Tea party ideas for little girls

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

Posted in FancyFace Blog, FancyFace Family, Party Games, Party Hints & Tips, Party Themes | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

3D Paper Teacup – used as invitations for tea party

My daughter’s birthday is in October but she’s been planning her party since January – and I’ve been helping. I’ve been collecting vintage tea cups from charity shops and little antique shops since about that time – taking care not to exceed my tiny budget each time but also working carefully to ensure that whilst all different, my cups all coordinated. Now, I love junk-shop shopping so for me this is not a chore, and my daughter seems to like them too – she carefully makes her way to the boxes of toys and spends her time looking through them for interesting things! For her part, Amelia has been making up games and imagining how pretty it will all be.

To coordinate with the real tea cups we planned to use on the day, I also made some paper tea cups to use as invitations. This sounds tricky but I used my silhouette machine and this made short work of the cutting out, folding etc. We made each one in a different pattern and put a bag of sweeties inside. The detail for the party was placed on the sweetie bag label.

The 3D teacup template can now be downloaded from Scrapping Bee for the bargain price of £2.50

20111031-095023.jpg

20111031-095044.jpg

Posted in FancyFace Blog, FancyFace Family, Party Themes | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Goblin face paint

My son has always enjoyed asking for face paint designs that no-one else has ever requested before. He’s stretched me to paint Power Rangers, Transformers, Robots, Dragons, Horned Monsters and now… a Goblin. It sounds quite easy but when you try to think of the elements that make up a goblin face it largely consists of a pointy nose, green skin and big pointy ears. Pointy ears are tricky because it’s easy to run out of space or, if you do find room, they sometimes can’t be seen, especially on photos.

20110929-074717.jpg

Posted in Recent Face Painting | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Siamese

We recently got two Siamese cats and of course that made me want to paint a Siamese rather than the usual colourful kitten. Here’s my first try:

20110929-073831.jpg

Posted in Recent Face Painting | Tagged , | Leave a comment

FancyFace is Four Years Old!

Happy Birthday FancyFace – today FancyFace has been running for four years!

Posted in FancyFace Blog | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Flower Princess Face

This design has it all where small princesses are concerned. It has the glittery, golden crown, pretty pink flowers, eye shadow and sparkly pink lipstick. What more could she possibly want?

20110711-203427.jpg

Posted in Recent Face Painting | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Coolest Mum ever!!!

I’ve just been given the coolest title ever, one that I’m sure in years to come both my children will deny… But for today at least I’m “the coolest mum ever!” based on my ability (and willingness) to paint tattoos on my children! Our school has an inset day by the way, thats why they’re home, I promise I’m not leading them astray!

20110711-125210.jpg

20110711-125228.jpg

Posted in Recent Face Painting | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

FancyFace at Cherry Orchard on 20/08/09

Posted in FancyFace Blog | Leave a comment

FancyFace at Canterbury Hospital Fundraiser on 20/08/09

Posted in FancyFace Blog | Leave a comment

FancyFace at Kent County Cricket Club on 14/08/09

Posted in FancyFace Blog | Leave a comment