Tea Party Birthday Theme
Most little girls love to dress up, apply lip gloss on, and spend time with their precious girl friends. If your daughter is one of them then a tea party is the suitable birthday theme for her.
A birthday tea party is a wonderful way to celebrate you daughter’s birthday. It’s a little more formal than some other party themes and they will surely have an amazing time with lots of entertaining games and activities. Furthermore, your tea party theme is an excellent way to teach the girls proper table manners and etiquette.
Elegant Tea Party Invitations
You can set the wheels in motion by making your invitation trendy and elegant but enjoyable. You may consider using a stylish stationary and a special envelope for the invitations and making them delivered by postal mail.
Be sure to send the invitations 2 to 3 weeks before the party. Moreover, limit you’re the number of guests to a minimum; for a tea party, 4 to 5 guests is an ideal number. Remind them to bring their dolls as their special guests.
Girl’s Tea Party Decorations
A bright and sunny day is very perfect to celebrate a garden birthday tea party outdoors. However, if the weather doesn’t cooperate, you can still bring the garden theme indoors by using real or fake flowers, laces, and ribbons.
You may consider hanging a thin bed canopy on a tree to provide additional shade and style. Think chic and fun by filling the party area with streamers, balloons, confetti, and glitters. Don’t forget to decorate your mailbox and doorway with some balloons and streamers.
Make a feminine and uncomplicated center piece by placing a bouquet of dainty fresh flowers in a tea pot placed on a stylish mat at the center of the table. Set an elegant table by using a table cloth, cups, plates, and napkins. Forks and spoons can be rolled up with a nice napkin and tied with a pink ribbon.
Welcome Your Guests with Early Treats
Upon their arrival, accompany the girls to a dress-up room where they’ll discover dresses, shoes, hats, and most especially, white tea gloves to put on during the party. You may do makeovers by adding a hint of blush and lipstick and the girls will be ready in no time for their special tea party.
A week before the party, you should already begin collecting the dress-up items from thrift stores or you can just borrow from relatives and friends.
Foods and Treats for Young Taste Buds
Your daughter and her guests may not enjoy a traditional tea party menu. It’s for you to adapt the food to better suit the children’s taste buds. Serve flavored iced tea or pink lemonade partnered with sandwiches cut into the shapes of heart, flower, and star. Strawberries dipped in chocolate will surely delight everyone.
Birthday Tea Party Games and Activities
You wouldn’t want your guests to be bored so it’s important to prepare a few games to make the kids entertained and happy. Planning for suitable parlor games is actually a no-brainer. Just look and use whatever is around you. Here are some suggestions to keep your guests lively.
Sugar Cube Tower
All you need is a large pile of sugar cubes, a flat table or any smooth surface, and at least two players. Set the timer and the girls are ready for some action. The goal of the game is to build the tallest sugar cube tower when the timer goes off.
Set the Table Please
Establish a starting line at a considerable distance from a table and a box with a proper tea setting inside: plastic tea cup, sauce, spoon, dessert fork, tea pot, sugar bowl, creamer, etc. When you signal “Go!” one player from the starting line will quickly bring a piece of tea setting to the table and return. The second player takes the next turn, and so on, until the table is properly set. The group who finishes first is the winner. Just make sure that no delicate or pointed objects be used.