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How to run your own children’s Tea party – update

FancyFace — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:08:26 +0000

I couldn’t wait to share this with you – doesn’t the table look pretty? I made the table flowers out of paper using my silhouette machine. The cups were all from charity shops or junk shops and cost me around £10-15 total. I served hot chocolate instead of tea which went down very well with all the guests.

My clever husband made each of the guests a tiny little finger puppet mouse – each one was different and they all peeped out of the teacups – so cute!

Make your own Fake Blood at home this Halloween

FancyFace — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:42:51 +0000

Halloween can get expensive if you buy all your own costumes and make up – and I’m assuming you don’t have much of a requirement for blood after Halloween? Here’s one way to save a little this year; make your own fake blood at home:

1/2 tumbler golden syrup
1/2 tumbler water
2 tablespoons red food colouring
up to 1 tablespoon green food colouring as required
1 teaspoon custard powder

Mix custard powder with a little water, add the rest of the water, syrup and colourings. Warm in a saucepan till blended. Add sufficient green colouring to correct the colour. You need to heat it enough to fix the colour without boiling the mixture. Test this by applying a drop of slightly cooled blood to your hand and see if it stains. If it does you need to heat it a bit more. It will also start to thicken as the custard powder cooks. Bottle when cool.

Note – cooked or not this recipe is likely to leave slight stains on clothing. Do not use while hot. Apply with care.

Tea party ideas for little girls

FancyFace — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:07:36 +0000

We made a list of games that would suit a little girl’s tea party and then made our own variations to adapt the theme.

Hot Potato – becomes Hot Teapot – the children pass the teapot around until the music stops – but they do not want to be holding it when the music stops otherwise they’re out. (Have a pack of sweeties on hand to distract them from disappointment and all will run smoothly!)

We also played pin the tail on the donkey with a twist – with so many princesses we had them kiss a frog instead – aiming to give him a smacker right on the lips!

But our star game was to make real teddy bears – what better way to have a tea party than with a brand new teddy bear of your very own? This was a surprise for my daughter and her friends - their little faces lit up when they realised what we were going to do! We only had a few children but it is the sort of thing that would be easy to run with more children – they all sat so still and carefully followed instructions on how to make their bears. Once made they joined the children for tea.

I was so pleased with the way this party went that I have decided to supply bears – full details to follow shortly – in the meantime email your bear making party enquiries facepainter@fancyface.co.uk