Theresa's Mixed Nuts: Teddy Bear Tea Party

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Teddy Bear Tea Party

There hasn't been too many activities my kids have been interested in at the library the past few weeks, so I was kind of surprised when Allison saw they were going to host a Teddy Bear Tea Party this weekend and asked to go. The recommended ages for attendance was the 3-10 year old set, so I debated registering her. Even though she just turned 10, I thought she might feel a wee bit too old for it once we got there. In the end, we decided to go, and I am so happy we did.

We started with story time. Now, this did not hold her interest because she would rather read herself instead of being read to.

Tea Party
But the rest of the event was A OK with her! Everyone was asked to bring in their favorite teddy bear, and there were place setting for everyone to have their own tea party with their stuffed bear. The tables were set up with snacks, which consisted of Teddy Grahams, Gummy Bears, Fruit Roll Ups, and "Tea".
 The tea was really juice. They thought kids would like the juice better, but Allison would have much preferred the tea. She was pacified when she realized we were the only two sitting at our table and had a free for all on the snacks.
Teddy Bear Tea Party
 The final activity was crafting. The kids all got to make 2 crafts. A paper bag bear puppet and a bear mask.

Teddy Bear Tea Party

Even though it turned out she was the oldest kid there, it didn't phase her one bit. She kept gushing about all the fun she was having throughout the whole party. Yay for another successful free library event!

Have you ever been to a tea party?

44 comments:

  1. Love! I have done a teddy bear sleepover and a teddy bear picnic but never a tea party. I am so borrowoing this for the spring!

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  2. A cute idea. My daugher had a pillow pet sleepover once. Worked out well, everyone had their own pillows by default!

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  3. This is such a cute idea. I love the thought of celebrating the stuffed animals of children since they mean so much to them.

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  4. I think you have the best library ever. Our local library does NOTHING like this.. Allison is growing up fast, so nice that she still enjoys things like this.

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  5. Everything to yourselves, treats by the ton. Glad she had a fun time after the read.

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  6. I think it's sad when they are the oldest. Often times Isaak's the age of many, but Mica is the oldest. Everyone likes to read, come on kids regardless of your age get involved.

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  7. That would really have been such a fun thing to attend. I love the things libraries put together for their patrons!

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  8. While not endorsed by my library, one of the branches used to have a lot of tea parties. Except this tea party is a bunch of old white people displaying forms of racism, mental delusion, and whatever right-wing radio is making them echo.

    I prefer the one with the cute bears myself.

    on a side note I've never liked the beverage tea myself. We went on a field trip to Pizza Inn (great idea there South Carolina schools) in kindergarten or first grade and they didn't serve us soda but rather tea. I guess they did that as a healthy move, but for years I thought that was the only drink the place served. Not a great idea for the restaurant in the long run, imagine me going to my mom "yeah can we go to that place that serves only the drink I hate".

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  9. Hurrah for free, awesome library events. We haven't been for awhile (too much snow!) and we're overdue. I'm going to check the schedule and see what's going on.

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  10. You have such a cool library. I would've loved to be the oldest "kid" there (at age 47).

    xoRobyn

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  11. Yes, it's funny that party the bear!

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  12. I am seriously jealous of your library. Ours had a couple of programs over vacation week last week, but space is limited and I didn't even bother because I know they fill up FAST. This looks like such a cute event and she totally looks like she was having some serious fun!

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  13. never been to one but I do adore me tea! And I had a fave teddy bear when me was a little coon a century or so ago....

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  14. Thats really great thing to do and glad your daughter enjoyed herself,i wish they did something like that here.my younger daughter does her own teddy tea parties lol.

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  15. How fun! What a great idea for a fun activity. I wish more libraries incorporated other ideas beyond a traditional story time.

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  16. I want to move in your citye, what fun Library activities!

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  17. Awww how cute, I love the theme! That little bear puppet is the cutest thing!

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  18. Never been to a tea party but I have always wanted to. This looks like fun.

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  19. Oh, what a fun twist on a tea party! I was thinking about having a teddy bear party for my daughters second birthday and if I do, I will definitely have to use some of these ideas.

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  20. I can totally see my daughter loving this! She likes to use her minnie mouse tea party set to have parties with her stuffed animals.

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  21. That is great that they do this kind of thing. I need to find our local libraries and see what programs they have. Glad she had a good time and was not bothered by being the oldest.

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  22. This is so cool! I'm going to check out my local libraries website to see if they have such activities. I know they have the usual reading to kids but never been to anything as fun as a teddy bear tea party!!

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  23. This looks really fun! Our local library has activities like this from time to time. My kids loved them when they were younger.

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  24. Our library has had a couple, but we haven't been able to go. This looks like it was a lot of fun!

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  25. I think you probably have the best library around. Glad you two had a good time!!

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  26. That is an awesome tea party! Seriously so much fun! My daughter would love to have a "puppy" tea party with her stuffed puppy. lol.

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  27. love this idea, looks like Allison really enjoying herself. I need to try this out with my little one

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  28. How fun is that? I suppose you could do this with stuffed cats as well.

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  29. What a cool activity I remember going on teddy bear picnics as a kid it was always such fun :) x

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  30. This is a cute! Our library does a stuffed animal sleepover that I think is similar. I need to sign the boys up… I love the library programs.
    I've never been to a tea party like that, but I have been to high tea at the Drake in Chicago and love it. Probably not as good as actual high tea in England but still yummy.

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  31. I wish our library would do more events. Looks like it was super fun!

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  32. I'm a big fan of teddy bears (I have twenty!) and reading your post made me feel warm. Yey for teddies!

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  33. What a cute idea! I remember going to the library when I was little for activities!

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  34. I haven't been to a tea party but I wish I could have went to this one that your daughter did. Looks like so much fun and all different ages could enjoy this.

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  35. I am always surprised at the great variety of events held at the local libraries. I miss my kids being of the age where they loved going to these things!

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  36. So cute! How come I wasn't invited! Jk. That is a great idea for play date or sleep over or birthday party

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  37. I am very happy you and your daughter went to the event. I wish more kids could just be kids longer!

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  38. This was so cute! It looks like you and your daughter had a fabulous time!!

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  39. How cute... I love these kinds of parties as it brings out the nicest in kids... Great photos too. ;-)

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  40. I love free library events so much. Ours does great things like this too. Great event.

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  41. Aw .... I have not been to one but that is a great idea for the library to have done. I'm always amazed by some of the fun activities they offer.

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  42. awesomeeee...love to see those cute kids with their teddy bears ...love all the crafty stuff..such a lovely event!

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  43. This looks like it was a lot of fun!! Who cares if your daughter was the oldest! I'm so glad she had a great time. All girls should get to experience things like this!

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  44. Looks like a fun event for kids. As long as your daughter had a good time, that's all that matters.

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