Real Party Sneak Peek – Tutus and Twirls and Down On The Farm

I’ve been working on a cute ballerina party for my client’s 5 year old’s birthday next month. (Each time I think about the fact that I have a client I giggle a little). Since boys are invited, I had been racking my brain for a “cute but not cute” favor for them, since mom wanted something as a keepsake, not a bag of junk. I started out with little topiaries of feather balls for the girls, and their initials for the boys; however, to my dismay, one child has a Z name, and I couldn’t find a wooden Z! I had already painted the clay pots when inspiration struck….Little ballerinas and princes…I totally channelled The Nutcracker Ballet…the King of Mice becomes a prince. I just painted wooden doll heads and clay pots; the robes are red felt trimmed in glitter glue with a sequin “button”. The ballerinas’ hair buns are black pom-poms, and their tutus are craft boas. I’m so tickled by them that I just had to share.

I’m also working on a Down on the Farm 1st birthday party, and I’ve been dying to make these hats after I saw them in the BHG Kids’ Parties magazine. The sheep was a beee-atch (pardon my French) to do. He may become a yellow chick with little feather wings. Or maybe a rooster with a cute red comb. I tell you, I’ve become a hot-glue gun fiend lately. How did we ever live without it?