Fashion Barbie Aqua Zebra Stripe 8 Year Old Girl Birthday Party! (part 2)

The Fashion Party fun continues! The table is prepped for the first craft activity:

 

The girls got to create a work of art to take home! I painted a sample canvas using the dress art on the birthday party invitation as our model:

I cut out a dress form template so each girl could trace the dress outline onto their canvas as a starting point. I went around and sketched the hanger for those who wished.

Then each little artist designed their own fashion using acrylic paint, glitter glue paints and gel tube paints.

We offered buttons, mini silk flowers and ribbons to embellish their art masterpiece as they liked.

While the last artists finished their dress fashions, we sent the girls out to jump on the tramp. When all were done, I told them they could hunt for blue eggs hidden around the yard. They all contained little zebra striped candy mints and a couple had other prizes:

Meanwhile, we cleaned up the paints and readies the table for the next activity: bottle cap jewelry:

I had bought a kit so it was really easy. Just pass out the supplies and everyone could make at least two items of bracelet, necklace or earrings. We then moved on to the snacks and cupcakes.  Next up was opening gifts, followed by Fashion Bingo!

I threw together these bingo pages the night before when we thought it might be too windy to swim, but was pleased with how they came out.

Mini-marshmallows were a fun marking item:

The prizes were "the latest" fashion accessories! :-) Assorted animal print hair bands.

 

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Fashion Barbie Aqua Zebra Stripe 8 Year Old Girl Birthday Party!

My daughter recently celebrated her 8th birthday – playing and creating with 8 sweet friends. She chose a festive aqua and zebra stripe color theme for her "Barbie Fashion" birthday party!

We gave her this dress form jewelry holder for an early gift / party decoration. She decorated it, the coffee table and mantel herself and was SO excited! We used aqua tulle, silver disco balls and turquoise and zebra stripe napkins liberally. A name banner made from large printed letters in aqua and zebra stripe and strung with shimmery aqua ribbon hung below the mantel display.

 

 Here's the invitation on which I sketched a dress for our theme:

Personalized water bottles are a long-time staple at all our parties:

 

The turquoise frosted cake is accented with zebra striped sugar paper cut into a strip to wrap around the cake side. Elegant pearls create a simple embellished top.

 Cupcakes with [again] store-bought zebra stripe sugar cake decorations:

Plates and napkins carry out the color scheme:

We took a break midway through our activities for treats:

Birthday girl chose her favorite fruits: strawberries, kiwi and Cuties [sweet mandarin oranges]; and favorite snacks: Chex snack mix, homemade Puppy Chow [chocolate peanut butter Crispix] and Cheetoh Puffs. And heart-shaped sandwiches:

Teal candy sticks were a parting "Thank You" favor for the 8 girls.

We played fashion themed games and the girls sure got their artsy craft on, too! I'll post those photos next time so this one doesn't get too long. [Note: the stores all have TONS of zebra stripe stuff right now!]