Good luck gift

[smallbythesea]

DD is in panto for the first time & I found out that all the parents get their dc a small good luck gift related to the panto for opening night.

 

I've found a website called stagepresents.co.uk & got her something small off there but wanted to get something else as well.

 

Does anyone have any ideas for sleeping beauty? she is 11 by the way.

[spooky]

A single rose. Florists will sell them wrapped in cellophone with a container for the stem so no need to stand in water which is good in hot dressing rooms. Otherwise anything fairy-related would be appropriate. When my dds did their first panto they had silver jazz shoes for the walkdown and I was able to get those minature keyring jazz shoes in silver. Youngest still has hers on her dancing bag 8 years later.

[taxi4ballet]

My dd was given a single rose, and we hung it upside down in a warm place to dry it out. It's now a permanent reminder on her 'ballet' shelf!

[Anjuli_Bai]

I used to take a rose from each bouquet I received and press it between tissue paper with the occasion and the date written on it - and press it in a book. Usually, one of my big picture ballet books. To this day when I pull down one of those books to look at a particular picture and i find one of those pressed roses - it is a lovely reminder.

Edited November 26, 2012 by Anjuli_Bai

[Pups_mum]

How about a little sewing basket? Dancers have to do a fair bit of sewing, and needles link in with the theme of Sleeping Beauty!

[Elliepops]

What about a silver spinning wheel charm on a bracelet or a necklace?

 

Have done this a couple of times for "big" performance moments - a charm bracelet of charms for Nutcracker (mouse, xmas tree,snowflake,spanish dancer etc) and a necklace of a spider which opened to reveal a tiny spinning wheel inside for Rumpelstiltskin. There are quite a few options online if you google.

 

J x

[Jan McNulty]

Such terrific ideas - this could turn out to be very expensive for you!!!