My husband used sidewalk chalk to draw all the Princesses up the driveway: Ariel, Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty and he wrote Welcome to the Enchanted Kingdom and Enter the Castle here.....we also had pink balloons at the end of the driveway on both sides tied to party stakes...so it was very festive as they walked up the pathway to the house. A princess CD was playing outside as the guests arrived. On the front door we had a scroll sign that read: The (Your name)Castle welcomes you to Princess (my daughter's name)4th birthday. Upon arrival, each princess was given a wand and a bracelet...The princes were given a sword.(We only had one prince.) I had crayons and coloring pages of all the princesses and the dwarfs from Snow White, the mice (Jaq & Gus) from Cinderella on the kitchen table for all the kids to color while we waited for everyone to arrive. The Royal Ball: After everyone arrived we had the parents go out onto the deck and wait and I had all the princesses and 1 prince line up in the kitchen and I spread a large red felt runner on the deck "our red carpet" .....and one of the older children made a trumpet noise and then I announced each princess and they walked on the red runner under a canopy that was decorated with balloons....when everyone was announced we turned on the princess music and danced..."our royal ball."