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 Teddy Bear Tea Party
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Party
Ideas by Party Consultant Michelle Hylton
Updated: 09/07/2008
www.PartyShelf.com
General
Information: This tea
party combines the fun of dressing up with your favorite
Teddy Bear.
For
this party
asks your guest to dress up and bring along their favorite
Teddy Bear. This
party can be varied for some of our favorite bears listed below:
Pooh Tea Party
Tea with Little Bear
Bear in the Big Blue House Tea Party
Paddington Bear Tea Party
Corduroy Bear Tea Party
Care Bear Tea Party
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INVITATION
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Craft an
Invitation |
Pretty In Pink |
Care Bear |
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Craft an invitation using blank cards found at the craft stores and decorate
them with teddy
bear and tea cup stickers. Or try some fun stamping. You could
make a large card and a small
tiny card for your guest's bears.
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DECORATING
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Table
Decorating |
Room
Decor |
More
Ideas |
Tea set
or search for tea
cups at discount stores,
garage sales, flea markets, antique stores, etc. Use dollies, your child's
favorite color table cloth or the new
Pretty In Pink pattern.
If you like flowers, try the
Petite Floral
pattern, it's dainty enough for a tea party.
For your
Care Bear Tea Party,
we carry a complete line for your table settings.
Set up
two tables, one for your guest, and another mini table for all the teddy
bears. It will be much easier
for the girls to eat without having to hold their teddy bears. Or just put
a picnic blanket on the floor
or grass for the Teddy Bears to sit at.
Roll utensils in napkins and ties with
curling ribbons or create a fan fold and place them on the plates.
Place
a decorated tea pot with a small bear clip on it's handle for your
centerpiece. Or a Bear holding a tea cup. Secure the tea cup
through the handle with ribbon. Tie some balloons on the hand of the
bear.
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Balloons in various colors to match your theme can be tied to the back
of the table chairs or tied to other stuff bears around the room.
Use cute teddy bear posters or cut out teddy bear
shapes different sizes from brown construction paper and hang around the
room. If your going with the Care Bear theme, cut out bear shapes in
different colors and add clouds, hearts, suns, etc. to match the
different Care Bears.
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GAME IDEAS |
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Pass the Teddy
Bear |
Where's My Teddy? |
Pin the Heart on Teddy |
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Pass
the Teddy Bear - Pass a teddy bear ( an extra one) around in a circle to soft music. If your
holding the bear when the music stops, you bow out gracefully.
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Take all the
guest's teddy bears and hide them around the
party room or outside around the yard. Have the guest go on a
hunt to find their missing bear.
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Pin
the Heart on the Teddy - Cut out a large brown teddy bear from construction
paper. Using a black permanent marker, create a dotted outline of where the
heart should be on the Teddy Bear Cutout. Now cut out small red hearts
from red constructions paper and number them. Give each guest a chance to be blind folded, spun around and try to pin the heart
on the teddy.
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Piñata |
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Use our dainty
Birthday Cake Piñata. |
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ACTIVITIES |
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Opening Craft Ideas
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Sing Along |
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I like to
start my parties with an opening craft. Here are some ideas:
1. Decorate mini white lace hats with ribbon, beads, satin flowers for the Teddy
Bears.
2.Try any of these Bear
Craft Links at Family Crafts at About.com
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Gather all
your guest together
with their teddy bears and sing
the "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Song".
Teddy
Bear, Teddy Bear
Written
By: Unknown
Copyright Unknown
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Teddy
bear, teddy bear,
Turn around.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Touch the ground.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Shine your shoes.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Skidoo.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Go upstairs.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Say your prayers.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Turn out the light.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Say good night.
or
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!)
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Teddy Bear Story Time |
Manner Session |
Read a Teddy Bear Story Book ( see links at bottom of page).
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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.
Have fun exaggerating with lines like "Darling, please pass the....." to the session. |
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FAVOR IDEAS |
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Dress
up beads |
Candy
Necklaces or bracelets |
Rings
or Candy Rings |
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with Teddy Bears or Tea Cups |
Mini
Hat for their bear |
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MENU Suggestion |
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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 teddy bear shaped cookie
cutter 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.
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,
served warm
Iced tea
Cider -serve warm
Any fruit drink - preferably a
lemonade blend like raspberry-lemonade for a darker color.
Gummy Bears
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Links
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