Your Guide to a Magical One-Hour Party Experience
At Glass Palace Parties, we believe that every moment is an opportunity to create magical memories that will last a lifetime. We provide services to princess parties in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. With our one-hour party package, you can enjoy all the excitement and enhancement of a theme park experience in the comfort of your own home or venue space!
Our one hour Palace Package is our most popular package that we offer. There are lots of ways to customize this booking to fit your party vision and we are here to help! This package includes an interactive storytime, sing-a-long with dancing, photo opportunities, optional color sheets, face glitter, and a full coronation ceremony. Below is a loose schedule of what the princess will follow. Of course we will adapt and change this in real time to fit the birthday girl's wants and needs on her special day so it may not be in the exact order.
Party Schedule
Princess arrival: The princess will call you when she is on the way and text you when she has arrived. She will park a few houses down or in an inconspicuous location so that the children do not see her entering and exiting her car. If you’d like her to knock or walk in to music, that is completely up to you! Please let the princess know any special arrival instructions the day of the booking. Get your cameras ready! This is almost always when we get the best warm hugs and surprised faces! If your little one is a bit shy, please do not worry. We will get lots of pictures throughout the party.
Magical Photo Opportunity: While you will be able to capture the magic moments throughout the party, it is best to start with posed photos. Please guide your character to the location that you would like to take photos in front of. Sometimes this is the cake table or a backdrop that you have set up. They will then take individual photos, starting with the birthday girl! Your party princess will bring autograph cards and sign her name on one for each child to take home.
Interactive Storytime: The adventure begins with an interactive storytime. Our party princesses transport children to magical worlds filled with wonder and excitement, captivating their attention and setting the stage for the princess birthday party festivities ahead. Princesses will often engage with the children by asking them questions, prompting responses, and having them make noises and sounds that go along with the story. Sitting and reading the story allows for the children to adapt to meeting their favorite princess in person! It can definitely be overwhelming and the princess will often let them touch their dress, gloves, cape, etc if they wish.
Coloring: This is listed as an optional filler. It completely depends on a few factors like the party atmosphere, how many kids there are, if the kids need more time to warm up, etc. on if we will bring out the color sheets. If color sheets are important to you or your little ones, simply let us know and we will make sure they are in the set list! We will often bring them out at this time to entertain kids that are waiting to get their glitter. Your party may have other entertainment aspects, like a bouncy house, and that is fine too!
Face Glitter: Everyone gets to sparkle and shine with our face glitter station! Children (and adults!) can add a touch of magic to their look by adding one of glitter color options as a fun and festive way to embrace their inner sparkle. The glitter is made with aloe vera but if your little ones can’t use aloe, please let us know in your Pre-Party Questionnaire and we will make sure they have an alternative.
Sensational Sing-a-long with Optional Dance Lesson: Get ready to sing and dance to the songs you all know and love! The party princess will have a set list of songs but if you have any special requests, please make sure we know at least one week before the party in your Pre-Party Questionnaire. Some parties offer much longer sing-a-longs as their characters have more options to choose from. Our characters do not have live singing into a microphone. Instead, they will be engaging the kids and interacting with them. They will do iconic moves from the movies like ice hands, dreamy twirls, and more and will encourage your little ones to follow along with them! Holding hands and dancing in a circle is also a crowd pleasing moment full of excited giggles and happy smiles!
Take the party to the next level with optional dance lessons led by the princess! This is a very quick, repetitive combo plus spotlighting some of the children’s favorite dance moves to the Happy Birthday Princess song! It is very cute and all ages are welcome to join in, including the adults! We do try to do this at every party but sometimes there are some personalities or age limitations that it may not be a good fit for. Please let us know if you’d like this included in your Pre-Party Questionnaire.
Coronation Ceremony: Every birthday prince or princess deserves a royal coronation ceremony, complete with a dazzling rhinestone tiara and an official coronation certificate. It's a crowning moment that symbolizes their reign over the day's festivities and makes them feel like true royalty. The party princess will lead the group in “Princess Lessons” or “Royalty Lessons” if there are girls and boys. At the end, the birthday girl will be crowned and everyone will be granted one special royal wish. The character will have a wand that they will sprinkle wishing dust (glitter) over each attendee so that they may go in love and laughter, and live each day happily ever after.
The Happy Birthday Song: Gather around as we shower the birthday girl with love and well wishes, making them feel like the star of the show. Your party princess will stand near the birthday girl and lead the room in singing so that you can focus on getting photos/videos. If you want to add on your own traditional song after, please do so! We love to experience all of the ways families in DC, Maryland, and Virginia celebrate birthdays.
Princess Departure: It is sadly time for your party princess to make her exit from your celebration! She will tell all of the little ones goodbye and get one last hug from the birthday girl. This is a great time to pass out cake and food or to start presents to distract everyone from her departure. Please walk your princess to the door and she will be on her way back to her kingdom in a land far, far away!
Customization
We have many magical customization options that you can choose from inside your Party Proposal at any time! These will be automatically added to your invoice when you make selections.
An extra rhinestone tiara headband and official princess certificate. Note: one tiara is included in all one hour packages. Parents with more than one child may select this option to add a tiara for the siblings.
Tiara or wand Craft: This includes a craft for up to 12 guests. You can choose from decorating tiaras or decorating wands. The character will supply all craft supplies. This will take the place of the color sheet activity that is included in the 1-hour package. This must be requested at least one week in advance of the party.
Glitter makeovers: In addition to the face glitter, this will include a shimmer eye shadow, glitter nail polish, glitter hair spray, and princess tattoos.
An assistant: An assistant is a great addition if you would like an extra set of hands to help the party run smoothly. Their responsibilities would be to help gather the kids to do activities, take photos and videos, and to help with general party needs. They can help capture every hug and make sure you get your family portrait with the cake. The photos and videos would be taken on a phone and uploaded to a Google Drive after your party.
Premium Upgrade
Interested in a few of the add ons? You may want to consider upgrading your package to our Premium Princess Party Package level! This will include everything in the one hour package plus an additional 30 minutes, an upgraded tiara, a craft, and an assistant! Contact Mary Beth at info@glasspalaceparties.com to upgrade!
You can see all of our package options here on our website. Invite us to your next princess party in DC, Maryland, or Virginia by filling out our booking form.