Princess Party

After having attended one Emmuska was pretty set on having a birthday party - complete with pinata. As I said before I was still sick for her birthday so we postponed it and turned it into a princess party instead. Since I hadn't planned on being sick (silly me) and had experienced store bought pinatas and just wasn't that impressed I decided that we would make the pinata for her party, which then turned into a five week project. We started off well enough:

Then I got sick and the pinatas were set aside then moved here and tossed over there. They suffered a fall or two and sadly Liberty's didn't survive to be decorated. Still we did eventually we did finish Emmuska's pinata and by the end of November I knew that I wanted to have the Princess Party before things really started to get busy. So we set the date for the first of December and went for it. Emmuska made gorgeous little crown invitations (she cut the crowns out on the Cricut and then decorated them) and delivered them to her friends. I made up some cupcakes and filled up the the pinata and we were ready to go.

We started the party off with a little craft - each girl got to decorate their own crown. This ended up being pretty fun and yielded this beautiful bunch of princesses:

Notice Emmuska's courtly curtsy - I can't get the girl to not pose for the camera - she is always pulling some inventive super model pose which results in oddly angled limbs and some quirky facial expressions. It's one of those things that I'm sure I'll enjoy even more in the future than I do now. (I can't wait to show her boyfriends these pictures.) :D

Princess Emmuska and her finished princess pinata - not half bad if I do say so myself. After the craft portion of the party we moved onto the pinata.

Most fortunately there was a hook in the middle of this doorway - Mycal graciously offered to hold the pinata - notice his hand on the right side of the door frame.

Notice his hand 'slipping' and letting the pinata go. Now I know why he volunteered. ;) His 'inability' to keep hold of the string ended up being okay though as apparently we make a mean pinata - it wasn't giving up without a fight.

But eventually it did yield. And the mad dash for candy ensued.

And finally we had cupcakes - complete with princess pink frosting.

Emmuska with her friend - once again note Emmuska's quirky facial expression. Have to love the girl! Also notice the rings on the cupcakes. Best way to decorate cupcakes for a princess party - cheap, easy, sparkly. What's not to love?

That summed up the organized activities of the Princess Party after the cupcakes they went off to play. I thought it turned out quite nicely - especially for being the first time I've ever done a children's party. Now that it's over Emmuska is busy planning next year's.

Princesses

We will preface these pictures with a little back story. Our friends have some lovely dress up things - crown, tutu skirt, plastic heal shoes - you know all the good essentials any self respecting princess would have. Since the first day we went over and discovered such playtime necessities Emmuska has strived to show patience in my procuring the same. This has been difficult on her part though as I'm incredibly slow sometimes. Months passed and finally Emmuska took matters into her own hands and decided to make her own princess accessories. So pipe cleaner and beads in hand she asked me to make her a crown.  Thus started a three day crown/ring/bracelet extravaganza. For your viewing pleasure I present the aftermath:

Ta Da! The first crown.

Libster posing with her crown and bracelet.

Look at the size of that rock! (Well...piece of foam anyway...)

With the completion of her beaded crown Emmuska royally bestowed her beginner crown on Sparkly.

On whom it looked absolutely regal.

Lucky Bear recieved the same honors at the hand of Liberty down to her bracelet.

I have to tell you I'm pretty impressed with the construction of these items as they've pretty much been all over town and back and are still kicking. Never doubt fuzzy pipe cleaner.