Princess Party Wand Favor

If you look carefully, this is not the actual want that we used for my daughter’s Princess Birthday Party. Or actually it was called a Queen of Hearts Birthday Party since we invited several boys. Anyway, I wasn’t thrilled with how the wand turned out, so I created a new one. I like this one much better.

It’s the same concept as with the boys swords. Take a 4″ styrofoam ball and poke a hole in it with an ice pick or screw driver about 2″ deep. Insert some hot glue and slide in a 3/8″ dowel cut to about 18″. This will adhere pretty quickly. Take one long piece of aluminum foil and completely cover the ball and stem crinkling as you go. No glue required but it can be picked off pretty easily.

The last step is applying the adornments. I originally made a big bow with the ribbon with 4 or 5 streamers and put sequins over the ball part. This one is with ribbon only. This is a satin ribbon 1″ wide. Cut 4 pieces large enough to go around the ball starting at the base and going up and over the ball to the opposite side. Secure the ribbon on both sides with hot glue. You could even put a dab of slow drying glue on the top of the ball where all the ribbon overlaps but it’s not necessary if you pull the ribbon tight before using the hot glue. After all 4 ribbons are applied, tie one piece a couple of times around the stick right under the ball and tie off. Trim any loose ends that still show. And your wand is complete!

Photo by Amy Hall Photography, Portland, OR.

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Sword Princess Party Favor

Make your own swords for a Princess or Queen of Hearts Party.  We gave these to the boys who attended my daughter’s Queen of Hearts Party.  As you’d learn in another post, we named it a Queen of Hearts Party since we were inviting more than half boys!  Not sure they’d want to come to a Princess Party.

These swords were super easy to make and were a big hit with the boys.  And it wasn’t a disaster as you might think.  They played very nicely with each other.  But I guess this might be a consideration.  If you are inviting any particularly violent boys, you might wait to give this out when they are leaving.  We gave them out in the middle of the party because I wanted plenty of pics with the kids enjoying themselves.  So, it was kind of an activity as well.

Take two sizes of painter stirring sticks and hot glue them together to make the base of the sword.  Using a piece of aluminum foil for the length and a separate piece for the handles, simply wrap and crush it in place.  No need for glue or anything.  Having no glue does make it easy for the kids to peal it off and they will totally do that.  So, don’t get offended when they start taking your hard work apart!  To finish it off, wrap a long piece of leather shoe lace string around the joint first and then down the handle.  I hot glued the beginning and the end of this step.  Be sure and use shoe lace leather that is died all the way through.  Some of them are not.  Easy Easy!

Photo by Amy Hall Photography, Portland, OR.

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Princess Tutu Favor

For a Tea Party Princess Party the perfect favor is a Tutu.  My daughter received this one as a party favor at just this type of birthday party.  It was perfect as a little girl who likes to dress up can not have too many tutus.  Especially when friends are over to dress up with her.

The mom didn’t make these herself but had a friend to do it.  Super Simple if you sew.  The seamstress took 3 layers of tulle and sewed it at the top with two layers of the pink and white check ribbon.  I believe the seam was done with the bobbin as the elastic so that it gathered up like it shows.  And this makes it where you don’t have to gather the tulle before attaching it to the ribbon.  Then every so often a small pink bow made of a different satin ribbon is tacked inside the skirt.

The idea with favors is to not just throw something in a bag but to give a thoughtful give that the kids will actually like.  It does take a little preplanning but kids and moms will be thankful for it.

Photo by Amy Hall Photography, Portland, OR.

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Princess Cape Party Favor

This Cape Party Favor is a great idea for a Princess or a Queen of Hearts Party. I made these for our Queen of Hearts party. So rather than giving a tutu to each girl, we cave these capes as party favors. The Queen wore a cape made of red satin and then tied off with gold double sided satin ribbon. All her maidens wore a cape of tulle with a velour collar and the same gold double sided satin ribbon. These along with wands which I’ll share in another post was all the girls needed to become Princesses or Maiden’s themselves!

Making these Princess Party Favors was pretty simple. The tulle didn’t need to be hemmed which was my goal in choosing that fabric. Satin or velour would be beautiful but not only would you need to hem those but the cost of them would escalate. If you are only making a couple that’s no big deal but I made like 15 of these for my daughter’s party and needed to keep costs in check. I cut the velour and the tulle in rectangle pieces. On one end of the tulle, I gathered it with a gathering stitch on my sewing machine. With one additional seam, I sewed the velour collar, tulle and satin ribbon together.

The birthday girl’s cape was all red satin with two lengths down the back. Both pieces were hemmed and connected with the same gold satin ribbon as her maiden’s capes were.

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