A Princess Rapunzel Birthday

I will forever cherish planning each of our kids’ birthday parties. Every year they get so excited to begin planning and watching their ideas and vision come to life is pure magic.

This year Kensi wanted an Adopt a Princess party where her friends would each adopt a princess Itty Bitty. When we were shopping for the princesses we discovered Hallmark discontinued many of the plush dolls last December and it left us to find a different option. Kensi wasn’t even bothered by it and turned her focus on creating her party around her favorite princess, Rapunzel, and took much inspiration from the movie Tangled.

In true Kensi fashion she planned to have each of her friends paint their own paper lantern to replicate the floating lights in the movie. I seriously adore her style. We found concentrated water colors and the girls had so much fun painting their lanterns. Some painted pictures, while others painted patterns and rainbow designs. They turned out so cute! For the favor bags we were able to find enough keychain princess Itty Bitties in place of Kensi’s original plan and instead of adopting a princess, we simply added them to each guest's favor bag, along with a couple other fun treats.

Keeping our decor minimal with a white backdrop, we added pops of pinks, purples and gold to make her party come to life. We strung purple streamers from the ceiling that we dyed ourselves. It created a fun water colored ombre look that tied in perfectly with the water colors we used to paint the lanterns. We arranged a few different types of flowers in simple mason jars, added in copper twinkle lights and decorated the floor with scattered gold confetti filled balloons.

We had Whole Foods make her cake again this year and as always they nailed it! We went with a chocolate-raspberry filled cake and vanilla buttercream. They decorated it with the purple ombre effect and added in yellow for the floating lights. It was delicious and there was no cake left over which never happens. Kensi absolutely adored it and it may be my favorite cake her thus far!