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The party favors at our tea party also doubled as a craft. Inside each of these white jewelry boxes topped with a rose and butterfly, was a bag of pearl beads and clear elastic cord. We strung pearl necklaces to wear with our pretty dresses during our party. The range in ages was 2 – 6 years old. This was an activity all the girls could do and enjoyed.
The 3D Rose is such a simple flower to make and can be used and embellished in a variety of ways for different looks. Check out the tutorial below for instructions.
Supplies Needed:
- 3D Rose die cut
- card stock
- tissue paper
- hot glue gun
Instructions:
- Cut out the 3D rose die cut using your digital cutting machine.
- Starting at the outside of the scallop spiral, roll the paper towards the center.
- Let go of the tight roll and watch it loosely fall into shape of the flower.
- Lift up the top of the flower and place some hot glue on the base (center of the spiral.)
- Press the top of the flower onto the base, quickly making any final adjustments to the petals before the glue sets.
- Cut a small square of tissue paper. Pinch it together in the center and glue in the middle of your 3D flower.
As you can see on the boxes above, I also used tiny strings of pearls in the center of the flower in addition to tissue paper. I topped them with tiny butterflies and embellished with ribbon and more tissue paper. For the flowers in the teapot centerpiece, I glued floral wire to the base (step 4) so I could stick it into the styrofoam with the other tissue flowers.
Click on the links below to see coordinating Tea Party posts.
Tea Party
Tea Party | Place Setting
Tea Party | Decorations
AMY! You win for the coolest aunt award. I LOVE this little tea party! What a great idea for the pearl necklaces and having the girls string them…do you get those at Michaels? I’m going to show this to my mom…because I’m a lame aunt…but she’s one of the coolest Grammie’s and would love to do this for the grandkids.
Nettie
Thank heavens for cool grandmas. Ha ha! I bought the bag of pearls at Hobby Lobby, but I’m sure you could find them at Michaels. Probably even Walmart. I went for the cheap kind because kids lose things so fast. They still thought the cheap ones were great and so did my wallet. :)
-Amy
Rude, Nettie. I can’t believe you don’t think I win coolest aunt! But you’re right, Amy has me beat.
Okay okay…you both win “cool aunt” award. All I know is I’m definitely not the cool aunt. I don’t take my nieces and nephews on one on one dates or host adorable tea parties. It’s hard to keep up with you Goffin gals so I don’t even try :)
Carrie definitely is the coolest aunt. She spends a day with each kid, I just throw them all together for one afternoon. :) Plus, my boys think she’s amazing because she gave them a Costco size box of fruit snacks for their birthday. You would have thought they had died and gone to heaven.