🎒 The Bravest Birthday

Ideas for a Paper Bag Princess Party

Celebrate resilience, wit, and self-rescue with a party based on the classic story. This theme is a fun, easy, and empowering choice that encourages resourcefulness over material goods.

🏰 Resourceful and Royal Decorations

The decorations should feel simple, handmade, and focused on the story’s main elements.

• Color Palette: Focus on the colors of the story: brown (paper bags), red (dragon fire), and green (the forest).
• Castle Setting: Use large cardboard boxes painted gray or brown to look like castle towers or a cave.
• The Dragon’s Lair: Hang red and orange streamers to mimic dragon fire. Place a stuffed animal dragon or two in a corner guarded by a sign that says “Danger: Dragon’s Lair!”
• Simple Garb: Use brown kraft paper to create small paper bag vests or hats for the guests to decorate upon arrival.

🐲 Games and Activities for Rescuers

Games should encourage cleverness, loud cheering, and physical action.

• Outsmart the Dragon (The Riddle Game): Write simple riddles about the birthday child or the party location. Give the children clues (like the princess gave the dragon). Every riddle solved is a step closer to rescuing the prince!
• The Dragon’s Tail: A classic game of tag or “Wipe the Dragon’s Tail” where children use damp paper towels or sponge balls to quickly clean a drawing of a messy, sticky dragon (drawn on a whiteboard or chalkboard).
• The Prince’s Fashion Show: Have the kids grab clothes or props from a bin (must be done quickly!) and dress up themselves to look as messy and resourceful as possible. The messiest winner gets a prize.

🥪 Simple and Satisfying Feast Ideas

Keep the food easy and hearty, fit for a princess who just walked through a forest and battled a dragon.

• Dragon Fire Punch: Simple red fruit punch (cherry or fruit punch flavor).
• Knight’s Shields: Cheese and crackers arranged in a circle to look like shields.
• Prince Ronald’s Messy Cake: A slightly “messy” looking cake—don’t worry about perfection! Use chocolate frosting and crumbled cookie “dirt.”
• Paper Bag Lunch: Serve sandwiches, chips, and a cookie in simple brown paper bags labeled with each child’s name.

👸 Show Your Kids That Heroes Come in All Forms!

Show your kids that heroes come in all forms! Learn how to Invite the Paper Bag Princess to your next royal rescue party. Our performer is ready to share empowering stories about bravery, kindness, and cleverness—the perfect inspiration for a birthday celebration.

Until our next adventure,
Erin Mackey
Pixies Parties