The Birthday Tea Party

In the midst of getting ready for a trip, end of school year stuff and a few other things I decided that I should have a little Birthday Tea for Miss Thing. I wanted to keep things as simple as possible, given all that was going on. So I emailed our invite out to a few friends and off we went!

I decided that the party would be on the front porch. So I made crepe paper flowers to hang from the ceiling and tied all the curtains with different ribbon. Then I made place mats and went to Goodwill and found tea cups that each of the girls could take home. I got some necklaces and "earrings" the girls could dress up with.

 We started things off with making our Tea Hats. Which were just a couple pieces of the crepe paper, tape and stickers.

 They each got to pick the colors they wanted.

 And then decorate however they choose.

 I think they all turned out so cute.

 And they went right along with my "simple" motto.

 Next was our tea and lunch. I put a few different fruits on toothpicks. Made ham rolls with cheese, also on a toothpick. Then made cream cheese sandwiches that I cut out using a butterfly cookie cutter. Miss Thing said she wanted real tea so I got some raspberry tea.
Then she got to open a couple of presents, which she of course loved.

 After that it was cupcake time! Look at these little beauties. I tinted the batter and then put it in the cups in layers so they were pink, purple and yellow. She did request cupcakes with a cherry on top so I tried, once again, to frost them fancy (and it worked!) then we added the cherry. I absolutely loved how they turned out.

 I think she did too.

So, I think my simple birthday party was a success. The girls all played really well together. I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to go with a larger group. Four seemed to be the magic number!

Be simple