The Birthday Tea Party - Food
The Birthday Tea Party is tomorrow! Time to get some food ready! In keeping with our tea party theme we went with mostly finger foods, and of course they need to be kid friendly. We will be enjoying the following with our tea.
PB & J roll ups
Frozen fruit* with a dollop of yogurt fruit dip
Little Smokies with Barbecue sauce
Blueberry Scones
Individual Cheesecakes topped with fresh strawberries
Pink Lemonade
Variety of fruity teas
I didn't price this all out because much of it I already had on hand. I'd venture a guess of about $60.
*About the fruit: The original plan was to make mini fresh fruit kabobs. When I saw the prices of fresh fruit right now we did a quick change. It would have cost at least $30 to buy the fresh fruit I needed. My first thought was to use frozen mixed fruit, but the selection was poor where I was shopping. I didn't have time for another stop. The prices also seemed higher than normal. The next step; canned fruit.
I bought a large can of fruit cocktail. I will drain it, and add frozen strawberries and any blueberries that are left after I make the scones. I will freeze the whole mixture, and get it out of the freezer the morning of the party. It will be a nice slush by the party which can be served with the fruit dip on top. A nice frugal alternative to my original plan.
Next week I'll tell you about the frugal activities we are doing at the party. I'm pretty excited about them, and think the girls will love them! Here are links to the other posts about that party:
Invitations (Check in the comments of this post for Grace's great idea for tea pot cupcakes.)
Goody Bags
Centerpiece
Frugal Fridays
3 comments:
Thanks so much for the link! I'm flattered that you're using the PB&J roll-ups for such a fabulous gala!!!
I'm so glad you're posting so many great tea party ideas! I went to a womens' Christmas party at a friend's church and had such a great time that I offered to help with the next one. We're thinking about doing an Alice in wonderland theme complete with tea party! These ideas will come in handy! I LOVE the goodie bag idea!!! The flowers and the menu are going to be helpful as well!! Thanks!!!
Oh, this sounds like so much fun! So girly and sweet. I did a simlar party for my daughter when she was four. I had just given birth to my 3rd child, a boy, a few weeks earlier. So I wasn't up to anything too fancy. But ask little girls to come in their prettiest dresses, and put out the prettiest, sweetest things, and the party will surely be a hit.
I guess the party is today. Have fun and takes lots and lots of photos!
Wow! I was surprised to see you found my Lit'l Smokie recipes (-: Thanks for sharing them with your readers. You have a really neat blog. Cyndi Allison
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