Disney Princess Party -5

Since we have taking Disney Princess Photos of her since she has been born, we decided to have a Princess party this year.

Princess Invitation

I hung up all of her princess dresses on a line and then put a galvanized tub in front. Then she dressed in her Ariel outfit and sat in the tub for the picture. Then I added the party information to the picture and gave it to her friends.


Princess Dress

We had part of her party at the local splash pad, so she just wore her swimsuit. At home she wore her outerspace dress that she found a a local resale shop and just HAD TO HAVE! I did get this “My Favorite Princess Calls Me Dad” shirt for her dad to wear.


Princess Decorations

Princess Pom Poms

I printed out 8×10 pictures of the princesses and found matching color of tulle and ribbons. I used 8 feet of tulle and then folded it into 3 foot sections. Then I used the ribbon to tie in the middle and cut the folded ends to be open. I laminated the princess pictures and punched a hole at her waist. Then pushed half of the tulle dress through. I spread the tulle starting at the bottom layer and then used glue dots to hold the dress tightly against the laminate. Then I used the ribbon that was tided around the middle to tie a bow and used another glue dot to hold it in place too. I used fishing line to hang them.

I made 12 Disney princesses; Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Belle, Elsa, Rapunzel, Jasmine, Tiana, Mulan, Moana, and Ariel.

At the splash pad we hung them on the fence between the banner pieces, I was very happy with how they turned out.

Photo Banner

Since she has dressed up as a Disney princess every month for 5 years, I just printed out a 5×7 from each photo session. I folded the top half of the black cardstock to form 8.5×8.5 square. I used double sided tape to attach the photos to white cardstock and then to the black cardstock . I attached a thick ribbon behind the folded cardstock and used glue dots to hold it in place. Then I attached large safety pins to each end of the ribbon.

We attached them to the fencing with the safety pins.

Princess Gift Bags

I printed out 4×6 pictures of the princesses and glued them to 5×7 white bags. Then I used some of the tulle left from the Princess Pom Poms to make little dresses for the bags. I attached them with glue dots and then added a tiny bow. Storm had fun filling the bags with goodies; mermaid slime, gem rings, princess tattoos, star wands, Disney stickers, star bubbles.

We placed the bags on a table with a princess table cloth.


Princess Food

I love making theme foods for my family. I make cupcakes for each princess and I also made another dinner food for each princess; including entrees, sides, drinks, and desserts.

Princess Cupcakes

I made 2 boxes of chocolate cake mixes and 2 boxes of vanilla cake mixes, then I baked them in colored baking cups.

Here is my buttercream recpie:

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup Crisco
  • 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

  1. Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
  2. Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
  3. Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

I used food coloring to make the different colors of icing for each princess, then I used the Wilton 2D tip to make the ruffle looking dresses for them.

I printed out smaller versions of the princesses and attached toothpicks to them. I stuck these into the cupcakes to look like princess dresses.

I used these cupcake cases to transport them in.

The Disney Princess Meal

Sleeping Beauty Spinning Wheel Pasta

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Boil the pasta in salt water for 8 minutes.
  2. Drain and add a jar of alfredo sauce. I add some water the the jar and shake it to get more of the sauce out of the jar. (We have tried many of the jar alfredo sauces and the Bertolii is my family’s favorite.)

Rapunzel’s Braided Garlic Bread

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 Cup warm water
  • 1 TBS sugar
  • 2 1/2 teas active dry yeast
  • 3 Cup flour
  • 1 Cup hot water
  • 1 teas salt
  • 4 TBS melted butter
  • 1/2 teas garlic salt
  • 1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese

Directions:

  1. Make a double batch and use half for Belle’s Pepperoni Roses.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare 2 baking sheets.
  3. Combine 1/4 cup warm water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast on the top and let it set for 10 minutes.
  4. Mix in 2 cups flour, salt, and the h0t water on low.
  5. Slowly add 1 cup flour and mix until dough is smooth and pulls away from the sides.
  6. Dump dough on flour surface and cup into fourths. Cut each piece into fourths again so that you have 16 pieces.
  7. Roll each piece into an 8 inch rope and then braid 3 of them together and place on a baking sheet.
  8. Let sit for 10 minutes while you mix melted butter and garlic salt.
  9. Brush butter on the bread and bake for 12 minutes.
  10. When the bread comes out brush more butter on it and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

Belle’s Pepperoni Roses

Ingredients:

  • Pizza Dough (I used the same dough that I made Rapunzel’s Braided Garlic Bread)
  • 1 jar of Pizza Sauce
  • Pepperoni
  • Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and prepare a muffin tin by lightly greasing them.
  2. Roll out your dough about 8 inches long and cut into 2 inch strips.
  3. Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce along each strip, leaving and edge along one side.
  4. Spread pepperoni slices along one long side of each strip with the pepperoni hanging off the dough.
  5. Sprinkle with cheese.
  6. Roll dough carefully longwise and place them into the muffin tin.
  7. Bake for 15 minutes and allow to cool before you serve.

Orange Chicken (to add some protein to our meal)

Ingredients:

  • 3 lbs Chicken Tenderloins
  • 1/2 Cup Orange Marmalade
  • 1/2 Cup Honey BBQ Sauce
  • 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce

Directions:

  1. Place the chicken in a crock pot on high for 3 hours.
  2. Mix other ingredients in a small bowl.
  3. Drain the liquid from the chicken and cut into 1 inch pieces.
  4. Place the chicken and sauce in the crock pot on low for another 30 minutes.

Jasmine Rice

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups Jasmine Rice
  • 2 1/2 half cups water
  • Salt

Directions:

  1. Place all ingredients into your rice maker.
  2. Once it is done let it set with the lid on for 5-10 more minutes.
  3. Add salt and fluff with a fork.

Mulan’s Egg Rolls

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. I use MINH frozen Pork Egg Rolls from Sam’s Club and place them in the air fryer for 15 minutes.
  2. Allow to cool before serving. These were a big hit!

Pocahontas’s Gold (Corn)

Ingredients:

  • 8 ears of corn
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Butter

Directions:

  1. Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees.
  2. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  3. Cook for 10 minutes, turning halfway through.
  4. Add butter and salt as needed.

Moana’s Watermelon Boat

Ingredients:

  • Watermelon
  • Other Fruit

Directions:

  1. Slice about a third of the watermelon off longwise. Cut a tiny slice flat off the bottom so the boat sits flat.
  2. Use a melon baller to cut out balls of watermelon.
  3. Once you get what you can out, cut out the rest of the watermelon so it can hold as much fruit as possible.
  4. We placed pineapple, strawberries, red and green grapes in the boat.
  5. Then I printed out a Moana flag and attached it with a skewer.

Elsa’s Snowball Punch

Ingredients:

  • 1 gallon Blue Hawaiian Punch
  • 2 liter Sprite
  • 12 oz Pineapple Juice
  • Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions:

  1. Chill all of the liquids before hand, then add them all to your punch bowl.
  2. Place about 10 large scoops of vanilla ice cream to the punch.

Tiana’s Swamp Juice

Ingredients:

  • 1 gallon Green Berry Rush Hawaiian Punch
  • 2 liter Sprite
  • 12 oz Pineapple Juice

Directions:

  1. Chill all of the liquids before hand, then add them all to your Jug.

Snow White’s Apple Dumplings

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups flour
  • 1 TBS sugar
  • 1 teas salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup ice cold water
  • 2 granny smith apples
  • 1 egg
  • 3 TBS Sugar
  • 1 teas cinnamon
  • (SAUCE)
  • 1/2 Cup water
  • 1/4 Cup apple Juice
  • 1/2 Cup sugar
  • 2 TBS butter
  • 1/2 teas cinnamon

Directions:

  1. Mix together the flour, sugar and salt.
  2. Cut the cold butter into pea sized pieces and mix it into the flour.
  3. Add just enough water to bring the dough together. Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  5. Roll out the dough to a fourth of and inch thick on a floured surface. Punch our 5 inch circles.
  6. Slice and peel apples. Combine3 TBS sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon and toss half of it with the apple slices.
  7. Fill each circle with apples and then place another circle top of the apples.
  8. Use egg wash to seal the edges of the circle and then press with a fork.
  9. Brush the top with egg wash and then sprinkle with more sugar cinnamon mixture.
  10. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
  11. Meanwhile, make the sauce by boiling water, juice and sugar.
  12. Bring to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes until thickend.
  13. Add the butter and cinnamon while stirring.
  14. Once the dumplings are done, spread the sauce on top. and serve with vanilla ice cream.

Ariel’s Dingle Hopper Cake Pops

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Smash up 4 cupcakes with icing and 4 cupcakes without icing.
  2. Roll into 1 inch balls and chill for 30 minutes.
  3. Melt the almond bark in a bowl over boiling water and add purple food coloring
  4. Place a fork into each ball and dip them into the purple melt.
  5. Add the sprinkles to the top and refrigerate.

Cinderella’s Pumpkin Roll

Ingredients:

  • Pumpkin Roll

Directions:

  1. I just bought a pumpkin roll instead of making it this time.

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5 years of Disney Princess Photoshoots

My beautiful daughter has dressed up as a Disney princess every month for 5 years. When I was pregnant with her, I strategically decided which princess I would photograph each month for the next 5 years. I also started collecting second hand props.

Every August 17, she dressed as Sleeping Beauty (2020-2024).


Every September 17, she dressed as Snow White (2020-2024).


Every October 17, she dressed as Cinderella (2020-2024).


Every November 17, she dressed as Pocahontas (2020-2024).


Every December 17, she dressed as Belle (2020-2024).


Every January 17, she dressed as Elsa (2021-2025).


Every February 17, she dressed as Rapunzel (2021-2025).


Every March 17, she dressed as Jasmine (2021-2025).


Every April 17, she dressed as Tiana (2021-2025).


Every May 17, she dressed as Mulan (2021-2025).


Every June 17, she dressed as Moana (2021-2025).


Every July 17, she dressed as Ariel (2021-2025).


Here are a few of her other photoshoots:

Preschool Tiana Photoshoot

My granddaughter is 3 years old and loves to dress up as a princess. This month we chose Tiana from Disney’s The Princess and the Frog because I think of ponds and frogs in spring. Also, her dress is green and in April everything is finally green again!

Princess Tiana is an inspiring, ambitious, determined, resilient, and hardworking 19 year old girl from New Orleans. Her sidekick is Ray a Cajun firefly.

Tiana quote: “It serves me right for wishing on stars. The ONLY way to get what you want in this world is through hard work.” 

James 1:17 states, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”

We went to a local park that had a pond and small gazebo for this photoshoot. She wore her Walmart Tiana Sweater Dress with the Watermelon Birthday Party tutu and a and her white dress shoes with the “Tiana” hair bow from this Disney Princess Bow Pack.


Her are some more of my toddler and preschool photoshoots:


You might also enjoy some of my other The Princess and the Frog posts:

4 Year Old Tiana Preschool Photoshoot

Disney’s The Princess and the Frog is not one of my favorites, because I do not like the shadow man, but I do love Tiana’s character. We play The Princess and the Frog in the dvd player in the car every April to prepare her for her Tiana photoshoot!

Princess Tiana is a hardworking beauty who believes that she can do anything with hard work and dedication. Her father tells her at the beginning of the movie that family is what really matters, and by the end of the movie, she remembers this lesson.

My Little Storm also loves her family and is always hugging each of us. She will also tell us each one at a time right after one another that she loves us… “Mommy, I love you”, “Daddy, I love you”, “Brother, I love you”, etc…

We went to a local park that had a pond and small gazebo for this photoshoot. She wore her new Tiana dress and I put her hair up with a bun shaper and curled some on the sides of her face. She wore her green  earrings are from a multi color pack that I bought when she was a baby. She wore her white strap sandals too.

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”


Storm has dressed as Tiana on April 17 every year of her short life!

You might enjoy Storm’s other Tiana photoshoots:


Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

3 Year Old Tiana Preschool Photos

Disney’s The Princess and the Frog is a fun classic story. This girl thinks it is so funny that Tiana thinks it is gross to kiss a frog. I used a rubber tub toy frog when she was a baby, but this time we found a ceramic frog that fit so nicely in her hands.

Tiana is such an inspiring princess for children to learn the value of hard work and big dreams.  She sets out with a precise plan to own and run her very own restaurant through her hard work, but she ends up accomplishing her dreams taking another path (but still with hard work).  

One thing that I try to teach my kids is that you need to work hard to get what you desire in life, but to also be flexible and creative.  If things aren’t going your way, then use your brilliant mind to solve the puzzles that life throws at you.

This is the dress that I made for her last 2 year Tiana pictures. With colored tulle tied to the baby stretch crochet hair bands. Then I cut felt and glued it to the front with a big silk lily. We went to a local park that had a pond and small gazebo for this photoshoot. I put her hair up with a bun shaper and curled some on the sides of her face. She wore her green  earrings are from a multi color pack that I bought when she was a baby. She wore her sliver strappy sandals too.

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”


You might enjoy Storm’s other Tiana photoshoots:


Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

2 Year Old Tiana Toddler Photos

The Princess and the Frog is fun for her to watch… she loves when Tiana says “Yuck” about kissing a frog!

Princess Tiana is such a sweet girl who know how to work hard for what she wants. What she wants more than anything else, is to fulfil her father’s dream of having a fancy restaurant. Her mother supports her all the way.

Storm is such a sweet and cuddly girl. She says, “hug”, to me dozens of times a day (and night). I want to support her in all of her dreams as well.

She is 2 and a half now and is still learning about princesses. She says, “Pretty” when she gets all dressed up, and runs to the mirror to look at herself. I made this dress with colored tulle tied to the baby stretch crochet hair bands. Then I cut felt and glued it to the front with a big silk lily. We went to a local park with a pond for this photoshoot. I put her hair up with a bun shaper and curled some on the sides of her face. I also made her headband from a Dollar Tree headband and some felt. She wore her  white pearl earrings that I bought when she was a baby. She wore her white dress shoes with the bows and her  white tights. I found a ceramic frog that fit so nicely in her hands.

Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.


Below she is Tiana 1 year apart in each photo…


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Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

20 Month Old Tiana Toddler Photos

Disney’s The Princess and the Frog is not one of my favorites because I really don’t like the shadow man, but I do love Tiana’s ambition. Tiana’s dream is to open her very own restaurant, but to become human again she has to brave the bayou to break the shadow man’s curse. Of course every Disney princess has an animal sidekick, and Ray is such a loyal one.

Tiana is an ambitious, hardworking, and humble girl.

One of the songs that I sing to her is to the tune of “Mary had a Little Lamb”…

“Storm is a humble girl
Humble girl, humble girl
Storm is a humble girl
She’s my humble girl”

We went to a local park to take her Tiana pictures. We found this little gazebo by a pond. She had a rubber frog to kiss. We also had some Mardi Gras necklaces and a small brass horn for her to play with.

She wore the tulle tutu that I made for her Watermelon Birthday Party with a green sweater on the top.  The tutu was made with colored tulle tied to the baby stretch crochet hair bands and then I added a big white flower on the side of it.  She wore her green  earrings are from a multi color pack and white tights with black dress shoes. Her bow is the Tiana bow in the  princess bow set that I had bought for Christmas.

James 4:10 “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”


You might enjoy Storm’s other Tiana photoshoots:


Or some of her other Princess Photoshoots:

8 Month Tiana Baby Photos

I chose Disney’s The Princess and the Frog  for the April princess since it’s spring and we could take a trip to the lake! This will be helpful for future Tiana Photos too.

I tried to fashion a Tiana type dress from some clothes that she already had, since I wasn’t able to find a tiny Tiana dress for her! I put in the Tiana bow from the  princess bow set, and she wore her small gold ball earrings.

We went to the lake and I brought a small green blanket and a rubber frog to kiss.

I used my EOS 2000D Canon Rebel Camera to take her princess photos. I also use my softbox photography lighting and backdrop rod to help.

Baby Princess Tiana

Jeremiah 30:23 “See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.”


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