Madison's Rapunzel Party!

Madison turned three! She has been talking about her birthday since she turned two! She had been planning her party almost everyday of the year! For over a month Madison has had us read her the story of Rapunzel from her Mickey Mouse Fairytale book. So... with the new movie "Tangled" coming out it worked out perfectly to have a Rapunzel birthday party. The movie didn't even come out until a week after her party so hopefully Disney will thank me for some extra marketing:)

Madison woke up to find a castle (a great find on Craigslist over the summer) with a Rapunzel barbie letting her hair down. Luckily the castle comes apart nicely and fits in the crawl space otherwise hiding it for so long would have been tough! Madison has very extreme emotions and she screamed with excitement when she walked in the room.

I had so much fun planning the party. It is amazing the things you can do with a Rapunzel braid made out of yarn. The kids played in the castle at arrival and colored on the castle picture preserved from Madison's two year old party. After coloring we played Rapunzel limbo, and then jumped over Rapunzel's braid. Afterwards they were all given their own Rapunzel hats and the boys got crowns. It took me about a week to figure out how to make the hats and I am happy to hear that they have survived a lot of wear by many of the girls and some even wore them to the movie! That makes staying up so late to make them even more worth it:) I made them out of the foam paper you can find at craft stores. The hair was carefully arranged on a piece of masking tape and then I used a glue gun to attach the hair to the back. They looked so cute!

After dressing up we did some freeze dancing and then we used strands of Rapunzel's hair to play the worm game. You take gummie worms, tie them to yarn and tell the kids to put them all in the middle of the placemat. You then play music and when the music stops they have to hurry and pull their worm away before the lid squishes their worm:) Sounds so silly but they love it! The party was then interupted by the witch who stole Rapunzel from her tower. They all had to hold on to her braid to find Rapunzel and some stollen treasure. After Rapunzel was found they followed the clues to the treasure. The treasure could only be retrieved by letting down Rapunzel's braid over the banister. After all this excitement we did presents, cake, and icecream! Whew, what a fun and exciting birthday. Madison and her friends had so much fun!

Happy birthday Madison! You are such a fun girl with so much excitement for life. We are so lucky to have you in our family! Thanks for always making us laugh and for being such a cutie!