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Has anyone here done a tea party for little ones? Say ages 1 to 6?
- Thread starter cheezz
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Fresh Fruit Sundae Snack
FRESH FRUIT SUNDAE SNACK
(Note: This is also good as a fruit salad, without the cones).
INGREDIENTS:
Strawberry Sauce:
1 1/2 cups cut-up strawberries
Sugar, to taste
Filling:
3 cups assorted cut-up fruits, such as apples, bananas, seedless red or green grapes, cherries, kiwifruit, peaches, nectarines, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc.
5 large waffle cones
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place the strawberries and sugar in a blender. Puree until smooth.
2. In a mixing bowl, gently combine the cut-up fruits. Spoon them into the waffle cones and drizzle the pureed strawberry sauce on top.
Makes 5 servings.
Adapted from BHG
FRESH FRUIT SUNDAE SNACK
(Note: This is also good as a fruit salad, without the cones).
INGREDIENTS:
Strawberry Sauce:
1 1/2 cups cut-up strawberries
Sugar, to taste
Filling:
3 cups assorted cut-up fruits, such as apples, bananas, seedless red or green grapes, cherries, kiwifruit, peaches, nectarines, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc.
5 large waffle cones
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place the strawberries and sugar in a blender. Puree until smooth.
2. In a mixing bowl, gently combine the cut-up fruits. Spoon them into the waffle cones and drizzle the pureed strawberry sauce on top.
Makes 5 servings.
Adapted from BHG
Tike Treat
TIKE TREAT
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup chopped pecans (I used toasted pecans)
1/4 cup coconut
4 bananas
1 cup lemon or orange juice (I used fresh orange juice)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place pecans and coconut in a small paper bag.
2. Peel bananas and cut into 5 slices.
3. Roll banana slices in the juice.
4. Put banana slices in the bag and shake.
5. Put banana slices on a tray.
6. Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve.
4 servings
Source of Recipe: "First Capital Favorites of York, PA"
http://www.food.com/recipe/tike-treat-96676
TIKE TREAT
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup chopped pecans (I used toasted pecans)
1/4 cup coconut
4 bananas
1 cup lemon or orange juice (I used fresh orange juice)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place pecans and coconut in a small paper bag.
2. Peel bananas and cut into 5 slices.
3. Roll banana slices in the juice.
4. Put banana slices in the bag and shake.
5. Put banana slices on a tray.
6. Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve.
4 servings
Source of Recipe: "First Capital Favorites of York, PA"
http://www.food.com/recipe/tike-treat-96676
Apple Cartwheels - From my to-try list - sounds great, but I'd use a different apple:
APPLE CARTWHEELS
Ingredients
* 1/4 cup peanut butter
* 1-1/2 teaspoons honey
* 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
* 2 tablespoons raisins
* 4 medium unpeeled Red Delicious apples, cored
Directions
* In a small bowl, combine peanut butter and honey; fold in chocolate
* chips and raisins.
*
* Fill centers of apples with peanut butter mixture; refrigerate for at
* least 1 hour. Cut into 1/4-in. rings. Yield: about 2 dozen.
24 Servings.
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Apple-Cartwheels
APPLE CARTWHEELS
Ingredients
* 1/4 cup peanut butter
* 1-1/2 teaspoons honey
* 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
* 2 tablespoons raisins
* 4 medium unpeeled Red Delicious apples, cored
Directions
* In a small bowl, combine peanut butter and honey; fold in chocolate
* chips and raisins.
*
* Fill centers of apples with peanut butter mixture; refrigerate for at
* least 1 hour. Cut into 1/4-in. rings. Yield: about 2 dozen.
24 Servings.
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Apple-Cartwheels
mariadnoca
Moderator
Here's a repost of ideas from Gail's
Also, after checking for allergies, make PB&J sammies and use cookie cutters to make in to pretty shapes.
I adored tea parties as a child and had my own little set of china for it. I recall especially liking using the sugar tongs and getting to use fancy sugar cubes for my tea. With this age group it's more about presentation than the actual food.
Forum Home Page: Gail's Recipe Swap
Re: ISO: Tea Party help. I'm giving a tea birthday party for my 3 year old and I
need ideas... (Michelle in CA)
Previous Message: This is what I did for my 5 year old's tea party... (JM in
Maine)
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 02:09:35 GMT
From: dia/OKC
Hi Michelle - I did a tea party for my 4-year-old's bday last November >>
It was a delightful party, very low-key
and low-stress, so I'm going to include
everything we did in hopes you'll be able
to use something.
I asked the guests to come dressed up; some
did, some didn't; one girl came in her
Halloween cat costume just cuz that's how
she likes to dress up! Anyway ... as everyone
arrived I directed them to the dress-up box
to help themselves to feather boas, long
sparkly strands of necklaces, etc. The two
boys got to choose from sunglasses and ball
caps. Turns out, the girls liked the
lightest-weight necklaces the best -- boas
were of no interest.
Our activity was to make teddy bear face
tambourines, using two white paper plates
stapled together with dried beans inside.
I'd done all that ahead of time. Had the
kids draw eyes, nose, mouth on the front
(we did this as a group -- all eyes at the
same time, etc). Then we taped two ears on
at the top; each bear face was very different
and very cute. Had the dressed-up guests
do a little mini-parade thru the house
while tapping their tambourines -- they
loved it! Great photo op, too. (if we'd had
better weather, we would've paraded on the
front sidewalk instead of thru the house)
Next, we played 2 games that the kids loved!
The first was one of those "what's missing"
types ... I put eight plastic bugs on the
floor (this was to keep the boys' attention)
and we talked about what we saw: a green
grasshopper, a purple bug with long wings,
a yellow and red catepillar, etc. Then I
covered the bugs with a bandana, took one
bug away, then uncovered the rest and had
the kids tell me which one was missing.
These 3- and 4-year-olds loved this so much,
we could've spent the rest of the party just
playing this game! But after six or seven
rounds, we went on to the next game.
For this game we sent one person out
of the room for a minute, while we hid
a gold dollar coin under somebody's lap.
When the guessing person returned to the
room, instead of saying "hot" or "cold" we
clapped quietly or loudly as the guesser
moved away from or toward the coin. This
game was even more fun for the kids than
I imagined, so I highly recommend it. Also
keeps everyone seated and quiet and engaged.
We simply served petit fours and apple juice
in the kiddie teapots, followed by birthday
cake. The little plates of petit fours on
the table looked so darling for the pictures.
And for kids, it's not about the eating, so
I wouldn't sweat that. And I'm a believer
in not trying to feed the adults at a
child's party, so I didn't even attempt that.
Learned that philosophy from a party planner
that spoke to my mom's group about 6 years
ago, and I've stuck to it every time. I'm
convinced that's one reason the kids' bdays
run smoothly -- I'm not trying to do two
parties at once.
I purchased several plastic tea sets from
the toy store (like $4 apiece) and divided
the cups and saucers into goodie bags for the
kids to take home. Girls also got to keep
a necklace from the dressup box. Boys got
to split the bugs from the bug game.
Hope this helps. Have fun!
Alert us of bad posts.
Responses
1. dia, what great ideas! I think I will take your advice about... (Michelle
in CA)
Also, after checking for allergies, make PB&J sammies and use cookie cutters to make in to pretty shapes.
I adored tea parties as a child and had my own little set of china for it. I recall especially liking using the sugar tongs and getting to use fancy sugar cubes for my tea. With this age group it's more about presentation than the actual food.
Forum Home Page: Gail's Recipe Swap
Re: ISO: Tea Party help. I'm giving a tea birthday party for my 3 year old and I
need ideas... (Michelle in CA)
Previous Message: This is what I did for my 5 year old's tea party... (JM in
Maine)
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 02:09:35 GMT
From: dia/OKC
Hi Michelle - I did a tea party for my 4-year-old's bday last November >>
It was a delightful party, very low-key
and low-stress, so I'm going to include
everything we did in hopes you'll be able
to use something.
I asked the guests to come dressed up; some
did, some didn't; one girl came in her
Halloween cat costume just cuz that's how
she likes to dress up! Anyway ... as everyone
arrived I directed them to the dress-up box
to help themselves to feather boas, long
sparkly strands of necklaces, etc. The two
boys got to choose from sunglasses and ball
caps. Turns out, the girls liked the
lightest-weight necklaces the best -- boas
were of no interest.
Our activity was to make teddy bear face
tambourines, using two white paper plates
stapled together with dried beans inside.
I'd done all that ahead of time. Had the
kids draw eyes, nose, mouth on the front
(we did this as a group -- all eyes at the
same time, etc). Then we taped two ears on
at the top; each bear face was very different
and very cute. Had the dressed-up guests
do a little mini-parade thru the house
while tapping their tambourines -- they
loved it! Great photo op, too. (if we'd had
better weather, we would've paraded on the
front sidewalk instead of thru the house)
Next, we played 2 games that the kids loved!
The first was one of those "what's missing"
types ... I put eight plastic bugs on the
floor (this was to keep the boys' attention)
and we talked about what we saw: a green
grasshopper, a purple bug with long wings,
a yellow and red catepillar, etc. Then I
covered the bugs with a bandana, took one
bug away, then uncovered the rest and had
the kids tell me which one was missing.
These 3- and 4-year-olds loved this so much,
we could've spent the rest of the party just
playing this game! But after six or seven
rounds, we went on to the next game.
For this game we sent one person out
of the room for a minute, while we hid
a gold dollar coin under somebody's lap.
When the guessing person returned to the
room, instead of saying "hot" or "cold" we
clapped quietly or loudly as the guesser
moved away from or toward the coin. This
game was even more fun for the kids than
I imagined, so I highly recommend it. Also
keeps everyone seated and quiet and engaged.
We simply served petit fours and apple juice
in the kiddie teapots, followed by birthday
cake. The little plates of petit fours on
the table looked so darling for the pictures.
And for kids, it's not about the eating, so
I wouldn't sweat that. And I'm a believer
in not trying to feed the adults at a
child's party, so I didn't even attempt that.
Learned that philosophy from a party planner
that spoke to my mom's group about 6 years
ago, and I've stuck to it every time. I'm
convinced that's one reason the kids' bdays
run smoothly -- I'm not trying to do two
parties at once.
I purchased several plastic tea sets from
the toy store (like $4 apiece) and divided
the cups and saucers into goodie bags for the
kids to take home. Girls also got to keep
a necklace from the dressup box. Boys got
to split the bugs from the bug game.
Hope this helps. Have fun!
Alert us of bad posts.
Responses
1. dia, what great ideas! I think I will take your advice about... (Michelle
in CA)
richard-in-cincy
Well-known member
Just don't forget to drag out the tiered tea sandwich trays to display it all on....
that's half the fun and the "ooooh-aaaaah" factor of the properly set tea table.
that's half the fun and the "ooooh-aaaaah" factor of the properly set tea table.