A princess theme is a popular choice for many parents when planning their daughters party. From a first birthday to a sweet sixteen, princess birthday invitations add a sense of whimsy and girlish charm to the birthday ball.
Invitations used for very young children tend to be quite simple. As the child is not fully able to realize the purpose of the function, many parents tend towards simple design for the party invitations and decorations. As such, an invitation may show a clip-art style picture of a toddler in a tiara to set the tone for the party. When complete with a few simple pink decorations, a scepter and tiara for the birthday girl, the tone of the party is established primarily through the invitation.
More common for girls aged five to ten years is a character inspired invitation. These princess invitations focus more on a specific character or group of characters from a popular movie or book. For example, the Disney Princess line offers invitations and decorations centered on Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Princess Jasmine and Pocahontas. Other popular princess characters include Ariel, Mulan, Tiana, and Rapunzel. In addition to princess birthday invitations the host or hostess will want to select complimentary decorations, usually as part of a bundle-pack purchase. The hostess may also wish to encourage guests to embrace the theme and use princess-style wrapping paper or suggest princess toys as gifts.
Another option for young girls is to avoid a specific character but focus more on the overall feel of a princess world. This will involve such invitation design elements as castles, frogs, glass slippers, tiaras, wands, or a stock picture of a princess. This invitation style allows for a greater degree of freedom when selecting the décor for the party as the hostess has not limited herself to one specific genre. Invitations not utilizing copyrighted images are better suited to those designing and making the invitations at home rather than purchasing pre-made cards. Free templates are available online to simplify the process of arranging princess artwork with text blocks and borders for an eye catching design, and many hand-made ideas can be found at sites such as ehow.com
The princess theme is no longer just for young girls though and many teenagers are also embracing this whimsical theme with sweet-sixteen princess themed parties. As the teenage party is more likely to involve co-ed guests it is important to keep the audience of the invitation in mind; the average teenage boy would feel awkward receiving an overly girlish design, and the hostess will need to help the girl find a happy medium in designing the invitation. Usually the birthday girl herself will be the best resource in knowing what is acceptable to her social circle and may wish to design the invitation independently. Another reason it is important to convey the princess theme as soon as possible is teenagers are more likely to desire a black-tie costume party and if any special form of dress is required it should be clearly communicated in the invitation.
As the number of princess theme birthday party increases many new and unique designs are available for princess birthday invitations. By checking at local party stores, stationary stores, and specialty stores such as announcingit.com you can find the perfect design for any age princess!