I have never made invitations in the past and quite frankly really didn't want to make some sort of Rapunzel invitation, until I came across this idea. I think they turned out super cute! See here for a tutorial.
Besides hanging lots of yellow, green, and purple balloons around the house, I tried to be creative with the decorations. I made four very long (probably 15 feet long) yarn braids which I placed on the door and throughout the house. The kids loved them and by the end of the party they had taken them down and were having fun playing with them.
I also made lanterns to symbolize the lanterns from the movie. I had planned on making several and having them throughout the house, but decided since it was a day time party we really didn't need glowing lanterns. For a tutorial to make the lanterns go here.
I do have a Cricut machine and used it to make some decorations, but was disappointed that there is not a Rapunzel cartridge. I ended up using the Paper Doll Dress up Cartridge to make a princess, then used yarn to make "Rapunzel" hair. I also used the Cricut to make the flag banner.
Since Pascal is a main part of the movie, I wanted to use him in some games and as decorations. The only problem was I didn't have a Chameleon on any of my cartridges. I had to get really creative. I used the Zooballoo cartridge to cut out an iguana then cut out a monkey (using just the tail) for the tail and tongue of Pascal. I know they are kinda funky, but you have to admit they are cute!
Going along with the Rapunzel/Pascal theme, I made these cute party blowers for a game. The kids really seemed to love them. You can find the tutorial to make them here.
We didn't get all that creative with the food. We had your typical hamburgers/hot dogs. We did have an assortment of fruit and skewers so everyone could make their own Fruit "Tower" kabobs. We also made these adorable jello boats to represent when Rapunzel and Flynn were watching the lanterns in the sky.
One game we played was pin the frying pan on Flynn. I got this idea, as well as several other ideas for the party from the Super Mom Moments Blog.
The kids thought it was hilarious to try to put the frying pan on Flynn's face. After the game some of them were trying to put the frying pan on each other's face.
We also made a Rapunzel Scavenger Hunt separating the boys and girls into groups. Each group had to find colored "Pascals" hidden throughout the house/outside. In order to earn a prize they had to do an activity related to the movie Tangled at each Pascal. Some of the activities included: Yelling the line "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let your hair down!"; holding your breath; Using a frying pan to hit a balloon with a face drawn on it; using the Pascal party blower's tongue to hit Flynn in the ear; testing ones sense of smell; and finding a hidden tiara.
Since Rapunzel loves to paint we decided to be brave and let 10 kids under the age of 6 loose with paint and paint brushes. They loved creating their own masterpieces and actually kept all the paint on the plastic tarp below them-at least we have yet to find paint on the walls!
Finally, no party is complete until a Pinata has been broken! I found this cute star Pinata at none other than Walmart. It was cheaper than any other Pinata we have had at parties and it actually held up twice as long!
And as an added bonus, the ends of the star could be broken off into several princess hats! You can't beat that with a stick...or can you?
Of course we had a cake, but it was a store bought cake. Despite having the "Crazed Cricut Mom" (see her blog here) as my good friend, I just couldn't stomach the stress it would take to attempt to make my own cake. Maybe in the future...Probably not, but maybe...
I think it turned out to be a wonderful party for Zany Janie! The theme was a fun one and both girls and boys could enjoy it.
Zany thought of the day: What's your favorite theme for a party?
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