A Mother's Day Tea Party

Celebrate Mother's Day this year with a tea party! You can dress fancy in beautiful poodle skirts and decorated hats, and still mix in the silly with fun party games. Here are a few ideas to get you rolling for your Mother's Day tea.

Start by making sure you dress up for the tea. Poodle skirts are a great costume idea for any tea party. The nice thing with poodle skirts is that they come in both adult and child sizes.

Tea parties need a fun tea set to go with it. You can purchase a nice, elegant tea set for your party, or settle for using a kids toy tea set. You can find both types easily online.

Decorate party hats for a fun mother-daughter craft. Buy cute sun hats to go with your poodle skirt attire. Decorate using fake flowers and plastic jewels to make the hats look fancy.

Tissue paper flowers can be added to the hat or work as a centerpiece for the table. Look for tutorials online if you do not know how to make them. Kaboose is a great place to start with your search.

Pink lemonade can be a great substitute for tea at a tea party. Along with the "tea" serve yummy sandwiches, glazed scones, and any other appetizers you enjoy. Serve tea cakes for a dessert.

You can also have fun with table manners during the Mother's Day tea party. Make it a rule that everyone has to obey certain "table rules", such as saying please and thank you every time you ask or receive items on the table. Other fun rules could be no slurping, sitting up straight, using napkins, and asking to be excused from the table before you leave.

If you are looking for a fun party game we have just the one for you - Mrs. Mumbles! This classic game is a lot of fun for children and parents. The point of the Mrs. Mumbles game is to go the entire time with out showing your teeth. The first person begins by saying "Excuse me, is Mrs. Mumbles home?" with their teeth tightly over their teeth. The person they asked, also not showing their teeth, must reply "I don't know. Let me ask my neighbor" and then turn and ask their neighbor if Mrs. Mumbles is home. If anyone shows their teeth they are out of the game, and the game continues until the last person is left.