Tiny Winter Tea

This is our second annual Winter Tea and I love this tradition. It is absolutely lovely and the girls have the best time. There is something in a girl that wants to dress up and be fancy and proper.

This year the girls wanted to invite thier Hitty dolls so we made girl size things and Hitty size things. We made tiny invitations and asked each girl to bring a tiny friend about 6 inches in hieght.

We made regular size treats for the girls and tiny size treats for their "friends".  Our little friends sat at thier own table and had a just right sized tea set for themselves. Notice in the next picture the marshmallow pops for the girls and the tiny ones for the friends. It was fun to see the different friends the girls brought.

We served hot cocoa in the silver tea set with cream and sugar crystals. The highlight of the party were the edible snowflake sugar crystals. You can see them in the sugar bowl and a few are sprinkled around the table.

After our wonderful noon tea and lunch we made tiny fairy dolls who played in the fairy house and had a grand time while we filled miniature candy boxes with miniature candies. For the candies we used the miniature sugar cookies and marshmallow pops, chocolate chips were kisses, tiny little candy hearts I had found and mini m&m's. The boxes were darling and I did not get a picture. I may have to re-create just to show-n-tell. :)

It was a beautiful tea with beautiful girls and adorable friends!

A Fabulous Winter Tea

We have always loved having tea parties and have them regularly at our house. Sometimes we invite lots of friends and dress up in our fancy clothes and sometimes we have a tea by ourselves. When I was in about 3rd grade I made a miniature tea set out of salt dough clay, which I still have today. My dolls & bears were served several times during my childhood. Since then I have loved collecting tea pots and unique tea cups with saucers. From the time Kaity was about three we started collecting miniature tea sets and she also loved serving her animals. Karlie is also carrying on this tradition. Both of them love to have a "tea party" when their friends come over.

We have wanted to have a Winter Tea for some time and finally we did this year and plan to every year. It was FABULOUS!!! We served Homemade Hot Cocoa and Apple Juice along with our dainty luncheon dishes. We all dressed up in our tea time best and brought an American Girl Doll or Bear. Each girl and their special guest had a special place setting. It was a wonderful opportunity to dress-up and be lady like. It was also a great opportunity to think about serving others with a fun project, which is one of our goals this year.

A tradition in our town is to go "Valentine kicking." You take valentine treats to special people and kick the door and run away. So after our tea we made Valentine Cookie Kits for each girl to take to someone special. Our kits were filled with the best ever unfrosted Sugar Cookies, a container of frosting and a small baggie of sprinkles. We also included special notes with the kits and for the girls parents.