Sienna’s Tea Party 11th Birthday!

Sienna was so excited about her eleventh birthday and asked for a tea party theme! She was inspired by my cousin’s bridal luncheon that we went to over the summer. It’s such a fancy and fun theme! Just like our Sienna! She was vert hands on with the party planning which made it even more fun for me. We thrifted most of the dishes and now Sienna has a special collection to treasure and remind her of turning 11. :) My mom also loves collecting thrifted tea sets and Sienna was able to pick out some of her dishes and table linens to bring over for the party too. It all came together in a beautiful way and today I wanted to share more of the party details! There were three main areas we decorated for the tea party: the treat table, photo fun area and the tea table itself!
Let’s dive into the fun!

The Treat Table
I covered our kitchen island with yummy food for the birthday girl and her party guests to enjoy!
I hung up some pretty decor from Hobby Lobby.
Most of the dishes I had and pulled from our Dining room shelves, but my mom also let us use some of her pretty dishes and they really added so much sparkle to the set up!
I snagged some faux summer/spring flowers on clearance at Michaels and arranged them in vases from the Dollar Tree. I was loving the color combo and inspired by the colors in the dishes we had thrifted.

Most of the food was store-bought treats! I even got pre-cut fruit, cubed cheese and sliced apples to make it even easier!
The only things I made were the deviled eggs and the cucumber sandwiches. The Carmel sauce and apples were a favorite of the girls!

Sienna saw this cake at Publix and loved it!! She’s not really a cake person..but loves fruit and tarts….so this was a good option!
It really was so pretty on the table!

I tried to make the Jell-O Sienna wanted look a little prettier by putting it out on a tray. ;)

We put the fancy marshmallows in a pretty dish from my mom…
the girls had fun getting them out with the tongs. It’s the little things. haha.

Entry Decor
When you walked into the house we had a little sign up and a cute set up on the entry table.
I grabbed a framed baby photo of Sienna from her room and some of the tea cups!

The Tea Party Table
Sienna inherited MY LOVE for dishes and I couldn’t be more excited about it haha. Ben, not as much. ;)But It was SO FUN rounding up a bunch of dishes from thrift stores and Facebook Marketplace. We found some really pretty ones and all of them, mixed together, gave the prettiest eclectic look! We found flower pot placards at Hobby Lobby on clearance because it was from their Summer line. Grandma helped us out with linens and we layered up some of her pretty ones to cover the table. The table itself was one we built for our office. It’s just an IKEA countertop (8 ft) and hairpin legs from Lowe’s. I love using DIY’s/decor we already have to make a party come together! We moved our kitchen table out, and the long table in, so the girls could all sit at one table together by the party food. Every place setting had a glass dish (another Grandma find!) filled with strawberries and it gave the table such a pretty pop of color!
I had gotten the bouquets half off at Hobby Lobby and put them in vases from the Dollar Tree. We got tulle from Walmart and tied up the fabric napkins from Grandma’s house. I just love how it all came together!

Tea Party Activities
Inspired by my cousins’s bridal shower, Sienna wanted to do cute charms as party favors! We found a great charm set on Amazon and looked up the symbol behind each of them.
The girls passed around a tea cup full of the charms, and blindly chose one. Sienna read off her paper and told them what each meant! It was a fun little activity to do at the table. We MEANT to have them strung up on ribbon but…. ran out of time. :) It was still a hit!

Sienna created a “how well do you know the birthday girl” game on Canva.com and I ordered some fancy diamond pens off Amazon. We got the BEST little bows, at Michaels, that come with twist ties on them..so you can just twist them right onto the pens…..bows already tied! This game got a bunch of giggles and everyone took home their fancy pen as one of the favors.

The girls were so cute pouring the “tea” (pink lemonade.) At first, they were so cautious about using the “fine china” but they all got comfortable soon enough and enjoyed the yummy treats. It made me happy seeing them experience a tea party all together – fun memories!

The Photo Booth Area
Sienna really wanted to have a fun space to take photos with her friends in her fancy dress and with fancy hats!
Our sunroom is a favorite spot for photos (Can’t beat the dreamy lighting!!) I strung up a variety of balloons onto balloon string and attached to either side of the wall (and one in the middle)
I got doilies from the Dollar Tree for another garland. I folded and taped them to balloon string. An easy backdrop!
We had ordered a few hats off Amazon and moved my mirror into the sunroom so that her friends could see themselves and try them on. Sienna’s dress and hat are from Amazon. The dress was amazing quality but it’s very long – luckily we also got a hoop skirt off Amazon that helped poof it out and up off the floor!
Sienna’s Dress- Size 8/9 year old.
Sienna’s fascinator hat with feathers.
The other hats come in a bunch of different colors to choose from:
Pink pillbox fascinator.
Pink floral fascinator.
The girls had fun with the pretty backdrop and we plan on printing out some of these photos for Sienna to have in her room or in an album!

Present Time!
We have a family tradition that you take a photo with the birthday kid before they open your present. And since moving into our new house, this chair has become the official chair for this haha.

HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY
to our sweet Sienna!