Harriet recently turned eight and we celebrated with a spa party! The inspiration for this came from some sleep masks I was gifted by a friend several years ago, which I used for the invitations. I used a free printable from here and attached it to the mask with a fancy pin. I also searched online for some printables of cucumber slices to decorate the envelopes.
This was a fun party to put together! I borrowed three foot spas for the girls to enjoy and also an essential oil diffuser to create a special atmosphere. I kept the beauty treatments simple with just some face masks and nail polish for manicures. We also made some lip balm with jelly crystals, petroleum jelly and coconut oil at the party. The girls decorated tiny pots I bought from a discount store to put the lip balm in. This was a popular activity! The lip balm recipe can be found here.
At first I was a bit stuck for inspiration for the decor and colour themes for this party. I wasn’t sure whether to go for a tropical theme, an eco spa theme or something girly and pretty. In the end it was a fusion of all three styles with tropical influences for the food. I loved the way it all worked out and was glad to be able to use my husband’s beautiful Valentine’s Day bouquet of flowers for the table. I hung some pink tissue paper flowers I’ve had for years around the room and some pinecone wreaths my Mum made for Christmas one year over the table. Some relaxing spa music was playing in the background to set the scene!
Planning and making the food is probably my favourite part of a party. I used some old issues of Donna Hay Kids’ Magazine (great for party planning) for inspiration. I made mango jelly topped with banana and passion fruit, coconut ice cut into flower shapes, cupcakes with sugar flower leis, kiwi fruit flowers topped with raspberries, sausage rolls, mango coconut smoothies, watermelon fries with coconut lime dip (recipe here) and orange creamsicle yogurt bites from here. All very delicious! The cake was a frangipani (reminiscent of a tropical day spa). I also placed some frangipani flowers in the foot spa water.
Lastly, but not least, the favour bags consisted of lip balm wrapped up in a homemade scrunchie which I enjoyed making on my sewing machine. The girls went home refreshed and pampered after a long week at school!
