Tomboy Mom in Search of Girly Party Ideas

Tea party. It is awesome. Go to thrift stores for the table setting or grandma's linen closet. Buy a cheap teas set at toys r us. The invitations can be printed on paper lacy doilies" which you can find at your local BBQ or western store or cute paper with a tea bag attached. Have it in your back yard.]

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A friend of mine just did a very fun party for girls. They had a garden tea party. She went to several good will stores for dress up clothes, shoes, hats, jewelry and gloves and various china tea cups and tea pots and table cloths. The girls had a blast.

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Libby Lu is about as girly-girl as it gets. I don't know if they have one near you or not, but we've been to a few parties there and it is GIRLY! Makeup, hair, fashion show, etc.

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4 is pretty little so at that age you might want to do a teddy bear tea party. This can be very inexpensive. You do tea or hot chocolate, cookies and little peanut butter and jelly or honey sandwhiches... (honey for the bears!) Invite all the girls to dress up and bring their favorite bear. Then you can read a couple of books about bears. Then just let them play.
Other fun party ideas we have had are a luau, you can spend as much or as little as you want. A chocolate party! We had all things chocolate (my daughters favorite thing on earth) and a jump house. Even the parents enjoyed this as we had a chocolate fountain! We also had a polka dot party where we did all those old fashioned games like 3 legged race, gunny sack race, egg toss etc. Martha Stewart sells a "mini" kit where everything is mini, mini hats, mini plates mini forks, mini banner, mini goody bags. (Michaels sell this)
But my advice is at 4 keep it simple, the girls really just want to play with a few things to make it special. Go with what she loves... my girls like the planning as much as the party.

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Have a tea party! Have small finger sandwitches and have the girls decorate their own cupcakes. Use lemonaid as "tea" and put flowers and a fancy table cloth on the table. Also head off to a thrift store and look for mismatched cups and saucers and have the girls take them home as there special gift. They can play dress up too....ect....

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C.,

I am known as the Mom who was scared to have a girly-girl, I had two boys before I was ready for my little princess, and although she is only 16 months to celebrate her 1st birthday we had a BBQ/Princess Party, and I went to the dollar store and found some cute decorations in pink (they have everything! Plates, cups, silverware, table clothes, napkins, streamers, balloons, happy birthday signs, I went over to the toy section and they have boas, sometimes they have tierras, and wands!) Then I headed over to Michaels and for about $30 I was able to get enough foam crowns (about a dollar a piece), rhinestones (depending on the ones you want they can be $2 a bag or $7-8 for a variety pack), and glue (about $2 a bottle and 2 bottles was more than enough for my crowd) for 18 people to make thier own princess and prince crowns, it was fun for kids and grown-ups a like and easy to clean up afterwards. This is also something that is very do-able at a park and once you are done you can just roll everything up in the dollar store table cloth and throw it away! The girls get to take home thier own self made crowns and everyone is happy!!

Good luck! Have fun! And remember some of the best parties are the cheapest ones!

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There are so many different inexspensive things that you can do, go to wal-mart and buy their dress up trunk and the girls can dress up, have a run-way show,model for pictures (that you can take and send them as thank you cards with lil notes on the back of the pic) and then your daughter can keep the trunk and enjoy after the party. There is lots of fun girly party stuff at the 1.25 stores. You can have a princess party where the girls can make crowns, they have foam crowns at Michaels that they can decorate (there is a party craft and a lil goodie to take home)and just get princess plates and stuff like that. ask your daughter what she might like and find lil ways to simplify. Good luck and no matter what have fun!

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Hi C.-

I've got to agree with most other responses...a princess party. Have each little girl dress up as a 'princess' and have the party at a local park. Maybe a friend (or another mom) can help you out a bit and paint each girls nails. Check with local discount stores (Big Lots, Dollar/99 cent stores, etc.) and you should be able to find nail polish, lip gloss, princess wands, tiarras (sp), pink table clothes, etc. As a craft project, you could have each girl make a card with a drawing of themself dressed up in their princess outfit. Collect the cards, and later your daughter can use each card as a thank you letter and send it back to each girl. Make the food simple! You don't want to be stressed out trying to make all different kinds of food. Have a great time...I am sure your daughter and her friends will! :)

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I did a princess party for my girly-girl's 4th bday last year. I hired a "princess", Snow White(cost about $160), it was totally worth it. She entertained the kids for 1.5 hours. Did a magic show, face painting & ballon animals. Even the little boys loved it. And all the little girls came to the party in princess costumes . . . very cute!!Here's thier website:

http://www.magicprincess.com/tips.html

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Hi C.-!

Go to a local park. Brink pink balloons and princess hats for everyone. Get a princess cake from Safeway and little bags with stickers and a small toy. Have a treasure hunt at the park with a treat at the end. Make or buy a special 'princess' cape or crown for your daughter. The kids will have a ball just playing on the playground. Eat cake/ice cream, open gifts and you are done -!

I have 3 girls - two of them are tomboys, but my 6 year old is a total girly girl. Have fun with it - !!!

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I can offer a few ideas, depending on what your budget is and since your not thinking about alot of kids (smart by the way). Roller Skating at San Jose Skate is about 8-10 dollars a child, or even miniature golfing is about 7-10 dollars a child, or something real simple as a park or maybe even a friends house (if they don't mind). I have twin boys and have their party at my mother's house every year, have minimum of 20 kids, with cake, snacky type foods, pinata, bounce house and gift bags I usually spend about 300 dollars.

If your only going to have a few children you could probably keep your budget to under 100 dollars. For gift bags, decorations, plates and silverware the dollar store, make the cake yourself or maybe ask a friend.

Hope this helps, good luck

B.

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When my daughter turned 4 we had a princess party. We put a blanket in one corner and a pile of her dress up clothes. The kids came in their own dress up clothes if they wanted to. I went to a department store and got several lipstick samples (for free) and made a large frog face on poster board. We played kiss the frog. The girls were blindfolded and each had their own sample lipstick so their were less germs. One at a time (like pin the tail on the donkey) the little ones spun and tried to kiss the frog. They loved the game. We served little sandwiches and made it like a tea party. Hope this helps,
We have great memories of it.
M

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Hi C.

My daughter is a true girly-girl as well. Last year we had some family issues around my kid's storm for her
party, I pulled out a huuuuuge tub of dress ups I had onto the front lawn. I set up three different tables at different points all around the yard. One table had their big cousin putting on make up and nail polish, the next was a decorate your own cupcakes station with all sorts of frostings, icing, candies and sprinkles. The other was a craft station where the girls could make bracelets and necklaces. I got all sorts of great photos of all the girls individually as well as acting out impromptu skits together according to their costume. It was simple but the girls loved it. Guess what sort of party she wanted this year? Repeat!!

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You could take the girls for manis and pedis at the local beauty college.

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Well, the girliest thing I can think of is a tea party.
Let her invite 4 girls (one guest per her age.)
Get a plastic tea set, set up the table real nice, make cup cakes, get chocolates, make some tea (light colored as to not stain if it gets spilled.) Put some relaxing music on and let the girls "play tea party." They can bring their stuffed animals and pretend they have babies. Get a book on tea etiquette and you can be the hostess and teach the kids proper tea behavior. Talk in a funny voice - the kids will love it.

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Good Morning C.,

I'm not sure what your budget is but "Libby Lu" inside Arden mall is "GREAT". I took my daughter there when she was about 5yrs old and she loved it and they have party packs for small groups. They do hair, nails, light glitter make up and they also get party backpacks with gifts inside of them that they get to pick out of a certain section of gifts. Hope your party turns out great:-)

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Well when I was little my mom threw all of my parties, still does at 18. It's something we both can enjoy. I remember a birthday party that I did again when I turned 17. We had a princess party. You make all of your daughter's favorite treats or bbq and have drinks. A good drink item is Capri Sun, freeze half of the two flavors you buy and keep the other for drinking or make punch with them. And have the girls and/or boys dress up like princesses and princes, they wear their favorite party dress. You can bring a friend of yours to help you. At my younger party I had a make up station with glitter and lipstick and blush. This is perfect for doing in the park. Depending on how many kids you have you can think of something cool as party favors. You can get t-shirts from your local craft store, and all the kids can write on them and it's something that they will treasure for ever, and they can keep them. And if you wanted you could iron on the back "Daughter's Name 4th Birthday Party" "Princesses and Princeses are best friends!"
I hope this helped, if you have any more questions let me know I love planning parties.

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C., I am a tomboy mom with a 4 year old girly girl! Fortunately, at age 4, you can do something very simple and she will enjoy it. 4-5 of her little friends are a lot of company for a 4 year old. Have a "princess tea party". You can do it in your house, or a neighborhood park with a picnic table. With a small group, even if your apartment is small, you may find it easier to do at home because you won't have to cart things around. In the invitation, ask the attendees to dress up as a princess. Set a pretty table with real tea cups and saucers, if you can. Kids really feel special when they get to use the real thing. Serve little peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cut into small squares and little pieces of cut up fruit. You can put the fruit on toothpick skewers if you want to be fancy. Princess theme birthday cakes are widely available but kids always prefer cupcakes, probably because everyone gets their own. Get the little miniature cupcakes that every grocerystore bakery sells. Little girls will love them. As an activity, maybe you could have the girls decorate a chair as a throne and then when it's done, take a picture of each little princess sitting in it. Find inexpensive rhinestone tiaras to give as favors. Have fun.

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When my daughter was that age I went to Target or Rite-Aid and bought lots of inexpensive make-up and nail polish. Then, I let the girls go crazy putting it on like "big girls". The photos from that party are really fun. Also, I let the girls decorate the birthday cake. Give each kid a section of cake and provide them with sprinkles, chocolate chips, tubes of frosting, whipped cream, etc. Lots of fun for any age!

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My girls are 4 (almost 5) and 7 and they are girly-girls. If you are only planning to a small party. Call a local nail shop and see if they can set up a small party for girls getting pedicures. It won't take that long, and sometimes they will allow you to serve snacks while some of the girls are getting their toes done. just bring a few cup cakes and call it a day! It won't like more than an hour and a half. just give little bottles of nail polish or pedicure kits (target has cute stuff in the make up section that are already put together)and you are all done.

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You can take them to a nail salon and ask to have their toenails painted...not a pedicure, just painted which is much easier for them to sit through and less expensive as well. Then take them out for ice-cream. That is little girly girl heaven!

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you already have a lot of great responses and I haven't read through them all so I'm sorry if this is duplicative...Michael's Arts and Crafts hosts great parties (and are very reasobaly priced (bet $4 and $10 per kid depending on the craft you choose). the girls can make different kinds of jewlery, paint/decorate something for their rooms, my daughter had her 3rd birthday their and the kids painted t-shirts. It was a lot of fun!

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a princess picnic party at a park in your area. Make foam crowns with kit from party city. Paint fingernails or toes with quick-dry nail polish. tell girls to dress up in dress-up clothes and jewelry. Serve finger sandwiches and decaf iced tea on (tea partyish) they'll love it. good luck!

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Take them for an afternoon tea party?

There's Lovejoy's in SF Noe Valley or a number of others in the East Bay and South Bay listed here: http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/places/tea.html

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I had a "Tea Party" for my daughter! :) It was fun for them and cheap to accomplish! You can make the sandwiches and just get the beverages and if they want, can be dressed up! I had the girls dress up in whatever princess dress they had (Halloween costumes!), and I got crowns, and got a few activities together. Go to the Doller Store and pick up accessories - they have plenty to choose from. We had at a place that had a park so after eating, they were able to play! :) I dressed up my daughter as Alice (as in Wonderland), and all the girls and the parents who came, had a great time! :) Hope this helps!

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Invite the girls to the park, dressed as their favorite princess, and paint nails, blow bubbles, build sand castles, and eat princess party food (little frosted cakes, finger sandwiches cut in party shapes, long pretzel wands, carrot sticks). Put girly girl lip gloss on and have a scavenger hunt for the girls!

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