Ballet Dance Party
Party Preparations
My oldest daughter started taking dance classes for the first time and was loving it! So for her 4th birthday, we had a dance party. To start, I had to make invitations. My Ballet Dance Party Stationery is available to download and can easily have text added to them through the help of Canva, Adobe, and even Google Drawings.
The party stationery bundle includes a name tag sheet that can be printed on sticker paper, then cut, to use as name tags or party goody bag tags.
Party Decor
For the decor, I used pink disposable tablecloths and my ballet art prints. Some were framed while others were hanging. I also had made up several clothespin dance figurines as examples that I used with the food table.
Party Activities
Once the stationery was done, I had to think of the activities.
I knew that I wanted to do a musical tiles game. I remember doing this in my family for parties and decided to create a ballet set of tiles. The idea is that you lay out the different designs and colours on the floor and turn on some music. The kids dance around them until the music is paused. You call out either a colour or a ballet, and kids have to find it. You can play like this over and over again or play to eliminate, removing one or two tiles each time. The Ballets Tile Dance Game contains instructions on how to play as well as how to print them.
Other activities we did included dancing like animals and painting clothespin dancers. Dancing like an animal was easy to prep with a quick compilation of different ways to move. I created a free download here to make it easier for you as well.
After looking for many different ideas for an appropriate craft for 3-5 year olds, I decided on this clothespin dancer activity. Using acrylic markers, the kids drew on leotards, shoes, faces, and hair on their clothespins. I had some pompoms, bows, and flowers that I helped glue on and had prepared little tutus from ribbon. Their creation was part of the goody bag that they brought home. The list of materials I used is below*:
- clothespins - Amazon
- acrylic markers - Amazon
- pom-poms (I had some on hand but easily can get them from here) - Amazon
- assorted colour bows - Walmart
- assorted colour flowers - Walmart
- pink trim ribbon - Walmart
- pink tulle ribbon - Walmart
- mini hot glue gun - Walmart
- mini glue sticks - Walmart
My kids loved making them and enjoy playing with them. Plus, it's fun for adults too. Look how cute these turned out!
Party Food
For this party, I didn't do themed party food but favourites of my daughter. There was no need for much since it was an afternoon party and didn't overlap with a standard meal time.
- cupcakes and cream cheese frosting (coloured pink by beet juice)
- sliced apple
- sliced strawberries
- green grapes
- bottled water
- pink plates 7in - Walmart
- pink napkins - Walmart
Party Overview
Overall, the party was a hit! Parents were welcomed to stay, but not all chose to. We started with the craft and made sure we had supervision with the acrylic markers and that an adult did all the hot gluing. This took around half an hour total. Since we lived in a small apartment at the time (and it was February in Idaho), we packed up the table once the craft was done to provide us with the space to do the dance games. We started with the ballet dance tiles and opted to not do eliminations due to the small number of guests. After 20 minutes of our first game, we had snacks and water to allow some rest and energy renewal. When everyone was done with that, we moved on to our second dance game, which was another 20 minutes or so. If you give yourself a 2-hour party time frame, you'll easily have time to do everything and have smooth, unrushed transitions between everything. Your child may even have time to open presents if you like to do that during the parties.
If you do host your own ballet dance part for your dancer, please share below how it went!
Many thanks, Tat
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