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Happy Friday, y’all! Our kids have a four-day weekend, so today we’re sleeping in, relaxing for a bit, and then getting the house cleaned and prepped, because tonight, we are celebrating our almost-12-year-old with a “preppy” themed birthday party with eight of her friends.
When I asked Olivia what she wanted to do for her birthday this year, she told me that she didn’t really want a specific theme like she has in the past (Taylor Swift, Wicked, etc.), and instead, she just wanted everything to be “preppy.”
For those of you who do not have a tween or teen currently, the term preppy has taken on a new meaning with Gen Alpha, and it basically just means cute, trendy, “girly” things that include bright colors (especially pink!), ribbons and bows, smiley faces, mirror balls, fun beauty items, cozy decor, and other cutesy things.
That gave us a pretty broad window for the decor and favors and such, so I let Olivia take the reins and pick out all the things she wanted to have for her party. Today I’m going to share our purchases!
O N E – Decor
We’re not doing much in the way of decor, but Olivia did want to grab this satin bow banner to hang from the mantle. We have already received and hung it, and the quality is exceptional. The bows are large (almost 10 inches tall) and the banner fills the entire space above our fireplace. And we’ll be able to leave it up all weekend since it’s also perfect for Valentine’s Day. ;o)
T W O – Serveware
The girls are eating dinner + dessert at our house, so we grabbed this set of serveware. It comes with dinner plates, dessert plates, scalloped napkins (that are soooo pretty), cups, and cutlery. 175 pieces for just $11.99? Sign us up!
We also grabbed
this cake topper to go on her Dairy Queen Blizzard cake. It comes with the glittery happy birthday
sign + 6 bows. We ordered the cake with
light pink frosting so hopefully it will look good together.
T H R E E – Favors
She wanted to make small bags for the girls with a few favors to take away from the party, so we grabbed these darling lip gloss / Chap Stick / lipstick holder keychains. Y’all, these are so cute!! I was worried the quality wasn’t going to be great, but they ended up being perfect. They’re made from similar material as can koozies, so they’re nice and stretchy which means that they will fit a variety of different lip products. Olivia has already hung hers on her backpack!
We bought these LipSmacker lip glosses that the girls can put in the lip gloss holders. They smell delicious and they go on clear,
which is perfect for their ages.
Olivia received
the Sephora Advent calendar this year, and one of these cherry lip masks was in
it. She loved it so much that she wanted
to get one for each of the girls to put in their party favor bags.
And then we
bought this set of bulk “preppy” stickers that the girls can put on their laptops
and water bottles.
I had some pink
and clear cellophane bags leftover from Valentine’s Day from years ago, so Olivia
put the favors in those and then tied them with some pink and white twine. I don’t have the link to the actual bags that
we’re using since they’re from the Target Dollar Spot from, probably, 10 years
ago, but Amazon has tons of different variations that are similar. And we used this pink and white twine.
F O U R – Party Games
Olivia wants to play Bingo and possibly Twister, and we already had both of those on hand. A sweet blog reader sent this Bingo game to her years ago when she broke her arm, and we’ve been using it ever since! And Twister is always a crowd pleaser!
F I V E – Prizes
Olivia wanted to have prizes available for all the winners, so we picked up a few things and arranged them in a basket…
These claw clips (another “preppy” item)…
And, of course,
we had to have a candy option, so we grabbed some Push Pops! Where are all my 90s kids?! One of my favorite candies!
Tonight should
be a lot of fun (and chaotic! haha), and I’ll share all the details next week!
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Happy Friday, y’all!
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