doll party stationary

I found the most adorable invitations for my daughter's birthday party at Michael's craft store.  They have a lot of fun American Girl doll party supplies and crafts.  I asked all of our guests for their dolls name so I could personalize the mini doll sized invitiatoins.  For the thank you notes I used this template.  It was supposed to be used for a version of pin the tail on the donkey.  I shrunk it down and personalized it - then copied it and used it for our thank you notes. 

doll party favors

Last year when my daughter turned five we gave out five party favors.  This year we decided to give out six of my daughter's favorite things.  I put all of the favors in a wrought iron plant stand and gave each girl a pink bag to put all of the items in  On the top of the stand I put some cute and cuddly teddy bears. The next tier held glass jars filled one was filled with pick satin eye masks, another with pink gumballs, the third with cupcake lip gloss, and the last with tiny s'more kits for the dolls (they had tiny marshmallows, chocolate bars and cinnamon toast crunch for the Graham crackers).  The bottom tier held the adorable polka dot boxes filled with beautiful felt hair bands- one for the girls and one for their doll.  These were made by the extremely talented Laurie at Hopscotch Boutique.  She will work with you to find exactly the color and style that you are looking for.  Although there were a lot of favors I found many of them in the dollar section- I just dressed them up a bit!

doll pajama party

On Sunday we had my daughter's sixth birthday party.  She invited seven of her friends to a store called Gather in Ivoryton, Ct.  It is a great little place with antiques, unique gifts, and candy. We had the girls and their dolls come in pajamas for lunch and crafts.

My daughter and her doll in their new matching pajamas ready for the party.

For decorations I brought a clothesline with doll clothes and some balloons.  Small ones for the dolls and big ones for the girls.

For flower arrangements I placed some Gerber daisies in milk bottles.  I filled the bottles with some breakfast cereal and tied a ribbon around them.  Again I used a big one on the girls table and a small one fore the dolls table.  Tiny Fancy Nancy books were placed around them as well.

We set two tables one for the dolls and one for the girls.  They were exactly the same except for the size of everything.  Mini plates and doll sized cups with petite "6" cookies were on each plate.  I also made party hats for the girls and their dolls with scrapbook paper and stickers.

The owner of Gather, Deanna, took care of the food.  The menu consisted of fruit salad with watermelon stars, sandwiches shaped like doll dresses, mac & cheese and cupcakes for the girls (mini ones for the dolls).  I also brought some pink yogurt covered pretzels and strawberry breakfast cereal which I had out in cupcake liners for the girls to munch on as they arrived.

 

In between all of the food the girls did two crafts and a scavenger hunt.  For the crafts they made necklaces for themselves and their dolls and picture frames.  I will share another post about the favors, but a wonderful time was had by all!

cake pops

For school, my daughter requested hello kitty cake pops for her birthday snack.  Since this was my first time making cake pops I went to the guru herself, Bakerella, for directions.  I still had trouble.  At first I made the cake pops too big and every time I tried to dip them in the chocolate they fell off the stick.  Then I ran out of sticks!  So, I bought new sticks and made them smaller. It worked much better.  My daughter decided she wanted milk chocolate kitty's (instead of white) but the black food writer pen did not show up on the dark chocolate so I wasn't able to add the details for the eyes and whiskers.  I think you can still tell that they resemble hello kitty.  My daughter was thrilled with the end result and really appreciated all the effort that I put into making them.  I put a pink bow and some ribbon on her pop stick to make it extra special.  I made this cake pop stand using some Styrofoam, some scrapbook paper, and a box frame.

that's a wrap

Today is my daughter's sixth birthday!  We started the day with some m&m pancakes in bed and presents.  Of course all of her gifts were wrapped in her favorite colors- pink and green!  We are going to spend the rest of the day celebrating her, but I'll be back to share more details about her party and day soon.

that's a wrap

Last month one of our favorite little friends turned six!  To celebrate we brought him an over sized "6" balloon.  We attached a card that listed the six reasons why we love him and a Lego watch.  This would be a fun gift to give anyone of any age!