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Our “Jewel of the Nile” recently turned 8 and invited her friends to come celebrate– Egyptian style<\/em>. I have to admit, I was thrilled when Kaylee asked for an Egyptian spa party<\/strong>.\u00a0 She’s the 3rd in a line of women who are obsessed with all things Ancient Egypt.\u00a0 (I did a study abroad there while in college and have longed for the day when some of my ‘ancient’ souvenirs could be unearthed from the depths of storage boxes for a fun purpose!) She was a gorgeous Cleopatra for Halloween earlier this year, and her costume was a natural springboard for the color palette for this celebration.\u00a0 Coordinating everything from the decorations to the cupcakes to the spa activities and giving them an Egyptian flair was so much fun!<\/p>\n

Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for some of our favorite party elements:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Egyptian Tunic Costumes Hanging in “Cleopatra’s Closet”
\n-DIY Egyptian Style Columns and Gold and Peacock Feather Chandelier
\n-A Great Pyramid inspired cake by 4 Kids Cakes<\/strong><\/a>, “Tut’s Treats” and “Nile Water”
\n-Detailed 3D pyramid and sarcophagus favor boxes by Piggy Bank Parties<\/strong><\/a>
\n-Glam spa and beauty stations with clever names like “Nefertiti’s Nails”, “Pharaoh’s Facials” and “Hatshepsut’s Hairstyling”<\/p>\n

Keep reading for all of the Egyptian inspired details!<\/p>\n

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As you can imagine, finding party ideas and\/or premade\/packaged decor for an Egyptian spa party was beyond difficult.\u00a0 Pinterest, generally a collective wealth of brilliant ideas from talented curators, left me grasping at straws (more like Papyrus reeds<\/em>). \u00a0I basically had to start from scratch, but Anders Ruff<\/a><\/strong> was there once again to save the day and designed something amazing for my daughter’s unique spa celebration.<\/p>\n

Be sure to peek at these other popular girl themed parties:<\/p>\n

– A Spa Soiree -Brynne’s 9th Birthday<\/strong><\/a>
\n– An American Girl Party in Shades of Pink<\/a><\/strong>
\n– A Girlie Woodland Owl Birthday Party<\/strong><\/a>
\n– A Glamour Girl Jewelry Making Party<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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So how do you plan a unique party theme when there isn’t much to inspire you?\u00a0 Here are a few tips I learned along the way.<\/p>\n

#1:\u00a0<\/strong> Research:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Thankfully, I had a little background knowledge of Ancient Egypt I could withdraw from my memory banks from both my study abroad experience in Egypt and my\u00a03 years of teaching about Ancient Egypt as part of our World History class\u00a0as a\u00a06th grade teacher.\u00a0 But, a refresher course was fantastic for helping me think of clever wording for the invitation & activity stations, deriving an appropriate event color palette & design scheme, and dreaming up creative treats, decorations & favors.\u00a0 Kaylee and I had fun looking at books from our bookshelf, DIY make it\/take it books from my teaching resources & scouring the internet for inspiration.<\/p>\n

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Just one example of how our\u00a0research paid off and was incorporated into our party design:\u00a0 we discovered that the peacock feather had significance in Ancient Egyptian history, so we used it as the basis for our color palette and incorporated it throughout our party space.\u00a0 Our peacock feathers came from Wholesale Event Solutions<\/a>\u00a0(you can order in bulk).<\/p>\n

#2:\u00a0 Think outside the box (or should we say pyramid?):\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>If money were no object, I would’ve booked a flight for 8 little girls to Cairo, Egypt.\u00a0\u00a0We would’ve caravanned via camel to\u00a0 the base of the Sphinx or an ancient step pyramid or perhaps even traveled a little farther to the Valley of the Kings and set up our party at the\u00a0foot of King Tut’s tomb.\u00a0 But because money is<\/em> an object and taking our ‘jewel’ and her friends to see ancient Egyptian antiquities in their country of origin was not an option, I brainstormed ways to bring the ‘ancient’ antiquities to them.<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite ways we accomplished this was by bringing in costumes for the girls to wear (which also doubled as a take-home favor).\u00a0 I found an Ebay seller (see vendor credits) that would give me a bulk rate discount on Cleopatra costumes.\u00a0 (See below for details on “Cleopatra’s Closet”.)<\/p>\n

#3:<\/strong>\u00a0 Don’t be afraid of a little DIY work:\u00a0 <\/strong>So, 6 ft. Egyptian columns aren’t in your price range?\u00a0 Make your own at a fraction of the cost! (The columns I looked at were several hundred dollars a piece without shipping costs factored in.)\u00a0 You already did step #2, right?\u00a0 You thought outside the box; now you’re ready to work!<\/p>\n

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I knew I wanted tall Egyptian style columns as a part of my daughter’s dessert table display.\u00a0 A quick trip to Home Depot & the Dollar Store later, about 30 minutes worth of time, and about $16 in materials\u00a0and I had some Egyptian columns!\u00a0 I made mine from cardboard cement forms (round tubes that come in several diameters), some black insulation tubing (that already had double sided adhesive), gold spray paint, a roll of wrapping paper (Dollar Tree) and some cheap gold chargers.\u00a0 Easy peasy.<\/p>\n

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Another DIY project was the chandelier that hung above the dining table.\u00a0 Now this was really inexpensive and easy to make.\u00a0 Materials included:\u00a0 two different sized embroidery hoops, leftover gold spray paint, scrapbook paper punched circles, fishing line, gold ribbon & peacock feathers (Wholesale Event Solutions<\/a>).\u00a0 Believe it or not, I assigned the task of contstructing the chandelier’s frame to my husband.\u00a0 He whipped it out in a matter of minutes, and then I just got to embellish it!\u00a0 I think it adds so much to the decor.<\/p>\n

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#4:\u00a0 Use your food choices and\/or dessert table to tie in the theme:\u00a0<\/strong> One of the best parts of my job is becoming acquainted with brilliant, talented dessert artists.\u00a0 And when I call them artists, I mean it in every sense of the word.\u00a0 I mean, check out their work below!<\/p>\n

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From the jaw dropping Egyptian pyramid cake with cartouche & hieroglyphic detailing (4 Kids Cakes<\/a>)\u00a0 to exquisitely detailed fondant cupcake toppers (Sugar High, Inc.<\/a>), to intricate lotus cake pops (Maskipops by Adri<\/a>) & shimmering macarons (Felt & Flour<\/a>) to scrumptious cookies (Sugary Sweet Cupcakes & Treats<\/a>) & gorgeous pharaoh & eye of Horus chocolate covered Oreos (Love & Sugar Kisses<\/a>), plus Pharaoh pretzel rods (Berry Delish<\/a>), all our desserts tied in with the Egyptian theme.<\/p>\n

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I also used the talents of Anders Ruff<\/strong><\/a> to bring in a little more Egyptian flair to both the dessert table and the dining tables.\u00a0 Some of the fun details included an oversized backdrop sign turned into a large scroll banner, a flag bunting designed to look like Egyptian cartouches spelling out “Kaylee” in hieroglyphics.\u00a0 Ornate glass bottles (Via Blossom<\/a>) were glammed up with Nile Water beverage wraps, gold tassels and metallic gold straws (Little Ink<\/a>) and drink flags.\u00a0 Place cards were also made to look like cartouches with the girls initials in hieroglyphics.\u00a0 Sucre Shop<\/a> designed some fresh new patterns on their eco-friendly utensils, perfect for our event.<\/p>\n

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#5:\u00a0 Coordinate party activities & favors with your theme:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleopatra’s Closet:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most children love to get ‘dressed up’ in character, if a party lends itself to that opportunity.\u00a0 Upon arrival, Kaylee’s friends made a quick stop at “Cleopatra’s Closet” where they picked out a beautiful Egyptian tunic & accessories carefully hung on gold hangers to change into.\u00a0 We tried to make this shopping experience authentic with fun clothing tags on each dress\u00a0& a store sign made to coordinate by Anders Ruff<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After the girls had dressed\u00a0the part, they were whisked away to Kaylee’s beautiful Desert Oasis & Spa where they received the royal treatment. Clever Egypt inspired names were used at each of the spa stations.\u00a0 Fun and child friendly spa products from Moodylicious Children’s Spa<\/a>\u00a0were used by each of the guests.\u00a0 I loved the darling labels Anders Ruff<\/strong> <\/a>created to personalize each of these products.\u00a0 They had facials at “Pharaoh’s Facials,” manicures at “Nefertiti’s Nails,” makeup applied at “Mummy’s Makeup” and hair fixed at “Hatshepsut’s Hairstyling”.<\/p>\n

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Pharaoh’s Facials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nefertiti’s Nails:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mummy Make-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hatshepsut’s Hairstyling:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In addition to all of the fun spa activities, we provided some other fun Egyptian themed appropriate activities for the girls.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> <\/a>Almost every girl I know loves jewelry!\u00a0 Since Kaylee and her friends are often found beading their own necklaces, we thought a “Jewel”ry of\u00a0the Nile station would be perfect!\u00a0 Do and J of\u00a0Piggy Bank Parties<\/a> created the most perfect favor boxes to house the treasured jewelry making essentials.\u00a0 I seriously gasped when I saw the incredible detail work on these King Tut sarcophagus favor boxes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What a fun way to tie in the theme, right?\u00a0 The favor boxes had little gold sachet bags with jewelry elastic, fasteners, beautiful beads and a Nefertiti charm.<\/p>\n

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At the crafting table, we made a special place for each girl, which included a fun activity coloring page, coordinating crayons & a cartouche image on authentic papyrus for them to add hieroglyphics to using an Egyptian stamp set.\u00a0 The girls loved learning about ancient Eyptian writing and had fun recreating their names.<\/p>\n

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The fun of attending a party is leaving with some fun favors!\u00a0 Favors don’t have to be complex or expensive.\u00a0 We filled some Egyptian pyramid favor boxes, masterfully designed by Piggy Bank Parties<\/a>\u00a0with some gumballs from SmashCake Studio<\/a>.\u00a0 We also sent the girls home with some treats from King Tut, dressed up with some cute treat bag toppers by Anders Ruff<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And finally, so the girls could recreate their spa experience at home, we sent them each home with a personal spa kit (I found the aqua bowls on clearance 2\/$1 at Walmart!) full of Moodylicious Children’s Spa<\/a>\u00a0products, a cosmetic bag (Dollar Tree), and manicure set (Michaels on sale).<\/p>\n

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VENDOR CREDITS: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Event Concept & Styling:\u00a0 Jen Carver, Banner Events<\/a>
\nPhotographer:\u00a0 A Fresh Take Photography<\/a><\/p>\n

PAPER GOODS: <\/strong>
\nGraphic Design Suite & Invitation:\u00a0 Anders Ruff Custom Designs<\/a>
\nInvitation:\u00a0 here<\/a>
\nCoordinating printable suite : coming soon
\nPrintable 3-D Egyptian pyramid & sarcophagus favor boxes:\u00a0 Piggy Bank Parties<\/a><\/p>\n

DESSERTS: <\/strong>
\nCake:\u00a0 4 Kids Cakes<\/a>
\nCustom fondant cupcake toppers:\u00a0 Sugar High, Inc.<\/a>
\nCustom sugar cookies:\u00a0 Sugary Sweet Cupcakes & Treats<\/a>
\nCustom fondant chocolate covered Oreos:\u00a0 Love & Sugar Kisses<\/a>
\nCustom cake pops:\u00a0 Maskipops by Adri<\/a>
\nCustom chocolate dipped pretzels:\u00a0 Berry Delish<\/a>
\nCustom macarons:\u00a0 Felt & Flour<\/a>
\nRock candy:\u00a0 Bulkcandynuts.com <\/a><\/p>\n

PARTY GOODS: <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
\nGold satin tablecloths, gold satin napkins, peacock feathers & drabs:\u00a0 Wholesale Event Solutions<\/a>
\nShimmer gumballs (white & blue used in pyramid party favors):\u00a0 SmashCake Studio<\/a>
\nCustom eco-friendly wooden utensils:\u00a0 Sucre Shop<\/a>
\nGold cupcake wrappers, petite gold cups, vintage glass bottles:\u00a0 Via Blossom<\/a>
\nGold striped straws:\u00a0 Little Ink<\/a><\/p>\n

SPA PRODUCTS:<\/strong>
\nCherry lip gloss, musk gold glitter lotion, gold glitter musk perfume, gold glitter chocolate mani-pedi sugar scrub, chocolate masks, gold glitter mani-pedi sugar scrub:\u00a0 Moodylicious Children’s Spa<\/a><\/p>\n

COSTUMES:<\/strong>
\nCleopatra costumes:\u00a0 Ebay seller fnfcostumes<\/p>\n

More PRODUCT SOURCES to help you throw an Egyptian Spa Party:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Cleopatra Costume<\/a>
\n– Cleopatra Headpiece<\/a>
\n– Egyptian Pyramid Trinket Box<\/span><\/a>
\n– Egyptian Mini King Tut Coffin with Mummy Egyptian Statue<\/a>
\n– Egyptian Canopic Jars Collectible Figurine, Set of 4<\/a>
\n– Fun with Hieroglyphs: 24 Rubber Stamps, Hieroglyph Guidebook, Ink Pad (Box Set) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)<\/span><\/a>
\n–\u00a010 Blank Egyptian Papyrus Sheets for Art Projects and Schools 6×8 Inch<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>
\n– Egyptian Small King Tut Collectible Figurine<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>
\n– 100 Pcs Peacock Feathers 10″-12″<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>
\n– LinenTablecloth 90-Inch Satin Tablecloth, Round, Gold<\/span><\/a>
\n– 5 pcs 20 inch Satin Napkins – Table Linens – Gold<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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