When your daughter turns 11 and asks to have a tea party, it's time to break out the pearls, white gloves, and Mama's good china! We invited all the girls from church and told them to bring their dolls or a bear to the party.
My daughters set the table with care...
We filled the table with handmade namecards, bubbles, squawkers, etc. The menu consisted of fruit-kabobs, pizza, American Girl Doll tea cookies, strawberries, punch, fruit-flavored tea, mints, nuts, cheese & crackers and the like. I tried to keep things simple so I wouldn't have to fuss to much over the menu. They even got to use candy canes to stir their tea!
Dad was so gracious and took the boys out so we could prepare all the dishes. Isn't he just so thoughtful (and brave)?
We displayed one of Naomi's favorite Victorian dolls for 'authentic decor'.
Simple yet elegant...
Many dolls showed up ...from American Girl, Life of Faith, Beautiful Girlhood, and Our Generation!
The girls got to make little cakes for their dolls. We used two oreos stacked and each girl got their own frosting and sprinkles to make their sweet creations. We topped them with candles and the girls sang 'Happy Birthday'.
Why is this girl wrapped up like a mummy and looking as happy as a clam, you ask? Well, any girl tea party would not be complete without party games!!! This was one of them---the toilet paper wrapping game! They had to see who would wrap their team member the fastest. We also played Hot Potato with a candy cane using only their pinkies, London Bridge, Simon Says and Mother May I. We even had the girls use English accents in keeping with the tea party theme.
Here are the gals and their dolls, we took plenty of pictures of them and they got to pose with their dolls.
One of the gals surprised Naomi with a special Christmas song on the piano, which was just sooo sweet. Janai, my oldest daughter, also played a few songs on violin for the girls before they started the tea party. Janai had taken the initiative and showed thoughtful creativity by making little card Haikus out of all the names of the girls that she presented them with at the tea that they got to take home with them.
The cake was pink and had a tiara and teacups---all in all, it was quite a special and memorable day...
Good-bye now!
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