Well, we weren’t able to put it off any longer. The poor Minx has her birthday at the beginning of January, and we are always so overcome with Christmas fatigue that we can never be bothered to organise a party for her.
Until now that is. The guilt (coupled with ongoing emotional blackmail from the Minx – where does she learn this stuff?) was becoming too much to bear, so we’ve buckled to pressure and scheduled a bouncy party extravaganza for 20-odd five year olds (so help me) this coming Saturday afternoon.
Last year we managed to get away with a Nemo theme, but this year we are having to go full out Disney Princess and I have promised to try making one of those ‘dolls with cakes for skirts’ in the shape of Cinderella. Feeling rather nervous about it I must say.
Last night I completed stage 1, which was to make decorations from Wilton’s Candy Melts after last year’s success with the seashells for the Nemo cake. I bought some plastic flower moulds and was pretty happy with how they turned out (these Candy Melts are VERY easy to use).
The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that there are no blue flowers here, despite the fact that Cinderella always dresses in blue and white. This is because bad mummy didn’t get blue melts last year and was too disorganised to get blue ones this year. I have told the Minx that Cinderella will appreciate more colourful attire. Quite frankly I could also do without the Pepto-Bismol/calamine lotion pink as well, but I don’t think the Minx would accept the absence of pink so readily.
To refresh your memories, here are the cakes I’ve made for the Minx so far (and yes, the expression ‘making a rod for your own back’ does come to mind). Tonight will feature burying a naked Barbie up to waist. Wish me luck.
😀 Love this. I hope you can mine the exercise for laughs by starting Barbie out in tassles or similar before completing the dress.
(PS: Twenty kids!! Best of luck, darlin’.)
I can hardly wait to see how the Minx’s cake turns out this time around. I remember being very impressed with the Nemo cake you made last year.
By the way, you have one amazingly patient daughter!
blimey, you don’t make it easy for yourself, do you? love how those melts have turned out though, am very impressed and i suspect the end result will be amazing too.