Party Saviors

Whether it's your little girl's birthday or "just because"....  Invite her friends over to celebrate sugarplum fairies, snowflakes and (of course) that nasty, nasty Mouse King! 

Throw her a

Nutcracker Party

listen to this party's music

Invitations

Use a nutcracker themed invitation to invite the girls to this festive event!

Set the Scene

Make sure that your house is already decorated for the holidays.  Now, turn it into a sugarplum fairyland with....

• Clear holiday lights strung around the room
• A Nutcracker Standee
• Nutcracker posters hung on the walls
• Nutcrackers nestled in white poinsetta garlands placed on the dining table
• Snowflake confetti sprinkled on surfaces throughout the room.

Activities

• Dress the girls up in tutus and have them stage their own performance of the Nutcracker Ballet; to the backdrop of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite (have enough tutus on hand so that each girl has one to wear and then take home as a party favor).
• Set up a work table so the girls can decorate their own construction paper crowns (with glue sticks, craft "gems", colored glitters, ribbons, etc.) to wear for the performance of their "ballet".
• Invite another mommy over to paint little faces in proper sugarplum fairy fashion.
• Follow lunch with a trip to your local theater for a viewing of The Nutcracker in 3D (which opened in theaters November 24, 2010).

Party Favors

• A copy of "The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet" for each girl.
• The tutu and crown they wore in their ballet performance. 

Menu

Treat the ballerinas with some of their favorite foods....

• Veggie Sticks and Ranch Dip (use your little "Clara's" favorite ranch dip)
• Fruit Skewers with Peanut Butter Fluff
• Crispy Baked Chicken Nuggets with Sweet & Sour and Honey Mustard Dipping Sauces
• Baked Parmesan Potato Rounds
• Strawberry Twinkle Twinkie Cake

Beverages

• Dreamsickles

Music

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite