Barbie-Themed Party
Decorating and Menu Ideas
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Fun Ideas to Set the Mood
- Go to a thrift store (or your grandmother’s cedar closet) and collect costumes and dress-up items: old hats, boas, gloves, scarves, dresses, shoes, costume jewelry -- the fancier the better. You can also get old men’s jackets, ties, and top hats. Put the dress-up clothes in an old truck, box or large basket in the party room.
- You can paint a fancy backdrop or arrange a staging area for picture taking (in costumes). If you don’t have a Polaroid, then develop the pictures and send them with thank-you notes. You may want to ask guests to wear tightly fitted clothes like leotards, bike shorts, etc. so that their clothing doesn’t inhibit the dress-up play.
- Set up a makeup/vanity area with makeup and a full length mirror. Later, you can use it for the Beauty Salon Activity.
- Cut out pictures of models from a magazine. You can paste them to cardboard and stand them up around the makeup area, in the center of the table or tie them to balloon strings.
- Set up a separate small area for Barbies to have refreshments by laying out a colorful blanket or quilt. You can “set it” by using small doll plates, cups and silverware, which can be purchased inexpensively at most toy stores.
Snacks, Drinks, Cakes and More!
Purchase plastic beaded necklaces or bracelets and use them to ring cupcakes or cups.
Use flower or heart-shaped cookie cutters to make tea biscuits and sandwiches. Pink sandwiches can be created by baking challah bread and using a few drops of red food coloring in the dough.
Make your cake in a Barbie or princess-themed cake pan. Use various Barbie accessories, such as purses, blow dryer, cell phone, brushes, etc. as cake toppers.
Line a hat box or shoe box with cling wrap and waxed paper and use to serve chips and other snacks.
Serve pink punch!
Serve all your items on Barbie Princess Partyware.
Recipes
Linzer Hearts - Makes 48
3 sticks of butter, softened 1 3/4 cup of confectioner's sugar
1 egg 2 cups flour, sifted
1 cup cornstarch 2 cups of walnuts, finely ground
1/2 cup red raspberry preserves
Mix all together in a large punch bowl just before serving. Float orange slices and cherries on top. You may also wish to freeze part of the mixture in a heart-shaped cake pan to put in the bowl. Otherwise, add ice cubes.
Children's Punch - Serves 20
2 cans of frozen lemonade 2 cans of frozen orange juice
8 cans of cold water 2 cups of Grenadine
3 quarts of regular or cranberry ginger ale, chilled juice of three lemons
Cream butter and 1 cup of sugar until fluffy. Add egg and mix well. Sift together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Stir in ground walnuts. Form into a ball, wrap in cellophane and chill for at least 4 hours. Roll to 1/4" thickness. Cut into heart shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Chill for 45 minutes on pans. Preheat oven to 325Þ. Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned. Remove from pan to cool. While warm, spread half of the cookies with preserves. Top with another heart cookie. Dust tops with confectioner's sugar.
