Decorating the house for a party.... for DD

[Kbear]

I want to make our dining room and living room a bit special for DD's birthday this week.

So far I have made a door curtain out of silver and pink crepe paper so the girls can swish through from room to room. I have balloons and some streamers.

Does anyone else do this? I need some ideas to make her eyes light up (and to make it a bit more memorable than just tea round the table and bit of dancing!).

How about lots of fairy lights?

Hire/borrow a bubble machine??

JackieNo - fan-f**king fantastic idea - why am I so dense, twas so obvious. Of course, asking DH to get them out of the loft is another hurdle (I don't do ladders!) but he'll do anything for his girl.

I think a bubble machine might incite a riot but a good idea for a hall I think.

KBear - you're obviously far too efficient - our Christmas decorations are still in the spare room waiting to go back in the loft.

Yes, Party pieces has loads of lovely bits and pieces

Jackie - if we had a spare room you can be sure they'd be in there! I nagged DH to put the last of them up in the loft yesterday if you can believe it, which is why he will have a kingsize moan if I ask him to get them down again! ha ha

Bunting from crepe paper do you think? ideas please...

'Birthdays' have some class stuff
what age will she be kbear?

Some huge posters ?

More scene setter posters , including a fairy castle

Do you have any pink/white/lilac sheets? We had a circus party for DD1 when she was about 5 and draped the walls of the dining room in paractically all the sheets we owned - mostly to hide the horrible walls, and it was a complete mish-mash, but the kids loved it!

Or you could hang them middle-to-corners as a sort of tent ceiling?

(Our Christmas decs are still boxed in the front room - haven't even got up the stairs yet )

I have just made bunting! on the PC, found a triangle, flipped it, coloured it pink, wrote Happy Birthday DD 8 Today, printed it and I'm now threading it. How simple was that once the idea was there!!

THANKS

She will be 8 on Friday BTW

I feel I will be up all night now... creating....!!!

Fairy lights would be perfect, what about some fabric bunting?

Woolworths usually have some cheap glitterballs/disco lights if you want moving lights and a disco atmosphere for the dancing.

Give them all fluffy pink feather boas instead of a party bag

Did feather boas a couple of years ago - went down a storm! Last year I gave them a little bouquet of flowers as it was a dancing party.

This year's bright idea is a compilation CD (Kylie, Hannah Montana, High School Musical etc) in a pink or purple case which I have just covered with stickers from the pound shop. They look great.

I made a door curtain out of crepe paper - looks fab if I say so myself.

We are going to need to see a photo of the finished room!

Great ideas.

I am stressing because I'm at work for the next three days so I have to get organised in the house today, move furniture etc etc. Friday will consist of shopping for party food, making the cake and general faffing.

I love parties though!

I want to see a pic to.

Love the compilation CD idea.

It was a great party. It's going to take me a week to take the decorations down again! Will post a picture when my mum sends me them from her digital camera.

Roll on next year.