Enchanted Paper Doll Princess Movie Party!

I recently discovered the Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge and I've been going crazy making little dolls ever since! Since Emma's preschool is over and the elementary school is still in session, I decided to have a few of Emma's friends over for a little party. The party started at 10:30 in the morning and lasted just long enough for the moms to make it home for their older kids.

For the invitations, I made a paper doll to look like Giselle from Enchanted and let Emma draw the face. Using the Cricut Locker Talk cartridge, I made movie tickets and inserted them into the invitations. My printer is broken, so I just hand wrote the invitations. Six of Emma's girlfriends were invited over to make paper dolls, eat princess snacks and watch the movie Enchanted.
I set up a craft table with markers, glue, and scrapbook paper placemats. A few days before, I cut out all of the pieces to the dolls and bagged them up. Each girl received a set of pieces to assemble.

I made samples of each of the dolls for the girls to follow. I also glued a craft stick on the back of each doll to make them easier to play with later.

The girls made Tinkerbell, Jasmine and Ariel.

There was also a knight, pirate and prince.Here are some of the girls getting crafty!

After crafts, the girls made plates of food and settled down to watch the movie. The menu included chicken salad and grilled cheese sandwiches, Goldfish crackers, Rice Krispie treats, mini marshmallows, strawberry Oreos and veges with ranch dip.

I cut the grilled cheese sandwiches out with a butterfly cookie cutter. I made these about 20 minutes before the party and then put them on a cookie sheet in the oven on 170° to stay warm.

The Wishing Well Punch (inspired by Enchanted) was super simple - raspberry sherbet and a 2-litre of Sprite.

I made the Rice Krispie treats using strawberry marshmallows (to make them pink), added star sprinkles and cut them out with a star cookie cutter. To make a wand, I just inserted a colorful plastic straw into the middle.

These are Royal Jell-o cups topped with strawberry Cool Whip and pink colored sugar. The plastic wine glasses came from Dollar Tree and I hot glued sequins to the sides. To make the Cool Whip swirly, I used a piping bag with flower tip. I put blankets and quilts on the floor in front of the TV and the girls ate their lunch picnic-style while watching the movie. For a favor, I made each of the girls an Enchanted Soundtrack CD (checked out the CD free from my local library).

The girls had a great time and it was an easy and inexpensive party to throw.