Princess Party by Mommy

It's really more fun to DIY...especially when it's practically your first time.

My daughter recently turned 5 years old and she insisted on throwing an all-girls party.  Since our budget was tight, I told her that we could have a simple celebration.  She agreed as long as we stuck to the theme - pink princess.  She came up with a very short guest list and I did the rest.

The girls on her list were between the ages 4 to 8 years old so I thought that instead of games, we'd have arts and crafts activities plus storytelling.

After eating homemade snacks, I let the girls decorate "cupcakes".  Iinstead of using cupcakes, I just bought Monde Nissin's Special Mamon from the grocery.   The cakes are wider which means more decorating space, it's cheaper, it's yummy and the best part is I didn't need to bake.  For the decorations, I made buttercream frosting and bought food coloring, candies and other cake accesssores that I found in the grocery.

The second activity was dressing up paper dolls. I found adorable princess paper doll print outs at www.activityvillage.co.uk.   I cut them out, gave the kids crayons, glitter, paste and sequins.  Then I gave them illustration boards where they can stick their glamorized paper dolls for take home :)

                                                  Photo from www.activityvillage.co.uk

Since it was supposed to be a princess party, I gathered the kids for a storytelling session using our iPad.   I read The Frog Prince because, well, the story had a princess :)  It was also my preamble to the unveiling of the birthday cake.

The highlight the party would be the cake which I made.  Take note, I said "made" because I didn't bake it.  I bought ready-made chiffon cakes from the local bakery, made pink buttercream icing, got those little candy pearls, borrowed my daughter's Barbie doll then I simply assembled everything.  Here's the finished product....

The little girls' oohs and ahhs assured me that I didn't do a bad job considering it was my first attempt. 

In the end, it was a wonderful party.  The guests had fun.  More importantly, I felt that my daughter was genuinely happy and proud of her party even though it was simple.

I can't wait to DIY for my little cowboy next year!