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How to Host a Fancy Nancy Birthday Party

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How to host a FANCY NANCY Birthday Party? Start to think about feathers, boas, butterflies, pink, over-the-top major girly-girly and big expressive words. Nobody knows fancy like Nancy! What better way to gussy up a birthday than with a Fancy Nancy theme?! It's a great departure away from the common Princess theme and momstown loves it as the theme is  literacy based - the wonderful Fancy Nancy books!

Crafts


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Have guests decorate their own crowns to wear during the fancy party!

 

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Butterflies are a favourite of Nancy's! Have guests decorate their own using fancy stickers, glitter, and sparkles!

 

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Serve fancy coffee to adult guests and use (clean!) coffee filters and pipe cleaners to make more butterflies!

 

Activities


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Have all your guests dress up in their fanciest clothes - adults too! Provide a dress up station with additional fancy items like tiaras, boas, feathers, sunglasses, and fancy barrettes. Our statio had sparkly eye shadow as well - which proved to be a messy addition (don't reco!).

 

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Of course a Fancy Nancy storytime (or two) must be on the agenda!


Decorations

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Decorate the table with a butterfly centrepiece, pink tablecloth, and real teacups (full of juice)! Pull out your fancy platters to show off (the girls will be gentle and thrilled to use them).

Food and Cake


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You can make cupcakes fancy...

 

fancy nancy party

...by having guests decorate their own!

 

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A fancy cake is definitely in order! Make it fancy with layers, bright colours, a tiara and some feathers - dressed up just like Fancy Nancy herself!

Other food ideas - don't forget to gussy the food up with a Fancy name! Fancy Nancy loves French - you could  name all the food in French too.

  • Stars on a sphere (crackers with star cut out cheese - just use a mini cookie cutter)
  • Fancy Tea sandwiches like cucumber & cream cheese finger sandwiches
  • Rainbow Fruit kebabs
  • Special Ham roll ups & fancy cheese cubes
  • Garden vegetable surprise (veggie platter)
  • Sweet nectar (white grapejuice) in teacups

 

Loot bags

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Guests can bring home their crowns, their dress up station attire (tiaras, barrettes, boas, sunglasses) and some fancy candy in a little pink tote bag. Depending on your budget and number of guests, you could include an easy reader softcover version of a Fancy Nancy book.

Posted by Teacher Mom on 07/26/2011 - 14:41
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Throwing a Princess birthday party?

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Many little girls dream of being princesses - at least for a day! The princess theme is a popular one for birthdays but it doesn't have to be an all pink Disney princess party - glam it up and host a more princess party for your child's next birthday with some of these momstown party ideas.

 

rocker princess deco

 

Not all princess-themed parties need stick with the cute route... you can glam it up with a punk princess theme, like momstown mama Nicole did - read her story about her daughter's 2nd birthday theme!

 

 

Crafts

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Have your guests arrive in their princess finest and make crowns to complete the look! You can opt for a simple paper crown ...

 

 

 

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Or pick up some dollar store headbands, and use beads and pipecleaners to make a fancy tiara!

 

 

Activities

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A dress up station with lots of options is a fun way to engage kids. Set up pretend tea parties or even reenact a Royal Wedding!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decorations


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Pull out the teacups (real or plastic, depending on the age of your guests!) and set a beautiful table fit for a princess and her best princess friends.

 

 

 

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Or with a punk princess twist, look for black and yellow decorations and accessories.

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Cake

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rocker princess deco

 

 

 

 

 

 

momstown mamas have created some amazing princess birthday cakes! This one has a mini version for the princess and the big cake to share! Check out the tea party recipes and mini sandwich ideas for more food inspiration. 

Loot Bags

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Guests can take home their crowns as part of their loot! Other ideas to include are Disney-themed pencils, notepads, stickers, and bubble wands.

You might also want to consider a book like the Paper Bag Princess which really turns the princess theme on its head!

 

Posted by Teacher Mom on 07/12/2011 - 10:59
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King Daddy Crowns

This Father's Day craft from momstown Barrie involved a special surprise for the dads.

Dads around Barrie were treated like kings at last year's Father's Day event while sporting their new hand crafted King Daddy crowns made especially for them. The Kind Daddies didn't seem to mind the new head gear!

What you need:
 

  • Long strip of flexible cardboard or about 2 inches wide (enough to circle around a Daddy's head) - a cereal box would be perfect (staple some together if you need more length for a big headed Daddy!).Construction paper (colour choice of the child)
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Glitter
  • Gems
  • Glitter Glue

 

Steps:
 
Size the cardboard strip to Daddy's head

Draw a crown shape and cut out from the construction paper

Let the child decorate with all the materials and let dry.

Attach the crown to the cardboard ring with staples and then measure the ring around child's head and attach/staple to their size

 

Many of our momstown daddy's will be celebrating their first Father's day and babies can get in on this fun too with decorating and maybe painting theirs!  All kids are proud of their dads and wanted to show them how much they are loved with special gifts.

 

If a little prince or princess feels they'd like  a matching crown we have a Sparkly Crown here and  Paper Plate Wonderland Crown ideas.

Posted by momstown mama on 05/09/2011 - 21:23
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Royal Wedding Imaginary Play & Crafts

The Royal Wedding is a little girls dream! It's like true life Disney with a beautiful princess marrying a handsome prince-soon-to-be-King. Ok, so skip the centuries of drama and momstown mamas know life is not all perfect and princess-like... but this is the week that every one lives a fairytale and princesses are perfect!

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This week to let your princess wear her dress-up clothes to school, to put doilies out at every meal and call dinner "tea". It's the week to wear crowns (handmade!), don layers of jewels (fake!) and drink juice in tea cups with your pinky finger up. When you're done playing inside head out to the 'back garden' to pick some dandylions for a perfect princess bride bouquet! Maybe even pull out your dress from the back of the closet for a fashion show!

 

Need some creative ideas to bring all this royal fun to life? Let momstown help!

 

Try our Wonderland Crowns made out of a paper plate to ensure everyone has the proper royal attire.

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Have some construction paper? Create this Sparkly Crown for every royal member of your family and wear them to the table!

 

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Want to make someone a bride in your house and need a quick craft? All you need is toliet paper and a headband for this impromtu wedding veil that will make any little girl feel like a real bride.

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To complete your fun, hold a tea party (pull out your fine china if you dare or use the play kitchen cups and load up on lacy doilies!) and serve mini sandwiches and scones - a standard at our momstown tea parties!

Posted by momstown mama on 04/26/2011 - 23:38
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Winter Wonderland Crowns

momstown is getting ready to celebrate Hat Day this month at momstown. What better way to get ready for the big day than to make a hat of our very own?

momstown Edmonton South will be making Winter Wonderland Crowns at their event next week and shared this terrific and EASY idea in advance with us!

What you need: 
Paper Plate

Scissors or utility knife

Embellishments (for us it will be foam snowflakes, mittens, polar bears etc and jewels) 



What to do:

Have an adult take the paper plate and, with an utility knife or scissors, cut the center just like you would a pie, stopping before the outer rim of the plate. Gently fold up the triangle pieces to form a crown. Decorate with embellishments!

Posted by momstown mama on 01/08/2011 - 22:35
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Sparkly Crown

Everyone loves to feel special and doesn't every child feel more special in a sparkly crown??? Easy to make your own (or a batch!)


Materials:
 
Long strip of flexible cardboard about 2 inches wide (enough to circle around a childs head) - a cereal box would be perfect.
Construction paper (colour choice of the child)
Glue
Scissors
Glitter
Gems
Glitter Glue
 

Steps:
 
Size the cardboard strip to the child's head

Draw a crown shape and Cut out from the construction paper

Let the child decorate with all the materials and let dry.

Attach the crown to the cardboard ring with staples and then measure the ring around child's head and attach/staple to their size.


There you have one fancy party crown!

Tip! Use a food tray under the craft when working with glitter for easier clean up. Keeps gems & other beauties from rolling away. Thanks to Leanne & Hanna from momstown Guelph for this fun crown made to prep for our Hats theme this month.

Posted by momstown mama on 01/06/2011 - 01:10
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