Princess Birthday Party Ideas

Throwing a princess birthday party for your daughter? Then you are at the right place!

Use the ideas that I provided here to guide you through your planning process. Have fun!

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This is a fun princess birthday party invitation idea that will set up a great mood for your party. Purchase some parchment or linen paper from the office supply store. Use a calligraphy font on your computer to print your princess party invitations.

Roll the invitations into scrolls, tie them up with gold satin ribbon, and hand deliver them to your princess birthday party guests. For an added effect, the invitations could be delivered by somebody wearing a medieval messenger costume.

If you need to mail your invitations, then fold them into thirds and seal them with pink stickers.

The wording of your princess birthday party invitations could be: "The King wishes your presence at Royal Celebration of Princess (your daughter's name) birthday!"

Or it could say something like this: "To all the princesses and princes of the Land! You're most cordially invited to attend the Royal Ball to celebrate Princess (your daughter's name) birthday! Please RSVP to the King or Queen!" Remember to include your princess birthday party details with the invitations.

Use royal colors for your celebration: purple, pink, and gold. Transform your home into a fairy tale castle by hanging a string of white twinkle lights around the entrance.

Mark your house as the Princess Party spot by hanging balloons around the front of your home. Tape balloons around your entrance door for a royal archway. Have several balloons tied to your mailbox to show your guests the way to the ball. Place a sign or banner over your front door announcing, "Welcome to the Princess Castle!"

Add any dolls or other princess toys your child may have to the table as centerpiece. Use pink ribbon or soft pillow to turn a seat at the princess party table into a throne for the birthday girl. Disney posters (Princess or Cinderella) would work great as wall decorations.

Hang balloons in bunches by tying a colorful ribbon around the strings of several balloons, so they hang together. Silver, white, and gold balloons around your princess party table area create a wonderful effect.

Attach paper streamers to a light fixture in the center of the princess birthday party table to add to the festive environment. Create multicolored streamers by placing two different colored streamers back-to-back (try pink and white) and twisting them.

Buy plastic champagne flutes or wine glasses. Glue inexpensive jewel pieces to them for the royal goblets. Do the same with clear plastic plates - glue jewels along the outside ridge. Tie napkins with purple organdy ribbon and you're set.

Ask guests to wear their fanciest dresses or dress-up gowns. When they arrive, provide a box or chest of extra dress-up items, costume jewelry, feather boas, and dressy play shoes for the girls to accessorize.

*Beauty Parlor Station: Take each girl to your "beauty parlor" station (table with mirror) and add a touch of blush and lip-gloss to transform her into a princess.

*Beaded Charms: Place the various beads and stringing materials in a variety of bowls. Everyone gets to make her own necklace. Another alternative is to use candy and cereal to make edible necklaces or bracelets.

*Design Your Own Tiara: Paint the pre-cut crowns gold. Leave time for them to dry before the princess birthday party. Guests get to decorate their own tiaras/crowns with gemstones, glitter, and sparkly stickers.

*Sparkling Princess Hat: Let your guests create their own beautiful princess hats. Provide them with pre-made hat made out of cardboard and let them decorate it with jewels.

For your princess party favors you can have royal tiaras, necklaces and bracelets, magical wands, any hair accessories, body glitter, etc.

*Princess Birthday Party Parade: Once everyone is dressed up, it is time for parade! Lead all the princesses on a parade around the house or backyard with a help of a princess music CD. Don't forget to take pictures or to videotape - this is the perfect opportunity!

*Sifting for Gems: Tell a story about how many fancy balls were hosted in glorious mansions during the late 19th century. Each female guest was invited to play a game. She was told to grasp a handful of sand and let it sift trough her fingers to find a precious gem that was hers to keep.

Now it's time for each guest at your princess birthday party to find their gem. Reveal a shoebox filled with sand or white cornmeal with hidden plastic rhinestones. Pass the shoebox around so each little princess gets a couple of gems by sticking a hand in the sand and letting it sift through her fingers to reveal a rhinestone.

*Kiss the Frog: Draw a large frog on a poster board - make a big oval head with eyes at the top and an hourglass-shaped body with pointy webbed feet at the bottom. Color the frog green and draw two big, white paper eyeballs. Draw a mouth, nostrils and pupils. From red or pink construction paper, cut out a pair of lips for each princess birthday party guest. Apply tape to the back of each pair of lips.

Have each player shut her eyes. Spin the guests around, one at a time. Point the player in the right direction to pin the smooch on Mr. Frog. Continue until everyone has had a turn.

*Lily-pad Moat Crossing: Cut out four large lily pads from green cardboard (about 12"X15"). Divide guests into two equal lines and give the first person in each line two lily pads. The lily pads become the only thing they can step on as they travel across the moat - from the front of the line, around chair and back to the line again).

The game begins by having the children placing one lily pad on the ground and stepping on it. Then they place the other lily pad on the ground and step on it. Next, they pick up the first lily pad and place it on the ground in front of the other. When they cross the moat they hand the two lily pads to the next player in line. The team to make it all the way across the moat first is the winner.

To make the game longer and more challenging, give each of the two teams a princess outfit. In addition to walking on lily pads, each child must first put on the princess outfit.

*Balancing Act: Have all the little princesses line up on one side of the party area. One at a time, have each princess try to walk to the other side of the party area and back balancing a book on her head. Vary the difficulty of this activity with different size books.

*Hot Frog: Have the princesses stand in a circle. While the music is playing, they need to quickly pass the frog prince to one another. When the music stops, the child holding the frog is out. Continue the play until there is only one player left.

*Slay the Dragon: This is a great princess party game to play outdoors. Start by telling a story, "Once upon a time, far away, in a magical kingdom, there lived a beautiful princess named (your daughter's name). All was well, until one day the princess discovered that a dragon egg had hatched and a mighty, fierce, fire-breathing dragon was running wild! The royal wizard mixed up a batch of pink potion to help slay the dragon."

Hand out pink water filled balloons. Have dad, or another willing participant, dress up as dragon (green shirt and some orange streamers as fire).

Have the dress-up dragon run from out from a hidden area. Have the guests pelt the dragon with pink water-filled balloons, as the dragon runs and roars. When the dragon whimpers away, everyone lives happily ever after.

*Royal Fans: Draw princess-theme pictures and creative designs on one or both sides of colored paper. Fold the paper accordion style and fasten one end with tape to create the handle. Gently spread out the other end for a beautiful personalized fan, fit only for a royal princess.

*Find the Royal Treasure: Hide the gold coins and gems around the princess birthday party area. Declare that the Royal Treasure has been scattered throughout the land by mischievous pixies. The task is to find the treasure and put it into King's Treasure Chest.

*Pink Royal Castle Cake: Bake five 8" square cakes. Arrange 4 baked cakes side-to-side in one big square. Place the fifth cake on top of the center of the other 4 cakes. Frost the cake structure with white icing. Sprinkle 4 sugar waffle cones with edible glitter and set them on the castle at the four corners. Decorate the cake with various candies and sprinkles. Add pink or red gel icing for fun effect.

For a princess theme event, I recommend making this elegant princess birthday cake.

*Princess Sandwiches: Make your child's favorite sandwiches in the form of a star (You can use star-shaped cookie cutter).

*Royal Pizza: Serve your child's favorite pizza (or have a variety of flavors).

*Pink Cream Cheese Cracker Sandwiches: Spread strawberry cream cheese between two crackers. Pile the cream cheese cracker sandwiches on a pink plate.

*Pink Mac & Cheese: Prepare regular macaroni and cheese. Add red or pink food coloring for pinkish color.

*Princess Parfait: Put a layer of yogurt, granola, and fresh fruit into plastic cups. Repeat layers once or twice in each cup. Top with whipping cream.

*Pumpkin Dip: Add a bit of Cinderella theme to your princess birthday party... Hollow out a pumpkin and fill it with dip. Use variety of vegetables to go with a dip (cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, celery, etc.).

*Poison Apples: Your princess birthday party guests could have an extra activity - bob for "poison" apples.

*Medieval Feast: Prepare chicken (or any kind of meat) with potatoes and gravy for a traditional royal feast.

*Wiggly Jiggly Pink Cubes: Get pink gelatin package. Using star-shaped cookie cutter, make gelatin jigglers according to package directions.

*Princess Lollipops: Have pink-colored candies and lollipops in a bowl on princess birthday party table.
*Hershey Kisses as treats
*Any kind of candy that looks like jewels

*Pink Lemonade: Prepare pink lemonade mix according to directions. Serve in pretty punch glasses. Garnish each drink with a cherry or strawberry on the rim of the glass. For extra fun, use cherry or strawberry ice cubes: Fill ice cube tray with water. Next, place a small cherry or strawberry into each cube, and then freeze.

*Princess Punch: Buy a package of frozen berries (like strawberries or blueberries). Thaw the berries.

Puree fruit in blender and combine with 12 oz lime juice concentrate (out of a can). Chill the mixture for at least one hour. Pour it into a punch bowl. Then add about 30 oz of ginger ale, 30 oz of club soda, and a pint of vanilla ice cream.