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Glitter with the Girls: Throw a Barbie Themed Party

With the success of the Barbie movie, little girls and women of all ages are feeling the barbie craze. With her fun fashion sense and female empowerment message, Barbie has managed to recapture our hearts. If you’re looking to throw a dreamy Barbie-themed party for yourself or your little one, we’ve got you covered! From outfit choices to party decorations, food ideas, and fun activities, this guide will help you create a memorable and glamorous celebration that’s straight out of Barbieworld.

Outfit Choices:

  • Barbie-Inspired Fashion: Encourage your guests to dress like their favorite Barbie dolls or in outfits reminiscent of Barbie’s iconic styles. Think lots of pink, bright colors, sparkles, and bold accessories. Get creative and incorporate your own sense of style into your Barbie outfit! Some ideas include:
  • DIY Fashion Station: Set up a DIY fashion station at the party with tiaras, feather boas, and costume jewelry. Let guests accessorize their outfits and feel like true Barbie fashionistas.

Party Decorations:

  • Color Scheme: Stick to Barbie’s signature pink and glam it up with splashes of silver, gold, and white for a sophisticated touch.
  • Balloons: Fill the party space with helium balloons in various shades of pink and metallic colors. Add a few Barbie doll-themed balloons for extra emphasis.
  • Party Supplies: Choose pink, glittery or iridescent tablecloths, backdrops, champagne flutes, plates and cups to match the Barbie theme, and incorporate sparkling fairy lights to create a magical ambiance.
  • Centerpieces: Place Barbie dolls as centerpieces showcasing her various careers and styles.

Food Ideas:

  • Pink Paradise: Create a dessert table with pink delights like cotton candy, pink lemonade, macarons, and strawberry cupcakes with Barbie cupcake toppers.
  • Barbie’s Buffet: Serve a buffet with an array of finger foods, sandwiches, and salads, with fun names inspired by Barbie’s many adventures.
  • Glam Cookies: Decorate cookies in the shape of tiaras, shoes, and Barbie dolls with edible glitters and icing.
  • Add pink edible glitter to champagne glasses to fully immerse your 21+ guests in Barbieworld while they sip their bubbly beverage.

Activities:

  • Dress-Up Relay: Organize a dress-up relay race where teams dress up in Barbie-inspired outfits and accessories. The first team to finish wins a fabulous prize.
  • DIY Barbie Crafts: Set up crafting stations where guests can make their own Barbie accessories, such as friendship bracelets, hair clips, or crowns.
  • Barbie Photobooth: Create an area where guests can document their Barbie-inspired outfits and DIY Barbie accessories from the party.
  • DIY Barbie cookies: Bake sugar cookies together and use Barbie themed cookie cutters and frosting tools to decorate the cookies with icing and and edible glitter.

A Barbie-themed party is a fantastic way to get the girls together and celebrate the spirit of female empowerment, fashion, and fun. From the glitzy decorations to the custom outfit choices and engaging activities, your guests will have a blast in Barbieworld. Grab your Barbie dolls, bring on the sparkle, and get ready to party in pink with your girls. With Barbie as your muse, the possibilities for celebration are endless!

View the full Barbie Party mood board here.

When you’re partied out and ready to get back to mom life, check out these comfy outfit ideas.