Kitty Tea Party

Hazel's birthday party was a kitty tea party. When the kids first got to the party they were given necklaces and feather boas. (Except the boys got bow ties instead of feather boas because Andrew insisted that his son was not going to wear a feather boa.)

Then the kids colored a picture until all the party attenders arrived.

Games:

All the kids were given a ball of yarn. They were told to act like kitties and unwind the yarn until they come to the prize in the middle. (A plastic ring)

Here is a picture of Hazel dressed up in her Tutu, princes shoes, and necklaces. The yarn concept was a little bit tricky for some, but there were enough adults to help that all the kids ended up with a prize.

In one of the other rooms the kids were told to find the mice, just like kitties. Each child was able to take home two rubber mice.

Tea Party:

Here is the set up of the tea party. For her birthday Hazel got a tea set (alright 3 tea sets). I found them at Toys R Us a month before. They were on sale, buy two get one free, so it turned out perfect. (They were paint your own porcelain tea set, but we just left them white.)

The table was covered with a white table cloth, pink tulle draped down the middle, flower petals sprinkled around. Then there were stuffed cats placed between the little tea sets.

The tea pots were filled with chocolate and strawberry milk. For treats the kids each had wafers, baby cupcakes, & marshmallow cats. (You know those little yellow peeps for Easter? Well it turns out that there are some Halloween peeps now too, ghosts & cats. How lucky!)

Here is the kitty birthday cake. The look on Hazel's face made it all worth it.

The little tea set was the perfect size. Maybe I am living vicariously through my daughter, but at least she had a great time.

Kids at birthday parties always have a hard time when it comes to opening present, so to ease that I made all the kids (15) these goofy "stand up kitties". Hazel passed them out to each child before she opened her presents. I'm not sure if she had more fun at the party, or if I did getting ready for it.