Tea Party Ideas

You are cordially invited to use our tea party ideas. So many little children love having tea with their little dolls or stuffed animals. Why not host a real tea party and invite the guest of honor's friends for a brunch or afternoon tea, or a backyard tea picnic in a gazebo. Have everyone dress in their smart clothing, serve with your finest china, (or plastic tea sets for the little toddlers) and decorate with the utmost detail. Snack on delicious finger sandwiches and tea cakes for dessert. With pinkies up, how would you like your tea?

You are cordially invited to use our tea party ideas. So many little children love having tea with their little dolls or stuffed animals. Why not host a real tea party and invite the guest of honor's friends for a brunch or afternoon tea, or a backyard tea picnic in a gazebo. Have everyone dress in their smart clothing, serve with your finest china, (or plastic tea sets for the little toddlers) and decorate with the utmost detail. Snack on delicious finger sandwiches and tea cakes for dessert. With pinkies up, how would you like your tea?

Tea Party Invitations

• Use pink card stock and cut and clue little flowers or tea pots to paste onto a  heart-shaped invitation. Write a cute saying like, “You are cordially invited …” or “I'm a little teapot, short and stout …”. Use an Alice in Wonderland theme and write: “Don’t be late for a very important date!”

• Use or make a sunflower picture or use a stamp and then fill the invitation with some nice poetry that you have written for the occasion.

Tea Party Decorations

• Lanterns, candles and twinkle lights - whether the lights are needed or not they really set the stage of being cozy, elegance with a romantic flair.
• Streamers and balloons
• Pink, white and green flower arrangements
• Chairs decorated with pink or white satin slip covers
• Matching cushions
• Have a tea service table on wheels
• For a centerpiece 
• For a picnic use a quilt with multiple pillows and mini side tables

Table Settings For A Tea Birthday Party

If you do not own fine china, check out your local thrift shop or antique stores to find great bargains on real porcelain or china dishes and cups. You can pick from a variety of patterns however, the rose or flower pattern is most popular. You will need the following:

2-4 teapots depending on how many different drinks are available Enough tea cups and saucers for everyone 1 or 2 sugar bowls 1 or 2 creamers Dessert plates Luncheon plates Serving silverware and spoons Serving dishes for food and dessert White or pink tablecloth Tied or folded matching napkins Have multi-tiered serving dishes

If you do not own fine china, check out your local thrift shop or antique stores to find great bargains on real porcelain or china dishes and cups. You can pick from a variety of patterns however, the rose or flower pattern is most popular. You will need the following:

• 2-4 teapots depending on how many different drinks are available
• Enough tea cups and saucers for everyone
• 1 or 2 sugar bowls
• 1 or 2 creamers
• Dessert plates
• Luncheon plates
• Serving silverware and spoons
• Serving dishes for food and dessert
• White or pink tablecloth
• Tied or folded matching napkins
• Have multi-tiered serving dishes

Tea Theme Party Attire

• Smart clothing - pretty dress or suit
• Elbow-length white tea gloves
• Little purses
• Stylish hat - be inspired by the Kentucky derby
• Long pearl bead necklace and bracelets
• Feather boa
• Glam it up with a tiara, necklace, bracelets, earrings and rings
• Fancy shoes - these little items make such a statement

Tea Party Games and Activities

• Lawn croquet

• Paint your own teapot - have a number of different types of brushes to make intricate designs.

• Design your own teacup - use sharpie markers on white mugs

• Have a decorating and craft station set up for making hats and jewelry with all kinds of flowers, ribbons, feathers, buttons, jewels and beads

• Paint some flowers and hearts on their faces

• Playdough teapots and teacup - play with the different colors of playdough and let your guests create a fantastic creation.

• Give a lesson in manners and tea etiquette

• Pin the handle or top on the teapot

• Teabag relay - have two buckets, one with teabags and the other is empty. Race the tea bags over one at a time while balancing them on a sugar spoon (small spoon). 

• Teacup race - fill your teacup and then race it over to your teapot. The first guest to fill their teapot wins.

• Tea party scavenger hunt game - hide a number of boxes of tea throughout the party area. Let your guests search for them. Then the boxes of tea can be sent home as their favor.

• Tea party bingo - on your areas you have many pictures of tea, single teacup, stack of teacups, teapot (in different colors), teapot cover, sugar spoon, sugar dish, creamer, honey, white gloves, flower, doily, hat, purse, milk, strawberries, donuts, cupcake, necklace, cake, sandwich, cookies, present, high heels, tea bag, sugar, and tiered serving tray.

• Guess the tea flavor - have many numbered dishes with empty tea bags sitting on top. Then let your guests smell the tea bags to determine the flavor of the different types of teas.

• Teacup stacking - use unbreakable tea cups for this game. Time your guests to see who can stack the most and tallest tower of cups within sixty seconds.

• Sugar stack - similar as above. Have many boxes of sugar cubes. In sixty seconds who can stack the tallest tower?

• Toss the teabag - as it suggests how far can your guests toss the tea bag.  

• Chess or checkers

• Read poetry or a story

• End the party with a Ballroom Formal dance

• Card Game

Tea and Other Drinks

• Raspberry tea, orange tea, earl gray, the list of teas are endless
• Peach ice tea, regular iced tea
• Hot chocolate
• Pink lemonade
• Juice

Tea Party Food

Finger sandwiches or wraps Cucumber Egg salad Turkey Peanut butter and jelly Cheese sandwiches Ham and cheese Chicken salad

Fruit Strawberries Blueberries Cantaloupe Grapes Pineapple

Salad, Veggies, Fruit Fruit salad Pasta salad Cesar salad Greek salad Veggie tray

Desserts Cake with white buttercream frosting and pink trim Chocolate covered strawberries and cherries Pink cupcakes with candy pearls Candied flowers Cookies Assorted chocolates Brownies Mini muffins Cheesecake Apple Pie or strawberry rhubarb pie Squares Other Sugar cubes Cream or milk

Submitted Tea Party For my daughter's 3rd birthday party, we asked all the girls to wear princess dresses. I set up tables in our living room with bright colored plastic tablecloths and put up paper lanterns. I served pink lemonade in the tea pots and used little tea cups for the girls. My daughter and her friends loved the "Pink Lemonade" tea party.

Finger sandwiches or wraps

• Cucumber
• Egg salad
• Turkey
• Peanut butter and jelly
• Cheese sandwiches
• Ham and cheese
• Chicken salad

Fruit

• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Cantaloupe
• Grapes
• Pineapple

Salad, Veggies, Fruit

• Fruit salad
• Pasta salad
• Cesar salad
• Greek salad
• Veggie tray

Desserts

• Cake with white buttercream frosting and pink trim
• Chocolate covered strawberries and cherries
• Pink cupcakes with candy pearls
• Candied flowers
• Cookies
• Assorted chocolates
• Brownies
• Mini muffins
• Cheesecake
• Apple Pie or strawberry rhubarb pie
• Squares

Other

• Sugar cubes
• Cream or milk

Submitted Tea Party

For my daughter's 3rd birthday party, we asked all the girls to wear princess dresses. I set up tables in our living room with bright colored plastic tablecloths and put up paper lanterns. I served pink lemonade in the tea pots and used little tea cups for the girls. My daughter and her friends loved the "Pink Lemonade" tea party.

Tea  Party Favors

• Miniature tea set
• A teapot warmer
• Different flavors of tea