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In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, I made some Cat in the Hat-style hats for my daughter's kindergarten class.

Materials Needed:

• red poster board
• white poster board
• 2 x 9" white paper plates
• scissors, stapler, glue gun
  

1. Cut red poster board in half, set aside. Put 2 plates together, fold in half & cut out center along "bumpy" edge leaving just a "bumpy" brim.

2. Separate plates. Roll 1/2 sheet red poster board into a cylinder & place cylinder through center of 1 plate. Let cylinder expand to fit the center of the plate and staple poster board at top and bottom. Cut several slits at bottom of poster board, fold slits upward and glue to the bottom of the paper plate. Glue the 2nd paper plate to the underside of the 1st plate to hide the slits (this will give you a white brim on top & bottom).

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

After days of rain, the day of the party brought cloudy skies, slightly chilly weather and a super muddy backyard. The party that was supposed to be outdoors was brought inside. Seventeen excited fairies and some of their parents made for quite a cramped, yet cozy party.

As each guest arrived, they were asked to pick a Tinkerbell foam puzzle piece out of a bag. I found the foam puzzles at Dollar Tree and was able to color-coordinate the pieces to match the fairy tutus & wings. This made it easy to split the girls into 3 different groups for crafts.

A blue puzzle piece meant your talent was a Water Fairy with a blue ensemble, a pink puzzle piece meant your talent was a Garden Fairy with a pink ensemble and purple meant your talent was Fast-Flying.

After the girls were dressed, they were taken to the "Pretty Pixie Salon." Here the grandmothers did nails, light glittery make-up, press-on earrings & glittery hair spray. Each girl also received a fairy crown. The crowns were easy to make with decorative wire garland from Dollar Tree formed into a crown and lots of curling ribbon tied to the back.
Once the girls were made-up, they had their pictures taken in the "Fairy Forest." We included a picture of each girl with the thank you notes.

See more Fairy Party posts - invitations and decorations.

Emma celebrated her 6th birthday with a fairy party. Here is Emma posing at the front door:
The tissue flowers lining the walkway are from Oriental Trading Company. The garland framing the door was easy to make with tulle, pink lights & decorations from Dollar Tree. All of the signs were made using the Cricut Tinkerbell cartridge.
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I really wanted the invitations to Emma's Fairy Party to be fun and whimsical. When I saw Whimsy Love's Tiny Party envelopes, I was completely inspired!

Since the smallest envelope would determine the size of the invitation, as well as the sizes of the larger envelopes, my first step was to find tiny envelopes. I lucked out in the Martha Stewart craft aisle at Michaels.
The smallest envelopes measure approximately 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches and are just too cute! To get the size just right, I made the rest of envelopes using clearanced scrapbook paper from Michaels and the Cricut Plantin School Book cartridge. I alternated plain & patterned cardstock and increased each envelope size by 1 inch.

From there, I created a tiny invitation in Word by printing in the smallest font size possible (font is A770-Roman) and printed directly on my cardstock.

I cut out the invitations & stamped a flower background using white pearlized ink. The purple scallop is cut using the Cricut A Child's Year cartridge and the Tink silhouette was punched from white glitter paper (punch purchased at Walt Disney World). The corners of the invitations were punched with a corner rounder & lightly inked in purple.

Each invitation was sealed with a Tinkerbell sticker and hand-delivered. I had so many mothers tell me how much the girls giggled as they opened one envelope only to find a smaller envelope inside - just the reaction I hoped for!

My Mom & I have been working like mad trying to get everything done for Emma's Fairy Birthday Party. Even though the party isn't for a few more weeks, I have so much going on in October that I really just wanted to at least have the fairy party prep complete.

I absolutely fell in love with these artificial grass & flower placemats from Butterfly Craze. The $6.99 price tag? I didn't love so much!
So, I then considered astro turf placemats. Astro Turf is reasonably priced, available at Home Depot and I could make 20 placemats for under $5.00 (you can find a tutorial here for making them). While budget friendly, the astro turf just didn't have the look I wanted.

Then I remembered these pretty petal placemats I saw from Party Wishes...

September seems to summon the busiest time of year for me. Summer is over and I have to start thinking about Emma's birthday, Witches Tea & Cookie Swap party. I've also added Daisy Craft Mom to my list of things to do. On top of everything else, I am trying to get my home completely organized and de-cluttered!

I've been surfing the web looking for ideas for my October parties. I found this card to use as inspiration for the Witches Tea invitations. It is from the latest edition of Paper Crafts Magazine.
I love the idea of making these shoes as favors for guests. You can find the template at Simple Dreams.

Emma is having a fairy birthday party this year so I have been busy planning that too!