Barbie dolls, little girls, and birthday parties have something in common.
Ask me what?I think they all have a little bit of magic and a little bit of fairy dust sprinkled.I am always happy about planning the party. What makes me worried is the crazy cleanup the day after.
Birthday gifts for a soon to be six years old are not rocket science but need serious planning.
I am excited and so is she.I am nervous too! My daughter’s birthday is this month and I am wracking my brain to make it special. After all, you only turn six once! Children get gifted everything under the sun nowadays. It gets to be a real challenge planning gifts that will surprise them A Barbie doll is what I will get her this year that’s my super plan!
Gifts I plan to give
Yes, finally I will get her a doll now because she really likes playing with them now.
I read books, blog posts, newspapers and magazines and jot down gift ideas in my notebook. It’s so much easier while planning gifts.I sometimes want to give her all she wants and then I worry!
What is a good balance of gifts and experience?
Should we give only educational toys or fun ones?
I have never played with an educational toy in my childhood. At least I don’t remember. They were expensive and pretty much unavailable back then. But not now. So what is a mommy supposed to do?I plan to let my little girl enjoy being a girl and enjoy her Barbie doll. But I also plan to encourage her STEM education.
That’s why I plan to gift her a DIY Dollhouse kit. That way she has a Barbie doll which every little girl loves, and something to challenge her imagination and develop engineering skills.
I’ve seen several dollhouses, but most of them are very expensive. That’s why I am on the lookout for a DIY kit.
DIY kits need adult supervision. Guess who will be the adult supervising this? No no, not me.I plan to recruit hubby’s help for this. I am good with the dreaming, buying, and the designing part, but the end result needs my hubbies patience.
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The Birthday surprise planning
Every day for one month before my birthday, my daughter made me a handmade card. Now she is asking me every day whether I am planning a surprise properly. Imagine my gob-smacked expression!
But children do need that little magic, the fairy tales, Santa Claus, tooth fairies and birthday parties. That’s why starting today I plan to make small Doodle art notes for her which she will discover every day.
I plan to make a triple chocolate cake for her. She declares all my cakes better than any other in the world! Seriously she does that.No one has ever told me that about my cooking skills! Not even my friend of 17years whom I married!
A 5-year-old (almost 6 )doesn’t know political correctness but she does know kindness. When I plan birthday parties want it to be about experiences, emotions, not just things.
Maybe we can go for a quick family picnic in the family mango orchard. That shouldn’t be difficult.A packed lunch and a birthday cake with some outdoor games should be fun.]
In the evening we plan to invite her friends for a party full of games and fun! The focus will be on the little guests.
This birthday too I want to gift her memories. Memories of laughter, love, family holiday good food and happy memories outlast all other gifts
When I asked her what she likes about her birthday parties my daughter replied
There will be friends, fun and there will be cake!
Such simple wishes.Fun and games were mentioned 3 times in 4 sentences. It’s us who complicate things. I plan to give her the gifts she will cherish and the experience she will love.
How do you plan your daughter’s birthday let me know in the comments below
Great idea, will try wen I ve a baby
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I loved the idea behind this post. Little girls and barbies are so much a part and parcel. I loved the idea of a dollhouse and would definitely like to try it with my daughter.
That’s a cool idea to gift your lil one. I will try this DIY for my son.
Happy birthday to lil one !!
That’s so sweet of you to give her the art doodles. She will cherish it. On her 6th birthday, my daughter wanted a Tea Party Theme birthday.
Happy Birthday to her in advance!!
Wow looks like you have it all planned and so beautifully! I’ve been wanting to get a DollHouse for Haniya too
perfection is a pain, is a problem and yes, completely agree – that we take away the simple joys in order to do something big!
Birthday’s are fun and I had elaborate birthday’s as per my daughters fancy till she was 6, after that it has been more about her friends and their fun.
Yes its all because of them.
Lovely ideas!! It feels ecstatic when our child declares what we do for them as the best!! I liked the idea of a DIY kit and the idea of delegating/recruiting !!
Thanks Anjana
Absolutely love the idea of theme parties and barbies is every kids first love …i am in still in love with them.
I as a little girl adored Barbie dolls and every thing about this beautiful creation fascinated me. I wish your daughter loads of happiness on her birthday n forever.
Thanks Shilpa
As a kid i had barbie dolls, i think three of them. I was also gifted a painting book, that had the story of nutcracker, with barbie and ken 🙂
Thats so cute
Yes I agree with the fact that we make everything more complicated trying to make things perfect for our kids! Simplest of things make kids happy! And the plus of giving her dolls would be you would get to play along today ????????☺️
Thats right
Infact I also like Family picnic idea.
Akanksha
DIY Doll house kit is such a lovely gift idea. She will enjoy playing with it and can build her Dollhouse kit with time by adding extra accessories.
Very creative party theme…playing with dolls was alway fun.
True when we can do everything at home to celebrate why hire people, ur Barbie doll idea is awesome
wow.. a DIY doll house is an awesome idea.. am sure she will appreciate..and more time with mommy too
How beautiful is that. So what are all the surprises for each day? My daughter had an outdoor party last time which was all about mucus and games
Awwww, I adore this idea. I think making her a doll house is great and she will love it. I can still remember the one my parents gave me for my birthday.
Yes, it is fun.
The love you have for your daughter will outshine anything you give her. It is amazing that your energy is in such forward motion to celebrate your beloved. The gift is simply a symbol of your unconditional love. She will remember that the most over anything else. You are, after all, the embodiment of fairies, santa and all things magical… you are MOM. ???????????????? ????
Thanks, Evelyn.Yes love does outshine everything else
Barbie dolls are the best gifts for our little princesses!
You know, my love for barbie doll is endless. Even till now I adore barbie dolls.
Me too!
Wow i agree all little girls love their barbie dolls and sometimes as parents we should indulge them. I loved how you incorporated the education element through a DIY
Yes that’s important
What a fun party theme. My daughter has only had one birthday party so far and that was so stressful. But I loved it 🙂
I love birthday party too.
Wow, I love dolls so much, but I have a son. If I had daufhterdI would have planned a doll theme birthday party for sure!
Thats so sweet
Seems like a great plan 🙂 Hope you have a great time
Thanks Anchal
I also don’t remember about education toys to play. I feel there will be a balance between the both. Love the idea of gifting Barbie and DIY doll house gift. As this is the best gift I always wished to have on my every birthday
This was such an amazing read! True it feels good to get compliments. Totally relate to that. I truly like the idea of an outing with her friends, as a means to celebrate her special day. It will be a memory she will cherish forever.
Very true
A family picnic and making memories sound like the best plan of all, for your daughter and for the rest of the family.
I thought so too.
DIY dollhouse kit! Thats amazing! I had only played with dolls all my life! But these creative toys are very good for kids now a days! ❤
For my daughters birthday I would go with a theme each year. The Disney channel really made that pretty easy. Now that she’s older she doesn’t really want a party.
This is so cute. A little planning and foresight make all the difference, especially when it comes to creating a magical day for a child. I’m always jotting down gift idea for various people in my life when inspiration strikes. I hope your little girl enjoys her doll and her special day. 🙂 x
hey!Amrita nice to read the post that you are planning so wonderfully for your little one’s birthday. yes! nowadays organizing a birthday party requires lots of pre-planning. for my dolls, along with other things I always prefer to make handmade card or other handmade gifts…I think these kind of gifts have extra warmth and give us immense satisfaction as a parent.
Thats true
My daughter is turning 5 this year so I plan on just asking her what type of party she wants, last year was the first time she was actually able to voice that she wanted a certain type of party so I think this year will hopefully be a breeze lol I just have to start my planning a couple months in advance because last night I was very last minute
Best wishes for the party planning
I love the idea of gifting a DIY Dollhouse kit. It’s important that kids have toys that encourage creativity and educational development, but at the same time they should also enjoy simply having fun and being kids!
Birthdays should be about love and making memories. Such happy wishes she has. All the best to her always!