What you’ll need:

• -Shoe boxes
• -Duct tape
• -Red fabric or colored paper
• -Glue
• -Scissors

How to do it:

Creating your Runway:

• 1. Line up several shoe boxes to create the length of your runway
• 2. Duct tape boxes together to make sure they are secure
• 3. Cover with red fabric and glue in place
• 4. Trim any extra fabric, and voila! a runway just for your doll!

Runway Show:

• 1. Once your guests have created designs for their dolls let them walk down the runway!
• 2. Give guests sheets to vote for their favorite design
• 3. Have girls one by one walk their doll down the runway
• 4. Have fun with it! Play up-beat music and have each girl introduce her doll and design as they walk down the runway
• 5. Once the fashion show is over, tally the scores announce the winner!

Idea: To make every guest feel special hand out fun fashion awards to each guest. Check out our site for our own fun fashion awards and ideas!

What you’ll need:

• -Doll dresses for all guests
• -Fabric paint
• -Paintbrushes
• -Fabric glue
• -Ribbons
• -Rhinestones
• -Sequins
• -Plastic tablecloth (or large trash bags)

How to do it:

• 1. Before starting this activity make sure to set up your area. Lay down a plastic tablecloth on the table or floor giving your guests enough space to work on
• 2. Lay out all your decorating supplies in the center of the work area
• 3. Supply each guest with a dress and let their creativity go wild!
• 4. Use fabric paint to draw designs or attach embellishments like ribbons and rhinestones to add something special to your dolls dress!
• 5. After using paint or glue allow for your dress to dry
• 6. Now dress your doll up in her fabulous new design!

Idea: After all your guests dresses are completed show off your designs in a doll fashion show! For instructions on how to make a runway for your dolls check out our doll runway tutorial!

This cake is fabulously adorable and is sure to impress any guest!

What you’ll need:

• -Cake Batter
• -Frosting
• -Mixing bowl
• -Pyrex bowl
• -Shortening
• -Flour
• -Wooden Skewer
• -Barbie

How to do it:

• 1. Mix together your cake batter in a mixing bowl
• 2. Using shortening, generously grease and flour your Pyrex oven-safe bowl
• 3. Pour in cake batter
• 4. Bake at 25° lower than the instructions recommends
• 5. Bake cake as usual
• 6. Use a wooden skewer to check the cake
• 7. Cooking may take longer to insure that the cake is cooked evenly
• 8. Once finished, allow 15 mins for the cake to cool
• 9. Flip and place your cake on a plate
• 10. Cool for an additional 3 hrs
• 11. Insert a clean barbie doll into the center of the cake
• 12. Cover the entire “skirt” with frosting
• 13. Voila! A fashionable dress cake!

Idea: Allow guests to decorate the skirt with decorating gels, sprinkles, and candies!

Tip:Is this recipe too complicated? Try using this easy-to-use wonder mold!
Find it online here: http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E30A944-475A-BAC0-5E1F52DF76D8CE68&killnav=1
Or in your local Walmart: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Classic-Wonder-Mold-Kit/11070479

What you’ll need:

• -Cake Mix
• -9”x13” Pan
• -Serrated/Sharp Knife
• -Sharpie
• -Cardboard
• -Scissors
• -Colorful Sprinkles
• -Candy (M&M’s, Skittles, Dots etc)
• -Colorful Decoration Gels
• -Anything else colorful and edible!

How to do it:

• 1. Following your cake mix instructions, bake your cake in a 9”x13” pan
• 2. After you have baked your cake let it chill in the refrigerator. This will make carving your cake much easier
• 3. While your cake is in the refrigerator prepare to carve you cake. Using a 9”x13” sheet of cardboard and your sharpie trace a t-shirt shape onto the cardboard
• 4. Use a pair of scissors to cut out this stencil
• 5. Once your cake is entireley chilled place your stencil over the cake
• 6. Using your serrated knife, trim around the edges of your stencil to create the shape of your cake.
• 7. Your cake is now ready to be frosted. Check below for some great frosting tips!
• 8. Once you have baked, carved, and frosted your t-shirt cake, it is now time to have your party guest decorate the shirt. Using your assortment of colorful and delicious decorations, join your guests design your very own t-shirt cake!
• 9. Make fun designs and patterns! But most importantly, get creative and have fun!

Hints!

To create a colorful tee add food coloring to your frosting before spreading on to your cake. Make sure to mix well to create a to create a consistent color

To avoid visible crumbs in your frosting, first “crumb coat” your cake. Check out how here! http://www.wilton.com/blog/index.php/start-with-a-crumb-coat-for-a-smooth-cake-finish/

Don’t want to carve your own t-shirt cake? Try using this tee shaped pan!
http://www.wilton.com/shapedpan/T-Shirt-Pan

What you’ll need:

• -Banana
• -Honey
• -Powdered Cocoa
• -Plain yogurt
• -Oatmeal
• -Strawberries
• -Avocado
• -Cucumbers
• -Forks/Spoons
• -Bowls

How to do it:

1. Lay out all facial ingredients
2. Supply each girl with a fork/spoon and bowl
3. Allow each girl to design her own facial
4. Suggest these delicious recipes:

• 1/4 cup Strawberries
• 1/4 cup Yogurt
• Mash together

• 1 Banana
• 1 tsp Honey
• Mash together

• 1 tbsp Oatmeal
• 1 tbsp Yogurt
• 1 tsp Honey
• Mix together

• 1 Avocado
• Pit, peel, and mash

• 1/4 cup Cocoa
• 1 tbsp Honey
• 1 tbsp Yogurt
• Mix together

5. After creating your facial apply to the face and relax
6. Wear masks for 10 minutes then rinse

Tip: To enhance your spa experience place slices of cucumbers over the eyes

Create a runway for your fashionistas to strut their fashions down! Party guests will have so much fun feeling like a star on the runway and will love showing off their very own fashion designs! To make your own runway follow the simple step-by-step instructions below.

What you’ll need:

• -A roll of colorful plastic table cover
• -Scissors
• -Tape
• -Christmas lights (optional)
• -Flashlights (optional)
• -Upbeat music (optional)
• -Karaoke machine (optional)

How to do it:

• 1. Roll out your colorful table cover and cut to your desired runway length
• 2. Tape down the table cloth at both ends of the runway, making sure there are as few wrinkles as possible
  Hint: For extra security tape down all sides of the runway
• 3. To add glamor to your runway line the sides with bright white christmas lights
• 4. Use flashlights as spotlights. Girls can take turns giving each model her spotlight
• 5. Play fun upbeat music for the girls to walk down the runway to. Fun music by their favorite artist will inspire them to work the runway and strike fierce poses at the end of the catwalk
• 6. As MC (Master of Ceremonies) use a karaoke machine to announce each model and describe her FABULOUS outfit!

 

Looking for a cake to WOW your guests? Well this cake is it! Fun and fashion themed, this easy-to-do runway cake will have your guests admiring you for both your creativity and baking skills!

What you’ll need:

• -Cake Mix
• -9” x 13” Pan
• -Vanilla Frosting
• -Food Coloring (Optional)
• -Straws
• -Tape/Scissors
• -Fashion Magazine

How to do it:

• 1. Bake your cake in a 9” X 13” pan
• 2. Once finished, chill your cake to prepare to carve your runway
• 3. Once chilled, carve down the center of your cake creating two  4 1/2” x 13”  pieces of cake
• 4. With those two sections create a T-shape to form your runway.
• 5. Once the basic shape is created you can now start frosting your runway. For this step regular vanilla frosting may be used to create a white runway. To create a colored runway add the appropriate color food coloring to create a colorful runway
• 6. Now that your runway is complete you are going to need models!Look through fashion magazines. Find and cut out your favorite designs!
• 7. Tape your models to the end of your straws.
• 8. These model straws can now be stuck in your cake to create a delicious fashion runway!

Idea: For a more personalized cake, take photos of your fashionista before the party. Use those photos to make her the model!

Guests will have a blast playing this fun fashion relay game! Race to see who can be runway ready the fastest. Layer on different clothing and accessories as fast as possible and laugh at the chaos! Check out how to play below.

What you’ll need:

• -Tape
• -A Table
• -Fun clothing & Accessories! (you’ll need two of each)
• ex. Tiaras, TuTu’s, Tops, Necklaces, Bangles, Boa’s Etc.

How to do it:

Preparation:

• 1. Find a large area with enough space for your guests to run around
• 2. On one side of the space assemble two identical piles of clothes and accessories on top of a table
• 3. On the opposite side create your starting line with the tape

Playing the game:

• 1. Divide your guests into two equal teams. If there is an odd amount of guests delegate one player from the smaller team to run twice
• 2. Have the two teams line up single file at the starting line
• 3. As the judge, Countdown the start of the game “3, 2, 1, GO!”
• 4. On “GO”, have the first player from each team run to the table full of clothes
• 5. Have each girl put on all the articles of clothing one by one
• 6. Once they are full dressed have them run back to the starting line, tap the next players hand, then once again run back to the table
• 7. Once back at the table place back all the accessories and run back to the finish line
• 8. After all the players on a team have completed this process they have finished the race!

After you have created a runway have the girls participate in this fun design challenge! This is a fun and silly game that will be sure to have guests laughing and entertained! This game can be played as an individual or in teams. Guest will design outfits made from strange/everyday materials you have around the house. Inspire guests to be creative and think outside the box! After each guest has finished their design, have fun showing off the wacky creations on the runway!

What you’ll need:

• -Scissors
• -Tape
• -Glue
• -What ever you can find! Here’s some ideas!
• -Trash bags, paper bags, colorful duck tape, bubble wrap, tinfoil, boas, newspaper, toilet paper, feathers, markers, etc.

How to do it:

• 1. Supply guests with strange and unusual materials and tell them to design a dress
• 2. There are no rules on how to use these materials. Just have fun with it and see where each guests imagination takes them!
• 3. After the dresses are complete have each designer walk her fashion down the runway
• 4. Show off your silly design in pride and admire each others creative talents!

What you’ll need:

• -At least 1 bottle of nail polish for each guest

How to do it:

• 1. Have all guests sit in a circle
• 2. Spin the first bottle of nail polish in the middle of the circle
• 3. The player to whom the cap is pointing must paint one nail that color
• 4. After she has painted her nail, tightly seal the bottle and switch nail polish colors
• 5. Repeat this process until everyones nails are painted different colors!

Idea: For more fun paint your toenails too!