How To Have A Tea-Party Party
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Children love having pretend tea parties. Imagine how excited they will be to have a real tea party for their birthday, with all their favourite friends invited.
You can either have a general tea party or one with a specific theme and then base the invitations, decorations, games and activities, food and drinks, birthday cake, lolly bags and costumes around the theme. You can have a lot of fun here and get really creative!
Below are two ideas for a tea party theme:
Pink Princess Tea Party – basically everything is pink! Ask the guests to dress in pink clothes and decorate the area using pink paper buntings, pink balloons and a pink tablecloth. You will also need pink plates, cups and cutlery. For food, offer pink iced mini cupcakes, fairy bread using pink sprinkles, pink lollies, iced vo-vos and don’t forget the pink lemonade!
Miss Cupcake Tea Party – centralise your theme around your little guests decorating plain cupcakes. Have an assortment of icing colours as well as bowls of decorations such as 100s and 1000s, sprinkles and smarties. You will need some of the fun Miss Cupcake invitations, napkins and loot bag tags. Coordinate with some pink striped or spotty plates and cups.
Other theme ideas could include a teddy bear tea party, fairy tea party, Kings and Queens, or ask the guests to bring along their favourite doll or toy.
Of course you don’t need to serve real tea at the tea party, maybe choosing instead to serve lemonade or special juice. And don’t forget the teapots and cups! Get some cheap porcelain ones from a discount store, second hand store or perhaps even purchase a special child’s tea set.
No doubt you will have as much fun planning the tea party as your little birthday girl (or boy) will have at the actual party!
