tyandskyesmom
03-09-2009, 12:08 PM
My baby is turning 5 in less than a month!
Well, she is having a tea party for her birthday party. We have designated it a formal affair. She has invited about 20 girls from 4-6 years old...and we expect maybe around 10 to actually come because she invited all the girls in her pre-school class and I'll only bet on about 3-4 showing up. So I have made the invites (I found cute paper that is sort of the design of fine china and I cut out a tea pot and glues that to a doilie to look like a saucer and then glued that to a card. On the front of the tea pot is a card that says "Skyler's turning 5!" in old english font. Inside is a message printed on velum held on with a pink ribbon that has "Happy Birthday" and candles printed on it. And on the back is a rub-on with a cute saying about little girls. - I am actually really happy with the way they turned out!) and planned some basic details...such as...
We are going to use a frame from a canopy and cover it with pink and white Tulle to look like a gazebo. Then we will use pink, yellow, and light blue flowers to tie back some of th etulle on the posts. The table will be covered with a white table cloth with pink lace or tulle over it. We have borrowed a silver tea pot, a white tea pot, and white irredessent (will pick up the pink and blue) tea cups and saucers from a friend. We plan to serve finger sandwiches shapes like flowers (maybe PB&J, cucumber and cream cheese, ham and cheese, egg salad), fruit kabobs, and a lot of little bite sized cookies and cakes and such. Plus cake and tea (with milk, sugar cubes, and lemon), apple juice and chocolate milk. Mommies were invited to stay also. I got hats for $1.00 each and will get some ribbons, fake flowers, and boas for the girls to decorate a hat. Lou and Skye are going to make a CD with her favorite songs on it to play during the party and to give out at party favors. We are also making necklaces for each girl with a springy charm (bugs and frogs with crystal eyes) for party favors too. The party will last about 3 hours.
Here's my problem. I need fun, not messy activities for the girls. I have a few thoughts but am just unsure about them...
* Decorate wooden jewlry boxes (can get little wooden boxes from Michael's and then we would pre-paint them in pink,yellow, and lithe blue and then the girls could decorate with gems and such.)
* Since it is a week before Easter, an egg hunt with plastic eggs with little prizes in them.
* Get the flower pots for $1.00 that have the changable, colorable inserts and have them color that then put a piece of styrofoam in the bottom and have them make felt and gumdrop (or flat lollipop) flowers to push into the styrofoam to look like flowers and then send them home with a packet of flower seeds to plant in it.
What do you guys think? Anyone ever done this kind of party? Any suggestions?
Well, she is having a tea party for her birthday party. We have designated it a formal affair. She has invited about 20 girls from 4-6 years old...and we expect maybe around 10 to actually come because she invited all the girls in her pre-school class and I'll only bet on about 3-4 showing up. So I have made the invites (I found cute paper that is sort of the design of fine china and I cut out a tea pot and glues that to a doilie to look like a saucer and then glued that to a card. On the front of the tea pot is a card that says "Skyler's turning 5!" in old english font. Inside is a message printed on velum held on with a pink ribbon that has "Happy Birthday" and candles printed on it. And on the back is a rub-on with a cute saying about little girls. - I am actually really happy with the way they turned out!) and planned some basic details...such as...
We are going to use a frame from a canopy and cover it with pink and white Tulle to look like a gazebo. Then we will use pink, yellow, and light blue flowers to tie back some of th etulle on the posts. The table will be covered with a white table cloth with pink lace or tulle over it. We have borrowed a silver tea pot, a white tea pot, and white irredessent (will pick up the pink and blue) tea cups and saucers from a friend. We plan to serve finger sandwiches shapes like flowers (maybe PB&J, cucumber and cream cheese, ham and cheese, egg salad), fruit kabobs, and a lot of little bite sized cookies and cakes and such. Plus cake and tea (with milk, sugar cubes, and lemon), apple juice and chocolate milk. Mommies were invited to stay also. I got hats for $1.00 each and will get some ribbons, fake flowers, and boas for the girls to decorate a hat. Lou and Skye are going to make a CD with her favorite songs on it to play during the party and to give out at party favors. We are also making necklaces for each girl with a springy charm (bugs and frogs with crystal eyes) for party favors too. The party will last about 3 hours.
Here's my problem. I need fun, not messy activities for the girls. I have a few thoughts but am just unsure about them...
* Decorate wooden jewlry boxes (can get little wooden boxes from Michael's and then we would pre-paint them in pink,yellow, and lithe blue and then the girls could decorate with gems and such.)
* Since it is a week before Easter, an egg hunt with plastic eggs with little prizes in them.
* Get the flower pots for $1.00 that have the changable, colorable inserts and have them color that then put a piece of styrofoam in the bottom and have them make felt and gumdrop (or flat lollipop) flowers to push into the styrofoam to look like flowers and then send them home with a packet of flower seeds to plant in it.
What do you guys think? Anyone ever done this kind of party? Any suggestions?