Teeny Tiny Party
How to have an "itty bitty" bash that's so Martha!
She doesn't want a big bash for her birthday, so you may as well plan a teeny tiny
one! Inspired by Martha Stewart's teeny tiny party, you can have a party for your
American Doll or as an itty bitty birthday bash for her closest friends.
It may be a tiny theme party, but a teeny tiny party is packed with big ideas! Throw an
"Itty Bitty" bash as a slumber party or as a playdate for just a few girls (four playmates
is an ideal number, especially if she's celebrating a "petite four" birthday.
It's a small world after all! From fairies, folklore and fabulous books, there are
leprechauns and Lilliputians, and then there's Barbie, Minnie Mouse, Tom Thumb,
Thumbelina, and Tinkerbell. Even the Itsy Bitsy spider makes an appearance in your
child's favorite songs. There's every tiny reason to have a tiny party. If you're even a
tiny bit hesitant, don't be! It's a party idea where a just little pre-planning goes a long
way. Thumbelina and her pretty little pixies can have a tiny tea party to remember for
years to come, and here's how to pack big fun into a tiny party:
Tiny party foods
What's on the micro menu for your tiny party? You've already thought of serving mini
cupcakes, which are easy to find at the store or you can bake them yourself in tiny
muffin pans. Other tasty teeny tiny treats include:
Tiny Party Decoration ideas
Once you get started decorating for your tiny party, you'll find it's mostly about the
table setting. Here are some ideas to get you thinking small:
Tiny Party Favor ideas:
Haven't the tiniest clue on where to begin with party favors for the kids? Head to your
local arcade, bowling alley, pizza shack or grocery store and check out the gumball
machines. If you don't have enough quarters handy, you can buy tiny treasures online.
Search "vending toys." eBay is an ideal place to buy vending toys in bulk. If you shop
for tiny toys there, do yourself a tiny favor and get cash back on your eBay purchase.
Activities for your tiny slumber party or tea party
While the tiny tea party will likely be the mainstay of your tiny party, you'll enjoy
thinking small with these tiny ideas:
Resources for a tiny party
Real Tiny Parties
Even if you're just a tiny bit interested in a tiny party, you simply must see these cute
kids parties, which we hope inspires you to throw a party of your own:
So now you have a teeny tiny head start on how to have a teeny tiny party. We're
looking for more ideas. Please tell us about your teeny tiny party and share party ideas
with us on Twitter. We'd love to hook up to your Web site or blog.
How to have an "itty bitty" bash that's so Martha!
She doesn't want a big bash for her birthday, so you may as well plan a teeny tiny
one! Inspired by Martha Stewart's teeny tiny party, you can have a party for your
American Doll or as an itty bitty birthday bash for her closest friends.
It may be a tiny theme party, but a teeny tiny party is packed with big ideas! Throw an
"Itty Bitty" bash as a slumber party or as a playdate for just a few girls (four playmates
is an ideal number, especially if she's celebrating a "petite four" birthday.
It's a small world after all! From fairies, folklore and fabulous books, there are
leprechauns and Lilliputians, and then there's Barbie, Minnie Mouse, Tom Thumb,
Thumbelina, and Tinkerbell. Even the Itsy Bitsy spider makes an appearance in your
child's favorite songs. There's every tiny reason to have a tiny party. If you're even a
tiny bit hesitant, don't be! It's a party idea where a just little pre-planning goes a long
way. Thumbelina and her pretty little pixies can have a tiny tea party to remember for
years to come, and here's how to pack big fun into a tiny party:
- Micro madness made easy! Order Martha Stewart's tiny party in a box for eight,
pictured top left. It's like cheating, but don't feel guilty. You can afford the tiny
price: just $14.59. It's the easy way to serve up the fun for kids. For more micro
party planning, visit Martha Stewart's pages for the tiniest birthday cake. For the
teeniest of ceramic tea sets, choose the tiny tea set, left. Smaller than a cookie,
it's just big enough to fit three mini marshmallows.
- It's a small World, after all: Download essential party music from the Disneyland
Children's Chorus now, right. This MP3 Download will inspire your party
planning. For around a buck you can download your favorite tiny songs for kids,
like itsy-bitsy spider, teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini, and more.
- Make a teeny tiny party entrance. Cut a tiny doorway from cardboard. Secure a
large piece of cardboard, like a refrigerator box, and paint it in your party colors
(shamrock green if it's a Saint Patrick's Day party). Then cut a mini door with a
precision knife,and affix to a doorway or entrance of the party with clear tape or
museum putty, which holds strong and won't ruin the paint. Kids love this grand
little entrance. Be sure to have an Itsy Bitsy spider for the kids to discover! You'll
easily find plastic spiders around Halloween. Look also for plastic spiders at your
local party supply with the insect figures.
- Something good is brewing at the tiniest of tea parties. You'll find the tiniest tea set
at Klutz and at a tiny price. Get three tiny sets for just $7.96, which means you'll
have a place setting for six, but just three teapots. Plastic and durable, you can
five three girls a complete set, or divvy up the pack for six.
- A bistro bash is a smash. This tea party feels more like a trip to the local coffee
shop. Source Ikea to find pint-sized plastic bistro glasses. Pair them with the
bistro coffee and tea set and the kid-sized bistro luncheon and flatware set, all
pictured left. All that's left is to cut straws and napkins down to size.
- Borrow Barbie's dining room. Make a tiny centerpiece display with Kitchen Littles
or Barbie's pint-sized penthouse furniture. Instead of the plastic food, lay an
inviting plate of Cookie Crisp cereal pieces. Cheerios arranged nicely look like
donuts (especially if you dip them in icing and sprinkles. Chocolate chips can look
like a mini Hershey's kisses on a Barbie baking sheet. Try Goldfish crackers for a
dinner table setting, too!
Tiny party foods
What's on the micro menu for your tiny party? You've already thought of serving mini
cupcakes, which are easy to find at the store or you can bake them yourself in tiny
muffin pans. Other tasty teeny tiny treats include:
- Prepare pre-packaged Petite Fours. Cut petite fours by slicing a Ho-Ho roll as if it
were a cake log into slices. Voila! - Make mock bagels. Sure you can see if the local bagel shop has the bite-sized
variety, but you can make a little treat that looks like bagels by starting with a
mini glazed donut, then rolling it in a few poppy seeds. - Taste teeny tiny donuts. Master the art o micro-sized donuts made from donut
holes. That's not Martha, but still magnificent! - Craft cute candy kebabs. Skewer mini marshmallows on a food pick and dip into
melted chocolate, followed by cupcake sprinkles sprinkles and jimmies. - Marvel at the mini milkshakes. Use shot glasses for milk shakes and cut regular
sized straws. Visit Ikea for mini-glasses, pictured right. - You'll find recipes for tiny treat creations in the American Girl Tiny Treats book
pictured left. Other sweets include a tiny ice-cream cone made from Bugles. Youll
also find the tiny water melons made from a slice of lime and red gelatin. - More dainty little foods on the savory side try:
- Sliders (mini hamburgers) and mini-franks wrapped in biscuit dough.
- Mini quiches, which will be tasty with mini muffins garnished and candy
fruit. - The list goes on: mini pizzas, mini bagels and tea sandwiches.
- Tiny marshmallows
- Tiny sizer chicets
- Mini M&Ms
- Cookie Crisp cereal
Tiny Party Decoration ideas
Once you get started decorating for your tiny party, you'll find it's mostly about the
table setting. Here are some ideas to get you thinking small:
- Invite some shady characters. Set out some parasol drink umbrellas secured by
spice drops for a festive look on the tables. Underneath you can place tiny
figurines shading themselves.
- Scope out tiny utensils. Ask your local ice cream shop for a handful of those tiny
tasting spoons. Then serve tiny malts ice creams from Jello Shot glasses. Or
make tiny malts using shot glasses and cutting straws to the length of the glass.
- The more the merrier. Invite guests to bring their Pocket Pets, Littlest Pet Shop
pets, Web Kinz, or American Dolls. Make tiny party hats for them.
- Plan a pixie party. Set to create a fairy ring to attract woodland fairies. You'll find
more ideas by following our fairy party ideas.
Tiny Party Favor ideas:
Haven't the tiniest clue on where to begin with party favors for the kids? Head to your
local arcade, bowling alley, pizza shack or grocery store and check out the gumball
machines. If you don't have enough quarters handy, you can buy tiny treasures online.
Search "vending toys." eBay is an ideal place to buy vending toys in bulk. If you shop
for tiny toys there, do yourself a tiny favor and get cash back on your eBay purchase.
- Toast the tiny! Search party supply stores in the bridal section for mini
champagne glasses. Then fill them with mini M&Ms or mini jelly beans and wrap
them in tulle and a pretty bow. You may also find tiny glass slippers
- Go on a tiny shopping spree! Doll house furniture is expensive, but you can find
tiny trinkets in some unexpected places. Look for vending toys. These tiny
treasures pack big fun into Martha Stewart's tiny shopping bags.
- Take on a treasure hunt for tiny treats. Keep an eye out for mini candies: Mini
M&Ms, tiny size Chiclets, mini PEZ, and tiny-sized or bite-sized anything. Keep
your eyes peeled! During the holidays, we found tiny board game candies at
Target intended as stocking stuffers.
- Tiny toys and favors. Search for Itty bitty rubber duckies at the local stationery
store or the adorable pencil toppers, Japanese erasers have fun food shapes,
and vending toys in capsules.
Activities for your tiny slumber party or tea party
While the tiny tea party will likely be the mainstay of your tiny party, you'll enjoy
thinking small with these tiny ideas:
- Send them on a teeny tiny treasure hunt. Give them magnifying glasses with
teeny tiny messages.
- Go fish for a deck of cards. Play "Go Fish!" with a mini deck of cards.
- Get really dinky! Make Shrinky Dinks.
- Play tiny Tic-Tac-Toe. Make a tiny tic tac toe board (or Bingo game) from
construction paper, then use M&Ms Minis and mini jelly beans for the playing
pieces of opposing teams. Or you can group the candies into team colors.
- Load up the small stuff. Load "It's a small world" on your MP3 for the music play
musical chairs (if you have small ones).
- Get out the easy bake oven. Your little chefs can create their own tiny treats.
- Play a round of finger twister. The miniature version of the real thing, right, will
have them giggling.
Resources for a tiny party
- Get all dolled up. See our Twitter friend The Farm Chicks put together an American
Doll tiny party for some lucky little girls. Party goers donned tiny hats to share
with the dolls. The feast included tiny pies and tasty looking tiny cakes. Then the
party pals made tiny aprons and tiny dish rags, and packed them in tiny favor
shopping bags.
- A tiny taste out. If you're lucky enough to live in Chicago, your little one can bring
her American Doll to the American Girl Place where dolls get miniature booster
seats and special service. Now that's a mini party!
Real Tiny Parties
Even if you're just a tiny bit interested in a tiny party, you simply must see these cute
kids parties, which we hope inspires you to throw a party of your own:
- That's two tiny! Enjoy a peek at a color coordinated tiny two party of pink and
blue hues, where the hostess served a lovely array cupcakes and ice creams in
tiny snack cups. Chinese lanterns hung above the tiny feast.
- Just a wee bit of fun. We had fun spying this wee party idea from our Twitter
friend Whimsy-girl. In this mini party, she shows you how she sliced apples into
melon ball pieces to make tiny caramel apples. See also the sweet miniature
pennant flag birthday banner and the tiniest invitations we've seen for a tiny
party.
So now you have a teeny tiny head start on how to have a teeny tiny party. We're
looking for more ideas. Please tell us about your teeny tiny party and share party ideas
with us on Twitter. We'd love to hook up to your Web site or blog.
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Linking to this site is permitted. HOWEVER, no part of this content may be reproduced, or stored in any retrieval
system, or transmitted in any other form or by any means including but not limited to electronic, mechanical,
photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the written consent of the author. The author makes no warranties
express or implied. Works are protected by copyscape. We love to link to quality sites! Write us at Twitter.
See our other kids parties and pony parties.
Why cute party ideas? We know kids parties and kids party supplies! Get tips from a former supplier of small toys and
party supplies. You get all the best ideas for a party on one page. Other sites list boring and unnecessary details,
while Cute Party Ideas give you all the details you need to host a great party on one page.
This article is by M.C. Nygard, right, a
former eBay Platinum Powerseller of
party supplies. She's the mother of
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