Lil' Prince Birthday Party Theme

by megan lopez
(ny)

Well my son is turning one in June. I picked the Lil' Prince from the 1stwishes.com. Now I don't know what to do about decorating the community room I rented for the party. Do you have any suggestions if so please let me know...... thanks god bless.....

Answer...

Create a royal atmosphere. Build castles out of boxes. Put lots of pillows and toys in them for the babies to play in.

Purchase or construct a castle for your centerpiece. You can do a one dimensional castle pretty easy.

Find a picture of a castle in a coloring book. Trace onto a piece of cardboard. Cut out. Color with markers or paint. Make a stand out of card board and hot glue to the back. You can surround with greenery to hide any imperfections.

Just do that 4 times for each side of the castle to make a more substantial castle.

Lay silver crowns and jewels all around. Place dragon and prince figurines amongst the greenery. Place a Prince Crown Frame on the table with your sons picture in it.

Balloons are a great way yo decorate any party. Group your balloons into 3's and stagger them in height. Like a blue balloon, and then a yellow one a little lower, and then a white one a little lower than that. Make sure your ribbon on the balloons match the balloon.

Decorate baby's highchair to be a throne. It's actually quite easy. Purchase sticky backed Velcro strips. Stick one side to the highchair. Hot glue blue tulle onto the other strip of Velcro. You can hot glue a piece of pretty trim over the top to hide any glue.

Stick the Velcro together and you have a perfect highchair skirt. You can make a slipcover for the back. Use no sew iron-on tape. It's so easy to use.

Make a template of the back of the highchair. Cut out 2 pieces of material, adding a bit on the sides to allow for you to iron together. Following the instructions, iron the two pieces together. Leave the bottom open to allow you to slip it over the chair. Embellish any way you feel.

You can make a huge statement with tulle. It's only $1.00 a yard and really fun to use. Purchase a lot of it and drape from the middle of the ceiling to the corners. You can intertwine twinkle lights for some extra drama.

Don't be afraid of being too pretty. The decorations for a 1st birthday theme are more for the adults anyway. And Princes live in luxury.

Hope all goes well. Be sure and come back and share your party with us.

The Decorating Diva