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I recently threw a “Princess in Training” Birthday Party using Disney Junior Celebrates products, and it was a blast! You can get all of my recipes and party planning ideas in this post.
Something you may not know about my family is I have 9 siblings. My parents have 10 kids total, 6 of us are married, and 5 of us have kids of our own: We have a lot of birthdays in our extended family. And sometimes it is hard to come up with birthday party ideas. But Disney Junior can help.
Because I am on a mission to be the favorite aunt, I decided to throw a birthday party for a couple of my nieces who just had birthdays. But not just any party. It was a “Princess in Training” party, where we used their favorite Disney Junior character, Sofia the First as a guide.
I went to Walmart and picked up darling birthday party supplies: Cups, plates, napkins, a Sofia Costume, tiaras, and more.
It was so fun and easy to throw together I just had to share it. I set up different activities for the girls to do, and each activity had to do with what it means to be a princess:
Princesses are Kind and Polite
Discussion Point: Princesses have to take care of their subjects, and must always be polite, practice manners, and show kindness.
Activity Idea: Write out “Thank You” cards!
My nieces are only 3 and 4 years old so they don’t write, but they can color, so I had them color Thank You cards for their moms. They loved it!
Princesses Always Look Their Best
Discussion Point: Princesses represent their kingdom, so they take good care of themselves. They do their hair and nails, and always wear a smile!
Activity: Paint nails, and curl hair! You could also provide necklaces, tiaras, and other fun things to dress the girls up as Princesses.
We had the girls wear their favorite princess costume, but I surprised them with a Sofia Costume I picked up at Walmart to wear as well. We had fun getting all dolled up.
The girls particularly seemed to enjoy picking out plastic rings and necklaces to wear with the Sofia Tiara’s I bought at Walmart when getting the other decorations and supplies.
Princesses Feast
Discussion Point: Princesses attend balls and have yummy feasts where they play hostess and make sure everyone is having a good time.
Activity: Eat yummy food, and make sure everyone feels included.
We had princess themed food the girls thought was so fun. We also had apple sauce, cheese sticks, and other things for them to much on.
Princess PunchPrincess Popcorn
Ingredients
Princess Punch
- 2 liters sprite
- 2 cups ice
- 4 cups pink lemonade
Princess Popcorn
- 1/2 cup unpopped corn
- 1 cup pink candy wafer melts
- 2 Tbs sprinkles of choice
Instructions
Princess Punch
- Blend it all together and serve cold
Princess Popcorn
- Pop the popcorn using an air popper.
- Melt candy melt wafers in glass bowl in microwave by running for 20-30 seconds, stirring well, and repeating until melted (should only take 2-3 times total).
- Drizzle candy melts over popcorn while popcorn is still hot, and sprinkle on sprinkles. You want to do this while the popcorn and candy melts are still warm so the sprinkles will stick to the candy melt and not end up in the bottom of the bowl.
- Stir well, and serve!
Notes
Serve in fancy cups to make it even more fun!
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
Princesses Turn Frogs into Princes
Discussion: Princesses know how to see the best in people, and try to help people be their best selves.
Activity: Have each princess give a compliment to the other princesses in the room.
Additional activity: Make molded chocolate frog rice crispy treats and let the girls eat them. I bought a frog mold at Walmart when I was picking up the party supplies, along with green candy melt. Then used the same method I shared in Molded Chocolate Valentine Rice Crispy Treats to make this cute treat!
Princesses Do Their Part
Discussion: Princesses sometimes have servants and staff to help them, but they are not afraid to do their part.
Activity: Let each girl decorate her own birthday cupcake.
We made purple cupcakes in honor of Sofia the First, and used pearl candies to decorate the tops to look like princess crowns.
Princesses Help Others
Discussion: Princesses try to be good and kind always and help those around them.
Activity: Play an age appropriate team building game.
We had a castle made out of boxes they had to work together to build. But I also caught the girls helping each other all during the party, and was sure to point it out! Isn’t this cute? My little one was fixing her cousin’s hair before we snapped a picture. Such a princessly thing to do!
The party turned out so cute, and was really easy to throw together. The girls loved every minute of it, and I loved that the only work I had to do was make some food. Head to Pinterest to find more fun Birthday Party Ideas with #JuniorCelebrates courtesy of #CollectiveBias!
Becky says
So nice to meet you at IFBC Rachael! And what a cute birthday party! We need to talk travel together sometime! I too am a travel junkie 🙂
Rachael says
Oh I would love that! We haven’t ever been to Asian, so it is on our list!
Renee's Kitchen Adventures says
Super cute ideas! I know my daughter (who is now 22) would have loved this when she was little.
Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads says
Such a fun party! My daughter would’ve loved it!
Marion@Life Tastes Good says
This is just too cute!! You are so creative!
Tammy Northrup says
Your nieces are adorable and what great ideas! I love that you come from such a big family. I thought we had a big family with six children. 🙂 They are mostly grown now other than our 12 year old. I’m pinning this for the day I have another granddaughter. 🙂
Rachael says
Yes, we are huge! Haha Thank you for your sweet words.
Owen's Mom says
Cute party ideas! The Princess Popcorn and Princess Punch would be a huge hit in my house. You would earn Super Aunt brownie points in our family. Thanks for sharing all the fun. #client
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Elizabeth says
May I ask…what exactly are “pink candy melts”? I would love to make this for my grand daughter.
Rachael says
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