Scribbles, jots and musings: A Perfect Princess Party

"A picture paints a thousand words" so sit back and prepare for my first novel to chart the most perfect princess party.

How to host a Princess Party - by Shirley...

First your need some princess to attend. Then you need something to keep them entertained, so make colouring in books for them.

Then the princesses will have to play some games, but they MUST have a princess theme. So start with musical princess flags. When the music (princess music of course) stops, if a random mummy picks the princess from the bag that you are standing beside, you win that flag and are out. (Not that any of the littler princesses obeyed any sort of rule, but you can do that when you are royalty - it's one of the perks)

Then play "True love's first kiss" This game is similar to "pin the tail on the donkey", but donkeys aren't particularly princessy, so paint a picture of Aurora asleep, blindfold the princesses and give them lip stickers that say "True love's first kiss" and see how close to Sleeping Beauty's lips you can get them.

I genuinely forgot to take a photo of Sleeping Beauty (I will deny that it was deliberately out of jealousy, but Freud would argue about my subconscious, so I will post one later to prove that silly man wrong)

The next thing to do is to play "Pass the poisoned apple" When the apple stops with you, don't eat it (remember what happened to Snow White) but take a princess challenge and pass it on.

Bea's challenge to "give someone a hug" was perhaps the most perfect challenge for her. The winner is the person who gets the apple when all the challenges have gone. Of course they have to select their prize from the Princess Treasure Chest.

Then it is time to unite the princesses in a few team games, that largely involved running and jumping which princesses can do very well....

...and to further complete their education, they must indulge in a spot of crafting. Each princess was given a hand mirror (created by Shirley) to decorate with jewels.

Bea's Daddy lifted her mirror and little voices were heard saying "Mirror, mirror on the wall" and as he looked into it, his daughter announced "I see the Beast!"

By then it was time for party food. The cheese was heart shaped, the sandwiches were royal gowns and crowns and Granny Gwen produced some Cinderella slipper shaped cookies.

Then the most desirable, touchable cake appeared

Shirley understands that sometimes princesses don't want to do the same as everyone else, so she created a special little princess land in the corner, with a game, dress up clothes and a beauty parlour.