"There Are Fairies..."

 "... at the bottom of our garden," begins a favorite childhood poem that Mom would often recite to us when we were younger. Hearing her recite it to the kiddos inspired the Fairy Garden theme for Charlotte's 2nd birthday party. Thanks to all of the family members who pitched in to help make this birthday party so special for Fairy Charli Kate and all of her little friends!

We gave the girls wings which I found online for next to nothing at HaloHeaven. I also made them matching tutus, wands and halos. I made the boys Peter Pan-like hats similar to an idea that I saw on YouTube. They also received foam swords because, well, why not?!

Some of our cute foods were enchanted trees (celery sticks in peanut butter), pixie potion (juice boxes), forest acorns ( Nilla wafers connected to a Hershey Kiss with peanut butter), fairy wands (pretzel sticks dipped in almond bark), woodland berries (raspberries with chocolate chips in the middle), bunnies (chocolate bunny crackers), butterfly cupcakes, butterfly cookies  (thank you to my friend, Ashley!) and chicken nuggets. 

Our backyard was decorated in toadstools, an idea found while searching blogs during nap time. I also copied some great decor tips from one of my favorite blogs The TomKat Studio.

 Fairy Favors

We staged a pixie photo opportunity for the fairies and elves.

We also had face painting for the kiddos!

Birthday cupcakes

We had to bribe her with cookies to sit still long enough to open presents!

What a "fairy" fun day!