Name: Charlotte, 7
Location: Oregon
My daughter's heart belongs to another era and so it was perfectly fitting to celebrate her 7th birthday with a modern spin on a pioneer party.
When I envisioned décor for the party, the elements that came to mind were calico fabrics, flowers, twine, hay bales, burlap & baskets. Anything pretty & rustic seemed appropriate.
My daughter was so eager to help with the details for this party and she worked hard on creating a scrap fabric bunting for the fence post and stitching an initial onto a little hankie for each of her guests.
The dessert table featured a variety of pies and guests spent the afternoon making yarn dolls, whirligigs, raspberry jam, and lavender sachets.
I made drawstring pouches for the favors which included candies that Laura might have found at Mr. Olson's store, buttons to start a collection, and twig colored pencils.
After devouring all of the Little House books together over the past 2 years, this party was the perfect collaboration and celebration of a sweet seven year old.
Source List:
- Invitations and pie tent cards from Paper & Pip
Thanks, Julie! Readers, if you want to hear more about this party, and see lots more photos, head on over to At The Picket Fence.
(Images: At the Picket Fence)
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WOW that party looks awesome!
This is such a sweet idea for a party. I love how personal it is and all the activities sound so fun for a group of 7 year olds.
Love this! When I was her age I always imagined I was falling asleep in the back of the covered wagon and I hand-stitched little pouches in dim lighting so I could have the true pioneer experience!
Aww, this brings back such lovely memories of reading and re-reading the Little House series and imagining myself in any of those settings. As an adult, I can only admire the Pioneer spirit and tenacity and marvel at what those ladies managed with limited resources.
How lovely that, in this age of computer games and starlets and girls growing up before their time, one little girl enjoyed a lovelt, wholesome party inspired by a fascinating era
Sorry, I meant 'lovely' :-)
So cute!
What a cool kid! I love that she loves history so much, and I think it's really sweet that she made little hankies for her guests. I would have LOVED to go to a party like this when I was 7.