy Easter themed treats unfortunately a very full order book took over and time to cook was impossible! So the table is filled with shop-bought novelties and treats aside from the wonderful (and very delicious!) large cupcakes made by my daughters.  Always lovely to include some of their creations within a dessert table, they look so proud when they spot I have added them in!!

Carrot cones and marshmallow lollipops

Easter tree with cute bunnies hiding treats and cones filled with small eggs and choc bunnies

Lots of cute bunnies and chicks hiding and concealing chocolate treats.

The 'Hen House' proved very popular.  After picking out the treats, children rounded up all chicks to have them placed in and around.

Just love the little pink chick!

Tea light holders I picked up on sale in the local supermarket made fab spring flowers with a small cupcake added.

Small flower cupcakes from M&S

Bunnie egg cosies sitting on chocolate eggs!

Aside from our Easter Egg Hunt and the play in 'Easter Bunny Meadow' with all of the cute characters, I also provided a little creative area were the children could decorate Easter bonnets, make masks, cards and pictures.  

 

And instead of Easter eggs as gifts (as more than enough chocolate and treats to be gathered from the egg hunt!) I gave each child a 'make your own Easter friend'  kit - this was great as a final activity so each child had their completed toy to take away.

One other notable feature of the party were the personalised egg cosies I used as place settings for the younger children - they loved them! And again a lovely non-chocolate gift to take home!

This gorgeous bunny made by Blueberry Crafts

Our party definitely brought some spring cheer to a very cold day! Now time to enjoy our Egg hunt finds!