7 Steps To Your Dream Afternoon Tea Party Baby Shower

Follow this article for 7 easy steps to hosting the ultimate tea party baby shower!

Are you wanting to create the ultimate baby shower tea party, but you don’t know where to start?! I’ve gathered these steps and ideas from the wonderful baby shower my family hosted for my husband and me!

My family knows I am a sucker for all things tea related, so they surprised us with a gorgeous afternoon tea party as our baby shower! You’ll quickly see what a beautiful job they all did putting this gorgeous event together!

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THEME / STYLE

You may think you’ve already come up with your theme because you’re making your baby shower a tea party. However, there’s actually a lot of questions you need to ask in order to truly nail down the style of that tea party theme.

These are the questions you can ask yourself to help you refine the style of your theme:

Are all of the teacups and serving pieces going to come from the same collection? Or will you include a conglomerate of teacups and teapots from various collections with different patterns?
What will your color palette be? – I just adored the pink, green and white tones my family chose!
Do you want your tea party theme to be…
- Vintage
- Country
- Elegant
- Girly and simple (this style may involve more cartoonish decor pieces)
- Japanese themed
- Boho-chic
- Fairytale-magic

TEA PARTY FINGER FOODS & DRINKS

FINGER FOOD IDEAS

The nicety of hosting a tea party theme is you can choose to feed your guests a full meal or provide enjoyable desserts like macaroons! My family chose to serve a main course as well as delightful finger food! Everything was extremely delicious.

What you serve is typically determined by the time of day you start your event.

Baby Shower Tea Party Finger Food Ideas

Macaroons
Scones
Fruit Tarts
Finger sandwiches (cucumber sandwiches)
Clotted Cream & Jam
Mini Quiches
Cakes & Pastries
Tarts
Truffles

DRINK IDEAS

I thoroughly fell in LOVE with what my family did for the drinks at our baby shower! We had a wide range of ages attending this event, so hot tea wasn’t actually practical. Particularly for the little toddlers and kids coming, so they served lemonades with flavors like strawberry lemonade. Not to mention keeping the tea hot is a challenge when you’re also trying to host party games. In my humble opinion…this was a brilliant tea party hack to consider!

I’ll include a tasty lemonade recipe idea by Laylita’s recipes when you click here.

DRINK DISPENSER

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LOCATION

When considering the location of the baby shower, you’ll heavily weigh in on the season you’ll be hosting in. For people who are hosting during the cold or rainy season, it’s a no brainer to bring the tea party indoors.

However, we forget that even sunny days can turn for the worse such as wind, impromptu rain, or just too much heat. Ensure you have a plan B for these kinds of situations.

Plan B Options To Consider:

Backup location (ensure you update your guests as soon as you know you have to use your secondary location)
Small pop-up canopy or large party tent for sudden rain or an overly hot day
A wind guards such:
- Retractable outdoor curtains on a track
- Tall hedges or trees
- Gazebo side panels

BABY SHOWER PARTY GAMES

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Baby shower games are optional when hosting a shower for the mother-to-be, but I personally feel that are so much fun to include! Should you decide to opt out of doing baby shower games, I do still recommend you include a diaper raffle as this can be extremely helpful in setting up the young couple with diapers!

Baby Shower Tea Party Invitations

What To Write On A Tea Party Invitation?

When creating invitations, you can choose to send digital invitations or physical ones! Below is a sample example as well as a bullet point list of what you’ll want to include on your invitation.

Bonus tip! Use Canva to create your invitations for free!

Who is hosting
What
When
Where
Why
RSVP deadline & who to contact
Dress code (optional)
Party games guests have to prep for in advance like diaper raffle.

TABLESCAPE INSPO

There was no way I was going to pass up the opportunity to share the beautiful tablescape my family put together! I especially love the added details of the pearls and flowers laced across the table as well as the teacup decor! I’ll drop the beautiful party pictures below for you.