Party Craft Ideas: Build An Olaf

Such a great idea for a Frozen themed party! Have each of your party guests build their very own Olaf -- and keep them busy until your Elsa, Anna, or Kristoff arrive. ;) 

Here's what you'll need: 

• Foam plates
• Felt in black, white, and orange
• Brown construction paper
• Glue runner or glue dots
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Yarn
• Medium sized box with a flap lid 
• Paint or wrapping paper (to decorate the box)

And here's the step-by-step instructions from A Million Moments. 

Party Snack Ideas: "Snowflake" Pretzel Snacks

These "Snowflake" pretzel snacks are a great idea for Frozen themed parties, and using only two ingredients (three if you use sugar or sprinkles), they're super easy to make!

What you'll need:

• Almond bark or Wilton melting chips
• Pretzels
• Sanding sugar or sprinkles
• Parchment paper

Use pretzel rods to make magic wands for Cinderella themed parties, or regular pretzels for that snowflake look for Frozen themed parties.

Different colored sprinkles make these a great choice for just about any party theme! 

Here's a step by step tutorial from Chef Maid Mom.

Frozen Wonderland Party Decoration Ideas

Having a Frozen themed party and looking for ideas to transform your living room / yard / garage /etc in to a sparkling Winter Wonderland? 

Let's Eat Fiction has some great ideas for decorating for your party on a budget! These homemade decorations look great, and they're so easy that you and your little Princess can even make them together!

Decorations definitely make the party, and provide a wonderful backdrop for all your guest photos. 

Follow along and learn to make gorgeous hanging snowballs, falling snow garlands, coffee filter snowflakes, tissue paper flowers, and decorative center pieces, all from things you can find at your local Dollar Tree, Target (check the dollar section), or hobby store. :)

Frozen Elsa Mermaid Available for Parties in the San Francisco Bay Area

 What if Elsa decided she wanted to become a mermaid for the day?

Well, we already know she has wardrobe transformation powers.  She can also create life.  Who's to say she couldn't wave her hand and transform herself into a mermaid?

Introducing Mermaid Elsa -- available for parties and events in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Invite her to your birthday party and your guests' jaws will drop.  The only thing better than swimming with a Mermaid is swimming with their favorite Ice Queen, transformed into a mermaid!

This is a unique swim party idea that kids age 2-12 will just love, and adults will light up too when they see Elsa the Mermaid swim.

Elsa the Mermaid

For an over-the-top unforgettable pool party, invite both Elsa and Ariel to your event and watch them swim together.  They will tell stories of how Elsa got to swim under the sea to visit Atlantia, meet King Triton and Sebastian the Crab, and learn what it's like to Let it Go and experience the sea.

Mermaids Elsa and Ariel

More about our Swimming Mermaid shows here.

Thoughts on Playing Elsa the Ice Queen (Frozen) at Parties

With Disney's new Frozen movie out, and me being a Princess, I had to make the Elsa dress.  Had to do it!

I originally saw the movie and related more to Anna, the younger sister (the silly one!).  But when I saw Elsa's dress and amazingmagicalpowers, I knew that she was the one I wanted to be.  Superficial?  I want to be the powerful tormented one because she's pretty?  Well, yes.  At first.

The Elsa character is turning out to be INCREDIBLY popular, especially with 6-7 year old girls.  I thought they'd relate more to Anna, like I did.. but Elsa is the one everyone wants at their party.  Is it, like me, because of the pretty pretty dress?  The more I think about it, the more I think it goes deeper than that.

I'm really familiar with all the princess or princess-related Disney stories and movies.  This is what I do, after all.  And the more I develop the Elsa show and find the parts of the story that resonate with the kids, the more I think it's Power, rather than Beauty, that draw the kids to Elsa.

Elsa is the first Disney Princess ever to have Power.  Sure, Rapunzel could sing and make her hair light up, and Merida can shoot like nobody's busines, but Elsa controls the weather!  She can build ice palaces with a wave of her hand, she can make her own fabulous dress instead of getting a fairy godmother to do it for her, and she can even create living snowmen.  She's got more power in her little finger than all the rest of the Princesses combined.

He didn't stand a chance.

No other female character in Disney's history has this kind of power. So far, it's been absolutely amazing to watch the little girls see, relate to, and feel that power inside their own imaginations.  The Let it Go song sends them into a frenzy of singing, dancing, and pretend-ice-sculpting.  They want to know how I made Olaf talk.  They want to see and feel and hear about learning to control that much power.  The kids like the dress (they like it a whole lot), but they LOVE the magic.

Thanks Disney, for giving us a Princess who can rival any Marvel Superhero in strength, grace, and absolute magic.