I am looking to have a really nice 5th birthday party for my daughter in August. SHe is my little princess and I would like to stick with that theme but more personal for her.. Special cake, decor and place. Let me know of any ideas.....
Hi Taya,
www.ThemeFest.com. It is a party venue that offers different themes, princess being one of them. All themes are included in one big room so if she wants to be a pirate princess, or cowgirl princess she can do it all!
I had my twin sons' birthday party at Super Franks in Pleasanton right off of 680/580. I'm not sure where you are located and how far you are willing to travel but you should definitely check out the facilities online and in-person. The staff is VERY attentive and it's similar to a Chuck E Cheese but way way better. Smaller arcade and themed party rooms (ie. Taught Town, Sports Room, Glow-in-the-Dark Mini Golf, and Princess Room). The food is much better and I believe in the Princess Room there's a huge front of a castle where the kids can dress up and parade their clothes around, a Princess reads story time, food can consist of finger sandwiches and tea, etc. Good luck!
Safeway makes a pretty decent cake, and it's not too expensive. They also have a lot of designs to choose from.
Oriental Trading Company http://www.orientaltrading.com has 5 billion kids party decorations/themes/items that you can get in bulk. If you are planning on inviting more than 5 kids to your party, this is the way to go. It's way cheaper than those party stores.
As for themes, if it is going to be a princess party and all girls, why don't you make it into a fancy tea party? You can take your basic kids food and "pretty it up" to make it fancy. I did this for my daughter and she loved it. Let me know if you want ideas.
Good Luck,
K.
We had a magic princess come out and entertain the kids. She did face painting and balloon twisting and a magic show for $160 and stays for 1 1/2 hours. The cost is actaully $180, but if you say you found them in Bay Area Parent Magazine, in which I did, you get a $20 discount. You can choose from different characters and types. We had a fairy princess rather than a disney princess. There are pirates, hulla and ballet dancers, wizards and clowns (non scary) as well.
www.magicprincess.com or 1-888-5-MAGIC-5
Wilton makes super long lollypop sticks that you can bake into cookies to make "wands". They go over great. I did a tinkerbell partywhen my daughter was 4. I made star shaped cookies with sugar crystals. tie ribbons to the cookie sticks. big hit.
You can get foam cone hats at the craft store. The kids have a great time decorating their own princess hat with ribbon and mesh and big plastic gems.
A "Red Carpet" up to your front door(if you do it at home) would be adoreable. I would use just a plastic party table cloth taped down. Pink or purple to match your theme would be cute too.
Painting nails is very girlie and princessy. You can have fun picking out a range of polishes at the store with your daughter, and then let the girls pick their favorites to take home.
Good luck. have fun. My daughter turns 5 in June. She likes bugs and aliens and monsters and we're having a Birthday Halloween Party.
hey taya,
checkout - http://www.celebrateexpress.com/ let your daughter pick yhe theme (they have hundreds) then plan your party around whatever she chooses.
good luck!
also try - http://www.orientaltrading.com they also have lots o' themes too.
good luck,
aline
I did a princess party for my daughter myself when she turned age 4 and got most of the supplies at Oriental Trading Company. I made the invitations using square doilies and put a purple piece of paper in the center with the details (purple is very regal). They were instructed to come in their finest dress-up clothing and bring a lady-in-waiting (or lord-in-waiting) to attend to them. I hired two 11-13 yo girls to help as "castle servants" for the day. They were thrilled with the ($5/hour) money and with the referrals for future babysitting jobs!.
The children made necklaces to wear out of beads, mostly bi-cones to reflect the light nicely, although you can buy pre-made ones. They decorated jewelry boxes from OTC. The lunch was a tea party. Food was finger sandwiches (3 types: cucumber with cream cheese, ham, and jelly) all cut into flower shapes using the Pampered Chef bread tube or a cookie cutter. Drink was apple juice mixed with 7-up to give it fizz and poured into plastic wine / champagne glasses from Smart & Final or some such store. I got a tiara shaped pinata from Disney store that you pulled ribbons rather than whacked with a stick to get the candy. I seem to remember Baskin Robbins having a very Princessy ice cream cake.
The things they made during the party were their favors / gifts. And I put fruit roll-ups and fruit snacks in the pinata along with the candy to take up space.
