| Every little girl loves her Polly Pockets! There is a Polly | | | | to wear rubber gloves to protect your hands! Please |
| Pocket themed toy for everything! So why not | | | | take the proper safety precautions recommended. |
| surprise your little one with this Groovy Party Plan. | | | | Once your garment is ready, place in the dye for at |
| Invitations: Make your own Polly Pocket Invitations | | | | least 15-20 minutes. The longer the garment remains in |
| using the daisy in the logo. Using thick cardboard, cut | | | | the dye, the darker and deeper the color will become. |
| out a template of a daisy. Use the template to trace | | | | Remove from the dye and rinse according to package |
| and cut out the flower shapes onto brightly coloured | | | | directions, usually in cold running water. Ring out |
| orange or pink construction paper. Write all the party | | | | garment until water runs clear. Carefully remove |
| details right on the backside or use your computer to | | | | rubber bands and marbles to reveal your new design! |
| type the script and then paste. Use the script "Please | | | | Full tie dying details can be found all over the internet, |
| come to my Totally Cool and Fab-Tastic Birthday | | | | on multiple sites. |
| Party!" If you do not plan to enclose in an envelope, | | | | Games: Funky Dress Up - Before the party, gather a |
| you can use a large pom pom as the flower center. | | | | garbage bag full of clothes. Funny, old, retro clothes, |
| For some added flair, attach the flower invite with a | | | | hats shoes and accessories. The wackier the better! |
| piece of ribbon to a lip gloss ring, bottle of nail polish or | | | | Gather the girls in a circle, play some disco music and |
| a piece of fun costume jewelery. If you prefer to have | | | | pass around a Polly Doll. Whoever is holding the Polly |
| the invite in an envelope, use a glitter or puff paint pen | | | | Doll when the music stops (your controlling the music) |
| to trace the edges and to make the flower center. | | | | must reach in and pull out 1 article of clothing and put it |
| When dry, place in an envelope and seal with a Polly | | | | on. Continue on until every girl has at least 4 items on. |
| Pocket sticker. | | | | Its hilarious and not to mention a great photo |
| Decorations: Create a festive mood using "Polly World" | | | | opportunity. Polly Truth or Consequence - Have your |
| as your inspiration. Re-create Club Groove. Decorate | | | | Polly party pals confess to a secret! Prepare about 2 |
| with plenty of balloons and streamers in neon pink, | | | | or 3 silly and innocent questions per guest on slips of |
| green, orange and purple. Use large construction paper | | | | paper before the party. Questions like "Have you ever |
| flowers that imitate the invitation to decorate the wall. | | | | failed a test?" or "Have you ever eaten a piece of |
| Hang Christmas lights around the room. Make use of | | | | food that fell on the ground?" will keep the guests |
| any bean bag chairs, flower pillows and Polly Pocket | | | | laughing. Those who don't fess up must face the |
| toys and figures around the room. Decorate the | | | | consequences and do such things as "dance the twist" |
| entrance with a brightly coloured poster sign that say | | | | or "put their pants on backwards." Have them choose |
| "Club Groove" and a tinsel or bead curtain. Add a real | | | | their instructions from slips of paper in a hat or some |
| funky groove by Tie Dying 3 or 4 old bedsheets with | | | | kind of container. |
| the Mod neon colours. Use 1 as a tablecover and the | | | | Menu: Have lots of chips, pretzels and tacos in bowls |
| rest as some retro furniture covers. The final piece | | | | spread out around "Club Groove." Dinner time should |
| would be a disco ball or some kind of disco light. | | | | be something simple. Whatever is the Birthday girls |
| Craft Activities: Make your own Best Friends | | | | favorite. Perhaps Mini Pizza or chicken nuggets & |
| Bracelets. You can visit your local craft store for some | | | | fries served out of stadium cups. One thing that is a |
| pre-made kits or just simply purchase a roll of bracelet | | | | must is a smoothie bar. Polly and their friends love |
| cord leather, a pack of clasps and a bag of stringing | | | | smoothies! A simple smoothie recipe is 1 cup orange |
| beads. The guests can come up with their own | | | | juice, 1 Scoop frozen vanilla yogurt, 3 frozen |
| pattern, use letter beads to spell their name or spell | | | | strawberries and half of a frozen banana. Double as |
| "Best Friends"," Friends Forever" or just "BFF." Another | | | | necessary. Play with the fruit combinations or give the |
| neat craft would be for them to tie dye a t-shirt or | | | | guests a choice. Frozen blueberries are a great option. |
| canvass bag. You should be an expert by now | | | | Cupcakes are a nice choice for this party. Let your |
| because of all those sheets. Here are some simple tie | | | | child choose the flavor and the icing colours. More than |
| dying instructions ~ What You Need: various colors of | | | | one icing really makes a cool display. You can |
| fabric dye (Rit), rubber bands, rubber gloves, marbles, | | | | decorate the cupcakes with a Polly Pocket cupcake |
| tap water, garments such as t-shirts, cotton shorts, old | | | | ring or place a Gerbera Daisy on each cupcake. You |
| jeans, etc. What You Do: Begin by rubberbanding your | | | | can buy bunches of them at any craft store or dollar |
| garment according to the design you wish to achieve. | | | | store and they come in a range of bright colours. |
| Prepare dye according to package directions. Be sure | | | | |