Ideas for Hosting Tea Parties / Tea Parties / By Use your china teacups and saucers. (Check thrift stores…sets don’t need to match) Invest in a small tea service (teapot, milk pitcher, sugar bowl, size teacups and saucers and six cake plates). If possible, use cloth napkins . Present the food attractively. Cover trays with doilies or pretty napkins. Arrange food on a three-tiered cake stand. For something different, host your tea party on your patio or deck. Decorate with fresh flowers and add the quiet background music of a harpist or pianist. If you are the hostess of a tea party, pour the tea, passing it to each guest in turn, adding sugar cubes if requested. For an extra touch, have your guests wear Victorian hats and crocheted gloves at your tea party. Give party favors at your tea party. Use your imagination and give according to season, theme, or holiday. Conversation should be light and fun-filled at a tea party, no gossip or controversial conversation
