Princess M turned 3 last week! The inspiration for this party came from a few things. My daughter’s LOVE and admiration for Princess anything and everything, the fact that she is most comfortable with our playgroup (and small groups in general), and the fact that over half of our playgroup are little boys!
The Princess and Knight invite from Polka Dot Design set the tone and everything just snowballed from there. Honey-Do and I worked very hard to track down large cardboard boxes that he painted. My amazing friend JJ helped me build and decorate the Castle, I found these plans from Mr. McGroovys. I used some pink sheets we had in the house to make the roof of the castle!
Most of the decorations were repurposed from things from my house, past parties, and a few trips to Michaels. My friend JJ made the cupcake stand….which is one of my favorite details of the party! I made all the cupcake toppers using a simple clipart on a word document that we then cutout and attached to toothpicks. I ordered the cupcakes from my supermarket bakery and added shiny sprinkles.
My babysitter is an absolute doll and agreed to dress up as a Princess and help with the party. She greeted the kids as they came, helped them find their costumes, decorated crowns with them, and read them a story. The kids loved her.
We had a pretty Princess throne made at the end of the Castle. I pimped out a simple canopy from IKEA.
I sewed each of the kids their own personalized costume. Knight costumes for the boys and Princess Dresses for the girls. They were all given their costumes, crowns, and wands/swords as their party favor to take home.
……and a belly ache from all the sugar.
I loved planning each and every minute of this party. We love our girl and we are blessed to have her in our life.
Happy 3rd Birthday Princess!
Thank you to JJ for being the most amazingly creative and supportive friend! Thank you to Princess L, you were awesome. Thanks to Grandma and Baba for all the food and all that you do. Thank you to our wonderful playgroup family who came to celebrate our special day with us. Thank you to Honey-Do for humoring my obsessiveness when it comes to these parties. And thanks to my two little girls who fuel the creativity I have, it’s all for you. I know it’s cheesy but it’s true. (We could turn this into a country song).
Cali Family and Friends. Miss you and love you. Wish you were here or wish we were there.
Blah, blah, blah. Off to dreamland to obsess over my next project.
Nat Nat - Omg auntie those pics so cute!!!!!!!! I love those tutus they are so adorable!! I can’t wait till i come out there and you teach me how to make those!! Omg i love the princess and knight’s theme!!!!
can’t wait to come to see you,
Nat-Nat<3
Nat Nat - Omg i love those tutus!!!!!
Nat Nat - Omg i love that theme!!
Nat Nat - OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Star - Hello, I just love your party pics! You are such a fun mom!
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Have a great day!
Jaime - I enjoyed every min. I spent w/ you and E the Sat before the party – E just cracks me the heck up and my favorite little people , well i just do anything for my adoptive niece’s. I will join in your insanity/obessing over parties anytime! And thanks for all the shout outs, you are the best
Scary Mommy - You are AMAZING. This is the coolest party I have ever seen— I’m in total awe!!!
Oh, and I stumbled it for you! So stinking cute!!!
Auntie Jo Jo - Thanks Jill! I appreciate the nice comment and thanks for the stumble! The party was so much fun to do…….I am ready for another one.
Life with Kaishon - Wow. You did an absolutely OUTSTANDING job on that party. Everything about it was pure perfection. And of course, your little princess was the most adorable of them all! : )
Stacey Rubinstein - This just blows me away. AMAZING… and I recognize Nate from toddler time….yes?
Auntie Jo Jo - Thanks Stacey! I had so much fun with this theme. If I had more time, I would have done more.
Auntie Jo Jo - Thank you! I really loved every minute of it!
Joy - I have tiwns and was thinking of doing this next year for their 4th birthday! It looks like it was a beautiful party! You did a wonderful job!
Tammy Moore - WOW! I just found your blog and I suddenly want to be 3 again so I can come to one of your parties! This is all so fabulous!! What a lovely and lucky little lady.
admin - Thank you, it really was a blast!
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Shell - That is so wonderful! Love the little costumes!
Anais - Very inspired by all this!
My princess is going to have the best birthday ever, thanks to you!
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Tory - Hi! Love your party.. I’m planning my daughter’s 5th birthday party, which is also a princess/knight theme. Would you be willing to share the pattern for the knight costumes? I wanted to make some simple ones for any boys who didn’t have one. Most every girl I know has a princess dress already. Thanks!
Amy Kelly - I LOVE your princess party pictures. I am having a princess party for my soon to be 4 year old and would like to make the prince outfits you made. Do you have a pattern for them? Thanks so much!!
Jodi - Amy, I will be posting a tutorial tomorrow on the costumes! Sorry I couldn’t back earlier, we were traveling out of town!
Jodi - Tory, for some reason I did not see this until a few days ago I am so sorry! I will be posting a tutorial for this tomorrow. I hope I am not too late!!!
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Latreece - This is the cutest idea ever. Great work!
Laura Teresinski - Love the party – I want to something similar for my daughter’s party next week, and all of the knights stuff I saw commercially was way too adult. Can you share how you made the foam swords? I wanted swords for the boys, but was afraid the plastic ones would just cause trouble!
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PrinceKailebs MoM - OMG this is a blessing… it was an adorable party… i stumbled here looking for cupcake decorations for my Son i am trying to do a Prince Themed Party.. who knew that it would be so hard.. I love your Ideas and creativity!!! I would love some help for my sons prince party in October… Any Ideas would be great
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