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Party Ideas by Party Consultant Michelle Hylton         Updated: 11/14/2008

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(Party Plan is the process of being updated - check back soon!)

 

 

 

Invitation Ideas

 
     

Make a Tea Cup/Tea Bag

Asian Invitation Tea Party Postcard

Craft your own teacup w/teabag invitation.

Supplies - Pink paper (card stock)

               White paper 

               Kite string

               Marker

               Glue

               Decorative bead

                (optional)

 

Create a teacup template (use mine below or make your own), between 4 and 5 inches big.  Fold pink card stock in half. Trace teacup pattern with bottom of cup on fold onto pink cardstock. Cut out teacup. You can leave the handle uncut in the middle and draw in the handle.  Glue all open sides leaving a 2 inch opening at the top of the tea cup.  Now cut small 2x2" squares on white paper which will be your teabag.  Make sure the squares will fit in the opening you left on the top of the tea cup.  Write all party information on front

(use backside if necessary).  Cut a 4 inch piece of kite string, tape to the back of white square. Stick the square in the tea cup leaving the string hanging out.  You can add a decorative bead to the end of the bag. Your guest will pull the teabag string to read all about your fun party.   

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Asian Delight Invitation

Asian Delight Invitation

 

Slide over the gold mirror-brite cover of this exotic invitation to reveal your 11 lines of wording, stamped in gold foil on a red mirror-brite background. The 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" invitations include brass grommets, black envelopes, and a gold pencil for addressing. Easy assembly.  Min. order 10, allow 7 days for production.

 

 Tea Party Postcard Invitations (8 count)

Tea Party Postcard Invitations (8 count)

 

 

                                                    

  Decorating Ideas  
     

Table

Decorations

More Ideas 

Use a solid black  or gold tone table cover and add our red Asian theme ware.

 

Add a set of Chinese fortune centerpieces.

 Chinese Fortune Centerpiece Set/3

Chinese Fortune Centerpiece Set/3

Chinatown Paper Lanterns

Use lots of red and gold balloons around your party room.

Add to the Far Eastern feel with some China town lanterns.

Add a set of 3 Chinese cultural signs to your party room walls.

A must for your Asian tea party is a 6' long colorful tissue dragon.

Fortune Cookies - Serve up these 2 1/2' x 3' corrugated and cardboard cookies. Assembly required.

Chinese Characters Mural

GIANT DRAGON FANS

Giant Dragon Fans

 

 IMPERIAL DRAGON

 Imperial Dragon Kit

 

Let the guest of honor dress in costume.

Asian Princess Child

Geisha Girl Child

Tokyo Pop Princess Teen

China Doll Teen

 

 

 Theme Gossamer 19

To add a little more sophistication for teens use  Theme Gossamer 19" Asian 25 Yd Roll for room background or table covering as shown in photo above.

                                                 

  Game Ideas  
     

Miss Manner Says

Chop Stix Stacking Game  

Play this game just like "Simon Says", but ask children to do actions like:

Curtsey/Bow

Say "Yes Madam/Sir" 

Cross their ankles

Walk straight and tall

Skip

Shake Hands with someone

How high will it soar before disaster befalls you? Use your skill with chopsticks to build the wooden pagoda as tall as you dare. Contains: 70 poplar logs, 3 pairs of chopsticks, 1 pair of rookie stix, 1 score pad, 1 pencil. For one to a roomful of players. Aged 7 to adult.
 
 

 

 

  Activities  
     

Opening Party Craft 

Manners Session 

Sing Along

Start your party with an opening Craft Activity:

 

- Decorate Paper Fans

 

- Make pretty Tea Time Necklaces with beads and these Tea Time Gold Charms (10 pc).

Manner sessions - spend a few minutes with the girls at the tea table explaining how to hold a tea cup, if using a spoon for adding sugar, you only dip once into the sugar bowl, stir gently and lay spoon on saucer.  Also, 

 teach them how to ask for items and how to pass them around the table.  Don't forget to add the "Darling, please pass the sugar"  to the session.  

 

Children's Tea and Etiquette: Brewing Good Manners in Young Minds

I'm A Little Teapot

(Music copyright 1939 Kelman Music)

 

I'm a little teapot short and stout; (stick your tummy out and pretend you are very short)

 

Here is my handle (place your hand on your hip, so your arm is a handle)

 

And here is my spout. (Bend your other arm and hand like a spout)

 

When I get all steamed up, then I shout: Just tip me over and pour me out! (Bend over and pretend you are pouring out your tea!)

Story Time 

Paper Activities

Craft

Story Time - Read a Tea Time Story Book or Garden Story Book. 

 

My Very First Tea Party

Tea Party Word Search

Tea Party Scramble

 

 

Craft some Chinese lanterns, print off activity and coloring sheets or mini books, learn more about China and the Chinese Zodiac. Click here to enter the Enchanted Learning site

Origami

   

   

 

                                               

                                                    

Party 

Supplies
   

 Imprinted Party Items

 

 

Gift Ideas

 
     
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MENU SUGGESTIONS

 

Tea Sandwiches - Use wheat, rye, or white  sandwich bread and cut off the edges. Or opt for mini bagels or croissants.  Fill with peanut butter and jelly, jelly and cream cheese , or plain or flavored cream cheese.  You can either cut into triangles or use a flower shaped cookie cutters for a fun shape.

 

Pinwheel Sandwiches - Using flour tortillas, spread with cream cheese and turkey or other filling, roll tight in cellophane, refrigerate for 2 hours, then  cut into 8 pieces and hold together with toothpicks.  Click here for an easy recipe.

 

Tiny Fruit Muffins - Sprinkle then with powdered sugar. 

 

Assorted Cookies - Shortbread, Jelly Jams, Sugar or Lemon are favorites!

 

Scones - Simple recipe for scones.

 

Tea Party Petit Fours Recipe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Petit Fours

 

Small Fruits - strawberries, grapes, raspberries or blueberries.  Even better chocolate-dipped strawberries.  

 

Fruit Salad - Served with cool-whip.

 

Beverages

Tea - mint tea  mixed with lemonade, serve warm

Iced tea 

Cider -serve warm

Any fruit drink - preferably a lemonade blend like raspberry-lemonade for a darker color. 

 

Links

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