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The Fairy Garden Party (budget style!)

In: Birthday Parties, Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Family, Family Snapshots
Tinkerbell party, fairy party

Oh boy, was this party a beautiful day full of fairy wings, glitter pixie dust, and…..zoo animals.

Thanks to a new blog friend, Erin, I had several ideas to choose from for this party.  And thanks to our local zoo, I had all the entertainment I needed to keep the 3 and 4 year old fairies occupied!  But because not every one has access to the awesome zoo – here’s the party photos to keep everyone inspired.

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So, I didn’t use my frappacino glasses for drinks this time. Just as vases for my dollar store silk flowers.

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I didn’t have time to get helium in my balloons. So, a needle and some ($1.50) ribbon sewn through the tied part of the ($0.97/package) balloons made the perfect festive birthday garlands. Dollar store tablecloths that I layered for extra color effects and tied up in corners with ($2.50) rolls of tulle added to the girly magic.

Now, for the FOOOOOOOD! 🙂

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These were chocolate chips, a little extra frosting from the cake, vanilla wafers, and hershey kisses.

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These honey bees were downright awesome. Here’s the recipe I used.

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Some cherry tomatoes cut in half and a couple of cheese sticks were all I needed to make these cute little edible mushrooms.

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Hee hee. Funny story. The “caterpillar-snake-fruit-wands” were quite the adventure for my mom, my sister, and I. When I couldn’t find good looking watermelon to make the stars I wanted, we improvised with strawberries. Thinking, “caterpillars would be adorable!” They kinda ended up looking like snakes though. This is what they were supposed to be.

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So kids’ parties are full of sugar as it is. So for my punch, I do 100% juice, in a “matching” color to my theme, and water it down with club soda. And give it a cool name. Like Pixie Punch.

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These were the adult’s favorites for sure. This is the recipe I used for these.

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Hee hee hee. 🙂

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We had peanut butter and blackberry jam sandwiches and cheese sandwiches  – the birthday fairy’s favorites!

And now, time for the fairies to join us after their little walk through the zoo.

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Boy were they excited!

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The first stop was the Fairy dress-up station where the party goers got their wings and pixie dust.

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This is where the magic happened for my little birthday fairy. She loved watching her little friends transform into magical fairy creatures.

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Including herself!

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Next the girls picked out their party food and enjoyed their lunch together.

Then the cake….

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The tree trunk and tree top were rice crispy treats  molded into the correct shape, and covered in marshmallow fondant. The fairies are attached with simple floral stem wire I got at Hobby Lobby.

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She’s not the best candle flame blower-outer. (I mean, really! This was only her fourth chance to practice!) So she got one candle. Big sis still had to help a little, much to the birthday fairy’s chagrin.

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“No, Col-we. I’M gonna blow out the candle!” 🙂

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“Now, I’m a princess fairy!” (but not until after having wings, a necklace, a tiara, and a red flower in her hair…)

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— Special thanks to my lovely fairy queen mother and fairy sister for helping make this party such a super success. 🙂


Kim


1 comments

  • Jan Evett

    April 2, 2013 at 10:30 pm

    I love seeing all the joy, love, happiness and magic fairy dust in this post! Love, love, love it!! Happy Birthday, Fairy Princess!!

    Reply

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