For my daughter’s fourth birthday party, a milestone in my eyes (goodbye toddlerhood?) I wanted to do something very special for this little girl. Inspired by this crafty and enchanting floral fox birthday party, I decided on a woodland tea party in my parents’ almond orchard.
Armed with orange balloons, pink balloons and a helium tank, the grandmothers set the stage.
Literally. My father moved the dance floor he built for our friends’ wedding two weeks past into the orchard. Brought out some rounds and folding chairs and viola! we have a setting for our darling dear. I brought out my mother’s wedding china (easier since the party was at her house), some rustic orange fabric circles for the centerpieces, and flowers I arranged from two large bouquets my mom acquired at a retreat.
We added little felt fox clips to the center piece, and paper cut outs with a sleeping fox made, by a good friend, at each place setting.
The focal point of the party was our special gift to the girl. A dollhouse!
Plus delicious food. On the menu: granny smith apples, Caprese salad (tomato, home-grown basil, and fresh mozzarella drizzled with olive oil), and a ham with Cajun mayo, pickled vegetables party platter featured in Real Simple.
The cake is a bittersweet chocolate cake, also featured in Real Simple, which we served with homemade pumpkin ice cream. It is decorated with one real homegrown pumpkin and assorted sugar cookies made by my mom.
We served a Citrus Lavender Sage herbal tea, another tea mix and hot spiced apple cider.
The kids had an opportunity to paint birdhouses and play bean bag toss.
After that everyone got balloons and wagon rides!
As the evening progress the white lights were the finishing touch to a perfect evening. A great thanks to all those who made this birthday vision a reality!
this is absolutely adorable! Have you thought about joining instagram? 😉
Thank you, Erin! I’ve got a bit too many forums now I think between facebook, this blog and pinterest. But I appreciate your comments!