Ballerina Birthday Part 1: Invitations and Outfits

 I tried to convince my older daughter last year to do a ballerina birthday party.  I had this idea in my mind of a pink and grey color scheme and I had already pinned a bunch of way cute ideas.  She opted for a Strawberry Shortcake party instead so I was left with a whole head of ideas that were restlessly bouncing around.  Well here we are and my youngest daughter is turning 3.   When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday party she said "Dora". Boo. Why Dora? She doesn't even like Dora! I told her she could and I started thinking of Dora ideas.  A few nights later she came over while I was on the computer and I showed her some of the things that I had pinned for a ballerina birthday.  Dora was all forgotten and every person she meets gets told about her upcoming ballerina birthday party.

Invitations

I stayed with the pink and grey theme and played it pretty low key seeing as how I am 4 weeks away from having a baby.

For the invites I just used my silhouette and did a simple invitation.  I cut out pink envelopes with the silhouette and tied them with a pink piece of tulle.

Outfits

Each guest will get dressed up in a tutu wrap.

To make them I just rounded out the corners of a piece soft organza.  Then I serged all the way around it with a rolled hem.  I folded it over and sewed on a ribbon to the top. 

They will also get a pink sparkly headband.

So it is kind of hard to see the sparkle in the headbands but I used a pink glitter and attached them with mod podge to the headbands.

After they dried I sprayed them with a Fix-It Spray .  Not really sure if that was the best way but It seemed to work.

Lastly a ballerina charm necklace with a sweet little pearl beside it.

Put it all together and you get some very cute little ballerinas.