Hannah's Birthday Party

Yesterday was Hannah's birthday and it was a big success. Although the party had to be moved indoors because of the only rain storm we have had in months and will have all summer,but it worked out just fine. Hannah had her Tinkerbell party. Here is a summary of what we did.

I hired a face painter. She was absolutely fabulous! Affordable, fun and really cute art for the girls. Tons of glitter, frills and colors. She did their faces, arms, legs, anklets, bracelets and necklaces. If anyone in Fresno needs a face painter... let me know... she is great!

When the girls came in they all got their wings and halo (This site had the best items for a fairy party... super cute and cheap). Then they either had their faces painted, decorated their own wands (which I got at Michaels) or decorated pretzel wands with melting chocolate and sprinkles. It was a lot of chaos, but tons of fun.

Next, we had lunch. Then the girls had a fairy coronation. Each girl got a new fairy name and a certificate welcoming them as fairy by the Never Council. I put a butterfly clip in their hair and they got sprinkled with pixie dust and got to make a pixie wish. Then we had a parade with their decorated wands and wings and halo, as they chanted "WE BELIEVE IN FAIRIES!"

Then we had cupcakes and opened up gifts.

Hannah definitely had to be given the new fairy name Tinkerbell. I was told for weeks that was going to be her new name. At first many of the girls weren't too sure about the face painting(including Hannah), but when they realized that they could get their legs and arms painted (instead of their faces) almost all the girls couldn't get enough paint! Most of the girls left covered in pretty paint.

Hannah's other request was to have a Tinkerbell candle on her cupcake. That was easy to do. The girls were all so cute in their cute wings and painted bodies and covered in glitter. Most of the girls pixie wishes were "to be a real fairy" and I told them all... that today they were!

As for clean-up... let's just say we will be cleaning up glitter for months to come. Our house is covered in it. But at least glitter is pretty and adds a sparkle to our house :-)