Cassie’s 5th Tea Party

Mum Felicity Frankish shares her daughter Cassie’s 5th birthday with us. Turning five is a big deal, so we couldn’t let the occasion pass unnoticed. Instead of throwing a big party, we decided to have a few friends over for a tea party. It was a blast!

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Set up

The set up was really easy. We didn’t want to go all out for just a few friends, but still wanted to make it nice and special.

There was a Frozen backdrop just from Ebay. The flowers around it and on the table were saved from her first birthday party – you never know when they might come in handy again! They were also from eBay.
The table cloth was from Kmart, along with the pink glitter table runner. You can also get one here.
The tea cups were bought off Gumtree for my baby shower a few years ago. They came as a bundle of mismatching cups. They also sell lots of these in local op shops.

The Food

This was where we had a little fun, putting together lots of yummies the kids would love.

The tea cup biscuits were my favourite. We have done these for a few different parties now. You can see our DIY here.
The marshmallows are from Kmart.
Fairy bread.
Lollies.
Cake!
We also had some hot food, including meat pies, sausage rolls and quiches that were just store bought from Coles.

Cake

What’s a party without some cake! I asked Cassie a good few weeks before her party what sort of cake she wanted. She was adamant it had to be an artist cake. Cassie just loves drawing, so I wanted to get her involved with the making of the cake.

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All those little pictures you see around the cake were painted by Cassie and her younger sister Vivi. I rolled out some fondant and mixed some food gels with water and let them paint away. They had a blast! We them framed each one with some more fondant.

To make the cake, I drew an outline on a piece of paper, cut it out and them popped it on the cake and used a knife to cut around. It was fair easy! Then I layered with fondant and ta-da.

Just for a bit more fun, we also let the kids colour all over the cake at the party. Each one got a paint brush and off they went. The kids loved this part!

Gift Bags

Of course, no party is complete without lolly bags! We grabbed everything from Kmart. They have a party section dedicated to this. I let Cassie go through a pick and few different things and we made the bags together.