Danielle's Butterfly Birthday Party

Today was Danielle's birthday party. I think everyone had a really good time, including the birthday girl. A special thank you to Mamaw & Aunt Nikki for helping out and to Uncle Ron for the perfect butterfly party dress! Here are some pictures of her party:

The Decorations & Wings

(Mom R, I wanted you to see how we used the butterflies. Thank you.)

The Birthday Girl














The Friends

The Games

Stick the butterfly on the flower

Musical flowers (the towels were flowers). I wasn't sure if 4 & 5 year olds could handle being eliminated, so we continued to take away the "flowers" but left all the kids in the game. By the end they were all scrambling to stand on the same flower. It worked out well!

Bug Hunt. Each child got a bug box & then hunted for 5 different plastic insects in the back yard.

The Craft

Butterfly "suncatchers" made from posterboard, contact paper, & tissue paper. Each goody bag contained a suction cup window hanger so they could hang their artwork up when they got home.

The Food

Butterfly cakes & caterpillar cupcakes

Butterfly shaped ice cream

Caterpillar fruit kabobs (I didn't have pretzel sticks for the antenna, but they were cute anyway)

Keebler Bug Bites Graham Crackers

Nectar (pink lemonade)

The Goody Bags

The kids decorated their own bags when they first arrived (great ice breaker). The bags contained the book I Spy a Butterfly and various other butterfly themed goodies. They also got to take home their wings and bug filled bug boxes.