Fairy Princess 1st Party

We Recently had a Fairy Princess Party for our granddaughters 1st birthday. We had so much fun and she was an adorable fairy princess. 

For invitations we sent out a card that said the following:

Peek into the garden, and what will you see? A beautiful fairy, sitting under a tree. Her name is Kimber, and she's turning one. Won't you join her for a party, full of fairytale fun.Fairy, gnome, elf or other mythical creature costumes are encouraged. We had a backdrop that we used years ago for a dance camp and just hung it up in our party room to create a nice setting and give us a backdrop for pictures. It is just a canvas dropcloth painted with a castle on it.

We hung paper pom poms and balloons to give the room a whimsical feel.

We had cake made of a fairy castle and little fairies sitting on it. We also had several kinds of cupcakes. We were also celebrating several other birthdays in the family so the cupcakes served as cakes for the grown ups as well. We also had fairy dust candy in cups and fairy crown lollipops.

We asked everyone to dress as characters that would come to a fairy princess party and everyone was creative with their costume ideas.

gnome and woodland fairy

gnomes

king, fairy princesses

fairy princess and unicorn

woodman and fairy princess

dragon

We made lace crowns ahead of time by soaking fabric lace in fabric stiffener and drying. We then painted the lace and added glitter.

She had a great time and enjoyed her first birthday cake. The top was designed to take off so she had her very own cake to eat.

Garden Tea Party

This Garden Tea Party was for our daughters 8th birthday and she had so much fun. It was fun to decorate for it also. I used quilts and tea sets we had and made the party fancy for her.

We used dads ties for the boys and floppy hats and feather boas for the girls.

Food was easy. finger sandwiches, cakes and cookies served with fruit punch and flavored teas.

Here is the recipe for the pink cookies. I used Strawberry cake mix but you can use any flavor you like, try orange or lemon for a tart cookie. Easy Cake Mix Cookies 1 box flavored Cake Mix 1- 8 oz container Cool Whip 1 egg 1/3 cup powdered sugar Preheat oven to 350° In medium bowl, beat cool whip, egg and cake mix until well blended. Dough will be thick and sticky. Drop by teaspoonfuls into a bowl of powdered sugar and roll to coat. Place on wax paper lined cookie sheet and bake for 10- 12 minutes Enjoy! As you can see they were a hit with the guests.

Even boys can have fun at a Tea Party. Especially if it is for their sister.