By Royal Decree…Princess Invitations

After selecting this princess theme for your party, choose a slogan or theme to use in your invitations and to tie in decorations and personalized favors to your precious princess theme. Try one of the following or brainstorm with the birthday girl to come up with the perfect slogan for your party:

• ”Princess Party at Marissa’s Magical Kingdom”
• ”Hear Ye, Hear Ye…Princess Brooke is turning 4!”
• ”Gabrielle’s Pink Princess Party”

Invitations:

Choose one of the following invitations to let your young guests know what a splendid time they will have at the party:

• The Birthday Princess Ensemble contains an invite that is perfect for this theme.  Address each envelope to “Princess (first name).”
• As an alternative, a Castle Invitation is absolutely charming!  The invitations can be imprinted with your choice of wording…and you can use the slogan you choose to set just the right tone for the party.
• Consider sprinkling some magical palace powder in the form of castle confetti inside the envelope to give guests a sneak preview of the royal fun that awaits them!
• Consider attaching a computer-generated tag to a mini slipper with silver curling ribbon. Invite guests by saying, “Only you can fill this shoe…by coming to my Princess Party!” Hand-deliver these invites on a lovely white satin pillow, (leaving only the shoe invitation with each guest!)

Transform Your Home for a Princess Party

A princess party is sure to be a big hit with girls of all ages. Whether your daughter is a diva princess or a girly princess, we offer a dazzling array of elegant decorations to set just the right tone for this theme and to guarantee a happily-ever-after ending for everyone!

Outdoor decorations:

• ”Once Upon a Time”…some precious little girls entered an enchanting Castle Gate.  All the princesses will thrill at the sight of what awaits them. Our Castle Gate Decoration makes an absolutely wonderful photo backdrop and can easily be moved indoors for hours of imaginative play!
• Attach a bouquet of helium-filled balloons to a light post or mailbox so there will be no mistaking where the fun will be that day!

Indoor Decorations:

• Start your decorating with a Birthday Princess Ensemble. This ensemble contains balloons, streamers, curling ribbon, confetti, centerpiece, and a flower piñata to match your theme!
• Our castle entrance makes a lovely backdrop for royal portraits and for a princess procession.  Your daughter will enjoy countless hours of make-believe magic in this precious castle long after the party ends.
• A Princess Design-a-Throne provides just the right spot for the birthday Princess to sit as she opens her gifts and thanks all of her truest friends for joining her on her special day.
• Add an 8’ tall castle silhouette to any wall in the Kingdom…a regal decoration at a pauper’s price!
• Add some fluttering butterflies and glorious flowers to your decorating to match the birthday princess ensemble with our wish butterfly and enchantment flowers!
• Tie bows with mini star gossamer or sparkle netting across the top of each chair back. The bows can be cut to any length and even look great with tails trailing on the floor. Make bows to hang anywhere and everywhere…chairs, doorways, gift packages or table-ends. The bows hold their shape beautifully at a fraction of the cost of wired ribbon.
• Balloons can economically transform any room into a festive space in a matter of minutes by using some of the following ideas:
-Use a helium tank to fill balloons. Tie curling ribbon to balloons and group them together. (Odd numbers look best: three, five or seven) Place groupings of balloons around the party room.
-Tie a bunch of helium-filled balloons to the birthday child’s chair, or tie one balloon to the back of each chair.
-If you choose not to use helium, tie balloons to varying lengths of curling ribbon and hang from the ceiling, or from a light fixture over the party table.

• Streamers offer an economical way to splash lots of color around the site of the party.  Create a fun and colorful effect by draping pink and light blue metallic streamers from the center of the ceiling to the walls on each side of the room. The streamers can be twisted after they are anchored to a ceiling wall or table for a more dimensional look. Two different colored streamers can be placed back to back and twisted for a unique look.  They also look terrific hanging from doorframes or cascading vertically down walls.
• Metallic curtains in an array of colors provide an economical way to add dazzle to a doorway, food area or castle entry.

Table Decorations & Napkins:

• Setting a table with the party ware, including the tablecloth, cups, plates, napkins, and cutlery is the fastest way to create a focal point in a room. Start by setting your table with all the goodies in our Birthday Princess Ensemble.  Add a few of the following touches to personalize your table:
• Create a centerpiece using a bunch of helium-filled balloons tied with curling ribbon.  Attach them to a foil balloon weight.
• Fairytales do come true!  Add a precious castle centerpiece to your birthday table.
• Display your birthday cake in the center of the table…the princesses will love the close up view!
• Add other personalized items, such as a stadium cup, to each place setting to let the birthday child know just how special she is. These items will stir fond memories of the “best birthday ever” for many years to come.
• Order pink or light blue personalized napkins and have them imprinted with your party slogan and the design of your choice. Select a metallic or foil imprint. The napkins will serve several purposes…great decorating in disguise and a treasured memento for the birthday girl’s scrapbook. Try one of the following ideas to liven up your table:
• Unfold the napkins, pinch each in the center of the napkin and place the center point in the bottom of each cup from the Birthday Princess Ensemble. This adds a festive touch while the cups are still empty.
• Tie napkins with curling ribbon or sparkle netting, and place in the center of each plate at an angle.  The cutlery can also be added before the napkin is tied with ribbon.

Fun and Games for a Princess Party

A Princess party just wouldn’t be complete without some fairytale magic. This theme is perfect for girls of all ages, and the activities that follow will guarantee many “happily ever after” memories!

Gather all the fun dress-up clothing you can find (or borrow from friends)…fun, frilly, foo-foo dresses (size is completely irrelevant), feather boas, faux fur wraps, high-heeled play shoes, capes, etc. As each guest arrives, invite her into the royal wardrobe to dress up. After each guest has selected an outfit befitting a princess, apply some royal makeup.  Girls love this part!  Finally, a princess party just wouldn’t be complete without tiaras. We offer some wonderful princess costumes that would make a delightful gift for the birthday Princess, and would be terrific additions to a dress-up box.

After the girls are all dressed up, take the time for some palace perfect posing at the castle entrance!  Have the girls pose as a group in their tiaras, and alone with the birthday girl. Use either a digital or Polaroid camera to send a picture home with each guest or mail the priceless photos at a later date with thank you notes.

The exclusive Coloring Throne provides just the right spot for the birthday Princess to sit as she opens her gifts.  Allow each guest to add a small message or special drawing or doodle to the throne to personalize this darling keepsake.

There are several craft kits so that the little princesses can create exclusive tiaras, special jewel boxes or sweet handbags to hold a king’s ransom of jewels!

Magical Wands – Purchase one giant Pixie Sticktm for each child. Attach two 4″ shimmer stars to the top of each Pixie Stick, attaching them back-to-back to the paper label. Let the children decorate the wands with stickers, stick-On jewels, and trailing streamers made from curling ribbon. The leftover stars can be used for decorating the kingdom. The “magical fairy dust” inside the wand is a big-hit bonus!

Musical Tiaras – Play this game using the same concept as the classic game of musical chairs…one less tiara than there are children for each round.  Place tiaras from the favor packs on a table that the Princesses must walk around while the music is playing. When the music is turned off, the girls must scramble to put on a tiara. The child without a tiara must leave the game and the game continues with one less crown until there is one child remaining – the Queen!  The tiaras can then be used as favors!

Slay the Dragon – Prior to the party, fill approximately 3-4 pink or lavender water balloons per child.  After all the dragon eggs have been found, gather the children in a circle for a quick fairytale. Starting with “Once upon a time, in a magical kingdom, there lived a beautiful Queen named (birthday girl), etc. All was happy in the kingdom until one day the Queen discovered that one of the dragon eggs had hatched and a mighty, fierce, ugly, fire-breathing dragon was running rampant! (Hold up a “cracked” egg left over from a Dragon Egg Hunt). The royal wizard mixed up a big batch of “Palace Potion,” and the Queen needs your help to slay the dragon!” Have dad, or another good sport, pose as the dragon. A green shirt and some “fire” (craft foam or orange streamers) dripping from his mouth make an appropriate costume. Have all the subjects in the kingdom pelt the dragon with the pink palace potion (water balloons) as he runs and growls at them.  Guaranteed to create squeals of delight…only Dad gets soaked…and everyone lives happily-ever-after!

Treat the Royal Court with Princess Party Favors

Create party favor packs to hand out to your guests to thank them for attending your party. Start by choosing one of our favor bags or boxes and fill it with an assortment of party favors from our party favor store. We suggest a pink Purse with Ponytail Holder filled with toy pearls, heart sunglasses, stick-on jewels, daisy swirl lip gloss, a marabou slap bracelet and party bubbles!

Have Personalized Bubbles imprinted with your party slogan… a magical touch for any birthday party!

Delight each little girl with a treasure trove of gorgeous jewels…glitter jelly bracelets, rings, and jewel stick-ons… all will be treasured and the fairytale will live on long after the last candle is blown out!

A princess party just wouldn’t be complete without diamonds and a flurry of pink!  Tiaras and feather boas are perfect princess accessories! Treat the birthday girl to a Birthday Princess Tiara, and graciously bestow the rest of the royal subjects with a sequin crown.

Create memories that will last well beyond the fairytale by giving personalized favors.  We offer stadium cups, acrylic frames, and much more…all personalized with your child’s theme slogan and name.

Glow necklaces are a must for any young diva or princess!

Check out our Princess Party Activities for more ideas on how to give out favors!