The Snow White Party

Posted by oh amanda on January 20th, 2009 . Filed under: me, party, party theme, snow white .

Lydia’s 3rd birthday party was an absolute, unmitigated, totally amazing and electrifying success. OK, maybe I’m exaggerating a little. But it was incredibly fun!

Of course, the first and best part was our little Snow White herself. She wore her Halloween costume and the second it fell on her shoulders, she was transformed into a princess. She sashayed and twirled the rest of the day.

We were not alone in our costume-ing. Several of our guests dressed up, too! There is nothing more fun than opening up the front door to a couple of dwarfs or a princess and a pirate! Not to mention when half the guests are dressed up, there’s no need for decorations! (How’s that for frugal?!)

snow white and the two dwarfs

princess and pirate

My favorite part of this party was the games…well, I don’t do games, these were stations. We had a Magic Mirror station… (aka, a giant mirror screwed to the wall with Crayola Window Markers)

who's the fairest of them all?

A Royal Ring station…

see the ring? cute, huh?

I found this great blog with directions for making rings out of pipe cleaners and plastic jewels. Well, I posted directions but the kids ended up being more creative than me! The rings were absolutely adorable!

A Make your Own Dwarf Mask station…

cheesy the dwarf

I bought the masks from Oriental Trading Company. They were actually scarecrow masks. We cut one side of the hat off, added some yarn and squares of fabric and it looked just like a dwarf! Kinda.

A do-it-yourself Scavenger Hunt…

I printed out pictures of all the dwarfs, Snow White and the Prince. I taped them up all over the house.

Then each kid got a card and when they found the matching picture, marked it off their card. When they found all the pictures, they came to me for a prize. Everyone won at their own pace! (*You can print your own Snow White Scavenger Hunt Card and use to your heart’s content!*)

the bingo-ish card

And the pièce de résistance: The Seven Dwarfs Mine.

the mine

Oh yes, it opened at 2:30 and when the self-proclaimed Queen Grandmama (aka my mom) invited all the guests into the mine, everyone was given a plastic spoon and the digging began!

so, it was a little mine...

I actually drove to Dahlonega (the site of the first major gold rush in the US about 1828) and bought two bags of dirt filled with gems from Consolidated Gold Mine. I was surprised how big the rocks were! Here’s Lydia’s stash…

nice stash, huh?

Coming Soon… Part 2: Snow White Food

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25 Responses to The Snow White Party

  1. bee
    Twitter:

    You know, I’m never letting my kids or anyone else in my family read your blog. My gatherings totally bite compared to yours! You’ve raised the bar, my friend! :-)

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  2. Candace

    ohmygosh that mine is too cute! Looks like you guys had so much fun!

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  3. Leigh

    Wow, Amanda! That is fabulous! I thought I did it big with 2 stations and a dinosaur themed cake…

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  4. Nat

    Oh my word, that party looks the best! If I were a three year old girl, I would’ve had a blast. Actually, I would’ve had a blast anyway. That is such a neat idea for a party theme. And Lydia looks adorable! x

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  5. Wendy

    The dwarves and I had a FABULOUS time! Thank you so much for having us. They are still sorting their “gems” and talking about the caramel…oops…don’t want to give anything away!

    Loved it. Great job, Queen Mama!

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  6. Deanne

    What a totally cool mom you are!!! I hope Lydia remembers her fabulous birthday parties forever! Of course this does mean that for the rest of us lame-o moms out here, you’ve reset the bar from ‘high’ to ‘too high’! :)

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  7. Lone Butterfly

    That was not only a beautiful party – but also a little girl’s dream come true…which is rather the best part, isn’t it?

    I’m impressed you were able to do all that, with the Pirate being so little! Thanks for sharing. :D

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  8. Staci

    oh what a party it was!

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  9. Cindy Hunnicutt

    It was a magical party!! I agree that the mine was the best!! You did great, Amanda.

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  10. mandi

    When we left Evan said “it was nice in there” … I know that doesn’t sound like much but the way he said it was classic – he had a lot of fun!

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  11. stephaniesmommybrain

    Very cute party!

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  12. KAT

    Fun, fun, fun!

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  13. AmyG

    Aww… looks like it was a lot of fun!

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  14. Stephanie

    We had a great time! Thanks for inviting us. Lydia was precious and it was great to see your mom again. Now, what do you have planned for Asa’s big 0-1? Not that it’s anytime soon, but I know you’ve got something cookin’ in that noggin’…

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  16. Lori A.

    Very cool! Those dwarf outfits are so stinkin’ cute!

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  17. Candace

    Oh, wow! You are so creative. My girl is 2.5 so this is inspiration for the near future.

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  18. CSS

    Wow! what a resource ! Amazing …

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  19. Shalimar

    Hi there,

    I found your wonderful Snow White Party ideas through a Google search. Since I’m planning on copying the entire thing , I was curious what your invites looked like???

    Thanks!
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  22. Stephanie

    What a fun party idea! My daughter is totally obsessed with Snow White and wants a Snow White themed party for her 4th b-day. Thanks for sharing all your ideas:)

    If you would not mind sharing where you got the snow white costume I would appreciate it. Love the Cape!!! When my girl saw the picture she said, “Oh mom… she looks just like Snow White:)”.

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  24. Caroline
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    Thanks so much for posting all of this! My 3yo is obsessed with the seven dwarfs and marches around the house with his “pick” singing HI-HO. He’s turning 4 soon and I can’t think of any other themed party he would want more. So this is very helpful. Thanks again.
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  25. Jen

    Wow! Your mine is awesome.
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