Sunday, June 28, 2015

Fancy Nancy - Inspired Birthday Tea Party



Fancy Nancy is a household name for many families with 4-7 year-old little girls--including mine! And I welcome this darling, girly-girl created by author Jane O'Connor as she teaches my daughter to learn and use new vocabulary. Especially "fancy" words like GORGEOUS, ACCESSORIES, and ECSTATIC. 

So I jumped on the idea of having a Fancy Nancy-themed party for her fifth birthday. I haven't had this much fun planning for a party in quite a while. I guess I like being fancy, too!

I will share DECORATIONS, PARTY FAVORS, FOOD, and CRAFTS that I used at her party. Get ready to make your party a SMASHING SUCCESS! 

First I ordered the following items from Amazon: 

These darling little Tea Party Cups were economical and LOVED by all the guests. I wrote their names on them with a Sharpee using fancy, frilly handwriting.

I also ordered this Tea Cup Candy Mold to make as a treat for the girls to take home. You could serve them as a treat at the party, but since ours was held in late-afternoon, I decided to hold off as courtesy to the parents. :)

I also purchased Plastic Bags with Twist-ties, as well as Lollipop Sticks from Amazon so I would be good to go!

Here they are made up. I'm no confectioner, but the little girls didn't care about perfection! I just used melted white and milk chocolate chips to make the forms. 

You can't have a fancy party without fancy TIARAS! I was so pleased with these! They stayed on their heads because they were really just toothed headbands. 

And my final Amazon purchase was a package of Assorted-size Doilies.  It was amazing how much they added to the frilly, fanciness of the decor!

Now for our FANCY CRAFT: Paper Bag Purses
I used shaped scissors to cut rectangular holes out of paper bags.  Then I printed out the guests' names in a fancy font and glued them to each bag. 

The girls used stickers, washi tape, and lace tape to decorate their purses. This craft was a HIT! And it was a practical way for them to take home their teacup and lollipop when the party was over!


I found a couple of teapots at Goodwill to use in the decor.  The rest of the decor was stuff I already had around the house. I used fabric for the table cloths.

For food we served poppyseed muffins, Jello (in individual little plastic cups), and blueberries.
The "tea" was actually strawberry lemonade. :)

I ran out of time to iron my tablecloths. That was my one regret. But I LOVED using my grandmother's dessert plates (the ones with the flowers).  



I printed out a couple of pages: "Ooh La La" and a page of  "fancy words" from the Fancy Nancy books as decor.

Guests were also greeted with an "Oooh La La" at the front door, so they knew they were at the right house!



My favorite part was just hearing the little girl conversation as they enjoyed their tea-party!



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5 comments:

  1. It looks like the girls had such a fun time. I LOVE Fancy Nancy, thanks to my sweet little 6 year old granddaughter! Pinning this to my party page! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday.

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  2. Such a cute party we love tea parties!

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  3. What a lovely party! I had not heard of Fancy Nancy before but what a cute character. Love how you used her story as inspiration. It really does look like everyone had lots of fun. Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea with us at the Hearth and Soul hop. Pinned and sharing :-)

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  4. A cute Fancy Nancy - Inspired Birthday Tea Party. All arrangements were amazing. Thanks a lot for sharing all photos here. I am going to host my daughter’s birthday bash in a similar manner and have reserved one of venues in NYC for the party.

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  5. Sweet,simple and elegant. Impressive arrangements! I can see that kids are happy and enjoying the party,this is what birthday parties are all about.

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