Princess for a Day.
I know, you’re totally thinking this is an April Fool’s Day thing because I don’t strike you as the princess type. I wasn’t. But then I had two little princesses of my own and that all changed.
The thing is, I used to be very anti-princess. I think that somewhere in my feminist soul, I thought that princesses were bad role models for girls, that they were simply silly and weak and caught up in their appearances. I was wrong.
There are a lot of good lessons to be learned in fairy tales, from princesses and godmothers and ogres: the triumph of good over evil, the merits of believing in dreams, the importance of friends. There are strong princesses and smart princesses, princesses who are good at taking care of others, princesses who love to read books - pretty much any kind of princess you can imagine - and now in any color (more on that later).
And so, without further ado, and with a wave of my wand, I’m announcing that the theme at Tiny Treasury this month is princesses. And to kick off the princess theme, we’re having a contest! From now until the end of the month, send me pictures of your little princess (or prince) and tell me in 100 words or less why he or she deserves to be Princess (or Prince) for a Day. I’ll post the picture of the winning entry on May 1.
Quick rules:
April 5th, 2007 at 9:58 am
[...] And speaking of remembering, don’t forget to sign your own child up to be princess for a day on Tiny Treasury! [...]
April 10th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
[...] To nominate your princess (or prince) for a day! Get your entries in soon! Posted in contests Link to this Entry Email This Entry [...]
April 18th, 2007 at 7:07 am
[...] And speaking of princesses, don’t forget to enter our Princess for a Day contest! [...]
April 25th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
[...] War of Words Wednesday: Classic or Modern April 25th, 2007 by Kelly This is the last War of Words Wednesday for April. This month, I focused on princesses, largely based on my daughters’ collective obsession on them as of late. While looking through princess books, reviews and sites, I could definitely tell that there was a divide in the way that folks viewed princesses. Mostly, they love them or hate them, there is very little gray. But there was also clearly a divide in the type of princesses that were preferred. It seems that those that adore the classics (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty) abhor the modern princesses (Jasmine, Ariel) and vice versa. [...]