Fairy Celebration - Make Your Own Crowns/Tutus!

I had many emails on my fairy birthday party that I posted (see here and here). There are tons of fairy lovers out there so I thought I'd share some more ideas and inspiration for fairy parties.
Fairy welcome sign and flower fairy mats (see below) painted by my dear friend, Lauri. These flower mats were painted on heavy canvas fabric; primed first and then painted and cut out into shapes (they're about 2 feet wide). Little fairies sat on these during story time (when I had my party business). Flower mats were always a hit with the guests and the moms - they loved them!

How To Make Fairy Crowns:
Instructions, photos and fabulous ideas from Little Window Shoppe.

• Cut the wire to the desired head circumference and twist together the ends to make a circle. If you have to thin of wire just double up on it.
• Next, wrap the wire in green floral tape.
• When you wrap the tape around the second time add in the flowers and leaves. These flowers I just picked up in the dollar bin at Wal-mart.
• Weave Flowers around the entire circle.
• Add your favorite ribbon. I took purple, pink and silver ribbon and used a yard of it for each headpiece.
• Finally, tie your ribbon in a loop knot to attach it to the crown.

Photo found here.
Fairy Cupcake Tree - image from here.

Darling table and flower balloon decor - image from here.

Fairy Skirts:

Isn't this "Tu-Tu" cute? It's a tutu party for a 2 year old. Mom made the tutu's in shades of yellow and pink as the favors; they're over-the-top gorgeous and would be perfect for a fairy party!

Beautiful images via design editor

Party inspiration board from Tastefully Entertaining

Lindsay from Cuegly created this sweet, DIY no-sew tutu and she's provided instructions! Tutu's would be easy to make for the birthday girl. If your up to it, make tutus for all the little fairy guests.

MATERIALS NEEDED:
4 yards TULLE
Ribbon or you can use an elastic waist band

For complete step-by-step instructions, visit Cuegly.

Fairy Tea Party

My daughter wanted a fairy party for her 12th birthday. Who has a fairy party when you turn 12 (especially my 12 year old really going on 16 year old)??? So I came up with some creative ideas to make it age appropriate. This party was held a couple of years ago (Jamie is now 14).

When the guests arrived for the tea party, I mentioned what fairies enjoy doing. Fairies love tea parties, love sweets and candy. Fairies also love mud, taking baths and having their photos taken. So the guests enjoyed a tea party, made chocolate fairies out of candy molds. The guests were given a mud mask facial and made their own bath salts. At the end of the party the guests made fairy scrapbook pages for their photos that were taken during the party. It finally hit these cute girls, the party, the food, projects and events during the party was everything that fairies love to eat and do! Large fairy flowers (2 feet wide and painted on canvas) were laid out on the walkway leading to the house. Extra-large paper rose flowers and balloons also lined the walkway.

Fairy wings tea sandwiches

Fairy cake was made by a friend who covered the cake in pink fondant. I decorated the cake with silk flower petals and 3-d stickers (dragonfly). The fairy cake topper was purchased from the dollar store and sprinkled with glitter as was the flowers and the entire table (I have been known to go all out with glitter). It took me about 5 minutes to actually decorate the cake with the add-ons. The pretzel dragonflies were made with pretzels dipped in purple candy melts and sprinkled with purple rock sugar (click on view more photos). The confetti tea sandwiches are called fairy wings. I cut white bread with a heart shaped cookie cutter then cut the heart in half vertically and voila - fairy wings! Butter each fairy wing and sprinkle with confetti. The white flower cookies are sugar cookies with pink frosting and cut marshmallows for the flower. My husband actually cut the marshmallows for me with kitchen scissors dipped in hot water. Place the cut marshmallows on top of cookie, add a pink jelly bean and sprinkle with pink sugar. Notice in the photo there is a birdbath filled with candy pop rocks! The guests were served pink lemonade in their teacup and a couple of spoonfuls of pop rocks were added to make fairy tea. This was a hit at the party! Pop rocks need to be placed in the serving dish right before the party starts. If done to soon, they stick together and are not "spoonable". Also, cotton candy was placed in the teacup before the guests sat down -they enjoyed eating this before the fairy tea was served. To view more photos, click here.