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

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Invitation Ideas

Make a Tea Cup/Tea Bag

 Print at Home Kits 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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Purple Flower Invitation

Purple Flower Invitation

This program kit includes:
12 Purple Flower Invitations
12 Envelopes


Test printing sheets, wording examples & easy instructions included.


Invitations measure 8.5" x 5.5", and are made of 80 lb acid and lignin free card stock.

 

Pink Petal Invitations

Pink Petals Invitations

This program kit includes:
10 Hand Made Paper Invitations
10 Matching Envelopes
10 Translucent Vellum Papers

10 7" Pink Ribbons
Test printing sheets & easy instructions included

Invitations measure 8.5" x 5.5", and are made of 80 lb acid and lignin free card stock.
 

 

 Tea Party Postcard Invitations (8 count)

Tea Party Postcard Invitations (8 count)

 

 

                                                    

Decorating Ideas

Table

Decorations

More Ideas 

Set your tea party table with one of these themes:

Spring Day Partyware
Spring Day  Pattern

 

Pastel Floral Patternware

Pastel Floral Pattern

 

 

"Tulips" Pattern

Make mini terra cotta place cards. Use mini terra cotta pots with holes in the bottom. Turn pots over and put a small dowel in hole. Create a flower shaped cutout or find some die cuts at craft store and write the name of each guest on it.  Tape or glue the flower to the dowel for a flower place card. 
Flower bracelets
Assorted Flower Bracelet

Roll utensils in napkins and slip through a flower bracelet. Use as a party favor too! Or purchase pretty gardening gloves as favors and set them at each place setting with utensils tucked into the opening. Guest can wear them at tea or save them for home. 

 Honeycomb Floral Centerpiece

 

 Daisy Serving Tray

Daisy Serving Tray Use these cute flower trays for snacks at the party.

 

Don't forget a Tea Set!

For an outdoor tea party set up your tables on your deck, patio or even near a garden. Use lots of potted flowers to brighten up the area and then add some balloons.

 

To decorate around a deck or patio use 9' Ivy Vine Garland w/silk roses on the railing and around the doorway.   

 

For indoor garden tea parties, you have to create a garden party room.  Use artificial plants and flowers you may already and scatter around party room.  Add this garden scene setter to one wall of the party room to create an outdoor look. Don't forget the sticky tack.

 

Garden Scene Setter

 

For a dramatic and fun look try these oversized tulips to hang down in the party room.

 

Tulips Red/white/yellow Set/3

Tulips Red/white/yellow Set/3

 

This 7 1/2' pastel flower light set has 10 silk flowers to accent your party. Lights may be connected to add more length. Each light is trimmed with green leaves.

 

Silf Flower Lights
Silk Flower Lights

Don't forget a Children's Luxury Full-Service Porcelain Tea Party Set or plastic Tea Party Tea Set.

 

 

                                                 

Game Ideas

Pass The Hat/Trowel 

Miss Manner Says

Pin the Lady Bug on the Flower

Pass a garden hat or plastic trowel around in a circle to soft music.  If your holding the object when the music stops, you bow gracefully out. 

 

 

 

 

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

Pin the Lady Bug on the Flower - Create a huge flower from construction paper and then use lady bug stickers or make small lady bugs from construction paper.  On the flower draw a dotted line outline of a ladybug. This identifies the spot they have to get the lady bug on.  To identify which lady bug belongs to which child, you could write a small number on each or if you crafted your own bugs, then write each child's name on it or put different number of spots on each lady bug.

Pick A Flower

Garden Hunt

Have a watering can or pot filled with artificial flowers.  Mark the bottom of one flower with a marker.  Each girl gets to pick a flower (take home as favor), but the one who gets the marked flower wins. Winner can get a special prize like garden gloves, a trowel, a special flower pot or even their own special tea cup.

 

 

Hide small packets of flower seeds around the yard and the young ladies must search for them.

   If they find one, it's theirs to keep and they stop.  Of course, everyone will find one!

 

If your child is into bugs, you can also hide these Lady bugs in the yard for the kids to find.  

Lady Bugs suction toy
Suction Lady Bugs

 

 

Activities

Opening Party Craft 

Manners Session 

Sing Along

Start your party with an opening Craft Activity:

 

- Decorate plain straw garden hats with silk flowers, ribbon, and beads.

 

- Decorate mini terra cotta flowerpots with glitter glue, paints, etc.  If using paints, ask girls to bring and old t-shirt or paint smock to the party to protect their pretty outfits.

 

- Decorate foam craft tea pots magnets (precut before party) with markers, gems, glitter glue, etc.

 

- 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

Butterfly & Dragon Fly 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

 

 

Butterfly/Dragonfly Craft Kit

 

                                               

                                                    

More Party 

 Supplies

 Imprinted Party Items

 

Gift Ideas

 

 

 

  

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! Use flower shaped cookie cutters.

 

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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