Print out pictures of ballet slippers on your home computer and attached to card stock. Write the party info on the back and mail to your guests. This can also be done with a picture of the birthday girl in her favorite ballerina costume.

Ballet Party and Ballerina Party Decorating Ideas:

Pink and white balloons, everywhere!

Have the birthday girl color pictures of ballerinas, or download some from the internet and hang on the walls.

Dress your food table with white and pink paper products. Adding white twinkle lights will add to the magic! Throw some pink and white confetti on your tables!

If the birthday girl has any ballet figurines or dolls in tutus, she can add them to the table and party room too.

If your party is a bit more formal, use pink and white roses in bud vases and add white and pink ribbons to each vase.

Ballet Party and Ballerina Party Games & Activities:

A Ballerina party just wouldn’t be complete without some graceful dance moves and some fairy tale magic.

Let those who arrive early adorn themselves with Body Jewels and play with Bubbles while they wait for all the guests to arrive.

Create your own Stick the Slipper on the Ballerina game using your computer! Download a picture of a ballerina and have it enlarged. Create mini slipper stickers to fit (using sticker paper on your own printer) and have some fun!

After each guest has put on her Tutu , allow them to dance on stage! Provide Parasols for the girls too.

The Nutcracker CD would be perfect to play, as most children are familiar with this ballet music.

You could hire a dance instructor or high school girl to come to the party to choreograph a simple dance or teach the girls the ballet positions and some basic moves such as plie, releve, pirouette, arabesque, jete, and attitude. Invite parents to come 15 minutes prior to the end of the party, and let the girls perform a mini concert for them. Every little girl should enjoy at least 15 minutes of fame!

Provide Silk Roses for the parents to present to each of the little divas. Have parents ask for autographs and take lots of photos of the ballet corp.

Create a Scavenger Hunt by hiding plenty of Stick-on Jewels, Bead Bracelets , Glitter Bracelets, and other small, inexpensive treasures, and letting the girls search for them.

Play “Pass the Pearls”, a dress-up version of the tried-and-true party game of Hot Potato but with a strand of Pearl Beads. Have the children stand in a circle. While the music is playing, they need to pass the pearls to one another as quickly as possible. When the music stops, the child holding pearls will be out. Continue playing until only one child remains. A strand of pearls is a fitting prize for each child participating in this game!

Play musical tiaras using the same concept as the classic game of musical chair, with one less tiara than there are children for each round. Place Jewel Tiaras on a table that the girls must walk around while the music is playing. When the music is turned off, the girls must scramble to put on a tiara. The child without a tiara must leave the game and the game continues with one less crown until there is one child remaining...the Prima Ballerina. The tiaras can then be used as favors!

Magic Star Relay - Dancers leap from star to star in this fun relay game. Before the party, cut large stars from gold poster board. Each star should be about 12” across. Line up your guests/ballerinas in two lines. The first dancer in each line gets two stars. To begin, the first dancer places a star on the ground and steps on it, then places the other star on the ground and steps on it. She then picks up the first star and places it on the ground in front, and so on. The first team (troupe of dancers) to finish, wins!

Make-Up Call - Using some of your make-up, apply it to the young dancers at your party before their "grand performance". Blush and lipstick is all that will be needed for the younger girls.

A Grand Performance - Music and movement go hand-in-hand for young ballerinas. Be sure to have Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, or other orchestral music playing in the background for this activity. Ask the girls to remove their shoes, put on their tutus and dance! The birthday child gets to start as the leader, and her guests can imitate her movements. After each child has had an opportunity to be the leader, the dance party is over.

Balloon Dance - Attach an inflated balloon on a long string to the wrists, ankles, or backs of the dancers. Turn on some music to start everyone dancing. When the music begins, the kids must try to protect their balloons while trying to pop the other dancers’ balloons!

Pass the Slipper - Play “Hot Potato” with a ballet slipper! A chosen player, with eyes closed, shouts “twinkle toes” at random while players toss the slipper around. The player caught holding the slipper is out. The game continues until there is only one player left!

Final Bow - To bring the party calmly to an end, put in a video of a well-known ballet, such as the Nutcracker or Sleeping Beauty. Even if your guests are familiar with these ballets, they’ll love seeing the dancers perform.

Ballet and Ballerina Party Food and Recipes:

Serve finger sandwiches, mini sugar cookies (cut out in fun shapes), strawberries (dipped in chocolate, even yummier!), pink punch in tea cups. You can also use tea party cookie cutters to make fun shapes out of jello, rice krispie treats, cake, etc.

Serve food on gold or silver platters. If you are using plastic metallic trays, attach a few Jewel Stick-Ons to the outside edge to create an elegant platter.

Bagel Pizzas - Split bagels in half and spread with pizza sauce. Give each child their half and let them add their own toppings. Pepperoni, peppers, olives, mushrooms, grated cheese, and your child’s other favorite toppings. Bake for 5-10 minutes on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees, or until cheese melts.

Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade - Combine 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup lemon juice and the juice from 6 freshly-squeezed lemons. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Pour mixture into a 2-quart container and fill with cold water. Add ice to cool. For the party, pour lemonade into a punch bowl and add a few drops of red food color to create a pretty, pink treat! (Makes twelve 8-oz. servings.)

Ballet Slipper Cookies - Prepare your favorite sugar cookie recipe before the party. Roll out the dough and cut it into ballet slipper shapes using a cookie cutter. Bake according to instructions and cool completely. At the party, set out bowls of icing and small candies and let your guests decorate the cookies. Provide a few different colors or flavors of frosting, a variety of sprinkles, miniature chocolate chips, etc.

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