When two of her classmates had back to back parties on the Saturdays before and following her birthday, we knew we had to get creative.
We decided to try a Friday night party, unusual for 6 year olds, but it actually worked out great! I picked up this adorable Princess Dress at TJ Maxx last summer and planned to hide it away until Christmas. What usually ends up happening when I do things like this is
a) I forget about them totally or
b) I can't remember where I hid them.
In this case, I forgot all about it until just before her birthday, so it served as the inspiration for her Princess Party.
We decided to host a movie night in our very own living room. The girls watched Disney's Princess & The Frog and we served popcorn and theater-style beverages (aka: Please don't spill this on our couch). :)
We moved our coffee table out of the way and freed up a ton of space to be filled with bean bag chairs, blankets and oversized pillows.
We weren't sure how long a room full of princesses would stay engaged, but to our surprise they (almost) made it through the whole flick! Of course someone figured out that a pillow fight would be more fun, so we had to divert to gift opening and cake eating.
She liked the cupcakes. :) And we liked that we had an excuse to do a taste test on a place we are considering for the wedding. They passed.
And we think the other girls really liked their party favors.
Next year Alex says she wants a party with a "real cute pterodactyl" and the Easter Bunny. Um....What?! Sounds an awful lot like her idea to be a Dolphin-Bat for Halloween. :)
Awwwww, very charming. I'm so taken with "girlie" things like this, probably because I never got to have it in OUR house!
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