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Thursday - Perfect Tea Party

Welcome Coloring Page - Tea Party Friend

While the girls colored their Tea Party picture I had them each introduce the friend they brought for the day!

Here is Princess Maeve introducing her caterpillar "C-Pill" and she loves to balance him on her head!

Craft Project - Tea Cups

Our first project of the day was a "tea cup" - which was really a coffee mug! I found these mugs at Michael's that came with permanent markers for decoration - for $1! I couldn't pass that up. I really did want to use regular tea cups but I would have had to bake the cups in the oven to set the markers and this just seemed like a quicker, easier way to go. I am glad I did because the girls did not say a thing about the mugs not being tea cups. Phew!

I monogrammed each mug with the girls' first initials and let them draw on them however they wanted. They came out really sweet! If and when I do this again I think I will also have them decorate a small plate to go along with their mug. 

Craft Project - Tea Hats

Next I had the girls make proper hats for their tea party! This was a craft I had done with the girls at Easter I found on Pinterest (Tea Party Hat). I used small white paper bowls, white paper plates and fake flowers all from the Dollar Tree. I popped the flowers off the stems, pushed them through the paper bowl and added a little hot glue to make sure they stayed. Then I gave the girls a bowl filled with rolled up colored tissue paper and some glue for them to decorate their hats any way they wanted. I really loved seeing all of the girls use the exact same supplies each project and all come up with different things. I had extra tulle left over from the canvas bags so I punched 2 holes in the paper plates and added the tulle so I could tie the hats on to the girls. 

Here is the group with their hats and friends before we went downstairs for the tea party. I also used the tulle to give their friend something special before the party. I made bow ties, hair ties, a tutu and a veil! 

It's Tea Time!

Have I mentioned how hot it was this week? Like 97 degrees at 8 am hot. So instead of having the tea party outside as originally planned I decided to set it up down in our basement/play room. The girls had asked all week if they could go down there and I am glad I put it off til Thursday because it made it special for them.  I let them go down and play while I set up our tea (pink lemonade or water) and snack (pretzels and cookies).  I put on the Disney Sing Along Songs DVD Princess Tea Party and the girls loved it, and I loved hearing them sing along to all of the songs. This is how I found them when I came down to set up. Too cute!

Even our stuffed friends got in on the fun!

While we sat and drank our tea and ate our snacks I asked the girls some "Tea Party Questions" I printed from DisneyJunior.com. 

Story Time

We were running short on time so we came upstairs and I read Sofia The First: The Perfect Tea Party. This is a sweet story about Sofia hosting her first tea party  at the palace and it's message is to think for yourself, even if your ideas may be different. 

Since we had already had our snack I let the girls color in these "Decorate Your Own Tea Set" pages. We all agreed that our tea party was perfect!

Before we wrapped up I gave the girls a Princess page to color in and gave them each a folded coffee filter (tutu) to decorate with glitter glue and a paint brush (Link Here).  I wanted them finished today because I planned on using them as "game pieces" for the Pin the Princess on the Castle game tomorrow. I cut them out once they were dry and kept them for Friday.

Time to go home! I packed the girls bags with their projects while they finished coloring and I included a note about tomorrow's Royal Ball! The girls were so excited!!