In June, my\u00a0oldest daughter\u00a0Brynne, asked me to have a Sleep-over Spa Birthday Party.\u00a0 I am usually not the type of mom who puts on huge birthday celebrations because my kids have summer birthdays.\u00a0 Usually we go on a family trip…. do something special for the day…\u00a0which doesn’t require taking\u00a0over my house! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong… I LOVE over-the-top Birthday Parties & Decorations as long as I’m not hosting it at my house. LOL<\/p>\n

Well, I gave in, and put together this Spa Soiree Sleepover Party in one week.\u00a0 (This should tell you how easy it was to do)!<\/p>\n

Due to the short notice of the party, we emailed everyone to confirm attendance, and then hand-delivered invites.<\/p>\n

We took green clothespins (found in the dollar section of Micheal’s), glued magnets to the back, and stitched on cucumber felt cut-outs, so that when each guest received the invite, they could immediately hang it on their refrigerator (I cut out all the felt, and Brynne handstitched them together).<\/p>\n

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Brynne was very specific as to what she wanted….<\/p>\n

“Soaps, massage lotions, bubble bath, bath salts, eye masks, smoothies, facials, nail polishes (the CRACKLE kind), nail files, scented candles, nail kits…” and on and on and on….( I don’t know where she comes up with these kind of details.)<\/p>\n

I was like “Seriously, Brynne?????\u00a0 You want to have an entire Spa in our house?”\u00a0 “Yes – I want to have some stations in the dining room , smoothies in the kitchen, facials outside, and toes painted at the salon”.\u00a0 We compromised.\u00a0 Spa Party in the dining room, toes painted at the Salon.\u00a0 I had to get creative to fit it in one room, but at least it eliminated birthday chaos through the rest of my home!<\/p>\n

We agreed upon a Beauty Bar\u00a0 for the guests to pick out\/take home, which included:<\/p>\n

1. gauze sponges<\/p>\n

2. bubble bath<\/p>\n

3. bath salts<\/p>\n

4. body butter<\/p>\n

5. bath beads<\/p>\n

(cupcakes and various candies)<\/p>\n

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At the table, we set up manicure\/facial stations.<\/p>\n

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Each guest had:<\/p>\n

1. water bottle<\/p>\n

2. pumice scrub<\/p>\n

3. manicure kit<\/p>\n

4. scrub cloth (wash cloth)<\/p>\n

5. large nail file<\/p>\n

6. bucket to carry their belongings<\/p>\n

7. eye mask<\/p>\n

*Note – each item I found at dollar sections in discount stores… I spent $8 on each table setting)\u00a0 Not bad!!!!!<\/p>\n

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I pulled my bathroom containers, set them on a wooden tray, lined it with bath salts & scented candles\u00a0and used as the centepiece\u00a0 (jars were\u00a0\u00a0for our cotton pads, q-tips, cotton balls and fresh cucumbers).<\/p>\n

I removed all the labels on the containers and created my own – such an inexpensive way to make discounted lotions\/containers, etc look fantastic!<\/p>\n

I bought a little nail dryer… and then had the exfoliator, facial creme, hand lotions, sitting along-side of the table.<\/p>\n

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I put little trays on the table to have areas where the girls could sit for different parts – (above) here is where we cleaned their nails, and started the top coats.<\/p>\n

Brynne insisted on having a smoothie bar, but I didn’t bring out smoothies until right before we served them.\u00a0 I used the blue pitcher for cucumber water.<\/p>\n

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Just to make it “spa-like” I put mini-cupcakes in a long glass candle-holder.<\/p>\n

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Once the guests arrived, we started off with cucumber sandwiches & refreshments\u00a0 (Brynne helped me make these)<\/p>\n

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Once all the girls had a bite to eat, we headed off to the salon for pedicures!!!<\/p>\n

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Once we came back – it was SPA TIME…. manicures, facials, smoothies, head massages, the works!!!<\/p>\n

Here are a few more up-close photos from the party<\/p>\n

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Brynne wanted chocolate covered oreos, so I asked Maureen to form them into soap shapes from a soap mold – So easy, and so cute!<\/p>\n

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Before the girls left the next day, I designed\/printed out 4×6’s of the party for them to take home as keep-sakes<\/p>\n

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If you like this party, we have Spa Soiree <\/a><\/strong><\/em>party collection listed\u00a0in the shop.<\/p>\n

This seriously was so easy to pull off, and the girls just LOVED it!!!<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about how I created something from this party, send me a comment…. I may include it in our Weekly Ruff Draft<\/a><\/strong><\/em>!!!<\/p>\n

Sources\/Credits:<\/strong>
\nStyling\/Printable Graphic Collection \/ Photography – Anders Ruff<\/a>
\nCupcake Wrappers – Bella Cupcake Couture<\/a>
\nPackaging – Nashville Wraps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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