"PRINCESS PARTY" For my daughter's 6th birthday, we celebrated with a "Princess Party" for girls (with 2 little brother "princes" as well).  The children were asked to come dressed up in princess costumes or in dresses. Mom and Grandmother also dressed up pretty with formal dresses (actually old prom / bridesmaid dresses) and tiaras. When the girls arrived, they were given a princess crown to wear (I was thrilled to find these at the dollar shop for a steal - the rhinestones in front even lit up when you pressed a button!) After this, each guest posed in front of a large freestanding poster of Cinderella and the Prince (the type you see to advertise a movie or video premiere - given to us for free by a lovely employee of a major toy store - thank-you! Remember, sometimes these things are free for the asking because the stores only throw them away when they become outdated.)  A digital picture was taken of each guest and printed during the party. We then decorated princess frames with sparkly stickers, cutouts and rhinestones (Mom had cut out the frames from poster board with a crown shape at the top, and glued magnets to the back piece so frames could stick to the fridge.) I concentrated the decorations to the dining room, which included a white tulle entrance in the doorway, many white and pink balloons, pink streamers on the ceiling and hanging curling ribbon.  While there are "Disney Princess" plates and party favours available, I decided flowery paper plates and napkins on a light blue table cloth would do nicely (quite a bit cheaper too!) I borrowed a nice artificial floral arrangement as a centrepiece. As this was also an Easter birthday, I decorated the table with cute Easter topiary trees. Instead of buying regular paper cups, I bought disposable plastic wine glasses and decorated them with sparkly stickers and tied a thin satin ribbon around the stem.  Voila!  A lovely princess banquet table.  The meal consisted of popcorn chicken and fries, which in keeping with the theme, my daughter decided would symbolize small "pumpkin carriages" and "glass slippers".  I made pink and yellow lemonade and also had juice on hand. Pretty cherry-chip cupcakes were then served with colourful sprinkles and mini pastel-coloured Easter eggs on top (again in keeping with the Easter holiday).  The birthday cake was made at our local grocery store bakery with a Cinderella theme (my daughter's request). Our games were "Pin the glass slipper on Cinderella", the picture having been hand-drawn by a friend's neice and borrowed for the party. We used a pretty feminine scarf for the blindfold. We also played "Crown Walk" whereby circular pieces of poster board were numbered and placed on the floor in a circle while the guests walked around them to music. Each time the music stopped a number was called, and the person standing on that number was "out", but claimed a prize.  This way, every guest won a prize and no one was left out (which is particularly important when you have some younger guests!)  We also played "Snow White's Poison Apple", a take-off of the "Hot Potato" game we used to play at parties as kids. The kids sat in a circle and passed the apple quickly so as not to be caught with the "poison apple" when the music stopped. The last one remaining won the prize.  A small detail - but it was also nice to have Disney music for the games as we could play some princess themes. Oh yes - my husband's contribution:  he used the DVD player to have the "main menu" picture of a princess movie playing on the TV (without sound) as a backdrop. (Thanks Dad!) Of course presents were unwrapped at the party as well; some gifts having a princess theme - I thought a nice keepsake was a princess craft book which my daughter really liked. A special gift came from one of the birthday girl's grandmothers:  a dress-up princess costume complete with crinoline, which was given just before the party so she could wear it there.  Cute lootbags made to look like little purses were given out at the end with a few "girlish" favours like princess fruit snacks, plastic rings and bracelets and fancy finger nail stickers.  The guests also took their photos, frames and princess crowns home with them.  Hope this provides you with a few ideas you haven't already thought of yourself. It was a nice party - they are only little girls once!  My younger daughter turns 5 in the fall and is already planning her Princess Party - yikes!  Here we go again.