PRINCESS PARTY chain garland, cupcakes and toppers
Chain Garland
I’m not a huge fan of streamers so I decided to come up with something a little different for Little M’s princess party. Â Chain garland was the answer.
what you need: scrapbook paper or decorative paper ~ glue
Although they were very simple, they were also time consuming. . .make sure you start early if you plan to use them! Â I cut strips of four different paper patterns. Â The strips I cut measured approximately 1/2 inch x 4 inches. Â Then I made the first loop, linking every loop from then on.
The plan was to have the kids help me make these chains, and I would guide them into a little pattern practice. Â They were not one bit interested. . . but after I hung them up and went to get ready I came down stairs to find Big M had added to the decorations.
He cut 4 hearts and stapled them to the garland.  My Hubby told me he went to the art cabinet (did I mention that I love having an art cabinet) and cut these out without even drawing them first.  We were very impressed, and I was touched.
Cupcakes
Since Little M is so into baking, and doing things herself, I decided to forgo baking a fabulous princess cake that NO ONE is allowed to help with. Â Instead we used this fabulous idea from Delia Creates to make fun princess cupcakes. . .and Little M had a blast.
I’m so sorry but I can not give you the recipe. Â I used my favorite cake recipe from Rose Levy Beranbaum’s The Cake Bible. Â You can easily make these from your own favorite recipe though. Â After Little M and I made the batter, we divided it into 4 seperate bowls. Â We left one batter white, colored one batter green, one pink and one purple. Â I used Wilton icing color. Â
I loaded the batter into piping bags. Â I did use one ziploc bag with a small hole cut in one corner, just to be sure it would work. Â It did, so if you don’t have piping bags you can still easily do this!
Slipping the bag over a cup and folding the edges over the sides makes the bag much easier to fill.
Little M and I filled the cupcake tins 3/4 of the way full. Â We layered the colors.
Don’t you just love the color design? Â They were so simple and EVERYONE asked how I did it. Â I should have pretended they were way to complicated to copy (hee hee).
Cupcake Topper
Did you see the super cute cupcake toppers? Okay, I’ll show you again.
what you need: scrap book paper ~ card stock ~ stir straws ~ glue
I traced and cut two different sized circles.  I used card stock on the smaller circle and stamped the center.  Some received a M and some received a 4.  Then I just glued the two together.  Once all of the circles were dry I glued a straw in between two circles.
On the day of the party I stuck a topper in some of the cupcakes. Â It really turned out to be a simple way to add something extra.
Did you see the games we played at Little M’s princess party? Visit here. Â For the birthday book review click here.
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Oh wow, these These are great! I love the cupcakes…so adorable…
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Thank you!
Those colorful cupcakes are adorable! Makes me with my birthday boy was a liiiiiiittle younger than 13 today. 🙂
P.S. I found you on the SITS forum.