At your home or venue
Invite The Sleeping Princess to you
One hour at your address, anywhere in Orange County. She leads the entrance, the storytelling, the games, the glitter and the birthday moment.
$225 one hour
Traveling character · anywhere in Orange County
The Sleeping Princess for Birthday Parties in Orange County
$225 one hour, at your home or venue
Additional time is available and prorated at the same hourly rate.
Three ways to see her
Meet The Sleeping Princess.
She travels to you, or you come to her on Balboa Island. Whichever suits the celebration you have in mind.
In our venue
Meet The Sleeping Princess on Balboa Island
Host the whole birthday inside our private venue, with her as the host: dress-up, the jellyfish salon, the crowning and a catered tea party luncheon, all run by our team.
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The whole party, at your place
Or we bring the party to you
Not just the character. Our traveling parties bring the salon, the transformations and the whole celebration to your home, with The Sleeping Princess hosting it.
Meet her
Meet The Sleeping Princess.
All pink silk and golden waves. She is gentle in a way that works beautifully for younger children and for the child who needs a minute before she is ready to say hello.
✦ She is our most patient character with a shy birthday girl, and she never pushes. ✧
An original Once Upon an Island character, comparable to fairytale characters like Aurora or Sleeping Beauty.
Roughly an hour of led entertainment
What she’ll do at your party.
She arrives knowing exactly what happens next, so you never have to gather the children, fill a silence or work out what comes after the cake. We entertain. You enjoy the party.
Grand entrance
Her arrival is the moment. The birthday child is greeted first, and by name.
Interactive storytime
A story the children are inside of rather than listening to, with parts to play.
Music and sing-along
The songs they already know by heart, led by someone who sings them properly.
Glitter makeovers
Glitter makeup and face gems. Temporary tattoos on request, for the boys or for any child who would rather.
Games and activities
Character-led games woven through the hour, so there is never a flat stretch.
Photos with everyone
The birthday child, the family and every guest who wants one.
Cake and candles
She leads the birthday moment, so the candles are lit inside the story rather than beside it.
Why us
Experience is the difference you feel in the room.
Our characters are on our staff. We are not matching you with an independent performer and handing over a costume. They host parties at our Newport Beach venue all week, which adds up to hundreds of hours with children: how to draw out the shy one, how to keep ten of them entertained when something runs behind, and how to answer the questions only a five-year-old thinks to ask. A costume cannot give you that. Only doing it every day can.
✦ Which is why she arrives on time, in character, and never needs you to step in. ✧
Make the hour bigger
Add-ons for this visit.
Deluxe Face Gems $8 per child
Every visit already includes glitter makeup and three or four small face gems for each child. The deluxe upgrade gives every child a full gem sheet and the whole glamour look, which is the version that ends up in the photographs.
Crystal Tiara Crowning Ceremony $20
A real crystal tiara, presented in a royal crowning ceremony. It is the photograph most parents end up framing.
Character Plush Experience $15 per child
A build-and-stuff experience where every child creates their own themed plush friend, with help from their character.
Mini Tea Party $125
For up to 12 children. She brings miniature porcelain tea cups and sets a proper little tea party, picnic-style or at a table. Beverages are provided by the family; pink lemonade works beautifully.
The Traveling Salon Inquire for pricing
Our illuminated salon setup travels with your character for complete children’s makeovers alongside the visit.
Or let us host the whole thing
Want us to host the entire celebration?
Our all-inclusive birthday parties on Balboa Island include the private venue, the characters, transformations, food, activities, setup and cleanup, from $900.
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An 18% gratuity minimum applies to all bookings. Travel fees may apply outside of Newport Beach.
Once Upon an Island is an independent children’s entertainment company. Our characters are our own original interpretations, inspired by classic fairytales and by stories children love. We are not affiliated with, licensed by, sponsored by or endorsed by any film studio, game publisher, recording artist or other rights holder, and we do not represent our performers as such.