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Tea For More Than Two!
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The steps I go through will take you from Fun Tea Party Invitations all the way to sending out Thank You Cards and everything in between to make your Birthday Tea Party a smashing success!
These 12 steps consist of Invitations, Decorations, Supplies, Arrival Snacks, Dinner Ice Breaker Game, Theme Food, Theme Drinks, Cake Ideas, Games/Activities, Tea Party Favors, Thank You Cards & Over The Top Ideas.
Continue on below to start planning a Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme today! No need to go anywhere else because everything you'll need is either on this page or accessible from this page!
Thank You For Stopping By! Now Let's Create The Best Darn Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme Possible!
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**If you want to skip the steps and just want fun and creative Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme Decorations and Supplies check this cool Tea Party Birthday Package Out. It comes with everything needed to host a themed tea birthday party for up to 8 children.
Step 1 Fun Invitations
When creating your Tea Party Birthday Theme you want to keep everything looking "Proper". So in order to get birthday guests in the mood for a tea party you need invitations that shine.
One way to create a fun Tea Party Birthday Invitation is to use a paper doily. Make sure the doily is solid in the center so you can write out invitation details on it. Then fold the doily two even times and write the guests name on the outside followed by "Tea Time Starts At 1pm, Saturday 28th of May" or something similar. If you find it's too flimsy then pick out a nice pastel colored construction paper and glue the doily ever so gently to it and then write your Tea Party Birthday details on the inside.
A second way to create an Invitation for a Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme is to cut out the shape of a teapot on construction paper or thick card stock. Then cut out the same shaped teapot just a bit smaller out of floral patterned paper. The paper can be wrapping paper or even a floral design you found on the internet and printed out. Then gently glue the floral patter onto the construction paper/card stock. Then simply write the details of your birthday party on the back. You could also glue the top floral
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A third way to create a Tea Party Invitation is to simply cut out the shape of a Grandfather Clock and draw the hands to the time the Birthday Themed Tea Party starts. On the swinging pendulums you could write "Tea" on one and "Time" on the other. Below that write out the details of your birthday party. Again you could double up on the design gluing the two identical clock shapes together on the left side so it opens like a card and write your details inside.
And if you don't have the time to do all of this you can create wonderful looking Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme Invitations from card creating software packages.
Lastly you can buy some great looking invitations for your Tea Party right online. For example this Tea Party Invitation pictured on the right is part of the Tea Party package I mentioned above but can also be bought individually. Click on the image to find out more about it.
Step 2 Tea Party Decorations
Ok so you've decided on the invitations so now it's time for the Tea Party Decorations. Start out by thinking floral patterns. Tea Parties are all about floral patterns. Make sure you find a nice floral pattern or two that you like and stick with them. To many patterns will make the birthday party look higgily-piggily. For example if your using a tea set that has a floral pattern consisting of roses then go with the rose theme. Buy real or fake roses and place them around the room or backyard if your party is outside. Have a vase at each table with a rose or two in it. Make or purchase doilies that are pink in color and hang balloons that are also in shades of red and white.
Besides using roses and vases as the centerpiece you could also use after dinner chocolate mints or a favorite chocolate that looks elegant. Use a plain dish or small basket and add a lining of floral wrapping paper folding it over the rim of the dish. Then add the chocolates in a nice pattern. Kids will look forward to eating those!
Next if you have the time, go back and retrace some more teapots for hanging on the walls and also trace and cut out shapes of teacups and saucers.
Other decorations to have are pink and white streamers to hang from the ceilings, stuffed teddy bears or teddy bear cutouts and dolls.
Now don't forget the tablecloth. You'll want something that is floral or white to wrap up your decorations.
Step 3 Tea Party Supplies
Here is a checklist of Tea Party Supplies that will make your Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme a success. Make sure these supplies are pink, white or floral in design.
At Pinatas.Com you'll find some great looking Tea Party Supplies for your Birthday Themed Tea Party and you don't even need to leave your home! Consider the money you'll save on gas by not having to drive from store to store. Just type in "Tea Party" from their home page!
Step 4 Arrival To Departure Food/Snacks & Drinks
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OK now you have the atmosphere set and all your decorations and supplies are on hand or will arrive soon. The next thing to consider is your "Arrival To Departure Food & Snacks".
If it's a proper tea party you'll need a few "light snacks" to tide the birthday guests over until dinner/lunch is served. If possible use silver trays to place the food on.
The best types of snacks for arriving guests are ones that are small like finger foods, more specifically, sandwiches. Make Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches and cut off the crusts, then cut them into rectangular shapes. If you dont like PB&J then mini-ham sandwiches would do the trick.
Another idea is to have various types of nuts in mini dishes or other fun snacks like gummy bears or even graham crackers. And don't forget the donut holes or mini-donuts. M&Ms are good too, just separate them by color and place them in mini dishes, that goes for any type of colorful candies like skittles or jellybeans too.
When it comes to drinks iced tea is always a favorite. Have a few different varieties available. For example Lemon Iced Tea and Raspberry Iced Tea would do the trick. Save the "English Hot Tea" for the sitdown dinner. You don't want them to spill a hot drink so it's better to save the "real" tea for dinner.
Step 5 Dinner/Ice Breaker Game
It's always fun to have the kids sit down and play a game before dinner. A sort of icebreaker game is always fun.
One thing you could do is since it's a tea party you'll have teacups and saucers at every setting. On the bottom of each teacup have a trivia question taped to it and they must read their question aloud. Or have numbers on each teacup and draw a number from a hat to give away a small prize. Make sure each person gets a prize and let the first person who's number was selected choose their prize.
For more game ideas please refer to Step 9, Games/Activities & Crafts.
Step 6 Theme Dinner/Food Ideas & Desserts
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Desserts
Step 7 Theme Drinks
For a Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme you'll need what else but "Tea". Give kids a variety of tea selections from lemon tea to milk tea. Make sure you have the sugar cubes on hand as it makes your tea birthday party more authentic.
At just about any grocery store you can purchase a box of variety teas which range from green tea to fruit flavored teas. For kids who don't like hot tea have some iced tea on hand to serve or even fruit drinks for non-tea drinkers.
No matter which drink each child prefers make sure they drink it in their teacup as it'll keep the atmosphere of the tea party. And that even goes for pop/soda also.
If you want to stick with hot drinks consider swapping hot tea for hot chocolate or hot apple cider.
Step 8 Cake Ideas
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Step 9 Games/Activities/Crafts
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A fun thing to do is have an auction. Using fake money placed below each saucer let the kids bid on presents not knowing what is inside each one. Again have enough presents, one for each guest.
One other great game that is widely played in England is "Pass The Present". You place a gift in a small box then wrap the gift around 10 times. Play classical music as the kids pass the present around the table. When the music stops one person unwraps a layer. When the final layer is unwrapped that person keeps the gift. Do this as many times as needed always changing the amount of wrapped layers.
A third fun Birthday Tea Party Game would be the Tea Pouring Server Race Game. Each person on the team will have to round the table filling one teacup each with tea or water. The starting player will fill the first cup on the table then have to round the table and give the teapot to the next in line. That second server will fill the second teacup then round the table and pass the teapot to the third server. You can change up the amount of cups to be filled, if you have only 6 guests/3 players per team, then each server would fill two cups before rounding the table and passing on the teapot.
Warning Make sure you're using cool/cold water and not hot water! In this game water tends to be spilled a lot and you don't want anyone to get burned.
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Lastly, it's always fun to break a pinata. Since you can fill them with just about anything you want from mini plastic toys to candy and more pinatas are always a party favorite game for kids.
And there's no better pinata to use than this Tea Pot Pinata. There are five different kinds all found on Pinatas.Com.
Step 10 Parting Gifts/Party Favors
When it comes to giving "Parting Gifts/Party Favors to your birthday party guests you can be really creative. Since you're having a Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme you'll want favors that go along with the theme. Like cups, saucers, tea bags, stickers etc. You'll find many wonderful things right at your local dollar store. But if you dont want to run around town take a look at these fun tea party items.
Of course you'll need a bag to put everything in and here is a wonderful "Tea Party Loot Bag" to hold your party favors.
To go in the Loot Bag you could add a pack of these teapot/cup & saucer sticker sheets.
Lastly this set of 4 teacups & saucers with teapot party favor set would make every child smile.
Step 11 Thank You Cards
The party may be over but you MUST thank all your guests for coming and for the gifts they brought you. After all you had a Birthday Tea Party and sticking with being "Proper" you should write a nice thank you card.
You can create them yourself using a teapot or teacup cutout and write their name on front with a personal thank you on the back. You could write something like the following:
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Thank You For Attending My Birthday Tea Party.. A Jolly Good Time Was Had By All!
Just being creative and making them with your child will add that special touch.
Or once again here is a nice Teapot Thank You Card that each child would love to receive. A great way to say thanks!
Step 12 Over The Top Ideas
This section is one of my favorites! Here is a chance for you to make a Children's Birthday Tea Party Theme go over the top with some more great ideas.
Thank You
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