My 3 daughters all love American girls so an American Girl Tea Party was the perfect party for my 5 year old daughter. The party invitation was handmade with a tea cup clip art on the outside
and inside: "Five is the age that (name) will be, Bring your doll and come for Tea! Wear your party dress and maybe mom's pearls, Lunch and cake will be served to all the
girls!" All 12 of the girls arrive dressed up with their American girl dolls.
I rented a long kid size table and had it set in my living room with a white plastic table cloth, gerber daisies as center pieces, and bows tied around the back of each the chairs. Each seat had a doll size straw hat from Michael's craft store and plastic flowers to decorate for their doll to wear for the party. I had pre-attached two ribbons to tie it under the doll's chin. All the dolls sat on the nearby couch together while the girls had lunch. The simple lunch included heart shape sandwiches, colorful fruit on wooden skewers and popcorn. Lemonade was served in a teapot to the little girls with my real china tea cups. After lunch the girls played with their dolls. I had all the doll beds, strollers and other accessories out for them to play. They took turn doing their dolls' hair too. We played "pin-the-American girl at the tea party". I had cut pictures of each of the American girls out of the magazine and blew up a picture of a table & chairs from the website. They each took turns trying to get their doll to land on a chair at the table while blind-folded. We returned to the table for cake. I made a teapot cake that was adorned with M&M flowers and a icecream cone spout and a butter cookie handle. The teapot was for the adults while the girls each received their own cupcake on a white china plate that was shaped like a yellow teacup with a 1/2 butter cookie handle. The girls all left with little notebooks in the shape of pocketbooks and candy necklaces. This was a very affordable birthday party at our house that will not soon be forgotten by the birthday girl or her friends!
