Tea Party
I'm glad you came to visit. We were just getting ready for tea. Would you like to join us?
In Victorian times children had to take tea in the nursery with their nanny. But we are lucky, we are allowed to enjoy tea with our mommies or even with some friends. Sometimes my mom makes a just because tea party for just her and me...that's my favorite time to spend with her. We talk about lots of things. I love our special time together.Tea Party Themes
This year I had a Butterfly tea party for my birthday. Here are some of the ideas we came up with...
*small
butterflies to clip on each teacup, the teapots and even on the centerpieces.
*butterfly shaped peanut butter sandwiches and teapot cheese sandwiches.
*butterfly cake easycook.com~Butterfly Cake
* flower piñata with a butterfly glued on
*big hats that we also put butterflies on
*pearls
*white gloves, satin, lace, crochet, whatever you can find
A Teddy Bear Tea
*Have
each guest bring their favorite teddy....
*Make cinnamon bears (see recipe page)
Activities
*Have a teddy bear parade where each guest
marches around with their teddy and prizes are given for the cutest, fanciest,
fluffiest, etc.
*Make teddy bear ears out of construction
paper, and small brown fuzzy pom poms (the kind you get at craft stores)
You can either glue them to headbands or pipe cleaners.
*Favors may include anything that has a teddy
bear on it (stickers, coloring books, cups)
*Have each guest come dressed up, or provide dress up clothes. (old silk robes,
dresses, skirts, tiaras, crowns) Boys can dress up as kings, princes or even
knights.
*Make jeweled cakes (use petit four recipe
and decorate with silver cake decorating beads)
*Or try making a castle cake
Activities
*Make tiaras using pipe cleaners and jewel
colored beads (the kind with the holes in them). Or order a kit from Birthday
Express.com
*Decorate some white gloves (see afternoon
tea gloves below)
*MUSICAL
THRONES -This game is an enhanced version of the classic musical chairs.
Decorate the backs of chairs with crepe paper streamers to convert them to royal
thrones. Make one of the "thrones" extra special by adding extra
decorations. The winner sits on the special throne and is crowned Princess
*Favors Candy filled star wands, Silver
plastic star wands, Plastic or paper tiaras or crowns
Fun stuff to make for any tea party
Daisy Bouquets
Water picks
Daisies
Lace doilies
For fresh flower bouquets, fill the water
picks with water. Insert 4 or 5 daisies into each pick. Cut the stems of the
daisies to different sizes, placing the taller ones in the center and the
shorter ones around the outside. Wrap a doily around the stem of each water pick
and tie a ribbon or bow around the doily.
Place a flower bouquet in the center of each plate.
Afternoon Tea
Hats
1 straw hat for each child (available at most
major craft stores)
1 silk flower sprig for each child
Craft glue or glue gun and glue sticks
A variety of ornaments such as beads, charms, large buttons, chenille bees, or
small wooden glue-on decorations.
Material for hatband such as ribbon, large rick rack, or fabric strips.
Attach the hatband to the hat with craft glue or a glue gun. (Adults should
handle the glue gun.) Next, attach the flower sprig to the hatband with glue or
weave the stem of the flower sprig through to the underside of the straw hat.
Add any ornaments using craft glue. Set the hats aside until the glue
dries.
Afternoon Tea Gloves
1 pair of inexpensive "one size fits
all" stretch gloves for each child
Craft glue
Fabric paint
Various ornaments such as beads, charms, large buttons, stick-on fabric appliqués,
or silk flowers
Let each child choose a few items for each glove and attach them with glue.
Allow the glue to dry.
* Visit The Hunny Pot for A Winnie The Pooh Tea
