Dalia 9! Top Model party

Well, Dalia is about to turn 10 and I can't believe I haven't written up abut your 9th birthday. It was such a success!
Top model is quite the in thing - basically it's a grown-up colouring book, with outlines of models and you design and colour in clothes and hair and accessories. The girls spend hours on this and there are even by versions with cars to design and stickers etc.

So the invitation told everyone to come all dressed up and once they arrived, they did some top model designs.
Then once everyone had arrived we got out the props and I took loads of great photos of the girls who had the best time posing for the camera. While they ate I printed off sheets of all their pictures and we handed them around. Each girl received a photo frame and made their own photo collages and decorated their frames. I gave them cellophane bags to wrap them in to take home. Was such a success. They were so chuffed with it all! Even the grandparents had fun!

Dalia's 8th Birthday!

 Dalia's 8th Birthday!

A stunning party - run by a nice lady i found recommended on Raanana List.
She brought each gilr a ready made pack to make intricate bracelets. Everyone sat round the dining room table...it was silent while they concentrated so hard! I made name cards using the bracelet image below and used the label on biscuits that the girls took home with their bracelets. They all had a great time and I still see some of Dalia's friends wearing what they made!
What was so thoughtful was that the lady also gave easier projects to Yael and Yoav who sat in the kitchen and were also kept very busy!
I love girly parties!

Dalia 6 - Shabbat Party

This was such a special party and the girls (Kitta Aleph) really enjoyed it and came home with lovely things they had made.

Again the weather was on our side and it was a warm Winter day!

We split the girls into smaller groups and they did the activities simultaneously and moved round to the next station.

Dalia's birthday falls near chanukah so candle crafts are in the shops (I plan on buying them early in time to repeat this party for Yael when she turns 6) so one of the activities was decorating a candle to light for Shabbat using was that you can mould like plasticine.

I bought the balls of dough from a baker (although now I am more into challah making myself I couldeasily prepare it myself next time) and my mum (safta) was in charge of helping the girls  plait their challot which went in their own foil trays to rise, and be cooked at home.

I cut up white material and bough glitter glue and sequins and pens to design challah cloths. The only issue with these was that some of them were still quite wet by home time so would rethink materials to use for next time!

Need to find photos!

The ideas:

Wax on candles

Shabbat placemats and laminate...get stickers and small gems to stick on and felt tips

Plait challot

Make  flowers from tissue paper and pipe cleaners

Foil tray with name on for challah

Israeli dancing

Musical bumps

Sausages in rolls around table – white cloth with plastic on and tropit/water

Get little bechers each to take home and mini grapejuices

Candles sticks/oil lamps – mezolim

Besamim bags – nets and strings – grated soap to put in

Nail painting

Shabbat table cake!

Dalia's 5th Birthday

Dalia's 5th Birthday....
We got a lovely entertainer. The kids behaved so beautifully and it was nice to watch you all enjoy yourselves rather than run around this time!
What a princess!
Happy birthday big girl xxx