Claira's 3, whoa is me...

Claira's Magical Woodland Fairy Teaparty
Frontier Park . Cerritos . December 10th

As you look at this goofy face of the newly 3 year old, here are her first faces in the world.

My tiny girl is wearing the same tu-tu she wore on her 1st Birthday!

So I went all out this time. I collected (the girls collected leaves, twigs, acorns & pinecones weeks leading up to party), I prepared, I stayed up, I baked, I cooked, I hot-glue gunned, I prepared, then I prepared some more. Without my wonderful friend Jenn I can say without a doubt the party would never have happened. She party rental'ed me out lots of vintage tea party items, ribbons, table ware. Most importantly, the morning of the party, she transformed along with me into a bat-outta-hell! We dashed from my house to the park, back and forth, setting up. The party started 30 minutes late but it started! My wonderful friends Cara and Riva took photos of the party & thank goodness because I don't think I UN-transformed from a bat-outta-hell until 30 minutes before the party ended! Mental note for next time: Enjoy the actual party with my growing-too-fast girl.

Pin The Fairy Wings on Claira

Kids Table. Individual serving plates, their own tongs, chocolate 'tea' bags for milk, medallion necklaces to color.3-Legged Race

Treasure Hunt. The kids would have played this over and over if it were possible. Major success. I knew kids liked treasure hunts but I had to find a way for them to do it on their own without having to read. So I went to the park a few days prior and took photos of items & set them around the park as clues. I printed the photos and taped them to colored paper.
I gave the kids the 1st clue: a Magical Dandelion. I wanted them to think of themselves as an entire group of unified hunters. So I instructed whoever found a clue first to hold it up high & wait for all the other hunters to gather around & look. It worked out great! And what was under the 'X' marking the spot? A pretty box filled with RING POPS. (A.K.A. crack to kids) Thanks to Cara for ruining her manicure helping me dig into the sand to bury the treasure. All of us laughed later after it was over because throughout the day kids had been asking "can I have a ring pop?" "I heard there's ring pops..." There very well could have been kids Tweeting about ring pops that fine day...