Afternoon tea anyone?
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Have all the girls come dressed up in party attire.
This is the perfect time to reinforce proper etiquette and proper behavior at a party. What a fun way to teach lessons that will last a life time.
Tea Party Invitations:
A creative theme party invitation for a tea party is to send each guest a box that contains a feather boa. Put your party information on a small card that you slip into the box. Ask each girl to wear the boa to be admitted into the party.Print out a picture of a teapot and paste it onto card stock.
Send each girl a box of fancy tea cookies and include the party information.
This is a cute Tea Party invitation that has a tea pot on the front.
Personalize It this is a tea pot invitation that you personalize with your daughters' name, its really cute.
Tea Party Decorations:
Decorating for this party can be fun and inexpensive.Set up a tea table. Layer the table with two tablecloths, place a solid color cloth as the base and add a lacy cloth over the top.
Decorate the back of the chairs with gossamer bows.
Find some china cups and saucers at your local thrift store. The cups, saucers and plates don't have to match. You might even get lucky enough to find a nice tea pot!.
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Tea Party Activities:
Have every come to the party dressed up in their Sunday best. Take individual photos, and photos of each girl with the birthday child.Cube Stack:
Give each girl 10 sugar cubes. They have to stack them one on top of another without knocking the stack down. The person that can stack the most in a minute or two wins a prize.
Take a break from your afternoon tea and swing at this teapot pinata. Use it on the cake table as a centerpiece. After the cake and ice cream is served you can hang it up and play the pinata game.Teapot Song:
I loved this song when I was younger and now sing it with my granddaughter. Its so much fun.
short and stout
Here is my handle
Here is my spout
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
Tip me over and pour me out
Make sure you go through all the motions when singing this.
Tea Party Favors:
The little gifts that you give to your guests don't have to be expensive.You can make up your own little packets by buying sample packs of hand lotions and make up. Put those items into a little fabric purse.
Or check out these items:
Party gift bags contain 12 items including a magnetic photo frame, marabou princess pen, slap bracelet and more!
Princess favor pack includes fleece flower purse, stickers, pearl necklace, stick-on gem earrings, and bracelet.
Biggest party pack
includes pink fleece flower pag, pearl necklace, 2 pairs of jewel stick-ons, crystal ring, stickers, blowout, white cotton gloves a 9-piece plastic tea set, plus a straw hat.
A really cute favor that you can give your guests is an invite to an afternoon Tea Party for the fun of having one. You don't need to make it a birthday party. Just print up a special invitation that gives a date and time a month or two after the birthday Tea Party.
Tea Party Food and Drinks:
This is the fun part of a Tea Party. You can put juice or iced tea into a tea pot and let the girls serve themselves.Have some fancy finger cookies for them.
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Make peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches that are cut into fun shapes and finger eating size. If you are looking for cookie cutters here is a great site:
101 Cookie Cutters
Porcelain Tea Set Cake Decorating Instructions