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!

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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