5 Years Old

My little girl turned 5 yesterday. She loves the Rainbow Magic fairy books - and so we had a fairy party with the girls from her primary class. It was so much fun! We've done birthday parties before and there always is an element of craziness with it. Whenever we get lots of kids together - that's just the way it is. But this time it wasn't. It was fun, without the chaos. I can tell she's getting older!

So some of the things we did . . .
The girls arrived and King Oberon (Anthony) sprinkled fairy dust on them and they became fairies. They each put on a tutu fairy skirt and wings They then chose their fairy name. The rainbow magic fairies each have a special name like - Bethany the Ballet Fairy or Ruby the Red Fairy. We had all sorts of fairies at our party. Allison the Unicorn Fairy, Shelby the Snow Dog Fairy, Lana the Painting Fairy. Then all the fairies colored the Rainbow Fairies (who had lost their color due to Jack Frost) and then decorated a fairy bag. While they were decorating and coloring I (who was dressed up as Bella the Birthday Fairy) told them stories about Fairyland. When they got done we played a little circle game where I would give them clues and they would guess which fairy I was thinking of . . . and then I pulled out little paper Rainbow Fairies I made and we were playing a guessing game with them when Jack Frost (Anthony) swept in and stole the Rainbow Fairies from before our eyes. He cast them out of Fairyland Castle and hid them in our backyard. The girls then went outside to rescue the Fairies.

We played Fairy Freeze - Jack Frost turned every fairy he touched into ice . . . but the fairies could 'unfreeze' each other. Then Jack Frost gave his hat to different fairies and they got a turn freezing each other.

They played that so well that they earned their fairy wands. However Jack Frost had another trick up his sleep. When the fairies opened the fairy wand box - they discovered the wands missing! Jack Frost had hidden them. The girls then went on a scavenger hunt for the wands. They had to complete a fairyland puzzle, do a crossword puzzle, and complete a 'Spot the Difference' to finally find their wands in the mailbox.

They then made fairy paper dolls and we had cake and ice cream.