Party Recap...

I can’t believe my sweet little girl turned nine! She wanted to celebrate with a magical mermaid party. She requested it be at home, not the pool, so I had my work cut out creating an under the sea experience for her in our very green back yard. I started by drawing some mermaids for her to select from. She chose the sweet little mermaid pictured below. She had a lot of fun using the “paint bucket” in Photoshop to pick her colors. The color scheme she chose was shades of blue, green and purple.

To set the scene I transformed our shade canopy to look like the ocean floor. I wanted the girls to feel like real mermaids eating treats under the sea.

I started by stringing lots of blue tulle and Chinese lanterns from the roof of the canopy. I velcroed blue fabric to the sides of the canopy to enclose it. I sewed blue and lime crepe paper together to create a ruffled seaweed back drop. I love how it turned out; it was just like an underwater oasis. Everything had a blue tint to it….

The tables were covered with painter’s drop cloths to mimic the look of sand. I scattered seashells and sea glass around the table. The centerpieces were handmade starfish wands, which later doubled as favors. I found the starfish inexpensively (with a coupon) at Michaels. I secured them to wooden dowel sticks with a bit of hot glue. They were placed in tall glass vases filled with sand and shells.