Horse Valentine's Day Party Lunch

We are a little obsessed with horses here in this horse!!!

 

 Two weeks ago, a certain 4 year old began planning (she's a planner!) a Horse Valentine's Day Party Lunch, so...

 We made cookies and collected ALL the horses we had.  My husband found all the Breyer horses on clearance at a Meijer on night and bought all he could! :)  We had all the Schleich horses already in our collection.

 "Kitties should be invited too, because kitties and horses are friends and kitties hang around the barn all the time." -G

While she was at preschool for the morning, Little Sister and I put this together.  Well, Little Sister rearranged everything. twice. I can't wait to see her face when she gets home.

Have a fun & playful day!
Mel

Doc McStuffins Tea Party

 Big Blue Eyes simply loves Disney's Doc McStuffins.  It's super cute and well done.  It explains words like "symptoms" and "diagnosis" to kids in a fun way.  I saw this Doc McStuffins playset at a Disney Store in Cincinnati this weekend and knew we ad to have a Doc McStuffins Tea Party.

 Shhh!  It was a surprise.  I gave her an invitation before lunch and it said that there would be surprise tea party after nap on the front porch and to wear her doctor coat.  She was sooo excited.  I set it all up while she was napping.

 I bought flowers at Kroger - of course - they have the best selection.

 The placemats are giant bandaid - just scrapbook paper.  I made boo-boo berry muffins (aka blueberry) and feeling better banana chips.

 so yummy!

 After the tea party, Doc had to get everyone a bandaid.  Let me tell you, they don't make bandaids that small, so...I had to make some out of masking tape:)

 So cute!

 Yes, Littlest Pet Shop Chameleon and Wonder Pets' Ming Ming and a Schleich gorilla all needed check ups and bandaids.

Turtle Turtle Tea Party

 If you are counting...yes, this is our second tea party this week.  Mel is about tea partied out :)  Turtle Turtle Tea Party happened upon a rainy, stormy Thursday.  Big Blue Eyes was a little disappointed that it couldn't be out on the front porch again, but she quickly perked up when we started to make rice crispy treats!

 Our honored guests included Mr. Turtle (a folkmanis puppet that I found in Michigan last summer while on vacation), a Schleich turtle, and Tuck the Turtle from the WonderPets, and two turtles from the Zoo Talkers zoo set.

 A simple green bunting (recycled from our Rabbit Tea Party), a yellow polka dotted tablecloth (a yard of fabric from Joann's), turtle friends, wildflowers picked roadside, and rice crispy treats made a rainy morning a happy one :)

We added sprinkles to the rice crispy treats to be more festive.  Big Blue Eyes idea.

Mouse (& a few hamsters) Tea Party

 In preparation for our Mouse Tea Party, we read "The Red, Ripe Strawberry) by Audrey Wood and watched Cinderella.  Big Blue Eyes looked at me and asked, "Can I wear my Cinderella dress, because Cinderella had mouse friends?"  How can I argue with that logic?  We sliced cheese and cut up strawberries.  It was the perfect morning for a front porch Mouse Tea Party.

 Big Blue Eyes wanted "pink flowers and a blue tablecloth".  Okay!  I found these gerber daisies at Kroger and picked some wild flowers - I think they are mustard - on my way in this am.  Yes, I was roadside picking flowers for a tea party at 7am.

 The table looked so cute.

 Of course, the cheese and crackers were the biggest hit with our mouse friends.

 Our guests include...The striped mouse is by JellyCat.  The white mice are by Schleich.  The mouse with the pink dress on is a Woodzeez.  The pink and blue mice are actually hamsters - Japanese erasers.  The mice from Cinderella were from a playset found at the Disney Store ages ago.

 HUGE strawberry!

 Gus, Gus, get down from there :)

I even added some ribbon to the back of the chair - just to make it "fancy".

Garden Party Inspiration

So...somewhere Miss G got inspired to have a Rabbit Tea Party.  Okay!  I went with it.  I found this picket fence basket at Michael's Crafts Store and painted it white.  Before I set up for the Tea Party (while she was napping), I decided to play with themes.  Maybe they will give you inspiration for a backyard tea party or a birthday party.

 I made a simple bunting from shades of green and patterned papers from Archivers, Joanns, and Michaels.  I added a fresh cabbage, purple cabbage, carrots, and radishes to my picket fence basket.  I had a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet.  It looked like grass, so I added that.  Then I bought one yard of green and white gingham for the tablecloth.
 Here, I have a bird from the Dollar Store, a blue frame that I found in the dollar section at Michael's, and a Schleich hedgehog.  I just have a collection of stuff and just tried different combination.  This would be cute for a boy or girl or birthday party or a baby shower.

 Here is the close up.  Isn't it just darling?

 This would make a cute and simple bug themed party.  I got the bugs from Target's Summer section.  I think they are by Sunny Patch.

 Mr. Hop is read for his tea party.  I stacked old books so that he could see the table. :) I think it adds a little whimsy.

 Three Green Owls - they are from Oriental Trading Company.  But again...simple and cute.

 Here is a family of deer.

 The baby shower could be themed "Dear Little One" or something.  These are Schleich deer.

 The Woodland Animal theme.  I did this a few years ago for my brother and sister in-law's baby shower.  I had cross-sections of logs and sticks and ferns and twigs, too.

 This mushroom is actually a pen.  It added that little something, something to the décor.

 This one is Simply Rabbit - oh! you know what this would be so cute for?  The kids' table at Easter.

 Whooooo's Having A Baby? or Whooooo's Turning 2?  Owl-themed party.  The green owl is from Oriental Trader.  The blue one is actually a chapstick/lip gloss.  The brown owl is from Schleich.  (They made thee best animals!)

Here is Just A Snail...could be a garden party theme, a snail theme, you name it.  Again, simple and cute.  Birthday parties and baby showers can be elegant and simple and beautiful.  I used veggies (bought at Kroger) instead of flowers and I added a few whimsical touches.