Tea Party For Kids

[Mary]

Fairy Princess Tea Party

When my oldest of two daughters was 3, she was into the Princess "thing". We had a long running "Castle" story that was so wonderful, I wish now that I had it recorded. Anyway, for her birthday party, which is in Feb. We thought about inviting all the girls she knew from "tots dance" class, and some girlfriends in the neighborhood for a Fairy Princess Tea Party. (This was recorded lol) We made her favorite cookies (basic recipies) Choc Chip/ P. Butter/ White choc. etc. When they were cooled, we used metal heart shaped cookie cutters and made the entree. (the scraps weren't bad lol) For a beverage, we used Sparkling cider and Hot apple cider (packets). I found some really nice china cups at a thrift store (no two were the same) they were actually kind of cool. The girls got to keep the cup/saucer as a favor. I decorated the dining room with a lot of bedding (canopy tops, satin sheets) Material (from the 2nd hand store also) threw that on the walls and over the chandelleir with some doorway ribbons for extra flair. we made some Angel wings with thin wire and Knee Highs that we painted with glitter glue and the glitter hair coloring (left over from Halloween). Used Elastic for the belt. We then took them to the park around the corner from our house (our backyard was really muddy) and let them "Treasure Hunt" for a few goodies. They had sooo much fun! They still remember it today. All in all, it wasn't expensive. It was more time consuming than anything. But what a day!

[Brenda]

Mary:

This is just TOOOO neat! Emily, my daughter,
is only 18 months but you can bet I will be doing
this for her when it's time. It must have been SO
much fun. This Christmas I am going to get her
a plastic tea set. When she was at Grandmas
last week she was playing with her tiny porcelain
set that she has set up with a porcelain doll. I
had to help so she wouldn't get too rough, but
she was hugging the doll and looking at the cups.
It was too cute.

Thanks for sharing!