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Plan a majestic celebration for your beautiful little princess and her friends by following our Princess Party Ideas! We’ve compiled some general party planning tips as well as great Princess decorating ideas, and food, game, and activity suggestions that are sure to delight all the belles at the ball!
Planning & Invitations
We suggest starting to plan 6-8 weeks in advance to allow time to purchase and mail invitations, receive RSVPs, plan the menu, etc. The first thing you will need to decide is where to have the party. You can throw a glamorous Princess Party at home, but if you would rather have the party elsewhere, consider renting a room at a local hotel or recreation center. For additional ideas, see our When & Where to Have the Party article.
For additional party planning tips, our Party Planning 101 Guide includes birthday cake ideas, party etiquette tips, a printable guest list, and more.
What do I need for the Party?
If you plan to use paper tableware and princess-themed party supplies, our Suggested Party Supply List may be helpful while you shop. Please note that you may not need everything on the list; it is intended only as a guide.
Along with the traditional party supplies like plates, cups, streamers, and balloons, you may also want to consider renting or purchasing the following:
- Tiaras
- Teacups
- A princess-themed movie such as Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast
- Costume jewelry
Princess Party Invitations
Creative invitations build excitement and set the mood for the party before it even starts! If you have the time to make your own, here are a few ideas you can try:
- Fold a sheet of construction paper or card stock in half to create a card-style invitation. Print out a picture of your little girl’s favorite princess – such as Jasmine or Snow White – and paste it to the front. Write the words “You’re Invited” next to the picture. Include all the party details on the inside.
- Cut the shape of a tiara out of card stock. Run a glue stick around the outside edges and sprinkle pink glitter on top. Write all the party details within the glitter border.
- Punch a hole in the corner of a card-style invitation and tie it to a princess wand. Hand-deliver each guest’s invitation.
- Utilize your local scrapbook store and pick up some princess-themed die cuts, such as a horse and carriage, a glass slipper, a castle, or princess dresses. These die cuts can easily turn a plain card into an elegant invite.
- Mail card-style invitations in padded envelopes and include a few pieces of costume jewelry or a ring pop inside. Seal the envelopes with princess stickers.
If you do not have time to make invitations yourself, consider our personalized princess invitations, which include your child’s name and all the party details. We also offer blank invitations.
Whichever invitation option you choose, remember to include any special instructions on the invites along with the basic party details like date, time and location. This is particularly important if you’re planning a costume party and want your guests to dress up like their favorite princess!
Decorating & Food Ideas
Set the mood for your princess party by transforming your party area into a glitzy and glamorous ballroom worthy of royalty! Here are some tips:
- Form a canopy using pink and lavender streamers. The streamers should cascade from a bow in the middle of the ceiling (or from a chandelier, if you have one) to the sides of the room.
- Tie pink and lavender balloons in bunches of three, and weight them with balloon weights. Attach them to the backs of chairs or let them float up from tables.
- Fill the party area with huge tissue paper flowers. Use 6-8 sheets of pastel-colored tissue paper for each flower. Lay the sheets on top of each other in a pile, and fold the pile accordion-style. Tie the layers together at their centers by twisting a piece of fuzzy pipe cleaner over the middle. (The pipe cleaner also forms the flower’s stem.) Then fluff each layer of the tissue, one at a time, to complete your flowers.
- Cut star shapes out of white card stock and cover them in glitter. Hang them from the ceiling with fishing line.
- Call your local theater or video store and see if they have any old Disney Princess posters your could have or purchase. Hang them around the party area.
- Scan images off of your own princess-themed DVDs or your kids’ coloring books. Print them out, laminate them and use them as placemats.
- Play a princess movie on mute. The moving images add to the décor.
- Make a sash for the birthday girl out of pink fabric that says “Princess [child’s name]”.
- Create a door curtain that the children can walk through out of pink and purple streamers or strips of glittered material.
- Hang a princess-themed piñata in the party area as a decoration before the activity begins. For small party spaces or young children, consider a pull-string piñata.
Princess Party Food Ideas
You will want to prepare a Princess Party food list well before the party to make sure you have enough treats and snacks on hand for your guests. Supply simple foods that fit the theme or, if you have time, create some special “royal” treats your little girl and her friends will rave about! Here are some suggestions:
- Sprinkle rose petals and glitter confetti on the food table. Use baby’s breath in a vase for a simple centerpiece.
- Make fairy wand snacks by cutting traditional rice cereal treats in star shapes with a cookie cutter. Then, insert a pretzel rod ¼ of an inch into each for the wand’s handle.
- Cut peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in heart and star shapes to serve.
- Dip strawberries in white chocolate and give one to each guest for a truly decadent treat.
- Mini crescent rolls filled with jam, chocolate, or cream cheese (try making it pink with a little red food coloring!) make excellent finger foods.
- Make a fruit tray with strawberry yogurt as a dip.
- Create easy fruit tarts by spreading strawberry cream cheese (or regular cream cheese dyed pink) on a graham cracker and topping with sliced strawberries, grapes, and kiwi.
- Serve strawberry milk in dainty tea cups.
- Serve sparkling cider in plastic champagne glasses.
- Freeze pink-colored ice cubes (a combination of Kool-Aid and cranberry juice works well) before the party. At the party, serve lemon-lime soda or ginger ale, and let each child drop in a “magic” ice cube that will make their drink fit for a princess!
End on a Sweet Note with Princess Party Favors
Thank your guests for coming with fun princess party favors like a glittery clutch purse, a tiara, or a DVD. Or, create a favor bag filled with costume jewelry, ring pops, stickers, and nail polish. For a special touch, personalize your favors. Choose from princess stickers, bag tags, magnets, and more – all with a personal message from you!
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