Clara's Tangled Garden Party

Clara invited sweet little girls to celebrate her 5th Birthday with a Tangled garden party. Her mama had too much fun planning and preparing! Clara loved every second of her party which made it the perfect day. We could have done without the crazy wind...but I think it bothered me more than them. 

She requested a Rapunzel tower on her cake. Thank goodness for pinterest! I was delighted to screw a wooden dowel into a wood circle base to avoid the catastrophic tornado incident of 2012. After sliding the cake over the dowel, I stacked up these mini donuts for the tower. it was so easy! I decided to use a cake ice cream cone for Rapunzel's room on top, and then a sugar cone over that worked great for a pointed roof.

Not complete without Rapunzel and Pascal...thank goodness for plastic.

The idea was to make miniature gardens in the backyard under a pretty canopy. Well, if we had put up the canopy...it would have ended up in another neighborhood. We tried being outside but I was afraid all their little garden decorations would blow away so we headed inside. Oh well. It all worked out. And look at their colorful pots. I found them all at a yard sale...for free! A little spray paint did the trick.

I must say, it was adorable watching them create their little gardens. They each had a little bag full of goodies like a  butterfly, a little table with a plate or teacup, umbrella, pennant to hang from a twig "tree", tiny bottle of fairy dust, and a tiny pot of flowers. I had fun with my dad's orthodontic wire bending tools and made copper wire arbors for each garden. I also had my kids gather twigs so I could make and paint little tiny chairs. Might have been the most fun project I've taken on in awhile.  There's something so sweet and whimsical about "miniature". Tiny things make me happy.

moss, a little plant, and colored glass stones

Look at all these pretty girls with their sweet tiny gardens!

We didn't really get pictures of the food! My friend Sela baked me some loaves of pink bread. We had pink butterfly shaped peanut butter and jam sandwiches, little fruit kabobs, pink mac n cheese, and strawberry lemonade...all served by the handsome butlers.

Royal cake tasting. Notice she ate the chocolate cake from the middle first? That's my girl! Later she was found licking her plate...daintily of course.

EJ, Elijah, and Papa were the handsome butlers. They slaved in the kitchen and served lunch to all the little ladies and their mamas. He took this pic of himself.