Thursday 30 June 2011

Alice In wonderland Party

Hi. here are some great tips on throwing a Alice in Wonderland themed party. I am using  these ideas for my very own party in September so you will get to see the pics after my party. Please note i do not own the rights of any of these following pictures or videos.

To start off here are some great and cheap invitation ideas:


Option 1:

 Get an old pack of playing cards or buy a pack for 50p or less.

next get some plain or coloured card. I suggest this 36pk from The Works for only 99p!

Fold a piece in half then stick a playing card on it. Then write the details inside.

Option 2:

 Print off a A4 copy of an Alice in Wonderland colouring page then stick it on a piece of card (suggestion in option 1) then at the bottom write colour me. on the back write details.


 Now obiously no party can go without decorations


 Watch this video and it gives you some great tips on how to make tissue paper flowers.

other ideas are:
- get some more playing cards and stick on the celing
-cut out colouring page images of charactes, your child colours them, then stick them on the walls
- get red card and cut out heart shapes, stick on floor

For the enterance; cover the door a sheet then pop under a play tunnel for the kids to go through.

 This play tunnel is £10.79 or 2 for £15 at argos. other alternitives is to go round charity shops or car boot sales cos you can always find cheep bits and bobs there.


add some colour to the party with these balloons from tesco £2 for 50!

Obiously no alice in wonderland party cant go without a mad tea party setting

cover the table with this super cute table cover form poundland
you can also pick up some doileies in poundland

also from poundland for your table you can get

26pk silver plates

For the drinks there are many different options, either:


pick up these super cool cups in poundland, you can also switch the silver plates for these dotty ones.
or get these tumbelers (poundland), you can also get them in purple and yellow. if you get a pack of pink and a pack of purple you can mix and match them to make it look like the chechire cat!


or look round charity shops and car boot sales for vintage tea cups for that super tea party look.

another great drink idea is this:
6 pack of Cristaline bottled water


get this 6 pack of water bottels (again poundland)/ or get juice bottles and add a cool hand written drink me lable.


pick up a coupple of teapots (again you can get some in poundland) and fill them with squash (or tea if you wish) as an alternate to using jugs.

Partybags/ goodie bags-
no child can go home without one!

hear is a simple and cheep idea:

you will need the following items from poundland:

 x2 sweet bags

  and the following bits from tesco

£1.50
40p

fill bag with a pen or two, sweets and a pot of bubbles and seal with a fun sticker included in the pack

or get a teapot for each child from poundland and let the kids decorate.

for games check out this awsum website

Hear are ideas i have thought of for my own party ( posts added past 24th september 2011 will be from party!)
thankyou!

Princess Party

One of the moast popular themed parties these days is the princess theme. You might say 'That is too expensive' but I say 'not with my tips it wont be.' Please note all images and videos on this page i do not own!

Invitations

On a piece of paper write:

'Madam, your attendance is requested at the royal ball in honor of (childs name and age)birthday' then add the other details.

Get your child to draw round it with princess associated images including jewels and jewlery, tiara's ect.. then roll up into a scroll and tie with some gift ribbon

Another great alternitive is these invite and partybag sets from poundland. They do a super cute princess set. Each pack includes 15 invites, 15 envilopes and 15 partybags.

Decorations

Any princess party cant go without super cute decorations:
 This 10pk of balloons form tesco is only £1 and includes pink and purple balloons
 Or this 25pk of metalic balloons is great at only £2 also form Tesco, you can either choose one or both.
Get girly coloured card and cut out stars, hearts and flower shapes to stick to the walls.

Grab a feather boa (you can get one from poundland, charity shops, car boot sales ect..) and stick it over the top of the back of a chair. Then get a fluffy pink cushion. You can probably get one second hand. Attatch it to the seat of the chair and you have a royal throne for your little birthday princess.

Royal banquet
'no royal celebration can go without a royal feast'

cover the table with this table cover form Tesco £1!


You can pick up this 6pk of princess blackcurrant juice cartons form poundland.


This 8pk pink cups are so sweet, again from Tesco for £1, also from Tesco and for £1per pack you can pick up-
 8 plastic bowls (good for surving food)
 8 plates
20 napkins

Food and drink

menu:

chicken nuggets
sausage rolls
2 different flavoured sandwiches
grapes
raisons
carrot sticks
tiara cookies (find a cutter )
strawberry fairycakes
orange squash
pink lemonaide

Here i a link to my cooking blog for great cooking ideas including my fairy cake recipie
http://easycooking4kids.blogspot.com/

Partybags
For this I suggest using the partybag and invite pack at the top
also:
Everyone loves flumps: these are only 9p in asda you will need 1 for each kid

Next keep a spare balloon for each kid (deflaited)

Next in wilkinsons you can pick up this awesome glammour set including 8 butterfly hairclips, 24 bangles, 8 hairbrushes, 8 bobbly bangles, 8 rings and 8 necklaces for only £3.35. The only downside to this is the bobbly bangles. I bought a set for last years party and they where realy weak and snapped. But the rest is all good. With the beeded bangles you can break them up into little balls and use them as gem decorations. But do not do this if your kids are young and dont understand that not everything is edible...

finaly bung it into a party bag and you have a giftbag fit for a princess.

Games, activities and entertainment:

As the princesses arive give them a tiara, you can get a pack of comb tiaras: 4 for £1.50 on 3 for 2 at Tesco

Here are some great other ideas:


From amazon you can pick up this great princess party dvd for only £3.58 and free delivery it includes:
• 8 Play-Along Party Games
• Planning Checklist
• Stories And Crafts
• Recipes
• Invitations And Thank-You Cards

Another easy entertainment is letting the kids watch their princess' favourite princess film


Or you can pick up this princess stories dvd for £3 at HMV it includes:
4 stories
how to make a charm braclet
and a game or two
I absolutly love this dvd and watch it atleaste twice a month!

Here are some things that dont require a tv-

Bows And Arrows Set
Grab this bow and arrow set from poundland and have a medevil archery contest

Bake/ buy some cupcakes and decorate with plain butter icing
Then give one to each kid and they can decorate it with pink sprinkles, dolly mixture ect...

Get some cheep nail varnish, hair accesories, face paints ect and have a princess glamour station

Play a game of pass the parcle in the center put:

 
This princess lucky bag, its only £1 at wilkinsons

As a wind down game at the end play sleeping beauties, its basicly sleeping lions just called something ellse.

As prizes get jem rings, princess notepads, candy necklaces, lipstick erasers ect... make sure each prize is only upto 30p

Thankyou !