Planning a little girls' birthday party can be time consuming and expensive.
If you are on a budget, or have all of the money in the world to spend on your little princess, this article will give you some good ideas for hosting a pink and frilly birthday party.
First, you will need to hand out invitations to guests who will be invited to come to the party.
You can make your own cards using scrapbooking or card making techniques, or you can simply print them up on your computer or buy them at your local dollar store.
If the sky is the limit with your budget, you could include a pink Sleeping Beauty dress for each girl that is coming to the party.
For boys, you could include a prince cape or prince costume.
If you don't include a costume, you will want to make it clear that each child is to wear his or her favorite costume to the party.
If adults will be coming to the party, you could request that they dress up as their favorite fairytale or princess character.
Believe it or not, there are many places that sell adult princess dresses! You will want to find an adult costume that is machine washable so you can also use it for a Halloween costume.
If you would like, you could have an actor from a local theatre company or local college come and play the real Sleeping Beauty.
Your little girl should wear something extra special and beautiful to the party.
You will want to make sure she is all decked out in the most beautiful Disney Sleeping Beauty princess dress with matching accessories like, fullness slip, wand, crown, tiara, dress up shoes, and even a white hooded cloak.
Next, you will need decorations.
Of course, you will want pink streamers and pink and white balloons since Sleeping Beauty's (and many little girls) favorite color is pink.
You can make it simple and just tie helium balloons to chairs and some out side.
Your local dollar store may prove invaluable as you can find princess decorations and plates, napkins, forks, cups, and other princess items at bargain prices.
You can also find many of these items on sale at your local store.
Many times, these items can be purchased online so you don't even have to go to the store! What to eat? Of course, you will want a pink cake or a cake shaped as Sleeping Beauty.
You can get a Barbie doll with blonde hair and bake a pink (strawberry) cake in a bowl to look like a dress and then decorate it with frosting, roses, and sparkle sprinkles.
If you don't have time to make it yourself, these cakes are readily available at your local grocery store or bakery.
Many bakers will make custom cakes, so you could look into that possibility as well.
If you are cooking for a large crowd, you could do cupcakes as well as a cake.
You will want pink ice cream and other pink finger foods to serve at the party.
Pink lemonade would compliment any menu perfectly.
After gifts are opened, you will want to remind your little girl to thank each of her guests for the gifts they gave with a thank you card and maybe a parting gift which could be something like a sleeping beauty doll dress, princess wand, pink makeup or nail polish, or something they can take home as a favor.