Ali's 6th Birthday Party

I had some pretty fun ideas for Ali's birthday party. Here is a copy of the invite:

Hear ye, Hear ye...Calling all Princes and Princesses of the

Mountain Kingdom to a Royal Celebration!"

By order of the King,

Princess Brooke

is cordially invited to the Brown Castle

to celebrate

Princess Ali's 6th Birthday!

The Royal celebration will be

Saturday at 12 PM on the 31st of May.

The King has asked for each lady to come in her favorite princess costume, and the gentlemen are asked to come dressed as a prince or knight.

The royal cook has prepared a feast for the celebration, including cake, punch & ice cream. There shall also be games, crafts and fun for all. Have your carriage arrive for you at 2:30 in the afternoon when the celebration commences. Please RSVP with the Queen Mom if you plan to attend this royal gala. (there was a picture of a castle too.)

At the birthday party I had a bunch of tasks for the kids to do. I told them a little story:

Once upon a time there was a land called the San Bernardino National Forest. Within the forest there was a beautiful princess named Ali. She lived with her mother, father and sister, Princess Ashling. While she was getting ready for her birthday party a scary dragon flew to her house. His name was Jasper. He saw all the party treats and wanted them for himself. Jasper stole all the goody bag treats and ate them whole! Ali was very sad because now she no longer had any goodie bags to give her friends when they came to the party.

But wait: There is one way to get the treasure back. The dragon respects people who are full of talents. You have to complete a treasure hunt where you prove that you are wise, graceful, brave, strong, sneaky that will lead to Dragon Jasper and then you will be able fight him to get the treasure back.

Here is the first task: To prove that you have grace and rhythm go to the great ballroom and play freeze dance. After you are finished the King will give the winner the next clue.

To prove that you are strong go outside and swing across the great moat to find your next clue. All the princes and princes must swing before you get the next clue.

To prove that you are brave, walk along the outer castle wall from the top to the bottom. If you fall you must start at the top again. When all are finished you will find the next clue.

To prove that you are responsible go inside and play telephone. For this game the queen will give the reader a message that she needs the king to know. When the king has heard the message right he will give that person the next clue.
To prove that you are smart build a tower of blocks.
To prove that you are sneaky play hide and seek. When the last person is found they will get the next clue.
The dragon is under the house. Go and fight him for the treasure!

After that the kids had hot dogs and dragon's blood punch and then Ali's opened her presents. They then had a castle cake which I took a picture of and it didn't turn out. But Cameron's mom took one too so soon I will post that too. I thought it was a fun birthday party and a lot of work. We will see if I am up to more birthday parties next year. :)