A Very Fairy Birthday Party

So I kind of like to throw birthday parties. And for the longest time I've been trying to convince Teya that she wanted a fairy party. I could just see it all in my head, little girls running around in tutu's with fairy wings. So cute right? But when she was 3 she wanted Pirates, and at 4 it was all about Ariel. She talked about Diego for her 5th birthday until about a month ago when she said, "I want a tinker bell party." YES! I jumped on it and last Friday my dream of hosting little fairies came to life. Here are some pics from the big day. I thought it turned out pretty darn cute.

The birthday girl all ready for her guests to arrive

I decided to get crafty and make Martha Stewart Tissue pom poms. A bit time consuming but I think they turned out so pretty.

Here's the little backdrop I made for pictures. My camera stinks but it looked very garden fairy-ish in real life : )

For food I made butterfly shaped sandwiches and fruit. We also had pigs in a blanket per Teya's request.

My insanely talented friend Darby made Teya's cake. I told her what I had in mind and she came up with something 100 times better than I could've imagined. She made every flower (including the big white one) out of fondant. The whole thing was just so gorgeous. She seriously needs to go into the cake business.

One more cake picture because it was just so awesome. (and it tasted awesome too!)

Here's how the food and decorations all came together.

Each girl got her own fairy tutu, wings and butterfly wand.

As the guests arrived Teya was so excited to show them their fairy gear and get them all dressed up. Once everyone was here we took a picture of the fabulous fairies.

Our first activity was making pixie dust jars with colored sand. The girls loved it.

Here's how the finished products came out.

After the pixie dust jars I read them a "Very Fairy Princess" by Julie Andrews. Then we came back to make pink chocolate dipped marshmallows sprinkled with fairy dust.

The marshmallows were a little messy but the girls didn't mind licking the chocolate off their fingers. : )

After Marshmallows they ate their Fairy food.

And then it was time for cake!

We sang and she blew out all her candles (with a little help from her friends ; )

Then we opened presents and finished with the crowning event: a Pinata!

From this experience I learned that the fail safe secret to party success is to bust out a pinata. It was seriously the highlight of their night.

Sadly all good things must come to an end and before long it was time to send all the little fairies (except these two cuties) home. Everyone had a great time and Teya rewarded mommy with a big hug and by telling me "Thanks for the best birthday ever." Well worth the effort for that : )

Special shout out to to Taber for getting off work early to help out with the party. Couldn't have pulled it off without him. He also took some nice footage and put together this video of the highlights. Hope you enjoy!