After days of rain, the day of the party brought cloudy skies, slightly chilly weather and a super muddy backyard. The party that was supposed to be outdoors was brought inside. Seventeen excited fairies and some of their parents made for quite a cramped, yet cozy party.
As each guest arrived, they were asked to pick a Tinkerbell foam puzzle piece out of a bag. I found the foam puzzles at Dollar Tree and was able to color-coordinate the pieces to match the fairy tutus & wings. This made it easy to split the girls into 3 different groups for crafts.
A blue puzzle piece meant your talent was a Water Fairy with a blue ensemble, a pink puzzle piece meant your talent was a Garden Fairy with a pink ensemble and purple meant your talent was Fast-Flying.
After the girls were dressed, they were taken to the "Pretty Pixie Salon." Here the grandmothers did nails, light glittery make-up, press-on earrings & glittery hair spray. Each girl also received a fairy crown. The crowns were easy to make with decorative wire garland from Dollar Tree formed into a crown and lots of curling ribbon tied to the back.
Once the girls were made-up, they had their pictures taken in the "Fairy Forest." We included a picture of each girl with the thank you notes.
While waiting to visit the Pretty Pixie Salon or after the photo, they decorated colorful handle bags with
pictures of Tinkerbell, crayons, markers & stickers. The girls used the bags
throughout the party to collect their crafts and treasures.
To be official fairies, everyone had to recite the Fairy Pledge and spin 3 times while saying "I believe in fairies!"
Each fairy
received a magical flower fairy wand. The wands were made with wooden dowels from the
Walmart craft section painted gold. I hot glued ribbon, tulle, a flower and jingle bell to the top of the dowel.
Following the Fairy Ceremony, the fairies were divided into 3 groups according to their talent (and color wings!). Since my daughter absolutely loves do do crafts, I created 3 different craft stations for groups rotate through.
Station #1 - Make Pixie Dust
Each fairy was given a plastic container to mix her very own pixie dust. The lidded containers were purchased 6/$1 at Dollar Tree and I hot glued a flower and leaf to the lid for decoration. The Pixie Dust ingredients included colored sand,
iridescent glitter and special Tinkerbell confetti found only at the Disney theme parks.
Since this station didn't take very long, the girls listened to a Tinkerbell story until it was time to rotate.
Station #2 - Fairy Gardens
Before the party I glued small bamboo skewers into the bottom of unpainted wooden drawer knobs (from craft store). The knobs were painted red with white polka dots to resemble
mushrooms and the lids of the baby food jars were also painted red. Directions for the mini terrariums can be found
here.
Station #3 - Fairy Dolls
At this craft stop the girls assembled
fairy dolls from clothespins. Instead of using wax paper wings, we used tie-dyed small coffee filters (color coffee filters with markers, lightly spray with water & let dry). All of the components were cut & painted prior to the party, so the girls just had to put them together.
After crafts, it was time for a Fairy Picnic. The menu consisted of Fairy Juice (Sprite mixed with a little maraschino cherry syrup) and Fairy Salad (a last-minute mix of mini goldfish crackers, mini colored marshmallows and Tinkerbell fruit snacks). Believe it or not, the Fairy Salad was a huge hit!
Following snacks we sang "Happy Birthday" and gave out cake & ice cream. Instead of 1 large cake, I made small individual flower cakes for each guest. Each little cake had a Tinkerbell topper (made by Wilton & purchased at
Michaels) and sat on a
plastic plate (Dollar Tree) that I had hot glued silk flower petals to the bottom.
The last activity for the party was "Tinkerbell's Treasure Hunt." The girls were each given a list of items to find in the backyard. The items included 7 colored Easter eggs, a bottle of fairy kisses (miniature bottle of bubbles from Dollar Tree wedding section with a fairy sticker & bow) and a magical bird (feather bird from craft store).
The treasures inside the eggs included tiny glittered sea shells, plastic bird eggs, colorful feathers, Tinkerbell candy, Tinkerbell stickers, a blue moonstone (glass decorative pebble) and butterfly hair clips.
Each fairy left with her wings, tutu, crown, wand, crafts and treasures. Emma also handed out star lollipops that I made from pink candy melts and colorful sprinkles.
Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time! Most importantly, my daughter said it was her favorite party ever!
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invitations and
decorations.
Once filled, I wrapped each container with clear cellophane and tied them with black, red & gold curling ribbon (also from Michaels). It is hard to see, but each little package is personalized with a gold star & the guest's name.
Inside the popcorn box was red shredded paper filler, bubble gum (left over from invitations), a full size Hershey bar, mini microwave movie butter popcorn, Mike & Ike's theater box candy, Admit One coaster (package of 8/$1 from Michaels), homemade chocolate star pop & dino Silly Bandz (for the movie theme Land of the Lost).
I'm not sure about your kids, but mine are CRAZY for Silly Bandz! I thought the dino bands would be perfect for the movie theme and purchased two packages of 24. I separated the bands into groups of six and created individual cello bags for each of the sets.
The cello bags are Wilton lollipop bags. I used 2 different colors of cardstock, a star punch & gold staples to create the header. With a silver glitter pen I wrote, "Thanks for a REEL fun time!" across the header.
