Fairy Party

Hi everyone.  Last weekend was my sweet Charlotte’s ninth birthday.  We had so much fun at her party!  I’ve been busy getting the photos ready to share with you but until the full post is up, there are a few sneak peeks o Instagram.  I can’t believe how quickly she has grown!  One of my most favorite parties was the one I did for her 7th birthday, two years ago now.

This Fairy Party was inspired by a trip we took to Alaska.  Charlotte ket searching all the mushrooms for faireis.  I told her they only live in blue mushrooms- the only color we could not find:)

I wanted the party to be rustic but very much pretty, pink and glittery.   Our redwood trees provided the perfect backdrop.  My mom helped me make the tulle tablecloth for the dessert table and I made the tulle pom poms to hang over the lunch table and around the yard.

Lunch

I made the picnic table out of palettes that I salvaged and then spray-painted a stool from Ikea to look like a mushroom for the birthday girl to sit on. Down the center of the table were flowers in mason jars that I glittered.  Each girl had a boxed lunch tied with a fairy wand and filled with food for little deer (salad), berries, a crescent moon (sandwiches), and they snacked on twigs (pretzel sticks), nuts and bark (sun chips).  I also set up a grazing station for the adults.  My husband made me a wooden swing to serve the drinks from.

 

Desserts

Ten 23 Designs made me an amazing wooden cutout of Charlotte’s name that hung over the dessert table.  Sweet treats consisted of a three-tiered chocolate cake with mushroom toppers made by Edible Details who also made the fondant toppers for the cupcakes.  We also served fairy cakes, chocolate covered Oreos, fairy fluff and white chocolate mousse served in glittered shot glasses. All of the wooden pieces had glittered edges. A sweet fairy wooden peg by Craft that Party was the perfect little detail for the table.

Tutorial for fairy cakes here

Activities

The girls made their own fairy cakes out of cookies, painted mushrooms, decorated fairy doors and made fairy head bands.  Then they went on a fairy find scavenger hunt to win fairy dust.

Party Favors

I made each girl a personalized gable boxes that matched the invitations and other printables. Inside was a t-shirt that matched the one that Charlotte wore to the party.  They could also choose from fairy fire (sparklers spray painted gold), fairy bars, or gum ball tubes.

 My favorite detail that I made for the party were the fairy jars filled with pink candies.

A sweet little smash cake made the birthday girl’s day!

The invitation and all of the other party printables including banner, welcome sign, water bottle labels, straw flags and more are available at Bloom Designs Online.

Party concept and styling- Bloom Designs Online

Invitation and other printables, gable boxes, straws, balloons, gumball tubes, cupcake wrappers- Bloom Designs Online

Wooden Fairy Peg- Craft That Party

Cake and cupcake toppers- Edible Details

Wooden Charlotte for dessert backdrop and seven for smash cake- Ten 23 Designs 

 

XO,

Jenny