Tea party for DD's 4th birthday?

[littlelara]

Is there a beading place? Maybe they could make necklaces first. If she has her heart set on t2...
Unless you could do a tea party in the park?
I'm just trying to think of a way to tie it into your dd's request

[appletree]

Oooh!!! There is! How do you think the boys would go with doing something like that? She has quite a few boy friends who would be coming too? Hmm.. might check it out!

[Ahurani]

I remember once we went to a place where you painted pottery when I was around that age! It was awesome

[mummato1]

What about a tea party at home? You could do lots of little cakes, a bit like a high tea and lots of girly decorations.

[Kazbah]

Why not theme it "alice in wonderland" - then you can also incorporate in games like "stick the smile on the cheshire cat" etc, and also allows for dress-ups with mad hatters etc?

Or if doing a really girly party, have a look through op-shops for hats, fake pearls, gloves, dresses etc. And do the dress-ups as part of the party? Then do a fashion-parade, take photos and print them out as party favours. You could include cup-cake decorating (to take home with them) and do games like painting a tea-set, or finding a matching set from op-shop finds. I'm thinking cucumber sandwiches, and foil-covered plastic plates to make "silverware" etc.