"Rapunzel" Party!

This year for Ella's birthday she really wanted a "Rapunzel Party".  After seeing the Disney movie "Tangled" back in November, Rapunzel has been the BIG thing in our house these days.   So, we made a Rapunzel party!  We had it in the backyard again this year, and thank goodness the weather cooperated!!  It was FREEZING (literally!!!  The lows got into the low 20s!) just a few days before, and so I was THRILLED when it was sunny and warmer the day of her party!  

I LOVE decorating for parties!  Seriously....I LOVE IT!!  So I had SO much fun coming up with things for this party. There was not a lot of "Rapunzel themed" party things out there, which was great because then I got to do a lot on my own.  We did a lot of purple and pink (because as Ella reminded me, those were Rapunzel's dress colors) with some hints of the character. I made this birthday banner myself.  I put silk flowers on the ends of each strip, and the square by the "happy" and "5th" has a cut out picture of Rapunzel.  (I found Rapunzel valentines and cut out the pictures.)  The treat table was full of yummies:  pink chocolate dipped pretzels, pink heart marshmellows, drinks, chips/salsa and Rapunzel fruit snacks.  The cupcakes were pink and purple flowers.  We even had the "Tangled" soundtrack playing on the little stereo! See, I told you I love this sort of thing!  =)

I was able to borrow some cute tables and chairs as well.  I made flower centerpieces that had pink ribbon and a Rapunzel cut out on them, and then I had a craft for the kids.  If you have seen the movie Tangled, you will know that a constant throughout the movie is the "floating lights" (lanterns).  So the kids were able to decorate their own lantern!   =)

My WONDERFUL family!

We were pleased that Ella's party happened to be when Eric's aunts were in town!  We have not seen them in over 5 years, and they had never met any of the girls.  So it was a wonderful treat to be able to see them!  We wish they could have stayed for a longer visit, but we enjoyed the time we had!

All the aunts! (Including our own Aunt Kim.)
Kim, Phyllis, Lynn and Theresa

It was fun to have family and friends over to help celebrate!

Grammy and Grandpa came out from CA for the party!

The happy birthday girl!

We also did a pinata again this year!  The kids LOVED it!! It was nice to be able to hang it from the swing set this year, instead of having Eric hold it and fear a kid might miss and hit him!  (Ha!)

Helping to hand out the goodie bags to fill with the fallen treats.

Going after the treats!  Luckily I pre bag them so each kid was to find 2 bags of candy.  Works GREAT!

The very end we had cupcakes.  We did flower ones and Ella wanted purple for hers (for Rapunzel of course!).   =)

This year we decided to wait till after the party to open presents.  It actually worked out great because then Ella could take her time with each gift and it was more relaxed.  We just had family still here for it and it was a perfect end to the day!

She was THRILLED to get the "real" Rapunzel dress and has worn it EVERY day since!  Thank you Theresa!

VERY happy girl!

The "band"!  Aunt Kim, Abby, Ella and Madison