How to Throw a Festive Easter Tea Party

What better way to celebrate this spring holiday than by hosting a tea party?

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Easter Baskets Flower Arrangement
• Fresh Flowers
• Tiny Easter Gift Baskets
• Candies Nuts And Mints
• Cream
• Honey
• Loose-leaf English Breakfast Teas
• Sugar And Artificial Sweeteners
• Tea Bags
• Tea Bags
• Pastel Tablecloth And Napkins
• 1 lemons

1. Decorate the table with a pastel tablecloth and contrasting pastel napkins. Remember to use your best china and silverware.

2. Make an Easter basket flower arrangement for your table. Line an Easter basket with plastic (to make it waterproof), cut a piece of floral foam to fit inside, soak the foam in water, place it in the basket and then stick your fresh flowers into it.

3. Tuck the leftover flowers into your napkin rings.

4. Buy several tiny Easter baskets and fill them with candy, nuts, mints and tea bags. Set one at each place setting.

5. Have a CD of light classical music playing in the background.

6. Brew a fresh pot of English breakfast tea (see Related eHows) as well as a fresh pot of coffee (just in case anyone prefers coffee over tea).

7. Offer fresh cream, sugar cubes, artificial sweetener, honey and lemon for the tea. Ask each of your guests which of these things they would like in their tea, and then prepare and serve it to them.

8. Serve finger sandwiches, deviled eggs, scones and crumpets as well as some Easter cookies. Set out tiny dishes of lemon curd and marmalade as well as heavy whipped Devonshire cream.

Tips & Warnings

• When you're serving tea, do not simply ask your guests how they take their tea. They may not realize that you have cream, lemon and honey, as well as sugar, so make sure you ask them if they want any of those things.
• If you want to make cleanup easier, buy spring or Easter-themed paper plates and matching napkins.

[KKibble]

on 3/2/2007 Instead of interviewing each guest about the many offerings for their tea, why not use a lovely card to make suggestions and list the offerings. That way they can help themselves and discover the many options together while you tend to other needs at the party.