I used plain pink party hats. The princesses decorated them with glitter, sequins and stickers. I then taped colored ribbon to the point to trail behind them. (I discovered that the netting that I bought was too heavy, hence lots of leftover net to drape from the castle towers.) Their names were on their hats in order to identify each princess! The princes decorated shields with markers, glitter and stickers. I made shields ahead of time out of cardboard and covered them in foil. I stapled a cardboard handle on the back. Those princesses that were done decorating quickly could color princess coloring pages, have their nails painted, have body jewels applied or have their hair sprayed with glitter hairspray. Everyone decorated a large paper bag with their name on it so that anytime they won something or made something, it went right into the bag so that it wasn't lost!