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Alice in Wonderland's delightful Mad Hatter Tea Party may often be a popular theme for a birthday party. If your daughter is interested in a tea party, but has to invite all of the boys in the classroom, then a Mad Hatter theme party will work well for this situation.
If you want more of a Disney inspiration at your party, try looking at some Mickey Mouse party supplies to get you started!
A tea party wouldn't be complete without snacks to munch on! Check out these yummy treats for inspiration.
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- Serve scones and jam, small sandwiches cut out in hearts, spades, clubs, and diamonds.
- Serve fresh lemonade in plastic champagne glasses.
- Serve nuts, candies, and mints in straw hats on the party table.
- Frozen fruit is an additional yummy treat, as well as chocolate dipped fruit, like strawberries.
- Look at the original pictures from the classic Alice in Wonderland book, and make a traditional birthday cake with a bright pink frosting to keep in tune with the original picture shown in the text.
Send your child's guests home with small treats to end the tea party on a sweet note.
Send home tea cups with small candies inside with the girls, and fill the boys' mad hatter hats with goodies as well.
Alternatively, give out gourmet "Door Mouse" cookies to each child as an additional treat.
Get creative with cards to create charming decorations for your child's tea birthday party.
- Decorate your party room with lots of life-sized cards, King of Hearts, Queen of Spades, etc.
- At the party table, have several packs of cards lying around so that the kids can play with them during the party.
- Spread the cards out around the table as an additional decoration. Also, toss all types of hats around the party room.
Games and activities for your Mad Hatter Tea Party themed birthday. Have fun competing in a mad hatter hat decorating competition, fishing for the queen of hearts or chasing spots.
Hat Decorationing
Fill a teacup with water and have teams run to one end and back without spilling the water out of the teacup.
Fish For the Queen of Hearts
Put a full deck of cards in a hat, and have the kids each pull out a card. When someone picks the Queen of Hearts, she wins!
Have a Spot Chaser
Place spot stickers all over the party room and have numbers written on the back. Have the kids gather as many as they can find in an allotted time frame. Ask the kids to add up their points and whoever has the most wins!
More Great Ideas
- When the kids arrive, have them make their own hats.
- Go to a variety store and purchase all sorts of different hats that the kids can decorate with glitter glue, markers, felt patches, feathers, and whatever else suits your fancy!
- Once they have decorated their hats, have them wear them during the party and keep as a party goody to take home.
- Give out prizes for a hat competition, Most Unusual, Most Beautiful, etc. Just make sure to have prizes for each child's creation.
Fill a teacup with water and have teams run to one end and back without spilling the water out of the teacup.
Fish For the Queen of Hearts
Put a full deck of cards in a hat, and have the kids each pull out a card. When someone picks the Queen of Hearts, she wins!
Have a Spot Chaser
Place spot stickers all over the party room and have numbers written on the back. Have the kids gather as many as they can find in an allotted time frame. Ask the kids to add up their points and whoever has the most wins!
More Great Ideas
- Play Pin the Spout on the Teapot
- Play Hot Teapot, just like Hot Potato. Use a Tea Cosy for this game.
- Read the Mad Hatter Tea Party scene out of the original book.
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