I planned this party in my head while I was laid up in bed this summer after I had knee surgery. With the help of pinterest and my talent as a copycat I turned our backyard into a fairyland. I loved it and more importantly so did Lorelei. The pictures don't do it justice and simply don't show all the detail. I wanted to take more pictures but I had a couple of very punctual guests and I didn't have time. I had a headband made for each guest and we did a little face painting. I made them little treasure bags and as they were waiting for their turn to get their face painted I had them looking for little treasures we had hidden in the yard (clay ladybugs, glass beads, jewels, etc.). They took these treasures home to make a fairy garden in their yard.
My husband is a genius. I told him I wanted him to hang a hula hoop from the tree branch and he made it happen. He also got those stumps from our neighbor who was cutting down his tree. So convienent. I wrapped the tulle and flowers around the hula hoop and then hung yarn globes (much trickier to make than you think) from it as well.
The flowers in the watering can came from my garden.
The birthday girl. She was so excited! I made a path leading from our front sidewalk to the back gate.
My welcome banner.
Paper flower straws They were a lot of fun to make and they added so much to the table.
The menu included: Ladybug apples (just add black frosting dots to apple halves)
PBJ Sandwiches cutout into flower shapes
Twigs (pretzels sticks)
Sparkling morning dew (Cherry 7 up)
Acrons (Hershey kiss, with mini vanilla wafers and a chocolate chip on top, held together with pb)
The cake I made! I was so proud of it.
Snail Sandwiches (Tortillas with ham and cheese and toothpicks for antennae)
Toadstools (Cheese sticks, cherry tomato halves and cream cheese spots)
Fairy Lorelei
Pixie Dust (glitter in little bottles) as the party favors, along with the wands they decorated and their headbands. I had a couple of games planned but after face painting, eating lunch, wand decorating, cake and ice cream and opening presents we were out of time. The girls sat at their little table eating and giggling for the longest time. I think they all had a good time. I didn't want to have to take everything down but we were leaving for vacation the next day and so down it came. It was so lovely.
Happy Birthday to my Fairy Lorelei!
