A Dose of Happiness : Mary Anne's Princess Party

This was actually one of my favorite parties to style. The client basically left me in charge of all design aspects. To the Chinese, one of the most important milestones in a person's life is when they turn 7 so this party was HUUUGE. Guests came in gowns, little girls were dressed up in their ballgowns and little boys came in tuxedos! To match the princess theme the venue was at the Makati Shangri-la.

I wanted the guests to feel as if they were entering a story book so I placed A HUUGE book in the entrance with some of the lines from Cinderella. Initially, I wanted to make the entrance of the ballroom a huge book but on the day itself, it was too difficult to make the book slip into the doors. Last minute we decided to just place it right across the registration table so guests would automatically see as they descend the great spiral staircase.

Just like in all the fairytales we read as a child there is always a forest that the hero/heroine has to pass through so it was just natural to make the guests pass through a forest before reaching the castle.

I had white glittered trees with signs from different fairy tales like Alice in Wonderland and...

....and Tangled! The party coordinator specifically told me that she really wanted to have different stations for the kids to go to so they won't easily get bored. So what better place to have the activities but the forest!

Here are a few of the activities:

Enchanted Storytime Forest

The younger kids who couldn't do the arts and crafts or the science stations had an something to do too. They could sit and relax on the pillows and read storybooks

This station was a great hit! The kids were practically lining up for the Potion making station!! They made some grossss OOBLECK!

I wanted it to look like an apothecary so I got jars of different sizes and shapes and odd bits and pieces from around the house, made some labels and poof a potion making station! This was definitely one of my favorite stations to make!