The Ever Versatile Tea Party - Four Tea Party Themes
January 20th, 2010
With my daughter’s 5th birthday coming up next week, we have been talking about her birthday party quite a bit over the last couple of months. She wanted another Princess Party, since she loves to dress up and I guess last year’s Princess Party was a big hit. Now when it comes to my own kids, I like to experiment a bit and not do the same party over and over again. With a bit of a compromise, for her 5th birthday party, we settled on a Princess Tea Party, or as we put it in the invitation, a Royal Tea Party.
The princess dresses are still there and yes, they’ll get to play with make up as well. But instead of making wands, we’ll make pretty necklaces that the princesses will wear to the royal tea. This is also a great time to work on their etiquette and good manners. We can only hope that their good manners will last longer than the tea party. The table will be beautiful with lots of gorgeous dishes, table linens and flowers.
I love tea parties, because they are very versatile. You can adapt them to just about any theme your little girl wants. Here are 3 more tea party themes:
Teddy Bear Tea Party
Teddy Bear Tea Party
The girls build their own teddy bears at the party and then take their new friend to tea. Set little place settings for the teddy bears and let the girls pretend that they are having tea and crumpets. Use small teddy bear cookie cutters to cut out mini sandwiches for both girls and bears.
Garden Tea Party
This is a great tea party to have outdoors in a gazebo or under a canopy. Incorporate the birthday party girl’s favorite items: lady bugs, butterflies, or flowers. Let the guests decorate straw hats with pretty ribbons, flowers, ladybugs and butterflies and then they can wear their fancy hats to the tea party. Don’t forget to have a floral centerpiece on the tea table and decorate the cake with butter cream roses.
Fairy Tea Party
Fairies love tea, it’s true. The girls can dress up as fairies with their skirts and wings, and make wands as a take-home craft. Have lots of glitter (fairy dust) ready to glue to the wands and to sprinkle over the table. The fairies will fly over to the tea party, and eat their butterfly shaped sandwiches.
It is easy to adapt your tea party to the theme your daughter wants. Have you ever thrown a themed tea party? Share your tea party themes and tea party success with us in the comments.
Photo by Amber S. Wallace Photography, North Carolina
Categories: Kids Birthday Party Themes
