Life from the back of the pack: Barbie party!

One of the great things about having a through lounge is that it is now possible to have parties at home, though it also means inviting less children which is not such a bad thing!
Annie decided to have a Barbie partie so she invited only girls! in her class so just five children! And her cousins!
In addition to the usual games, we had a barbie bingo game - I purchased a barbie pairs game then photocopied six cards at a time to make the game cards, one of the sets was used to decorate the room and the other shuffled to use to call the bingo game.

Another barbie specific game was the 'shoe game' I purchased 20 pairs or barbie shoes online for about £3, these were hidden around the party room. The girls spotted them quickly and were desperate to play the game! There were two teams, the rules were that only one girl at a time from a team could be collecting and they were only allowed to collect one shoe at a time. They scored one point per shoe and a bonus point for each pair! It was very funny watching them trying to collect a pair rather than collecting as many as possible and then seeing what pairs they had!
And somewhere in my house those shoes are now hidden hence no photo!
Annie's present from us and her grandparents was a little shop and so instead of prizes the girls received coins, then just before tea we opened Annie's shop stocked with whistles, necklaces, rubbers, notebooks, pencils and a selection of small packets of sweets.

They all queued up beautifully to spend their money and just loved it, carefully choosing their items and paying their money - their purchases then went into a named party bag ready to take home.

It was great to be able to fit all the children round the table to eat.

We used barbie tableware so lots of pink (just for a change) and each place setting had a Chelsea doll for the girl to take home ( 3 for 2 at Argos!)

And for the third year in a row Annie had a princess cake!

As the girls finished tea and waited to be collected, they had some Barbie colouring sheets (printed from Argos Barbie site) to colour.

It was quieter than some of her parties but good to get to know some of Annie's school friends and their mums and Annie loved it. So now the question is what party featuring a princess cake will she come up with for next year!