Our Version of...
... A Very Merry Un-Birthday
We had a wonderful time! The theme was perfect for celebrating my niece McKenzie's birthday 2 weeks late. She wanted to wait until Allie could attend so she put the party off until we arrived.
We enjoyed the amazing cake and opened her gifts right off the bat so that all of the boys could leave the party. Once they were out of the way we sat down to "tea". Just us girls and a couple of uncles who stuck around to enjoy wrapping the girls heads in newspapers. We created tea party hats out of newspapers, tissue papers, masking tape, flowers, ribbon, and a few other things. The girls loved this part of the party. It was our first activity. After our hats were created we all wore them and sat around the party table for tea. The tea pots were all full of delicious raspberry tea. The girls began their second project. Sewing minature felt tea bags for their cups. The tea bags were made in raspberry, mint, chocoalte, or strawberry. Next the enjoyed painting their own tea setting. The "china" consisted of a small dessert plate, a saucer, and tea cup. During the party they snacked on flower shaped finger sandwiches, a veggie tray, cheese and crackers and tea cup shaped sugar cookies decorated by my sister. They were delicious and adorable.
We threw this party together in a week and it wasn't hard to do at all. Most of my supplies came from places like Tuesday Morning, Tj Maxx, and Ross. Great places to pick up miss matched pieces of "china". I threw a hot pink sequinced window dressing(cut in half to make two squares) over the orange table cloth and hung paper lanterns from the ceiling (to replicate the scene from Alice in Wonderland). The place settings included a large, square polka dot plate, a small round orange plate, a polka dot napkin, and then the soon to be painted "china". On top of the plates I placed a small felt, sugar cookie. The girls loved the decorations and the crafts were perfect for ages 8-12. Several of them announced that it was the best party ever!
Ashley Kate provided us with beautiful music for the party as she banged away on piano keys from the other room. It was a perfect way to finish out our holiday weekend.
We enjoyed the amazing cake and opened her gifts right off the bat so that all of the boys could leave the party. Once they were out of the way we sat down to "tea". Just us girls and a couple of uncles who stuck around to enjoy wrapping the girls heads in newspapers. We created tea party hats out of newspapers, tissue papers, masking tape, flowers, ribbon, and a few other things. The girls loved this part of the party. It was our first activity. After our hats were created we all wore them and sat around the party table for tea. The tea pots were all full of delicious raspberry tea. The girls began their second project. Sewing minature felt tea bags for their cups. The tea bags were made in raspberry, mint, chocoalte, or strawberry. Next the enjoyed painting their own tea setting. The "china" consisted of a small dessert plate, a saucer, and tea cup. During the party they snacked on flower shaped finger sandwiches, a veggie tray, cheese and crackers and tea cup shaped sugar cookies decorated by my sister. They were delicious and adorable.
We threw this party together in a week and it wasn't hard to do at all. Most of my supplies came from places like Tuesday Morning, Tj Maxx, and Ross. Great places to pick up miss matched pieces of "china". I threw a hot pink sequinced window dressing(cut in half to make two squares) over the orange table cloth and hung paper lanterns from the ceiling (to replicate the scene from Alice in Wonderland). The place settings included a large, square polka dot plate, a small round orange plate, a polka dot napkin, and then the soon to be painted "china". On top of the plates I placed a small felt, sugar cookie. The girls loved the decorations and the crafts were perfect for ages 8-12. Several of them announced that it was the best party ever!
Ashley Kate provided us with beautiful music for the party as she banged away on piano keys from the other room. It was a perfect way to finish out our holiday weekend.
posted by Ashley @ 11:01 AM
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