Tiaras & Tutus party

This past weekend was our daughter's "tiaras and tutus" 4th birthday celebration! While doing bedtime routine with my daughter last night she said to me "that was the best party ever Mom"...I melted...and thought, may every little child think their party was the best ever! Enjoy.
Her headband for the party.

Each little ballerina was given one of these tutus. I bought the tutus on-line and enhanced by sewing on the ribbon and flower.

Each ballerina arrived to the "red carpet" treatment.

Tiaras were placed on each little girls "lunch box."

The table setting for 13 little ballerinas. I made the tissue paper flowers hanging on the window. I ordered plain white "gable" lunch boxes on-line and wrote each ballerina's name on the box, stuck a party hat sticker on the front and put their lunch inside.   

  

Inside each "lunch box."

I rolled the plasticware in the napkin and sealed with an "E" sticker for her first initial. 

  

A small bottle of water and a strawberry jelly sandwich cut into heart shapes with a cookie cutter. Fresh fruit was given to each little ballerina too. 

  

On the table...tiara lollipops and lollipop rings!

I bought plain white, thick stock paper dolls; whole punched their "hands", painted the them turquoise, painted the letters a deep rich pink, used a hot glue gun to apply a roll of $1.00 ribbon to all the dolls to create tutus and then hung with a ribbon to create this...

A princess tiara pull-string pinata filled with chocolates and pink necklaces!

     Streamers and flowers were hung to the park benches used for seating.

  

There were lots of pink and turquoise mylar balloons. (Tip...I go the day before all parties to a dollar store and buy mylar balloons for a $1.00 each...they last a while and then it's not a task I need to worry about the day of the party.) 

    

 And finally, princess cakes for each ballerina! A team effort by my mother, mother-in-law and me the night before.   

Seeing my daughter laugh, dance and smile ear-to-ear with her little friends made all the work that went into this party worth the effort. Happy Monday!