Enchanting Barbie Party

Tips and ideas for an Enchanting Barbie Party

Enchanting Barbie Party Supplies

Activities/Games

• Barbie Doll Dress-Up-Suggest in your invitation that guests dress their Barbie dolls in the finest attire and bring them to the party. When everyone has arrived, hold a fashion show! Let each guest tell everyone else about her Barbie and the clothes she is wearing.
• Glamour Girls Fashion Show & Photo Shoot-All your party girls can be just as fashionable as their Barbie dolls with a little dressing up! Collect dresses, skirts, blouses, scarves, high-heeled shoes, ribbons, shawls, hats, gloves, and costume jewelry to create your own high fashion wardrobe. (Neighbors, friends, relatives and secondhand stores are excellent sources for dress-up items.)

  Encourage the girls to make themselves even more beautiful than they already are by donning clothing and accessories of their choice. Set up a mirror in the party room if you have one, so the girls can admire themselves. Once they are elegantly attired, organize a fun fashion show so every girl can walk down the runway. You can act as the emcee by announcing each girl’s name and describing her fashions. Give each girl a Barbie name (Princess Barbie, Fairy Barbie, Malibu Barbie, etc.) to make it more fun. Upbeat music will enhance the event as the girls strut their stuff!

  Don’t forget to take pictures! Develop them as soon as possible after the party and send prints to your guests as party favors with the thank-you notes.

• Pin the Ponytail on Barbie-To play this updated version of “Pin the Tail on the Donkey”, draw a large picture of Barbie on paper, minus her ponytail, and stick it on a wall. Make a ponytail for each guest and give each child a turn to pin it on Barbie, while blindfolded. Award prizes based on how close each child place his or her ponytail to the right spot on Barbie’s head.
• Fashion Designer-Inspire young designers to create their own fashion designs with this creative, entertaining activity. At the party, tape a long sheet of white butcher paper on a wall or put it on the floor with a smooth surface. Provide several paper dolls of various sizes so your designers can trace them on the paper.

  Provide a variety of crayons or markers and let your designers create their own unique fashions. This is a great icebreaker for the beginning of your party, or can be used to fill time while waiting for parents to pick up their children.

Yummy Treats

• Finger Sandwiches-Make your child’s favorite types of sandwiches and cut them into fun shapes with cookie cutters. Spear each with a colorful pink food pick to match your Barbie theme. Serve them on a large tray and let your guests choose their own sandwiches.
• Sugary Stars-Make your favorite sugar cookie recipe, or buy pre-made, refrigerated dough. Roll out dough; cut cookies into star shapes. Bake as directed; cool.

  Prepare icing by sifting confectioners’ sugar into a bowl. Slowly add hot water, mixing until it becomes a smooth paste. Separate the icing into small bowls and create pretty pastel shades using food coloring. Spread the icing onto the cooled cookies and sprinkle them with granulated sugar or sprinkles to make them shimmer like real stars!

• Pretty Pink Lemonade-To make this refreshing party drink, combine 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup lemon juice and the juice from 6 freshly-squeezed lemons. Stir until sugar has dissolved. Pour mixture into a 2-quart container and fill with cold water. Add a few drops of red food coloring to turn the beverage a light shade of pink since it is Barbie’s favorite color.

  Using a star-shaped ice tray, prepare star-shaped ice ahead of time. When it’s time to serve, pour the pink lemonade into a punch bowl and add the frozen stars. Garnish each guests’ glass with a small paper umbrella to make them feel extra special. (Makes approximately twelve 8-ounce servings.)

• Fabulous Fruit Parfait -This refreshing treat is sure to be one of the highlights of your party. In a parfait cup, layer yogurt (any flavor), granola and fresh fruit (bananas, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries work well). Top with whipped topping and serve with long-handled spoons for more fun!
• Barbie Doll Cake-To make this fun cake, you’ll need a Barbie doll to insert into the cake, which becomes Barbie’s skirt. Pipe on icing to make the skirt look like a fancy dress. Use small candies to decorate if you wish!

  Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 2-quart ovenproof glass mixing bowl with shortening and dust with flour. Prepare boxed cake mix as directed on the package, and pour batter into the prepared bowl. Bake 50-60 minutes or until cake tester inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Invert on a cake plate with widest part of cake on bottom. Cool 3 hours before decorating.

  Insert a doll, wrapped in foil from the chest down, into the center of the cake. Decorate the skirt with icing tinted any color(s) you wish. Use a decorator tip to make the skirt as fancy as you like; decorate the top of the doll’s dress to match the skirt.

Decorating Tips

Spread your tablecover on your party table. If your child has any theme-related toys, you can add them to the table for a more festive display.

To create colorful two-tone streamers, put two differently colored streamers back-to-back, twist as you walk them to the wall, and attach at shoulder height.