MY DAUGHTER RECENTLY HAD A BIRTHDAY.AND SHE WANTED IT TO BE BARBIE MERMAIDIA.WELL TO MY DISMAY WHERE I LIVE THERE WAS NOTHING AROUND.NO PINATA'S BALLOONS OR ANYTHING.SO I WENT ON EBAY AND SOMEONE DID HAVE PLATES CUPS AND NAPKINS.SO HEAR ARE SOME IDEAS THAT WE USED IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS DAY SPECIAL FOR HER.FIRST OFF WE MADE BARETTES WITH SEASHELLS ATTACHED.WE USED THE COMB BAREETTES THAT YOU CAN BUY ANYWHERE AND WE USED HOT GLUE TO ATTACH THEM.WE SENT THEM OUT WITH HER INVITATIONS WHICH WE ALSO GLUED SEASHELLLS TO TO ADD TO THE MERMAIDIA THEME.I USED WHATS CALLED A SCENE SETTER THAT HAD THE OCEAN ON IT AND HUNG IT UP TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU WERE STANDING IN THE OCEAN.WE USED BLUE TABLECLOTHS THAT WE PUT ON THE TABLES AND I BOUGHT LITTLE FISH BOWLS AND PUT SAND AND SEASHELLS IN IT FOR CENTERPIECES.AND TIED PINK BLUE AND GREEN BALLOONS ON THEM.THEN I MADE EACH PARTY GUEST THEIR OWN LITTLE FISH BOWL WITH BLUE JELLO AND PUT IN SWEDISH FISH SO IT LOOKED LIKE THEIR OWN LITTLE TANK.AND WE DECORATED WITH CUTS OUTS THAT MY DAUGHTER DID OUT OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER OF CLAM SHELLS AND SEASHELLS AND STARFISH.WE HAD A PINATA TOO.I FOUND A PLAIN PINATA THAT YOU COULD ATTACH A BALLOON TOO.SO I HAD TO COMPROMISE AND JUST USE A REGULAR BARBIE ONE BECAUSE MERMAIDIA WAS NOT AVAILABLE YET.WE DID AN ART AND CRAFT WHERE WE MADE SEASHELL PICTURE FRAMES OUT OF TOUNGE DEPRESSORS AND SEASHELLS.WE SERVED SNACKS THAT WERE OCEAN RELATED.GOLDFISH CRACKERS.OVER ALL THE PARTY WAS A SUCCESS EVEN THOUGH MERMAIDIA WAS ABSENT...