I have twin girls and for their 6th birthday party I threw them a tea party in are garden(are backyard). The invitations were sent out with a little note for all the girls to wear their Sunday best.  We put up a big white canopy which I was able to decorate with tulle butterfly and flowers that I was able to find at a local dollar store.  I also rented little tables and chairs so they would be more comfortable for the kids. I also rented white table clothes to make it more authentic. The kids started with stations I had set up: the first station was nail painting, I purchased the nail paints at the local fair grounds and you could make flowers, hearts etc on nails - very cute..this was the longest line.  The second station was to make flowers from a American Girl" craft book I bought at the local craft store.  After making 2 or 3 they were all put in a vase to put on the center of the table. The third station was flower paper cut outs I also bought at the dollar store and the girls just decorated them with makers.  During this time I had bite size snacks on the table in a two 3-tier platters. After they were done with all 3 stations we had the girls sit down and we served bite size sandwiches carrot and a few other snacks served with tea(lemonade and apple juice).  I used real tea cups (small enough for the girls and they loved using a real tea cup).  I also bought pearl necklaces, which we then passed out along with straw hats and plastic flowers I again purchased from the dollar store during easter time.  I cut all the flowers off the stems and had each girls pick out about 8 to 10 flowers and we hot glued them to the straw hats. When all this was done the girls got some make up put on(blush and lip gloss) and glitter spray for their hair.  We then had all the girls sit down with their new hats pearl necklaces and we served them tea and cookies.  I bought sugar cookies from the store and put them each in individual saches that you usual use for baby or wedding showers with the little ties and tied a silver spoon on each one.  Their birthday cake I had made at a local grocery store it was made up of cupcakes to make it look like 2 seperate flowers. For party favors I bought really cute purses I had found and put lip gloss glitter pen and paper and lip gloss ring.  The girls (24 in all) had a really good time the weather was beautiful and all my real flowers in the backyard where in bloom all the moms thought it was one of the best partys ever!! I know all the girls will never forget this party and I can't wait until my younger daughter gets a little older so I could do this party again. Hope you can use some of my ideas and have fun!!  "