Alice in Wonderland Party Ideas - Tea Party Birthday Theme

Invite your child's best friends to your Alice in Wonderland party. They will absolutely love the idea!

Here you'll find all the information you need to throw a remarkable party. Let's start with...

Invitations

Make your Alice in Wonderland party invitations in a shape of playing cards. Take a picture of the birthday child, and print two copies of it on paper in a reversible "playing card" pattern. Write your party information on the other side of paper. Let your child decorate the invites by drawing card suits: diamonds, spades, clubs, and hearts.

For another idea, you can print an image of Alice and other characters on the front of white invitation cards. Write "Don't be late for a very important date!" Include party details inside the cards.

Ask the kids to wear Alice in Wonderland character outfits, if you wish.

Decorations

Bright colors work really well for decorating your Alice in Wonderland party area. Spread out balloons and paper streamers.

Mount a large image of Tweedledee and Tweedledum near the entrance to your yard. Better yet, you can have two adults dressed up as those two characters. You can have them recite their lines from the movie as they greet the guests. Put some red paint on white silk roses, and attach them to bushes or trees.

Guest Arrival and Introductory Activities

*Edible Bracelets: Place doughnut-shaped candy and cereal (e.g. Cheerios, Lifesavers, gummy rings, etc.) into separate bowls. Provide the kids with strings, and get them to create their own cool bracelets.

*Coloring Pages: Entertain young kids by inviting them to color Alice in Wonderland coloring pages that you can print off the internet.

Favors

Give out such Alice in Wonderland party favors such as toy bracelets, sticker sheets, theme figurines, plush toys, mini teacups and saucers, cool pens, and so forth.

Alice in Wonderland Party Games

*Follow the Rabbit: Have the kids form a line. Put on upbeat party music, and have the first person in line come up with various dance moves as the rest of the group follows him or her. Switch leaders after about 30 seconds.

Have the birthday child be the leader first. Provide a bunny ear headband and a bunny tail for the Rabbit to wear.

*Mad Hatter's Special: Place a top hat on a chair. Have the guests throw beanbags into the hat from a distance for points.

*Cool Musical Chairs: Have the kids play classic Musical Chairs to the Unbirthday song from the Disney movie.

*Wonderland Obstacle Course: Set up an obstacle course in the backyard using chairs, boxes, hula hoops, and other objects. Have the children go through the course one at a time. Explain where they need to jump over, walk around, or crawl through.

As a variation, create a maze out of large appliance boxes. (You can get them for free from appliance stores.) Use duck tape to connect the boxes. Young kids will have a blast going through the maze.

*Mirror Activity: Purchase inexpensive plastic mirrors. Have the kids decorate back of their mirrors with sequins, glitter and fake jewels.

Start off by putting a thick coat of craft glue. To outline the outside edge of the mirror, lay a string of sequins on the edge. Then trim off any extra. Place jewels on the glue-covered area. Sprinkle some glitter all over. Let the glue dry thoroughly.

*Croquet Anyone?: Get children's croquet set. Invite the party guests to play a short round of croquet.

*Tea Spoon Relay: Split the group into 2 teams. Give first players on each team a spoon and a sugar cube.

Have the players race from one side of the play area to the other holding a sugar cube on the spoon. They pass the spoon with the sugar cube to the next person in line. If the kids drop the sugar cube, they have to start their relay leg over again. The team to finish first, wins.

*Mad Hatter Says: Play a theme version of Simon Says game.

*Hide and Seek: If you have extra time, have the kids play Hide and Seek.

Food and Drink

Alice in Wonderland Birthday Party Cake:

*Teapot Cake: Prepare "spout" and "handle" pieces a couple of days in advance. Purchase fondant, which you can color and form into correct shapes. Cut thin dowels into five- and eight-inch lengths. Insert the dowels into spout and handle before setting them aside to dry.

Bake two cakes -- one in large glass batter bowl, and the other one -- in 8" round pan. Spread frosting on the 8" layer. Next, place the dome-shaped cake on top. Frost the cake, and then place the handle and spout pieces on the teapot.

Alice in Wonderland Party Food Ideas:

Follow the theme by attaching flag picks with notes that say "Eat me" to all food items.

*Pinwheel Sandwiches: Cut away the crust from bread slices. (Use white or whole wheat bread.) Put various sandwich fillings over each slice.

Roll up the bread tightly. Cut each slice into fourths and secure with a toothpick. Cover and keep chilled until serving time.

*Gelatin Flowers: For this recipe, you'll need two different 6-oz packages of flavored gelatin.

Place one package of gelatin in a bowl, and pour 1 cup of boiling water over it. Stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Repeat the procedure with remaining gelatin in the other bowl. Pour each gelatin mixture into a baking pan. Chill for at least three hours.

Put each pan in warm water for 15 seconds to loosen the gelatin. Use cookie cutter to cut out flower shapes. Arrange the gelatin flowers on a serving dish.

*Cheshire Cat Snacks: Fill Ziploc bags with nuts and dried fruit. Have the children munch on the snacks in between the activities.

*Dodo's hot dogs
*Pizza cut in miniature slices
*Marshmallows
*Skittles
*Cinnamon buns
*Biscotti
*Scones