Garden Tea Party

Though originally being a British concept, tea parties are very well-known all over the world today. From little girls to young women, every double X chromosome loves the idea of leisurely spending time over tea and chit chatting with friends. Many women love to have their tea parties either in the house or in the backyard. But a garden tea party is more fun with friends with green trees and ponds around you. If you have a garden at home, well nothing like it, but if not, feel free to simply set up a lovely tea table and feast away in a lovely garden nearby. If you're going to be hosting a garden tea party, you will have to make the arrangements. Thus mentioned below are a few ideas for garden tea party, so take a look.

Garden Tea Party Ideas

Tea parties are generally a very personal affair, but nowadays they are simply an occasion to get together and have some girl fun under the sun. Making it into an occasional party such as celebrating a birthday, or a bridal shower or even a baby shower can be a great idea for a garden tea party. But with all the planning, you would have to make all the necessary arrangements for your party. Hence we have put together a few points which might be helpful in hosting a garden tea party.

Garden Tea Party Invitations
The first thing you have to take care of is making the tea party invitations and sending them out. If you want, you can have a party theme for your garden tea party and make the invitations in that theme. Since you will be inviting just a few close girlfriends, decide a feminine theme for the party. Make the invitations in light colors like pink, lemon yellow, beige and light gold or silver. You can tie ribbons and bows to the invitations to give it a ladylike look and write the text in elegant handwriting. Once they're ready, take out your address book and send out these invitations to all your guests.

Garden Tea Party Food and Activities
The food at tea parties is always very interesting. There are a number of tea party recipes that can be either made at home or brought by the guests to make the event more fun. Sandwiches with tea is the basic menu for every tea party. But you can have your own menu since it is your party. Cupcakes with lovely decorations are just the treat for the afternoon dessert and of course you can't ignore the yummy butter cream cakes and pastries which are a must. Biscuits of traditional Britain are also very appreciated at tea parties as they are delicious with the tea.

Since it is a garden tea party, you can always have some party games and acts with the guests. You can have singers, dancers and even some music to be played by some of your talented guests. If you're throwing a shower for a friend at the tea party, there can be baby shower games that you can organize for everyone. You can click pictures and give gifts too. If there is any other occasion that you want to throw a garden tea party for, you can have a speech given by the guests. Stand up comedy is also a great party entertainer today.

Garden Tea Party Favors
Just as a token of appreciation for your guests, you can have beautiful tea party favors.

• Since you had a garden tea party, a packet of seeds and gardening gloves would be a great tea party favor.
• Dollar store jewelry would be quite feminine.
• Inexpensive tea sets if you wish to spend a bit more.
• Straw hats with pretty flowers.

With those unique ideas for a garden tea party, don't you feel like hosting one the next time you get together with your friends? Go ahead and have some girl fun with those shiny tea cups and elegant straw hats.