It' zzzZzzzZzzzz Party Time

Midnight feasts and sweet treats, ghost stories and giggles this is what slumber parties are made of. 

Slumber parties are a great option for girls especially when they reach that 9-11 age where they are pre-teen and too young for the whole disco vibe, but far too mature for any of the baby stuff of their previous parties;) It requires slightly more patience and admin on the parents part, because everyone knows with the amount of sugar and junk food involved  the girls are sure to be up to mischief half the night. But despite the extra effort it is worth it as slumber parties are definitely the ones to be remembered. I still have the fondest memories of going to sleep over parties, where you all camp out in the lounge tucked in on mattresses like sardines and talk and giggle into the early hours of the morning when you sneak off to the kitchen for a midnight feast on all the left over party snacks. Then it's candy dreams for everyone until  early the next morning when the chatter and laughter starts again and the smell of flapjacks drifts into room. 

Of course it doesn't hurt getting some extra help when it comes to slumber parties and that's where we come in to make things a little easier. For this slumber party we provided some decor, food and party packs to take at least a little stress off the birthday mother.

We had a small room to decorate and it was really about just making it cute and girly. For the entrance to the room we hang thin feather boas over the door that the girls would walk though. This created a secretive effect, like the room was now separated from the rest of the house by this 'magical girl zone curtain'. 

    The room itself we draped with cerise and purple organza and fairy lights and added a happy birthday banner as well. 

                                                                           

For the food, keeping everything bright and colorful was the call of the day, which resulted in these fun cheerful cupcakes.

We also made cookies in the shape of eye masks and I stuck with using the fun bright colors. Piping the word 'relax' onto all those cookies certainly was tiring on the hand, but it really worked to finish them off perfectly. 

Then the cake had to be little girls all tucked in next to each other in a big bed. By special request of the birthday girl, she was to be the only character awake while her friends slept beside her.

The party packs were great as they basically made themselves look good with minimal effort on our part. We found these gorgeous handbag style boxes in the vibrant colors of the party. All I needed to do was add a button, a tag and some gems and they were good to go.

There is nothing at a slumber party that actually makes the guests want to go to sleep. Perhaps they are called slumber parties, because of the result they have on the parents subsequently and not as an indication of what actually happens at the party. Sleeping really has nothing to do with it;)