Petite Parade Kids Fashion Show – Bow Trend
PetitePARADE, the bi-annual event and children’s marketing platform is something Juliet and I look forward to each fashion season. Now that she’s a seasoned front row veteran (at age 3), she really enjoys anticipating seeing all the kids on the runway. You can see her around the 14 second mark if you look closely at the above video! And this time around she even told me, “When I’m a big girl, I want to walk in a fashion show too.” Little does she know (or remember, I should say) that at age 10months, she did actually crawl down her first runway for Old Navy.
Anyways, this season, I was happy to find so many darling bows on the runway. I found the bow trend was definitely a strong one for fall/winter 2016! Imoga, Little Creative Factory, Baby CZ, and Sen-35 all featured this feminine frill.
(runway images from Getty Images)
So what do you think? Is the bow trend a trend that your tot will take on? I’m a girly girl so both Juliet and I have lots of bows in our closets! Stay tuned for more kids fashion show coverage coming soon! Click here to read on about our past experiences with Petite Parade’s Kids Fashion Week!
After having taken her Easter photos last year and having been challenged by my husband with the question of what I’m going to do with these print outs, I came up with the idea of putting them to use by displaying them at a future bunny themed birthday party! With that in mind, I immediately went shopping the day after Easter to snag all the party decor at 80-90%off. (I have to work within a budget, ya know)! From there, I scoured the web to find the perfect crafty, DIY, and fashion details buying everything at wholesale prices, and scoring amazing finds from the Target dollar bins. After having waited months to see it all come together, you can imagine my excitement finally getting to set it all up!
2. Post Easter or bunny themed photos of the guest of honor. We all like to marvel how much kids have grown during a birthday party so why not post pictures within the party’s theme? Last year for Juliet’s 
3. Bunny cut outs. There are so many ways to incorporate a decorative bunny as part of the party’s decor. I used enlarged bunny felts, bunny shaped-sandwiches, and bunny footprints leading up to the party’s entrance. For more ideas, check out my 
4. Offer bunny – themed entertainment for the kids. There was a coloring and sticker station, bunny book reading area, bunny game, a bunny and easter egg decorating area, bunny stuffed animals to play with and an Easter bunny to take pictures with at our party for instance. All were toddler-friendly activities that parents could help out with or not! (Note how easily a borrowed Bugs Bunny costume can easily be converted into an Easter bunny with a simple felt add-on)?
5. Encourage Easter animal adoption! A fun way for me to greet each guest at the door was to welcome them with the opportunity to adopt a pet of their choice. Cabbage Patch Kid Style, they were given a certificate of adoption after getting to name their new pet.
6. Host an Easter egg hunt! Juliet helped me fill a whopping 200 Easter eggs. (Child labor laws don’t apply in my home)! And the kids really seemed to have fun with this. I loved it as a parent because the public Easter egg hunts in NYC are always overcrowded which means long lines, toddlers getting trampled, and the big kids getting to the eggs before the little ones have a fair chance at finding them. Our private rooftop park gave them the exclusive opportunity to enjoy a leisurely hunt (ehem during a light drizzly snow day the day before Spring)!
The Easter eggs were filled with everything from egg-shaped chocolates to toys to coins and googly-eyed bunny stickers!
I think I smiled ear to ear the whole time being surrounded by all these cuties!
I liken planning this party to giving birth. It took 10 months of research, planning, buying, and preparing, and then intense laboring culminating in estatic celebration with post-op type recovery and bed rest in the end. Phew! I don’t think I’ve ever worked so hard on any one event, simply because I’m a one-mom production company. But come load-in and setup, I did have a little help from friends! Thanks Roniescia, Janell, Stacie and even John and Juliet! Read on about my tips for 
