Winning Ways to Plan a Barbie Birthday Party
Barbie has not lost her popularity over the years and neither has a little girl’s love for a birthday party. A great idea or a birthday party is the combination of the two. A Barbie themed party is an easy and fun way for your daughter and her friends to celebrate. With these winning ways to plan a Barbie birthday party, you can not go wrong.
Of course pink goes along with a Barbie birthday party, it is her signature color. Every Barbie birthday party needs plenty of pink decorations. Using the following ideas you can have a pretty in pink party that is still durable enough for young girls. Everything on the table should keep in the Barbie theme, shades of pink. The decorations are practical and easy to clean up.Â
Purchase disposable table clothes at a discount party store. You can also use crate paper. Be sure you have plastic or a protector on your table. If you purchase multiple shades of pink you can play around with the table cloth by making shapes and overlays or patterns.
Your guests party favor bags can be part of your table decoration. Place a bag at each guest place setting. The following is a creative Barbie party favor bag suggestion:
Barbie Party Favor Bag Supplies:
Striped cellophane bags
Favors (Kelly-doll clothes, sunglasses, Barbie notepads, pens, jewelry)
Ribbon, in three or four different colors
Polka-dot paper outer bags
White stickers, for name tags
Pink marker, to write guests’ names
Fill the cellophane bags with favors, and tie the tops with two or three colors of ribbon. Trim the polka-dot bags so they are a few inches shorter than the plastic bags, and insert the cellophane bag into the paper bag (the paper will hide the contents of the bags—making them a surprise). Write guests’ names on the stickers, trim the edges with the scalloped scissors if you have them, and stick them on the bags.
Decorations and gifts are only part of a successful birthday party. Planned activities are essential for keeping the children entertained. This will keep the party flowing well. Do not feel like you are forcing them, the kids will actually arrive looking forward to some sort of activity. Making scrapbooks is a party project idea that works for children of all ages. Using a variety of colors and themes, you can easily adapt it to any child’s party. For groups of young children, you’ll want to do all of the cutting and hole punching in advance; older children will be able to handle the project from start to finish. A Polaroid camera allows children to take their own pictures, providing them with a fun reminder of the good time they had. Have the children take pictures with each other. Provide fun stickers to add to their scrapbook pages.Â
Of course, the center of every young child’s birthday party is the cake. What would a Barbie birthday party be without a Barbie cake? Sometimes a fancy cake can be pretty intimidating. This is such an awesome center piece and perfect addition to your party it is worth the effort.
Barbie Cake
3 recopies yellow cake
2 recopies butter cream icing
1 New Barbie Doll
 1. Trim the tops off the 2 tube cakes to level. Trim the flat end of the bowl cake to level. Cut a hole through the center of the bowl cake the width of the Barbie doll. Place one tube cake, trimmed side up, on a cake plate. Place the second tube cake, trimmed side up on top, and the bowl cake, trimmed side down, on top. Spread 1 cup of frosting between each layer.
2. Remove all clothing from the doll and wrap the doll’s hair in plastic wrap. Insert doll into the hole of the bowl cake up to its waist. Use half of the remaining frosting to completely cover the outside of the cakes, evenly smoothing to form the skirt part of the doll.
3. Tint remaining frosting with food coloring to desired colors. Using pastry bags and decorating tips, decorate the skirt and upper half of the doll with colored frosting, as desired. Remove plastic from the doll’s hair, and serve.
Planning and preparing a Barbie party is half the fun. Be sure to include your daughter in the table preparations and cake baking. This will be a Barbie birthday she is sure to remember.
