It’s a party! This girl’s only birthday celebration is sure to please your elegant young lady, as well as all of the other young ladies in attendance.
Invitations
Printable invites are below. Print on regular paper, or cardstock. Cut along the outer dotted lines and fold along the inner dotted lines to form the invite. Fill in the appropriate information.
Decorations
- Be sure to have an elegant tea pot and your fanciest serving trays laid out before guests arrive
- Set each place at the tea table with a special “tea cup and saucer” for each guest.
- Adorn straw or “ladies” hats with artificial flowers, and place them around the “tea room.”
- Baskets of different sizes and shapes can hold flowers as well.
- Be sure to hang a large Happy Birthday sign where the birthday girl is sure to see it.
- Tie a frosted pastel colored balloon behind each party guest's seat.
- Use pastel colored plates, utensils, napkins, and cups.
Activities
Dress Up
Materials:
- Silk or satin gowns in a variety of styles and colors (you can borrow these from friends and family)
- Lace or satin gloves
- High heeled shoes in a variety of styles and colors
- Plastic beads and jewelry
- Large mirrors
Have a good assortment of dress up items on hand, to be sure that this activity scores a big hit with your tea party guests. Be sure to have mirrors placed where girls can see themselves all decked out in their tea party dresses. Let girls wear their “dress-up” clothes to the table, at tea time.
Decorative Hats
Materials:
- Ladies straw or cloth hats
- Artificial flowers in a variety of colors and kinds
- Ribbon, lace, rickrack or other decorative items
- Glue
Directions: Allow the girls to select and decorate a tea party hat that they can wear and keep.
Cake and Snacks
Cake:
Brightideas.com, a website created by the M&M Mars Candy Company, has put together a great recipe for a tea pot shaped cake. The tea pot birthday cake can be made from 2 boxes of store bought cake mix, and some other simple ingredients. Visit them to get the full recipe.
Snacks:
Traditional Tea Sandwiches
Treat kids to traditional tea sandwiches. Simply cut slices of bread into 4 squares, (or use store bought party loaves). Fill with kids' favorite sandwich fillings.
Other Snack Ideas:
Serve:
- Plain sugar or shortbread cookies
- Fresh fruit
- Biscuits or scones with jam
Frosty Sherbet Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 (46 ounce) can orange juice, chilled
- 1 (1/2 pint) grape juice, chilled
- 1 quart ginger ale, chilled
- 1 quart lemon sherbet
Directions:
- Combine orange juice, grape juice, and ginger ale into a punch bowl.
- Add sherbet to center of the above mixture.
- Spoon liquid over the sherbet until partially melted.
Goodie Bags
- Plastic jewelry (such as beads and rings)
- Barrettes, hair ribbons, bows
- Coloring books for girls
- Crayons
- Mini-tea cup and saucer
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