17th b-day princess party..any ideas???!
Answers: I am having my 17th bday party next month, Feb. 29, (the day after my birthday) and i wanted 2 do an all girls party, with a princess theme. I never go to have my sweet 16, cuz it was planned for the summer, but then my dad passed away, So i really want my 17th to be specail. I want something reall nice, but not too big, (next year i will and have a graduation party) but anyways, i just need some ideas. Everything i found is too lil girl-ish. I wanna do like a frogs and princess mix thing. i need to find crowns, decorating ideas, food ideas, and also what movies to watch because its a sleepover. someone plz help me!
Well, for the food, I think that there should be just little things to snack on, not a big meal.
I think there should be these fruit wands that I like:
FRUIT WANDS:
1 cantaloupe, peeled
2 cups vanilla yogurt (recommended: Dannon)
2 tablespoons honey
1 (2-pound) container pre-cut mixed fruit cubes (such as pineapple, cantaloupe, melon, watermelon)
16 whole strawberries
Cut the cantaloupe in half and remove all seeds from 1/2 with a spoon. Slice a tiny bit off the bottom so it sits flat like a bowl. Place on a plate.
Place cantaloupe half with seeds, seed side down on a plate.
In a bowl, whisk together yogurt and honey; pour into the cantaloupe bowl for dip.
To make wands, slide cubes of fruit onto skewers, leaving 1 inch at both ends of each skewer. Stick 1 end into cantaloupe half, top the skewer with a strawberry.
Then I like these little mini star sandwhiches!
STAR SANDWICHES:
16 slices whole grain walnut bread
Cream cheese
Strawberry jelly
4 strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced
Spread 8 of the bread slices with cream cheese, and the remaining 8 with jelly. Sandwich cream cheese slices with strawberry slices. Using star shaped cookie cutters, cut out shapes. Place strawberry slice on top of the sandwich, for garnish.
I love these butterfly cookies:
BUTTERFLY COOKIES:
4 ounces cream cheese
1 (17-ounce) bag sugar cookie mix (recommended: Betty Crocker)
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided
1 egg
1 teaspoon strawberry extract
1 (12-ounce) bag mini candy covered chocolates (recommended: M and M's)
Heat cream cheese in a large microwave safe bowl for 1 minute on 80 percent power in microwave to soften. Add sugar cookie mix, 1/4 cup flour, egg and extract. Stir with wooden spoon until dough is well combined and forms a ball.
Sprinkle a flat rolling surface with 1 tablespoon flour. Divide dough in half and roll out onto lightly floured surface using a rolling pin. Roll the rolling pin back and forth, turning the dough as needed so it does not stick. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
Take cookie cutter and dip cutting edge into a shallow bowl of flour. Then press cookie cutter into rolled out dough. Begin cutting out shapes at the center of the dough and work your way towards the edge, cutting shapes as close together as possible. Once the entire slab of dough is cut, use a small spatula to remove cookies from rolling surface and place on un-greased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining half of dough.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Decorate each cookie by pressing mini candies into dough. Refrigerate cookies for 15 minutes to prevent spreading while baking.
Using oven mitts, place cookies in oven on top rack. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven using mitts and let cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before moving them to cooling rack.
Then there are these Garden cupcakes!
GARDEN CUPCAKES:
2 (16-ounce) cans creamy white frosting (recommended: Betty Crocker)
2 drops red food coloring
1/4 teaspoon raspberry extract
4 drops yellow food coloring
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
4 drops green food coloring
1/4 teaspoon mint extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 dozen unfrosted vanilla cupcakes
1 dozen unfrosted cupcakes, chocolate and or vanilla
Edible and candy flowers, for decoration
Candy rainbow sprinkles, for decoration
Divide frosting into 4 small bowls. Add coloring and extract as listed below:
red with raspberry, yellow with lemon, green with mint, and white with almond.
Stir each thoroughly. Place frosting into zip-top bags, then make a small snip at corner, or use a pastry bag. Frost cupcakes and decorate with candy flowers and rainbow sprinkles.
Then for the drink I have watermelon spritzer!
WATERMELON SPRITZER:
2 cups watermelon, chopped or watermelon puree
2 cups lemon-lime soda, cold
1 tablespoon grenadine
1/2 cup frozen mixed berries, optional, use instead of ice
Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish
Put watermelon, lemon-lime soda, and grenadine into a blender.
Blend for 20 to 30 seconds. Use a strainer to strain into pitcher.
Divide frozen berries between 4 glasses. Pour juice over berries. Garnish with a straw and a sprig of mint.
Movies: since it's a princess party you should have princess movies; Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White.
You can go to Claire's to buy crowns and princess stuff. They have a lot of little things like that! Have a fun party!
If you go to claire's you can pick up cute metal tiaras for $10-20. Also, they have long gloves there. You can also look in the prom accessory sections of stores.
One of the best and well known princess movies is, of course, the Princess Bride. Everyone loves doing the voices. Other options are your fave disney princess movie, mins is Beauty and the Beast. Or Princess Diaries or Ice Princess (one of my faves).
As for food go with finger sandwiches and a chocolate fountain.
Maybe send out your invites on rolled up parchment paper. You can make it a darker shade by dipping it in coffee or tea to tint the paper.
you share the same birthday as me??? im having a dinner party at my house on the 29th Feb too!!! (my birthday really the 28th though and i'm slightly older than you! 22 at the mo haha). that great!!! i know what your going through my mam passed away 5 months before my wedding and i still had alotto plan.
anyway i think you should drape pink netting on the ceilings or the walls and stick fairy lights behind them to give that magical feeling, i does look fab!
also have a beautiful princess castle cake with pink feathers on it or something?
also a great idea would be for you to put some of your personal touches to you party by making your own crowns? by adding feathers or pink sequins? what ever you want?
and last but not least make a buffet and add pink food colouring to everything? it's so fun and it really does look like somthing a pincess would eat! make cup cakes with pink icing and if you make chicken mayo sandwhiches add just a drop of pink food colouring!
have a great birthday and i hope my ideas have helped you alot.