doll salon birthday party

Borrowing heavily from a Lil Boo Blue party concept (and using the Stephanie Corfee graphics, available in the Lil Boo Blue shop), we recently threw a 9th birthday party for our eldest daughter.

A couple of things I did copy, straight from their blog:

doll sized salon capes – 107 metres of bias tape later, I am happy to never apply it again!
purchased 2 salon chairs from amazon.
doll sized salon dresses for 2 of the dolls, set up on doll mannequins.
dollar store was my closest ally in supplying hair accessories for the doll salon and loot bags.
concept of the photo booth.

Some things I did a bit differently:

used Adobe software to customize the apron’s and doll sized capes for each of the attendees.
skipped a lot of the decorations – I am just not that crafty!
had a running video of hair tips from the American Girl site.
hired feel fabulous company for the Sweet and Sassy hair salon package.

I have tried many girl party concepts over the years and this was the girls’ favourite yet! Not only did they feel really fancy after, but they also had a wonderful time doing doll hair styles while waiting for their turn in the salon chairs. The photo booth was a HUGE hit and I will find a way to incorporate this into another party going forward. A was thrilled and all of the girls were very excited with their end results. (There were 14 girls there, however, I have only shown our family members here).