Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Tangled Rapunzel Party



My daughter loves Rapunzel.  She loves Flynn, Pascal, the songs, the dress, the hair, and the magic.  So there was no shock that a Rapunzel birthday party would be priority number one.



We adorned the princess party guests with flowers and sparkles for their hair and we ate Rapunzel cake as per the wishes of the Birthday girl.  She loved having a very tangled birthday.  





I made clues for the guests to follow to find Flynn's stolen treasure.  Each clue led to a satchel with treasure like candy, crowns, Flynn's swords, jewels, etc.  My favorite treasure was the magical flower with golden treasure candy in the pot. 




Pink lemonade and lighted Rapunzel Luminaries.  




I had found many other parties that used yellow yarn everywhere for Rapunzel's hair.  The idea was cute, but I wanted a bigger impact.  Solution: A 100ft roll of yellow plastic table coverings.  It was everywhere and it really looked like hair!





It was important to include the banners from the castle village. Some were felt, some were paper, and others were just balloon banners.  With some extra pom poms (find the tutorial here) and a Pascal stow-away, we completed our scene.




We bought Chinese lanterns from the Just Artifacts Online Store and they were a huge hit.  The wind didn't really cooperate but the little ones loved watching me fight the elements.

 One of my favorite party games was a relay race with pascal in a dollar store fry pan.  The kids loved playing with the crazy chameleon.



As I have mentioned before I love painting on canvas!  I wanted a Rapunzel painting for my daughter's room anyway, so it was a good excuse to paint one for decoration.
 What party isn't complete without cookies?  Crown cookies to be exact.  As you can hopefully see, we had the kids decorate their own and gobble them up.


 More decorations and more 'hair."  It helped to have a 2nd story ledge overlooking our family room.  I kind of wish I would have made it look like the tower somehow.



This is a satchel that was made for the boys at the party.  The girls got tiaras and jewels and everyone found candy treasure.


Our take home treat was a fry pan with Rapunzel candy inside wrapped in a plastic bag with tulle and 'happily ever after' ribbon.  I really benefited from my sister having a fairytale wedding just weeks before! 

 The party bag to collect some of Flynn's treasure finds.



Creating the bazaar look.



The invitations were covered in gold and sparkles.  We printed them on pearled paper and when you opened the invitation and pulled the card out of the swirly gold pocket Rapunzel's hair grew longer and longer.  When you tucked it back in you could only see their heads poking out.  Very fun!

28 comments:

  1. All of that looks absolutely gorgeous!! Your daughter will have such fun looking at pics for years to come x well donex

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  2. Wow! What an awesome party! My daughter is totally into Tangled right now, too. Thanks for all the great ideas!

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  3. The party looks beautiful! My daughter plans her themes at least a year out and usually knows what she wants for the following year, and declares it, by the night of the birthday she's celebrating that day. 3yo: Princess, 4yo: Tinkerbell, 5yo: Fancy Nancy, 6yo: Tangled, 7yo: Tinkerbell (again), 8yo: Stars. She's 5.5. Thank god for blogs like yours! I'd be lost about what to do! I'm definitely bookmarking this one!

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  4. What a fun party! I love that you paid attention to every little detail. Keep up the great work!
    I've featured this on my blog today, feel free to stop by & check it out :)
    http://artsyfartsymama.blogspot.com/2011/08/pinterest-feature-friday.html

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  5. This is my new favorite Tangled Party.

    Do you mind if I share this on my blog? www.recessionhome.com

    Take a look! Your party ROCKED. Well done, mama!

    ~Ashely

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  6. How fun! Thank you for the kind comments and for sharing my posts! You guys are great!

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  7. I would love to see a picture of the invites if you have them.

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  8. hi, we will celebrate my baby's first bday on the 16th, and we'll be having a Tangled theme! so love your ideas! it really helps with my preps. do you have the picture of your invites? can you please post it if you don't mind.. thanks!

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  9. Would you share your treasure hunt clues?

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  10. Do you have any pictures of the invites? Such a cute party!

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  11. Where did you find the pink frying pans for the favors?

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  12. Where did you get the frying pans?!

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  13. What kind of flower is that,is it real or fake?? I can not find any flower I want to use for my daughters party,but this one you used is great!! Help me PLEASE!?!?? :)

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  14. could you tell me where did you get the table cover for the hair?? thanks you can email me at fungal27sa@yahoo.com please and thank you

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    1. You can buy them by the roll from party city or online from Oriental Trading

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  15. I purchased the table covering in a 100m roll on ebay. I am going to use this amazing idea for my daughters Tangled party next week. Please would you tell me what you used to hang it up? Thank you for your inspiration, I'm so excited. Julie Manchester England

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  16. Hello,
    If you would be willing to share your scavenger hunt clues that would be so great.
    magenboykin@yahoo.com

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  17. You did an amazing job! I found you on Pinterest while searching for 2nd birthday ideas for my baby girl. This is so much fun and such a great idea for older girls, I may just have to wait and save this for her down the road!

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  18. Would you be willing to share your scavenger hunt clues with me? I've been looking everywhere online for some existing ones but after several hours I'm not having any luck. I would REALLY appreciate it! Thanks for all the great ideas!
    jenninewatson26@yahoo.com

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  19. Would be really nice if the person that posted this blog would respond to the comments... I would also REALLY appreciate some help. I would like to know where you found the pink frying pans for the party favors. I have been looking online for hours and can't find anything!

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  20. Did anyone ever find any of the pink frying pans???

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    1. I did not but i found plastic ones at the dollar store and that is what i used for my daughter's party. It worked great.

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  21. Amazing party! We are doing a Tangled party for my daughter's 4th birthday. Would you be willing to share your treasure hunt clues? brtrblair@yahoo.com

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  22. how did you do the table cover?? email me at jessiemccarty97@att.net. Thank you. Turning 15 in October. I am the ultimate Tangled fan. Having a Tangled Tea. You are super creative. gorgeous party! Dont forget to email

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  23. HI, I hope you get this comment since it is well past your party. But I love your party too. I was just told by my daughter that she wants a Rapunzel party. I too would love the treasure hunt clues if you are sharing them. And would love to know where you got the pink frying pans. thank you some much for sharing... so darn cute!

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  24. thank you sooo much for such great ideas. you did an amazing job, "Super Mom" :) i have been searching high and low for those mini frying pans. I checked so many dollar stores and cant seem to find them HELP!
    Janeen
    Las Vegas

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  25. My daughter's party is tomorrow and we are having a hard time creating clues for her treasure hunt, which is now down tot he last minute! Could you email some ideas to me? partywithashley@gmail.com

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