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When my youngest daughter turned three, she begged for a slumber party. Our age limit for sleepovers is 8, so I had to get creative. We decided this princess pajama party was the next best thing.

The invitations were designed to look like little pillows. I printed the invite on white cardstock (you can find the file in the downloads section) and cropped them to look like small pillows. I used a cute polka-dot printed scrapbook paper to create the “pillowcase”. I cut the edge of the scrapbook paper with scalloped scissors to give it a cute edging. I cut the pillowcase paper about 1/3″ shorter than the length of the pillow paper to allow the pillow to stick out. The invitations requested that the attendees wear their pjs and bring a pillow.

While the girls were arriving at our house, I had them play with princess dolls in Emily’s room. When everyone arrived, we played a few very simple games. First we played musical pillows with a princess music box. Next I made a path of pillows all along the floor between Emily’s bed and the living room couch. The girls had a ball jumping from one pillow to the next and piling onto the bed and couch. After that, I put on a princess movie and let them all pile onto the couch with their pillows.

We bought a princess ice cream cake (sorry, I’m not much of a cake maker), opened presents and played dress-up until the Mom’s came. For a party favor, I made the girls matching princess pillowcases with their names on them. I bought inexpensive white pillowcases and used iron-on printer paper to make the decal. We also let the girls take home several pieces of dress-up jewlery that had been decorating the tables.

The girls had loads of fun and it was really simple and inexpensive. Just thought I’d pass it on.  You can find the free file download below.