1) THE RUN SHEET
Since our little one was turning 3 we decided on a 2 hour duration so having a run sheet seemed important to make good use of the time.
From what I researched the general guidelines were incorporated into the schedule:
10am Drink on arrival for guests & parents
10.20 Let the games begin! (half hour is more than enough for this age group)
11.00 Serve the food (after activities)
11.30 Do the cake (half an hour before the end)
12.00 Last half hour was free play
2) THE CAKE
Very important!! I made the cute little fairy cottage from the Women's Weekly cake book. It was very easy - I used 2 mixing bowls to cook the cakes and put the roof on a piece of heavy cardboard. Admittedly we didn't leave it constructed for too long as it was an exceptionally hot day!
3) THE FOOD
Fairy cakes! These were made the day before.
Fairy bread! I copied this idea from cupcakesandallthingssweet.blogspot.com. Very easy & effective!
Fairy fruit wands - made by skewering fruit pieces and placing a watermelon star on the top.
Lots of pink marshmallows
Sausage rolls - I made these from a Donna Hay recipe which are usually fantastic. However I made them a few days before in order to free time on the day. In hindsight the sausage meat could have been made the day before but they can really only be rolled in the puff pastry on the morning so the meat juices don't make the pastry soggy!
Pink "fairy juice" - We put Waterfords Apple Berry mineral water into jugs - probably not the best for kids due to the artificial sweetners but it IS bright pink!
4) THE GAMES
We played 4 games. A few of the littlies under 3 were over it by the third game, but was probably about right for the 3 year olds+!
Firstly, Whats the time Mr Wolf as a bit of a warm up - no prizes awarded!
Then, Pass the parcel with little rings in each wrapper for the girls, and stretchy reptiles for the boys!
Next, Musical Statues. Everyone won a bouncy ball for their best pose!
Finally, a Treasure Hunt to find fairies and bulldozers hidden in the garden. We made up a story as to how they all got there then everyone brought the findings back. They were able to take one home!
5) THE TAKE HOME BAGS
We are big fans of the lolly bags in our house! We tried not to use toooooo many lollies this year and include some other fun things like little pens, stamps, stickers, and bouncy balls.
6) THE DECORATIONS
I made some of Martha Stewart's Pom poms (see post) which worked really well in different shades of pink. We hung them from the trees and from the sun shelter which we pitched as the Fairy Tent. The tent was surrounded by white tulle curtains... wasn't particularly effective as I had underestimated how big the shelter was so didnt really have enough tulle to drape... next time!
Some other ideas I have since had are pastel coloured balloons on the trampoline for bouncing fun, and buying fairy nets from $2 shops for draping around the backyard!
And of course everyone had to dress in a fairy dress if they had one!
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