After weeks of debate over what Brooke wanted for her birthday party theme, she finally settled on a fairy theme. It was very fitting since she has been talking with her cousin Sarah about fairies a lot lately, building fairy houses, and always dreaming about flying. I made a Fairy Hideout with this pop up tent and some tulle, ribbon and silk flowers.
I decorated the inside with giant tissue paper flowers and hanging lanterns.
All of Brooke's guests arrived in their "fairy best" complete with tutus, wings, and more. We started by making fairy wands out of dowel rods, silk flowers, green duck tape, ribbon and bells.
Here are some of the fairies hanging out by the river with their new wands
Once everyone had a wand we played Pixie Tag. This was such a sweet moment, watching all the little girls run through the yard chasing each other, dressed as fairies. Quite a few of the adults commented that this was their favorite part.. watching the fairies giggle and chased each other without a care in the world.
Then we took a break for some fairy snacks in the fairy hideout.
My sweet birthday fairy
Then they played a fairy relay game!
Our last activity was a fairy hunt. I set up a scavenger hunt in the yard and they ran around collecting clues. In the picture below, Steve, Michael, and JJ tossed paper butterflies off the roof and the fairies had to try to catch them in butterfly nets in order to get their next clue.
Reading to see where to go to next...
The final clue on the fairy hunt let the girls to their goodie bags.
Then we went inside for cake! I had this wonderful cake made by a local baker. It was amazing!!
Make a wish!
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