May Day/Derby Day Party 2010

You might remember that last year me and friend of mine threw a May Day Party for our daughters and their mutual friends. Well, we did it again this year. Only this time....Derby Day landed on May 1st too, so we decided to incorporate that into the theme as well! It turned out to be so great. The rain held off for us and it was perfect weather. The girls enjoyed a nice little tea party, complete with real china, pink "tea", and a light lunch! They loved doing the tissue paper flower craft and playing with their ribbon wands. I will have to admit it was hard to keep them off the swing set, but they all had a great time. The moms enjoyed getting some cute photos and catching up a bit!

Party Details:
Theme: May Day/Derby Day
Decor: Maypole, Candelabras, bright spring flowers, mint julep cups
Food/Drinks for Girls: Chicken nuggets, fruit, cheese/crackers, Derby Hat Cookies, pink "tea" lemonade
Food/Drinks for Ladies: Strawberry/Chicken salad, spinach/Parmesan Dip with pita chips, Pineapple Mimosas
Craft: Tissue Paper Flowers in spring colors
Favor gift: Ribbon Wands
(find them here at ZuZu Girl)

Derby Hat Cookies (Celebrity Bakery)




Tea Party Time



The Hostesses with their older daughters! One younger sister was napping, the other was probably wanting too! Did not quite make the picture!

Quick run with the maypole!
(Note on the maypole: As with last year..they are still too young to get the maypole dance concept. Maybe when they are all like 8 or 9!)

Here are some of my inspirations for this party:

Photo from Chasing Fireflies

Photo from Martha Stewart

Photo From Martha Stewart

Photo from Martha Stewart

May Day Tea Party

What a great day it was yesterday for Sarah and her little friends to get together for a little tea party. I have been wanting to do a May Day theme party for forever, so when one of the other mom's mentioned wanting to do a tea party for the girls, we decide to collaborate ideas and go with this theme. It was pretty much a success, except for the maypole! The girls liked it and want to play with the ribbons, but 5 year-olds are not quite old enough to grasp the concept of doing a dance to braid the ribbons. We will try the maypole out again in a couple of years!! Otherwise, they loved making beaded necklaces, having the tea party with the magical pink tea (pink lemonade) and twirling around in their little skirts and dresses. We had little sandwiches, fruit and cookies for the girls and the mom's got to feast on strawberry salad and spinach/Parmesan cheese dip! It was a gorgeous day for all the little fair maidens to frolic in the sun!