I had a fairy party for my 6 year old daughter. I sent invitations (note cards with fairies on them) asking the girls to come dressed in a leotard or other outfit suitable for dress up.
Since this was in March, the party had to be indoors. I decorated the living room with all the silk flowers and wreaths from everywhere in my house. I got a simple metal garden arch ($10 at Michaels) and weaved flower garlands, lengths of tulle, and christmas lights all around it. I hung a mosquito netting with flower garlands around the top from the ceiling, and put lots of fake flowers in pots all around the room. When the girls arrived, I had a coloring table ready for them (pictures of fairies downloaded from the net). Then we read a story about fairies, so the girls would know what fairies like, and I told them they were going to earn all they needed to be a fairy by being graceful, kind, gentle, helpful and creative, just like fairies are. First game: Find the Fairies. I had photocopied pictures of fairies in 8 different colors, cut them out, and hidden them throughout the house (one floor). I assigned each girl a color to hunt for, and once they found them, they got a little makeup kit(from Oriental Trading), which we then used to make up the girls' faces, using q-tips. We put each kit in their goody bags, so they wouldn't get mixed up. Then we played Musical Flowers. I had cut out squares of floral fabric and had the girls walk "gracefully" on them during the music. Whoever wasn't standing on a square when the music stopped was out. Since the girls were too young to like losing, they got a wand (a dowel with ribbons hot glued onto it) when they got out. Next, Flower Pot Toss. This was ring toss around a tall flower stuck in foam in a flower pot. They had to be very "gentle" to get the ring on without knocking the flower over. Reward for that was a flower crown (twist wire into a circle and tape silk flowers on with floral tape). Birthday girl's crown was pink roses; everyone else's was multi-color pastel. Then Pin the Horn on the Unicorn (be helpful). For this they got their wings (from the party store). Then a craft: Making their skirts, to learn to be "creative". For this, I used a gauzy material and cut out large leaf shapes, about 10" long, and hot glued them together, overlapping a bit, to a width long enough to go around a little girl's waist. Then I cut slits into them and let the girls weave long ribbons in and out to make a tie-around skirt. At the waistband I also gave them some silk plant leaves (about 2" long), also with slits cut in them, to make a border around the waistband and cover up the glue lines. These were weaved through the ribbon at the same time the gauze leaves were weaved. Then when all the girls had all their fairy things, I put on the music from Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Waltz of the Flowers and let the girls dance! They looked adorable. Then we had a fairy tea party, with tiny sandwiches (a choice of peanut butter, cream cheese or jelly), just regular sandwiches cut into tiny squares - about 8 pieces out of a regular sandwich. No crusts, of course. Lukewarm tea in tiny cups, and fruit wands - cut up fruit on a small bamboo skewer with a slice of star fruit on the end. Then cake. Cake was a chocolate sheet cake topped with fairies I made out of sculpey clay. Homemade cake with real buttercream. For goody bags, the girls got their fairy outfits, the makeup kits, and pixie stix candy. Three months later, we still have the decorated garden arch in our living room. Everyone loves it too much to take down. I got many of my ideas from this site, and I thank you all for helping me give my daughter a party she really loved!