Birthday Party Theme: Princess Party

Princess toys and clothing are favorites of many young girls. So what could be more fitting for her birthday than letting your daughter be princess for a day? A princess theme party is guaranteed to be great fun for all involved.

Princess Party Invitations and Decorations

Princess parties are quite popular, so you can find princess-themed invitations at many discount and party supply stores. You could also design your own with your computer, or you could make them from scratch.

Crown-shaped cards would be very fitting. You could add stick-on jewels from the craft store, or some silver or gold glitter. Other shapes that are good for princess party invitations include castles and glass slippers.

For decorations, you could make a princess banner and put up lots of pretty streamers and coordinating balloons. A princess needs a throne, and you can whip one up in no time using a chair, a sheet, some ribbons, and a soft pillow to sit on. Piñatas are decorative and serve as a party game as well. Choose something like a unicorn or castle to go with the rest of the décor.

Princess Party Favors and Food

There are lots of party favors that would work well for a princess party. Wands, goblets and costume jewelry are nice if you're going with store-bought favors. You can also find inexpensive paper crowns to use instead of the standard party hats.

You could easily make your own party favors to save money and add a creative touch. Card stock paper will make a fairly durable crown, and you could provide stick-on jewels and other pretty things to the girls and let them decorate their own. You could also cut out stars from cardboard, decorate them with glitter, and glue a dowel to the back of them for homemade wands. For a simple yet elegant favor, put some assorted candy in some pretty tulle and tie it up with a ribbon.

Miniature sandwiches make a dainty food for a princess party. Simply make regular peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese sandwiches and cut them into quarters. Pink lemonade or fruit punch served in goblets or teacups provide royal refreshment.

Castle cakes are a hit at princess parties. Most bakeries can make them. If you want to make your own, you could use a regular sheet cake with a smaller cake centered on top of it. Add upside-down ice cream cones at the corners to create a castle shape. Then decorate with icing, and add a tiny princess figurine to complete the look.

A princess party doesn't have to be expensive to be fun. You can make almost everything on your own, or you can find inexpensive favors and decorations at your local discount store. Your little princess will have a memorable birthday, and her friends will talk about what a great time they had for weeks to come.