Colouring in fun

When you're stuck for something to do, colouring in pages are always a hit with the kids. Kidspot have 100+ pages you can download.

http://www.kidspot.com.au/slideshow/Kids-Activity-Sheets-Colouring-Pages+2.htm

Pink Poppy latest press

Pink Poppy Princess Search continues .....

We've had loads of great entries into our Pink Poppy competition running through Total Girl magazine - the coolest mag for young style setters.

Kylie from Wiley Park NSW said "The type of Pink Poppy girl I am is a princess because I love fashion and curly hair."

Thanks Kylie.  Don't forget to tell your friends to enter!!!

http://www.totalgirl.com.au/comps/comp.asp?comp=2369

Holiday Fun activities

Most kids are on school holidays at the moment, and parents are always looking for things to do that won't cost a fortune.  Check out some ideas on kidspot.

http://www.kidspot.com.au/MySpot-escapes-Spring-time-family-fun-on-a-budget+3594+178+article.htm

Holidays with kids

Just in time for school holidays, Holidays with Kids magazine is out showing all the best places to visit this spring.  Pink Poppy also appears in the magazine and the website, where they are giving away 4 weekend combos - an overnight bag and backpack!!  Go to the website to enter!

http://www.holidayswithkids.com.au/competitions/competitions/vol_25_prize_giveaway

5 Stars from Foxtel

More Mums are telling us they think Pink Poppy is great for their girls. There are two new reviews on Foxtel this week.

http://www.lifestyleyou.com.au/youtryityourateit/review.aspx?id=173

Are you the Pink Poppy Princess

Pink Poppy are about to make one little girls dreams come true - to be in Total Girl magazine, be the face of Pink Poppy and win a Huge wardrobe of pink and sparkling goodies! Go to Total Girl to enter.

http://www.totalgirl.com.au/comps/comp.asp?comp=2369

Fairy party bag

Pink Poppy has all sorts of novelties likes bubbles, lipgloss, stickers, fairy tattoos, rings, earrings, projector pens, slinkys, balls, notepads and journals.  Or you could simply offer them a stationery kit, fairy stamps.

A few fairy lollies wouldn't go astray either ...

Fairy Party Cake

http://www.birthday-cakes.com.au/174/2009-0024/Mushroom-Fairy-Cake.html

This is the most amazing fairy cake I've ever seen.  I have provided a link in case you are adventurous.  Otherwise just decorate any cake in a fairy theme.

Or you can use the old Dolly Varden method and bake the cake in a pudding dish and insert a Barbie in the smallest end.  Let your imagination take over with all kinds of stars, silver balls and sparkles to decorate it.



Fairy Party food

A groovy fairy party idea is to sprinkle fairy dust onto the food (it could practically be anything, such as salt, parsley, icing sugar, coloured sprinkles etc) and just put in little containers. With paint write on them "fairy dust".



Fairy Fizz Red softdrink or lemonade with a dash of red colouring (to make it pink)


Elf Punch Make a fruit punch using the same quantity of cranberry juice, sparkling water and lemonade. Add some fruit and star shaped ice cubes.


Fairy Smoothie use berries and strawberry yogurt or icecream to make yummy smoothies.


Fairy Biscuits Use pink icing to ice some plain biscuits. Have some plain white ones as well as some with 100s and 1000s.


Fairy Cookies Using a star shaped cookie cutter, make your own star shaped cookies with different coloured cookies.

Fairy Bread What's a fairy party without fairy bread? Lightly butter bread, spread with lots of sprinkles, use a cookie cutter to cut into star or heart shapes or butterfly shapes and use a must stick as the body.


Fairy Popcorn melt some white chocolate and add some pink food colouring. Put popcorn on a tray and drizzle with chocolate. Place in fridge to set then snap into chunks.

Melon wands cut watermelon or honeydew melon into 2cm thick pieces. Use a cookie cutter to cut star piece and poke a kebab stick into the star.


Fairy Burgers Cut the hamburgers into star shapes with star cookie cutters.


Fairy Wings Bake some marinated chicken wings.


Cream cheese and strawberry sandwiches You can cut these with star, heart, diamond etc. shaped cookie cutters.

Magical coconut ice make up squares of pink and white coconut ice and decorate with silver balls or edible sparkles.


Jewel Salad Place fruit in a watermelon basket. Cut watermelon and rockmelon with heart, star, diamond etc. shaped cookie cutters. Sprinkle with 'fairy dust' (coconut).


Little Elf Crackers use Jatz crackers with slices of cheese and sliced meat cut into circles or shapes on top.


Fairy Wands Pretzel sticks - big or little, dipped in white chocolate or icing and dipped in sprinkles or 100s and 1000s on one end.


Fairy Gems Set out a bowl of different colored jellybeans.

Pixie Kebabs Thread pink marshmallows and grapes onto kebab sticks.

Fairy Party Prizes

Pink Poppy have lots of fairy trinkets to use as prizes.  Star wands, tiaras, stickers, bubbles, pens, notepads, even little boxes of lipgloss or fairy glitter.

Fairy Party Games

Pin the star on the fairy's wand. (like pin the tale on the donkey)

Tooth Fairy or Fairy Treasure Hunt.  The Tooth Fairy had been flying over and was so busy watching the fairy party she crashed into a tree in the garden and dropped some money. She told Fairy Godmother that if fairies helped to "clean up" they could keep coins they found (in their own treasure bags). There will be great excitment in finding all of the coins and this will keep the fairies busy while the fairy picnic (afternoon tea) is being laid out. Fairies then return to the Fairy Castle for picnic and birthday cake.

Fairy Tag (Similar to Stuck in the Mud), one fairy has a special "freeze" wand and another a special "fly free" wand. This is a great fairy party game for using up energy and increasing appetite.

Fairy Scavenger Hunt. Put the guests into pairs accompanied by a Fairy Helper. Tell them that the Queen Fairy had her house blown away and needs some help from the fairies and elves to rebuild it. Make up little bags that have a list stapled to them, asking them to find the following: 3 brown leaves (for the roof of the house), 2 stones (for the floor), 2 green leaves (for the walls) and something shiny such as cellophane (for the windows) and lastly 2 twigs (for the door). They are to bring them all back put it all into a big bag and the Fairy Helpers would take it home to the Queen Fairy. Make sure you have plenty of leaves, stones and cellophane strategically placed around for the fairies and elves to find!

Fairy Activities. Set up an activity table and make some tiaras or fairy wands from cardboard and glitter.

Fairy Freeze - Play some fairy music (source from your local library if you don't already have some at home). Dance around the fairy circle - guests practice fairy flying, fluttering, swooping, gliding etc. Use the same theme as for 'musical statues'.

Fairy Friends Arrive

Try to arrange some fairy helpers (grandparents, cousins, friends etc)



Ask the child if they would like to be a fairy for a day (or for the boys, an elf) and when they say "yes", the Fairy Helper can tap a magical wand on their head and say the words "Abra Cadabra".


Voila! They are now magical for the day! The fairy helper then blows bubbles and sprinkles fairy dust over the new fairy.


The guests can now move on to having the Fairy Helpers put makeup on them. The fairies can have their nails painted, eye shadow, lip gloss and roll on glitter on their faces. The elves can have glitter put on their cheeks

While the fairies and elves are getting their faces made up, give the other guests a fairy drawing to colour in. (Go to our colouring in pages and download the fairy one!)

Fairy Party Dress Up

Ask your friends to come dressed as fairies, pixies or elves. 

Don't forget to add a headpiece and a fairy wand to your outfit.

Lots of fairies also like to have glossy nails and lips plus some glitter or fairy dust really add some sparkle!

Invitations For a Fairy Party

The invitations give the first magical surprise that your guest is coming to a Fairy Party.  You can make your own invitations by cutting out silver and gold stars and putting glitter on one side while you put the party details on the other.  It could go something like this ...

Peek into the land of fairytopia, and what will you see?
A sparkly little fairy, flying amongst the trees.
Her name is xxxx and she is turning SIX.
 
Please join us for a party, where there will be lots of food and tricks.
The good fairies there will help you earn your wings,
and we'll play games together and make pretty fairy things.
 
Hope you can join us!
Date, Time, RSVP etc
 
Pink Poppy have also created a Fairy invitation for you to download.

Real Mums Have their Say

Pink Poppy decided to be one of the first to get real Mums from Kidspot to have their say on the Pink Poppy products. The first review is in and we are so happy Amelia liked her goodies.
http://social.kidspot.com.au/topic.php?topic_id=6870

There are now FOUR mums having their say!!!
http://social.kidspot.com.au/topic.php?topic_id=6870

Pretty in Pink, purple and green

This handbag is so cute.  It has coloured sequin tulle, soft netting and luxurious satin which create beautiful ruffles and sparkles that the young pink poppy girl will love.

Fairy Party Decorations

• Hang tinsel and coloured cardboard stars from string placed around the room to create a magical fairy party



• Use balloons coloured pink, white, gold or silver


• Have some fairy books lying around


• Use fairy lights if you have them


• Hang tulle or other material to create magical fairy tents


Decorate the tables with a green table cloth and red or pink plates for a big impact.

Little Angel Room Makeover

Your room is the one place in the world that's all yours.  Little Angel mag have some helpful suggestions to make over your bedroom.  They have suggested using our Pink Poppy Bow Beautiful gift box and Princess bean bag to add some fun.  Check it out!

Butterfly Fairy Cupcakes

Make these cutest cupcakes for your fairy party.They are fun and easy to decorate - and certainly impress your guests!

1 step: Bake your favourite cupcake mix.
2 step: While cupcakes are cooling down, prepare all ingredients for decoration: pretty pink icing, cut jelly jubes to make wings out of them andadd  a lot of sprinkles

3 step: Have fun decorating! Get creative and try other ideas - the only limit is your imagination!

Pink Poppy Rocks!!

Hands up if you want the coolest girly guitar ever!  Pink Poppy have just launched their HOT PINK electronic guitar with mini butterflies, hearts and flowers.  It has demo songs and 13 keys, plus a long shoulder strap to keep you rockin'.

Princess crown cupcakes

Every little princess will love these pretty birthday cupcakes that will make her royalty on her special day.  Check out the step-by-step instructions on kidspot's website.

http://www.kidspot.com.au/slideshow/Birthday-Cakes+1+Princess-crown-cupcakes+8.htm#anchor

Foxtel rates Pink Poppy 5 Stars

Recently some lucky Foxtel viewers won a Pink Poppy Princess Sparkle pack to review with their daughters. The first three are in and Pink Poppy has received 5 stars! See what real mums are saying.

http://www.lifestyleyou.com.au/youtryityourateit/review.aspx?id=173

Fathers Day ideas from his little princess

Dads and daughters have a special bond. Sunday is the time to spoil Dad and Kidspot have some great ideas. However, the best gifts are the ones made by you with love. Ties & socks come and go but a special handwritten card with all the reasons you love Dad will be kept forever.

http://www.kidspot.com.au/slideshow/Fathers-Day-gift-guide+35.htm