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The room, if you saw my linked post, had much work to be done. And, frankly, we also ran out of time. I had pink gels for the lights but didn’t get them up. The tablecloths are also a bit bright, but it’s what we had. The green balloons are trees, since Alice’s tea party takes place outside! The red and black balloons on the back wall are part of a game.

The decor was a bunch of thrift store finds, such as mismatched tea-ware, clocks, playing cards, books, flowers, and old-looking bottles.

And what would a Mad Hatter tea party be without crazy tea hats?? My grandmother had the best, and my sister’s was a surprise made for her.

Everything about the food turned out perfectly. I didn’t have time to make a couple items I wanted, but we still had enough for everyone! Those white truffles are simply an Oreo cookie/ cream cheese recipe, and the “toadstools” on the bottom are deviled eggs with half a tomato on top! (the recipe linked doesn’t have them as deviled eggs, but my little sis is thrifty!)

Also note: the tiered platters were made with three plates and candlesticks!

Pic 1 – Oh! Top picture was my favorite food! A “snailwich“!

Pic 2 – When party guests arrived, and before they could come in, they had to write down the name of an Alice in Wonderland character on a hanging board. Then, they got to take a hankie from the foyer and come on in!

Pic 3 – SOOO many teacups!

I got these cute bottle favors from My Wedding Favors, though I added the ‘take me’ tag and little charm.

Games played:

- Of course, a “How Well Do You Know The Bride” game.
- ‘More Pepper‘. There are six spices concealed in cups, guests have to guess what the spice is!
- ‘Humpty Dumpty‘. This is a hot potato game, but with a hard-boiled egg. When it gets down to fewer people, TWO hard-boiled eggs.
- ‘Caucus Race’. This is simply musical chairs.
- ‘Nonsense’. This was a list of British words and the guests had to figure out what their American equivalent was.
- ‘Change Places!’ Randomly throughout the party, the bride or bridesmaids would yell ‘CHANGE PLACES!’ and everyone would have to get up and relocate. At the end of the party, guests looked under their seats to see if they had a playing card taped under it. Playing card = prize!
- ‘Queen of Hearts‘. Each black and red balloon on the back wall had a playing card in it. ONE had the Queen of Hearts. Guests had to run up, grab a balloon, sit on it to pop it, and find her. Whoever found her would be the winner!

Before each game was played, I gave a short blurb on their role in the Alice stories. ‘More Pepper’ links to the Duchess and the cook, the ‘Caucus Race’ is when Alice comes out of the Pool of Tears, and so on.


It took months to plan this and I was totally drained afterwards. But, my sister and her guests had a GREAT time. So, all was worth it!