PLENTY of “daffy-down-dillies” will be used for this party, also
materials for making them of paper (you can buy this already prepared),
brown tissue paper, yellow and green crepe paper, clothes pins, yellow
baby ribbon, and as many little gifts as you have invited guests. Get
a shallow wooden box about two feet long and one foot wide and fill
it with sawdust. Wrap your gifts in the brown tissue paper, so that
they will look like bulbs. Now fasten each to the stem of a daffodil
(you may use paper daffodils if you wish) and “plant” them in your box
of sawdust. When you have finished, your box will look like a bed of
daffodils, especially if you cover the outside of the box with green
paper. Arrange vases of daffodils around the room, or piazza. It would
be a very good idea for you to wear yellow sash and ribbons with your
white dress. Then you’ll be a “daffy-down-dilly” yourself! After your
friends have come you can give each one materials for a paper daffodil,
and whoever makes the prettiest, should receive a little prize. Next
you can dress “daffy-down-dilly” dolls, using clothes pins, and the
crepe paper, and of course the one whose doll is the best should have
some reward.
After you have played whatever games your guests will enjoy the best,
lead the way to the fairy daffodil bed, which is, of course, your
wooden box. Then let each pull out a daffodil, and find the surprise
hidden at the root.
Mother will probably decorate the table in yellow for you, and of
course in the center will be a big bowl of daffodils. Chicken salad,
potato chips, rolls, frozen custard, cakes with orange icing, and
salted nuts, would be a very good choice for refreshments, as they
would carry out the yellow plan. It would be an excellent idea to give
each one of your guests a few daffodils to take home.