Give Your Daughter An Elegant Tea Party In Her Kids Playhouse
Who doesn’t love a tea party especially when it’s held in a kids playhouse? A tea party in a kids playhouse can be a very memorable “kids only” event. An event that your child would be happy to hostess and be excited when the big day finally arrives.
To make this an amazing event for your child and her friends, it doesn’t have to be hard to organize, but for best results you should plan it out in advance. There are invitations to make, a menu to decide, food to prepare, tea to steep, and a formal table to set.
I like to start with the menu which I try to keep as simple as possible. I also keep in mind what little kids would like to eat versus what an adult would like at a tea party. That’s why I recommend serving food items in the “mini” form or a smaller portion size. Food that works well in the “mini” form are: brownies, slices of lemon pound cake, scones, and sugar cookies.
Finger foods like strawberries, grapes, carrots, celery sticks, and snack mixtures such as trail mix or a blend of gold fish crackers, raisins and M & M’s tend to go over very well with kids. Small ham and cheese sandwiches or PB and J sandwiches with the crusts removed and cut into fun shapes are also big hits.
Try to avoid foods that are sticky, that can stain, or desserts that are too crumbly. I also try to stay away from foods with frosting and minimize serving chocolate. They’re just too messy. However, because the tea party is in the kids playhouse, it’s not as big an issue as if the tea party were in an adult house.
Kids don’t generally like tea, so pink lemonade, apple cider or fruit-infused teas may be served in place of traditional tea. Having sugar cubes in a sugar bowl is a fun addition to any tea party. “One lump or two?” is a qustion that they can playfully ask each other.
For tea sets, if you don’t have real tea cups, saucers and a tea pot, you can scout out local yard sales, flea markets or thrift stores for these items at reasonable and inexpensive prices. Preferably, you would want to get tea cups that are smaller for little hands. While you are out looking for these things, you might want to pick up several small spoons used for adding the sugar cubes and stirring the “tea”.
A real linen table cloth and linen napkins make an elegant touch to the kids playhouse and the tea party theme. When setting the table for tea, I like to use silver flatware, small china plates, tea cups, and saucers as well as the tea pot. It makes the table formal and grandiose. The girls really enjoy it because it’s so grown up.
Girls love to dress up and the tea party should be no exception. Ask your young guests to come already dressed up or you can provide a clothes chest that have a variety of dresses, hats, boas, tiaras, high heels, gloves, purses, necklaces and bracelets. If you are really ambitious, you can have perfumes, hair barrettes and make up available so the little princesses can be Queens for the day.
The invitations are always fun to make and your little girl will love to help out and even design them. Tea pots or tea cups cut out and decorated with paints and sequins make an eye catching invitation. Don’t forget to request your guests to come dressed up and to arrive directly to the door of the kids playhouse.
Having the tea party in a kids playhouse will provide the perfect environment for this themed-celebration and an incredibly fun experience for your girl and her friends.
