Granddaughters and Tea Parties

One of the joys of being a grandmother is doing the silly, frilly fun thing that as busy moms we didn't have time for.  Rather than doing laundry, making beds and picking up toys, a gramma can set a table of cookies, candies, and cupcakes to play dressup in floppy hats.

My sister-in-law's granddaughter is in town and is one year older than my mine, so I thought a gramma/granddaughter tea party would be delightful for these three and four year old darlings.  Knowing they don't eat much at one setting and would be off to play quickly, I didn't spend a great deal of time on fancy food.

• Egg salad sandwiches cut with a heart shaped cookie cutter and toothpicked with a grape tomato
• Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cut with a biscuit cutter
• Turkey and cheese sandwiches cut in rectangles

No little girls' tea party is complete without cupcakes with pink frosting!

Easter and spring time are perfect seasons for shopping for pastel dishes.  Target had plastic purple polka dot and green polka dot plates and tray with matching glasses.  Not a huge investment and the dishes can double on the Easter table, my annual garden party and of course future granddaughter tea parties.

While the plates were plastic, real flowers, fabric tablecloth and napkins gave the table an air of elegance and whimsy.