Monday, April 26, 2010

An American Girl Tea Party




My older girl s received these sweet American Girl cookbooks in their Easter baskets this year (found on the bargain shelf at Borders for $5.00!)

As soon as they flipped through them, they wanted to host a tea party.  Their Grandma and Grandpa are visiting us this week, so this became a wonderful activity for them from the cooking to the decorating to the cleaning up!

We made chicken salad tea sandwiches:
We also made walnut and cream cheese tea sandwiches, cucumber and cream cheese tea sandwiches, fruited iced tea, and fresh strawberries with a Devonshire cream:
The girls set the table with table talkers and made the place cards:
They did a wonderful job and many great memories were made!
 

This post is linked to Making Memories Monday at Adventures in McQuill-land and Snoring Scholar's Family Fun Friday.

4 comments:

  1. How adorable your girls are. The table looks so inviting. I love it when things like this come together.

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  2. The table looks lovely, as do the girls. What a fun time for all, and what a wonderful learning experience for the girls. I can just see them hosting afternoon teas for their friends, bridal showers, Bible Study luncheons... oh, the opportunities over the years will be numerous... and then they'll remember: it all started with an American Girl Tea Party for Grandma and Grandpa. Sigh! Thank you for linking up to Making Memories Monday and sharing this memory. You've truly painted a lovely picture!

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  3. I have 4 boys and we love having tea parties, too...but they don't involve the American Girls, LOL. The food is the main draw for them. We love scones with homemade devonshire cream.

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  4. Awww, I just love how you took pictures of the place cards! They make such a pretty touch to things!

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