Party Planning!

Our Tutu Party Favours

Our daughter's birthday is on Sunday, so we are planning a party for her on Monday with some of her playmates! I LOVE planning events, and I have a few other events up my sleeve at the moment (READERS BEWARE!). This is the first one, and this is just a sneak peek, as I will be blogging about this again soon.. hopefully adding a whole bunch of pictures!!!

Yesterday, my friend T and my MIL came over and helped to make some of the favours for the girls that attend. They will all be taking home a tutu! :) So much fun! My MIL brought us all of the supplies and we made five AWESOME tutus! We decided that our daughter would be giving at her party, instead of getting. Everytime anything with regards to birthdays comes up on tv or in a book, a lot of the focus is on receiving gifts. So, we decided that we would shift things around a bit, and she would be doing a lot of the giving.. :) (The girls will be sporting a tutu and necklace, and the boys will be sporting fireman hats and clip on ties for our 'tea' party - all that they get to take home with them!!!)






Homemade is still the way to do it!

About a week ago, I had my daughter paint a whole bunch of lunch bags that we were going to use for 'loot' bags for her guests to take home. A few days ago, she was thrilled to count out the items and distribute them into each bag. Her Gran (great grandmother) even gave cute beach balls to put into each so that each child can take one home. She thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the process and can't wait to give these out to her friends. This morning, we sat down and hole-punched a bunch of old stickers to use on  our bags. We then threaded pipe cleaners through each side to make handles. Our daughter hand picked each colour combination, and we had a blast doing it!

To me, the special handmade touch adds so much to 'gifts'. Not only is a one-of-a-kind item, it also provides a great time to do something with the kids. Helping them to be creative and be able to execute their own ideas for things is so important!

BTW our daughter informed me last night that she would rather dress as a pirate for her party than wear a tutu... so I guess we will see how that turns out. :)