Panda tea party

[Anonymous]

LOVE this idea!

How about a fruit platter that looks like a panda? I found a few examples with blueberries and blueberries. Just google. I’d make it for the table and if no one eats it it’s still cute. Other than that just let your kid pick the menu.

[Anonymous]

Op here. I think you’re right that the games should be panda themed and the food a separate thing.

I theory I won a cake through a school raffle (a bakery was offering) but I’m having trouble coordinating so otherwise black and white cookies might be the way to go. This will be her 4th birthday in a row that is somehow panda themed (last year I took her and some friends to Kung Fu Panda II).

A teacher friend told me to plan activities every 15 mins (and eating counts as an activity). I welcome ideas but tentatively plan:

Color panda pictures as children arrive
Tea party
Face painting and balloon animals (our awesome babysitter who I’ve hired to help has a side business of doing this for bday parties)
Pin the nose on the panda
Guessing game where kids will win trinkets (hopefully panda themed)
Cake
Dance party
Watch silly panda videos while making your own candy bracelet (my mom used to get licorice string and round things like life savers and fruit loops for this)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Black and white cookies. They sell boxes of minis in many places.

This seems like the obvious one or Oreos.

I hosted a tea party for my second grader recently and I put out macarons, fruit, mini sandwiches and chocolate. Presentation is everything.

We are Asian. I think sushi would look cute. Or pork buns.

[Anonymous]

If you want favors, my 7 year old is into these. I like to give one nicer things vs a bag of candy or junk
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[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]I think you’re over complicating this. Other than chocolate, you’re probably not going to find much kid-friendly food that’s black, and you’ve already said you don’t want sweets. Trying to find black, savory, tea-party food, that kids will like, is I think reaching too far. I suspect the kids will be less enthused about thematic foods than they will the cake. Just serve whatever food you want on panda-themed and/or black and white tableware (tablecloth, napkins, plates, cups, forks, etc.). If you really want to go all out, you could try getting a panda-shaped sandwich cutter for your cucumber sandwiches, but I suspect that would be more trouble than it’s worth. I think it’s better if you keep the food tea-party themed, and let the decorations carry the panda theme. [/quote]

+1. Other than black and white cookies, there aren’t a lot of black and white food options. Serve food you think the kids will eat - jam or turkey sandwiches, fruit, etc. There are lots of panda decorations to make it panda themed, and if your DD has panda stuffies, maybe have them
in the room. It's a cute idea - my DD is 8 and loves pandas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Black and white cookies. They sell boxes of minis in many places.

This seems like the obvious one or Oreos.

I hosted a tea party for my second grader recently and I put out macarons, fruit, mini sandwiches and chocolate. Presentation is everything.

We are Asian. I think sushi would look cute. Or pork buns.

Most kids aren’t going to want sushi or pork buns.