We had a Royal Birthday Ball for my daughter's 5th birthday! I made invitations with pink parchment paper with computer scroll names printed on each one (Princess Ashley) add a few stickers and glitter paint then they were folded and tied shut with pink silk ribbon.  Inside it read "your presence is requested at Princess Kaeliegh's Royal Birtday Ball" The theme of the party was Cinderella, so when the guests arrived they were ushered into a room with trash, papers, socks, etc all over the floor. There was an evil stepmother there yelling at them to clean up.  One at a time, the fairy Godmother (me, in an old prom dress and crooked tiara) would tap them on the shoulder and bring them to the next room.  There, 2 teen age girls with my husband's white dress shirts on over their clothes, went to work. We had made dresses out of pink and purple tulle tied with ribbon.  We bought tiaras, wands, and jewelry from Oriental Trading Company. Light make-up was applied, even nail polish. When the transformation was complete, my 10 year old son, Alex dressed in a knight's costume, would come escort the girls the the "Royal Ballroom".  As they entered, my 14 year old son, Josh, would play a downloaded cd version of a trumpet call and the unroll a scroll made of pink parchment paper and announce, "Here ye, here ye, all hail Princess ____" They were then escorted to the Castle we made from appliance boxes, and the posed for thier "royal portrait" taken by my husband (the royal photographer) Once the picture was taken they were escorted to the craft table where Mom's were waiting to help decorate plastic frames (from the dollar store) with glitter, stickers, and jewels.  When all the portraits were done, Grandpa took the film for 1 hour developing and the finished pictures were placed in the frames ready for the girls to take home by the end of the party.  Once all the transformations were complete, the fairy Godmother went back to work running the games. We played pin the slipper on the princess, "Fairy Godmother Says", a hilarious high heeled shoe relay, a pass the slipper game where a glass slipper was wrapped in 10 separate sheets of pink or purple tissue. The girls would sit in a circle and pass the package until the music stopped, then the girl that had it would peel off one layer of tissue.  We also played freeze dance.  The clock struck midnight (another sound downloaded) and the girls had to run to the royal table for the royal feast.  We had fondue (one chocolate, and one cheese) with fruits, angel food cake cubes, pretzles, and small pieces of hot dogs cut up. The girls and their parents really enjoyed dipping thier stuff. I got the place settings from the dollar store.  They were pink and purple plastic plates and goblets. The goblets I decorated even more with curling ribbon and glitter. I also put luggage type tags on each goblet made from pink paper with "Princess _____" in scroll lettering. The Royal Ballroom was dark except for lots of pink and white strings of lights, and 50 white, pink and purple balloons. I draped crepe paper from wall to wall and as it started to sag, I simply attached a helium filled ballon to the middle section.  It kept the streamer from falling down and looked really neat. After the royal feast we opened gifts and had cake which was actually the Barbie cake with the doll in the middle but I put her hair up and made her a crown so she looked like cinderella.  The girls took home the standard goodie bag but also got to keep their new princess costume and their framed picture.  It was such a blast! And I think having the whole family play a part (even though the 14 year old wasn't thrilled) made it even more special.