Disney Princess Party Idea -

Sifting for Gems

This party game harks back to one of the many balls hosted in the seaside mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, during the late 19th century. Each woman guest was invited to grasp a handful of sand and let it sift through her fingers to find a precious gem left in her palm that was hers to take home.

To set up a similar game for your child's royal guests, get a shoe box filled with clean sand or white cornmeal and a few plastic rhinestones (sold in most craft stores) to bury in it.

Have the princesses take turns until each one has 2 gems.

You can make pendants by hot-gluing a paper clip between each pair of gems (adults only) and stringing silvery elastic cord through one of the clip's looped ends.