Tess turns five on July 9th, midway through our two week July holidays. We decided to celebrate her birthday early so we could catch friends before they went out of town. We invited all the girls in her class plus two other friends and to our delight all but two could come.
I asked Tess what kind of party she wanted and she decided it should be a Ballerina, Jewelry, Dress Up, Everything Girlie party and that's what she got! Her friends played along and all came in fancy dress or dance wear.
I'm not big on party games (despite their popularity here) but I do enjoy a good craft so we set up three activities for the girls.
The kids really enjoyed the crafts. I loved seeing them all spread out on the floor busy with markers and glue.
Here one of the mums demonstrates how to balance the butterfly. If you look closely you'll see another mum is wearing a Froot Loop necklace.
After doing some crafts, enjoying some free play and building a blanket fort we broke out the Peppa Pig cake that Tessie picked out.
We then opened up gifts. Tess received some amazing games and many fun crafts. The girls can't wait to dig into them. Lucky for us we have two weeks off school to do so.
Our wonderful babysitter Kate helped a ton with everything from making signs and cutting out butterflies to managing crafts and cleaning up. We were so glad she could be a part of the day.
Check out the stop motion video of the party. It's two and a half minutes long. The party starts around the 0:30 mark, the Froot Loop necklaces are at the 1:00 mark and Kate falls asleep around 1:35. Poor girl, she's sick now. I hope we didn't wear her out!
My favorite part is the black and white tights kicking their way across the floor.
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