Real Party Sneak Peek - Tutus and Twirls and Down On The Farm

I've been working on a cute ballerina party for my client's 5 year old's birthday coming up next weekend. Since boys are invited, I had been racking my brain for a "cute but not cute" favor for them, since mom wanted something as a keepsake, not a bag of junk. I started out with little topiaries of feather balls for the girls, and their initials for the boys; however, to my dismay, one child has a Z name, and I couldn't find a wooden Z! I had already painted the clay pots when inspiration struck....Little ballerinas and princes...I totally channelled The Nutcracker Ballet...the King of Mice becomes a prince. Here's how I did them.  I'm so tickled by them that I just had to share.

I'm also working on a Down on the Farm 1st birthday party, and I've been dying to make these hats after I saw them in the BHG Kids' Parties magazine. The sheep was a beee-atch (pardon my French) to do. He may become a yellow chick with little feather wings. Or maybe a rooster with a cute red comb. I've become a hot-glue gun fiend lately. How did we ever live without it? Not Just a Mommy!